Measurement Computing Personal488 rev.3.0 - Manual (Page 133)

Personal488 for Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000 04-10-01 API Error Codes A-1
Appendix A
API Error Codes
Error Number and Message Text Description
00 OK No error has occurred.
01 TIME OUT - NOT ADDRESSED TO LISTEN ENTER as a Peripheral did not receive data within the
TIME OUT period.
02 AUTOINITIALIZE MODE NOT ALLOWED This error message is obsolete in Driver488 Rev.3.0.
03 SYSTEM ERROR - BUFFER MODE NOT SUPPORTED Internal system error. Report to factory.
04 TIME OUT ERROR ON DATA READ Expected bus data was not received within the TIME OUT
period.
05 SYSTEM ERROR - INVALID INTERNAL MODE Internal system error. Report to factory.
06 INVALID CHANNEL FOR DMA This error message is obsolete in Driver488 Rev.4.0.
07 TIME OUT ON DMA TRANSFER This error message is obsolete in Driver488 Rev.4.0.
08 TIME OUT - NOT ADDRESSED TO TALK OUTPUT as a Peripheral was not possible within the TIME
OUT period.
09 TIME OUT OR BUS ERROR ON WRITE Error occurred transferring a data byte to a bus service.
10 SEQUENCE - NO DATA AVAILABLE The user’s program attempted to read from Driver488 when
no response or data was available.
11 SEQUENCE - DATA HAS NOT BEEN READ The user’s program attempted to write data or commands to
Driver488 without reading back the response to a
previous command.
12 SYSTEM ERROR - ON PEN INTS ALREADY ON Internal system error. Report to factory.
13 SYSTEM ERROR - INVALID ON PEN INIT Internal system error. Report to factory.
14 SYSTEM ERROR - LIKELY MEMORY CORRUPTION Internal system error. Report to factory.
15 SYSTEM ERROR - ON PEN INTS ALREADY OFF Internal system error. Report to factory.
16 BOARD DOES NOT RESPOND AT SPECIFIED
ADDRESS
Driver488 is unable to communicate with the IEEE
interface board. Check the board address
configuration, and the software installation.
17 TIME OUT ON COMMAND (MTA) MyTalkAddress could not be sent within the TIME OUT
period.
18 TIME OUT ON COMMAND (MLA) MyListenAddress could not be sent within the TIME OUT
period.
19 TIME OUT ON COMMAND (LAG) Listen address(es) could not be sent within the TIME OUT
period.
20 TIME OUT ON COMMAND (TAG) Talk address could not be sent within the TIME OUT
period.
21 TIME OUT ON COMMAND (UNL) UnListen could not be sent within the TIME OUT period.
22 TIME OUT ON COMMAND (UNT) UnTalk could not be sent within the TIME OUT period.
23 ONLY AVAILABLE TO SYSTEM CONTROLLER Driver488 could not execute a command because it was not
the System Controller.
24 RESPONSE MUST BE 0 THROUGH 15 The RESPONSE parameter of the PPOLL CONFIG
command must be within the range of 0 to 15.
25 NOT A PERIPHERAL The REQUEST command is only valid when Driver488 is
in the Peripheral (*CA) mode.
26 SYSTEM ERROR - TIMER INTS ALREADY ON Internal system error. Report to factory.
27 SYSTEM ERROR - INVALID TIMER INIT Internal system error. Report to factory.
28 SYSTEM ERROR - TIMER INTS ALREADY OFF Internal system error. Report to factory.
29 ADDRESS REQUIRED PASS CONTROL requires an address.
30 TIME OUT VALUE MUST BE FROM 0 TO 65535 The TIME OUT period must be within the specified range.