Appendix C: Messages And Error Codes - HP RPN SCIENTIFIC WP 34S Owner's Manual

APPENDIX C: MESSAGES AND ERROR CODES

There are some commands generating messages, be they in the numeric or in the dot
matrix section of the display. Of these, DAY, DAYS+, ERR, STATUS, VERS, and WDAY
were introduced above in the
more alpha commands, and the test commands (see p. 67). Also two
a special message when called.
Furthermore, there are a number of error messages. Depending on error conditions, the
following messages will be displayed in the mode(s) listed:
Message
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Note that e.g. tan(90°) and logs of 0 are legal if flag D is set. See the end of this appendix.
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display. Others are PROMPT, αVIEW and
section about
Error
Mode(s) Explanation and examples
code
Invalid date format or incorrect date or time in
2 DECM
input, e.g. month >12, day >31 .
Invalid digit in integer input, e.g. 2 in binary or 9
9 Integer in octal mode. Will be displayed as long as the
respective key is pressed.
Caused by calling an operation in a mode
where it is not defined, e.g. calling a constant in
13 All
a program written in DECM but executed in an
integer mode.
An argument exceeds the domain of the
mathematical function called. May be caused by
roots or logs of negative numbers x < 0
1 ¬α
(both if not preceded by
tan(90°)
Re
No more space in FM. Delete a program from
23 All
FM to regain space.
May appear in an attempt running an old
program containing a command which turned
7 All
nonprogrammable after said program was
written.
Set when there is a checksum error either in FM
18 All or as part of a serial download. It is also set if a
FM segment is otherwise not usable.
Similar to error 1 but a parameter specified in
16 ¬α
or
May appear e.g. if LgNrm is called with j < 0.
Edition 3.1
and equivalents, by
 )
 1
x , by arcosh(x)
K
is out of valid range for the function called.
constants will return


0 / 0
), by ,
artanh(x)
 

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for Re x 1 , etc.
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(0),
for
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