Agilent Technologies 8163A Programming Manual page 195

GPIB Error Strings
New/Old/Standard
Old
Old
Standard
Standard
Standard
Standard
Standard
Old
Old
New
-300 to -399 or between 1 and 32767 Device-Specific Errors (Module)
Old
New
New
New
New
New
New
New
Standard
Standard
New
Old
New
New
New
Agilent 8163A Lightwave Multimeter, Agilent 8164A Lightwave Measurement System, & Agilent 8166A Lightwave Multichannel
System, Third Edition
Table 17 Overview for Supported Strings
Error
Number
-231
-261
-272
-273
-276
-277
-278
-284
-286
-290
NO TE
When an application is running error -290 will be returned if any
command apart from the following are sent:
• *WAI
• *OPC?
• :SPECial:REBoot
• :SYSTem:ERRor?
• :SYSTem:VERSion?
-300
-301
-302
-303
-304
-305
-306
-307
-310
-321
-322
-330
-340
-341
-342
String
"Data questionable"
"Math error in expression"
"Macro execution error"
"Illegal macro label"
"Macro recursion error"
"Macro redefinition not allowed"
"Macro header not found"
"Function currently running"
"No function currently running"
"Application currently running - no GPIB support"
"Internal error"
"Module doesn't support this command"
"Internal timeout error"
"Module slot empty or slot / channel invalid"
"Command was aborted"
"Internal messaging error"
"Channel doesn't support this command"
"Channel without head connection"
"System error"
"Out of memory"
"Flash programming error"
"Self-test failed"
"Printing error"
"Printing error - paper out"
"Printing error - offline"
Error Codes
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