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Error Messages
Numbered HP-IB Error Descriptions
Numbered HP-IB Error Descriptions
The following HP-IB errors can be generated under any of the following
conditions:
• controlling the Test Set with an IBASIC program running on the
built-in IBASIC controller
• controlling HP-IB devices/instruments, connected to the Test Set’s
external HP-IB bus, with an IBASIC program running on the
built-in IBASIC controller
• controlling the Test Set with a program running on an external
controller
• using the Test Set manually to print to an external HP-IB printer
• using the Test Set manually to access procedure/library/code files
stored on an external HP-IB disk
NOTE HP-IB Parser.
The term “Parser” is used in the following error message descriptions.
It refers to the Test Set’s HP-IB command parser.
Example 9-8 Error -100
Command error
This code indicates only that a Command Error as defined in IEEE
488.2, 11.5.1.1.4 has occurred.
Example 9-9 Error -101
Invalid character
A syntactic element contains a character which is invalid for that type.
Example 9-10 Error -102
Syntax error
An unrecognized command or data type was encountered; for example,
a string value was received when the device does not accept strings.
Example 9-11 Error -103
Invalid separator
The parser was expecting a separator and encountered an illegal
character. For example, the colon used to separate the FREQ and AMPL
commands should be omitted in the following command:
RFG:FREQ 850 MHZ: ;AMPL -35