Agilent Technologies 8614 B Series User Manual page 199

Table 5-2. Execution Errors (3 of 3)
Error Number Error Description [description/explanation/examples]
–277 desc = "Macro redefinition not allowed"
help = ""
[Indicates that a syntactically legal macro label in the *DMC command could not be
executed because the macro label was already defined (see IEEE 488.2, 10.7.6.4).]
–278 desc = "Macro header not found"
help = ""
[Indicates that a syntactically legal macro label in the *GMC? query could not be
executed because the header was not previously defined.]
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, possibly 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 register (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 exam-
ple, 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.
Status Listings
SCPI-Defined Errors
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