Keysight N9010A EXA Service Guide 113
Instrument Messages
-100 to -199, Command Errors
-128 Numeric data not allowed A legal numeric data element was found, but that is not a valid
element at this position in the command.
-130 Suffix error A problem was found in a suffix (units). The exact problem cannot be
specifically identified.
-131 Invalid suffix There is a syntax problem with the suffix. You need to use the suffix
(units) that are allowed by this command.
-134 Suffix too long The suffix contained more than twelve characters.
-138 Suffix not allowed A suffix was found after a numeric element that does not allow suffixes
(units).
-140 Character data error A problem was found with a character data element. The exact
problem cannot be specifically identified.
-141 Invalid character data Either the character data element contains an invalid character or the
element itself is not valid for this command.
-144 Character data too long The character data element contains more than twelve characters.
-148 Character data not allowed A character data element that you sent is valid, but it is not allowed in
this point in the parsing.
-150 String data error A problem was found with a string data element. The exact problem
cannot be specifically identified.
-151 Invalid string data A string type of data element was expected, but it is invalid for some
reason. For example, an END message was received before the
terminal quote character.
-158 String data not allowed A string data element that you sent is valid, but it is not allowed at this
point in the parsing.
-160 Block data error A problem was found with a block data element. The exact problem
cannot be specifically identified.
-161 Invalid block data A block data element was expected, but it was invalid. For example, an
END message was received before the end length was satisfied.
-168 Block data not allowed A legal block data element was found, but it is not allowed at this point
in the parsing.
-170 Expression error A problem was found with an expression data element. The exact
problem cannot be specifically identified.
-171 Invalid expression An expression data element is not valid. For example, there may be
unmatched parentheses or an illegal character.
-178 Expression data not allowed A legal expression data was found, but it is not allowed at this point in
the parsing.
-180 Macro error A problem was found with a macro element. The exact problem cannot
be specifically identified.
-181 Invalid outside macro
definition
Indicates that a macro parameter placeholder was encountered
outside of a macro definition.