100 Chapter 3
Instrument Messages
-200 to -299, Execution Errors
-250 Mass storage error; Write
fault
The system cannot write to the specified device.
-252 Missing media A legal command or query could not be executed because
missing media.
-253 Corrupt media A removable media was found to be bad or incorrectly
formatted. Any existing data on the media may have been lost.
-254 Media full A legal command/query could not be executed because the
media was full
-255 Directory full A legal command or query could not be executed because media
directory was full.
-256 File name not found; A legal command or query could not be executed because the file
name was not found in the specified location.
-257 File name error; A legal command or query could not be executed because there
was an error with the file name on the device media. For
example, maybe you tried to copy to a duplicate file name.
-257 File name error; Allowable
extension is .csv
You are using the wrong type of file extension for the current
data/file type.
-257 File name error; Allowable
extension is .png
You are using the wrong type of file extension for the current
data/file type.
-257 File name error; Allowable
extension is .state
You are using the wrong type of file extension for the current
data/file type.
-257 File name error; Invalid
file name
The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is
incorrect.
-257 File name error; name too
long
-258 Media protected A legal command or query could not be executed because the
media was protected. For example, the write-protect was set
-260 Expression error An error was found with an expression type of data element. The
exact problem cannot be specifically identified.
-261 Math error in expression An expression that has legal syntax could not be executed
because of a math error. For example, maybe you are dividing by
zero.
-270 Macro error Indicates that a macro-related execution error occurred.
-271 Macro syntax error Indicates a syntax error within the macro definition
-272 Macro execution error Indicates that a syntactically legal macro program data sequence
could not be executed due to some error in the macro definition
-273 Illegal macro label Indicates that the macro label defined in the *DMC command
was a legal string syntax, but could not be accepted
-274 Macro parameter error Indicates that the macro definition improperly used a macro
parameter placeholder