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Status Listings
SCPI-Defined Errors
Device-specific errors
An <error/event number> in the range [–399, –300] or [1, 32767] indicates the
instrument has detected an error which is not a command error, a query error,
or an execution error; some device operations did not properly complete, pos-
sibly due to an abnormal hardware or firmware condition. These codes are
also used for self-test response errors. The occurrence of any error in this
class should cause the device-specific error bit (bit 3) in the event status reg-
ister (IEEE 488.2, section 11.5.1) to be set. The meaning of positive error
codes is device-dependent and may be enumerated or bit mapped; the <error
message> string for positive error codes is not defined by SCPI and available
to the device designer. Note that the string is not optional; if the designer does
not wish to implement a string for a particular error, the null string should be
sent (for example, 42,""). The occurrence of any error in this class should
cause the device-specific error bit (bit 3) in the event status register (IEEE
488.2, section 11.5.1) to be set. Events that generate device-specific errors
shall not generate command errors, execution errors, or query errors; see the
other error definitions in this section.
Table 7-3. Device-Specific Errors
Error Number
–310
–321
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Error Description [description/explanation/examples]
desc = "System error"
help = ""
[Indicates that some error, termed "system error" by the device, has occurred.
This code is device-dependent.]
desc = "Out of memory"
help = ""
[An internal operation needed more memory than was available.]
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