B&K Precision 4078 - Manual - Manual (Page 49)

The error message is returned in the form
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A table of error numbers and their descriptions is presented here.
No error reported
0 No error
Command Errors
A command error is in the range -199 to -100, and indicates that a syntax error was detected. This includes the case
of an unrecognized header. The occurrence of a command error causes the CME bit (bit 5) of the Standard Event
Status Register to be set.
-100 Command Error
-101 Invalid character
-102 Syntax error
-103 Invalid separator
-104 Data type error
-105 GET not allowed
-108 Parameter not allowed
More parameters than allowed were received
-109 Missing parameter
Fewer parameters than necessary were received
-110 Command header error
-111 Header separator error
-112 Program mnemonic too long
The mnemonic must contain no more than 12 characters.
-113 Undefined header
-120 Numeric data error
-121 Invalid character in number
-123 Exponent too large
IEEE 488.2 specifies maximum of 32000
-124 Too many digits
IEEE 488.2 specifies maximum of 255 digits in mantissa.
-128 Numeric data not allowed
A different data type was expected
-131 Invalid suffix
-134 Suffix too long
A maximum of 12 characters are allowed in a suffix.
-138 Suffix not allowed
-140 Character data error.
-141 Invalid character data.
Incorrect character data were received.
-144 Character data too long
Character data may contain no more than 12 characters.
-148 Character data not allowed
-158 String data not allowed
-161 Invalid block data
An error was found in the block data
-168 Block data not allowed
-170 Expression error
Only 6 error ranges may be specified.
-171 Invalid expression
An error was found in the expression.