HP 86140A Series User Manual page 230

Status Listings
SCPI-Defined Errors
Table 5-1. Command Errors (4 of 4)
Error Number Error Description [description/explanation/examples]
–161 desc = "Invalid block data"
help = ""
[A block data element was expected, but was invalid for some reason (see IEEE
488.2, 7.7.6.2); for example, an END message was received before the length
was satisfied.]
–168 desc = "Block data not allowed"
help = ""
[A legal block data element was encountered but was not allowed by the
device at this point in parsing.]
–170 desc = "Expression error"
help = ""
[This error, as well as errors –171 through –179, are generated when parsing
an expression data element. This particular error message should be used if the
device cannot detect a more specific error.]
–171 desc = "Invalid expression"
help = ""
[The expression data element was invalid (see IEEE 488.2, 7.7.7.2); for example,
unmatched parentheses or an illegal character.]
–178 desc = "Expression data not allowed"
help = ""
[A legal expression data was encountered but was not allowed by the device at
this point in parsing.]
–181 desc = "Invalid outside macro definition"
help = ""
[Indicates that a macro parameter placeholder ($<number) was encountered
outside of a macro definition.]
–183 desc = "Invalid inside macro definition"
help = ""
Indicates that the program message unit sequence, sent with a *DDT or *DMC
command, is syntactically invalid (see IEEE 488.2, 10.7.6.3).]
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