7-18 Chapter7
Error Messages
-199 to -100: Command Errors
-158 String data not allowed
A string data element was encountered, but not allowed
by the device at this point in the parsing.
-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.
-138 Suffix not allowed
A suffix was encountered after a numeric element
which does not allow suffixes.
-134 Suffix too long
The suffix contained more than twelve characters (see
IEEE 488.2, 7.7.3.4).
-102 Syntax error
An unrecognized command or data type was
encountered. For example, a string was received when
the device does not accept strings.
-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).
-113 Undefined header
The header is syntactically correct, but it is undefined
for this specific device. For example, *XYZ is not defined
for any device.
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