Xantrex Technology GPIB-M-XT - Manual (Page 120)

Error Messages
Command Error List
118 Operating Manual for Multichannel Functionality (GPIB-M)
Command Error List
An error in the range [-199, -100] indicates that an IEEE 488.2 syntax error has been
detected by the instrument’s parser. The occurrence of any error in this class causes
the command error bit (bit 5) in the Event Status Register to be set.
Table C.1Command Error List
Execution Error List
An error in the range [-299, -200] indicates that an error has been detected by the
instrument’s execution control block. The occurrence of any error in the class causes
the execution error bit (bit 4) in the Event Status Register to be set.
Execution errors are reported by the device after rounding and expression evaluation
operations have taken place.
Table C.2 Execution Error List
Error
code
Error Message Description
-100 Command error
This is the generic syntax error.
-105 GET not allowed
A Group Execute Trigger was received within a program message.
-114 Header suffix out of range
The value of a numeric suffix attached to a program mnemonic is out of range.
May refer to multichannel addressing, auto sequence number or auto
sequence step number.
-120 Numeric data error
This error is generated when parsing a data element which appears to be
numeric, including the non-decimal numeric types.
-123 Exponent too large
The magnitude of the exponent was larger than 32000.
-151 Invalid string data
The data with the enclosed (“) double apostrophes (string) is invalid.
Possibility of wrong length or character.
Error
code
Error Message Description
-200 Execution error
This is the generic error for the power supply.
-203 Command protected
Indicates that a legal password-protected program command or query could not
be executed because the command was disabled. Check calibration state.