EXFO FTB-500 User Manual
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SCPI-Based Errors
FTB-500
395
–180
“Macro error”
This error, as well as errors –181 through –189, are
generated when defining a macro or executing a
macro. This particular error message should be
used if the device cannot detect a more specific
error.
–181
“Invalid outside macro
definition”
Indicates that a macro parameter placeholder
($ definition. –183 “Invalid inside macro definition” 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). –184 “Macro parameter error” Indicates that a command inside the macro definition had the wrong number or type of parameters. –200 “Execution error” This is the generic syntax error for devices that cannot detect more specific errors. This code indicates only that an Execution Error as defined in IEEE 488.2, 11.5.1.1.5 has occurred. –201 “Invalid while in local” Indicates that a command is not executable while the device is in local due to a hard local control (see IEEE 488.2, 5.6.1.5); for example, a device with change the switches state, but the device is in local so the message can not be executed. –202 “Settings lost due to rtl” Indicates that a setting associated with a hard local control (see IEEE 488.2, 5.6.1.5) was lost when the device changed to LOCS from REMS or to LWLS from RWLS. –203 “Command protected” Indicates that a legal password-protected program command or query could not be executed because the command was disabled. Error Number Description Probable Cause
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