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Error Messages
Command Error
-121 Invalid character in number
An invalid character for the data type being parsed was encountered. For example, an
alpha in a decimal numeric or a “9” in octal data.
-123
Exponent too large
The magnitude of an exponent was greater than 32000 (see IEEE 488.2, 7.7.2.4.1).
-124
Too many digits
The mantissa of a decimal-numeric data element contained more than 255 digits
excluding leading zeros (see IEEE 488.2, 7.7.2.4.1).
-128
Numeric data not allowed
A legal numeric data element was received, but the device does not accept one in this
position for the header.
-130
Suffix error
This error, as well as errors 131 through 139, are generated when parsing a suffix.
This particular error message is used if the device cannot detect a more specific error.
-131
Invalid suffix
The suffix does not follow the syntax described in IEEE 488.2, 7.7.3.2, or the suffix is
inappropriate for this device.
-134
Suffix too long
The suffix contained more than twelve characters (see IEEE 488.2, 7.7.3.4).
-138
Suffix not allowed
A suffix was encountered after a numeric element which does not allow suffixes.
-140
Character data error
This error, as well as errors 141 through 149, are generated when parsing a character
data element. This particular error message is used if the device cannot detect a more
specific error.
-141
Invalid character data
Either the character data element contains an invalid character or the particular element
rece
ived is not valid for the header.
-144
Character data too long
The character data element contains more that twelve characters (see IEEE 488.2,
7.7.1.4).
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