VISA Error Codes
This topic lists VISA error codes in numerical order and alphabetically by description.
Error Codes Listed in Numerical Order
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Hex Value |
Decimal Value |
VISA Status Code |
Success Codes |
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3FFF0002 |
1073676290 |
VI_SUCCESS_EVENT_EN |
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3FFF0003 |
1073676291 |
VI_SUCCESS_EVENT_DIS |
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3FFF0004 |
1073676292 |
VI_SUCCESS_QUEUE_EMPTY |
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3FFF0005 |
1073676293 |
VI_SUCCESS_TERM_CHAR |
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3FFF0006 |
1073676294 |
VI_SUCCESS_MAX_CNT |
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3FFF007D |
1073676413 |
VI_SUCCESS_DEV_NPRESENT |
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3FFF007E |
1073676414 |
VI_SUCCESS_TRIG_MAPPED |
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3FFF0080 |
1073676416 |
VI_SUCCESS_QUEUE_NEMPTY |
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3FFF0098 |
1073676440 |
VI_SUCCESS_NCHAIN |
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3FFF0099 |
1073676441 |
VI_SUCCESS_NESTED_SHARED |
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3FFF009A |
1073676442 |
VI_SUCCESS_NESTED_EXCLUSIVE |
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3FFF009B |
1073676443 |
VI_SUCCESS_SYNC |
Warning Codes |
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3FFF000C |
1073676300 |
VI_WARN_QUEUE_OVERFLOW |
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3FFF0077 |
1073676407 |
VI_WARN_CONFIG_NLOADED |
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3FFF0082 |
1073676418 |
VI_WARN_NULL_OBJECT |
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3FFF0084 |
1073676420 |
VI_WARN_NSUP_ATTR_STATE |
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3FFF0085 |
1073676421 |
VI_WARN_UNKNOWN_STATUS |
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3FFF0088 |
1073676424 |
VI_WARN_NSUP_BUF |
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3FFF00A9 |
1073676457 |
VI_WARN_EXT_FUNC_NIMPL |
Error Codes |
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BFFF0000 |
-1073807360 |
VI_ERROR_SYSTEM_ERROR |
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BFFF000E |
-1073807346 |
VI_ERROR_INV_OBJECT |
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BFFF000F |
-1073807345 |
VI_ERROR_RSRC_LOCKED |
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BFFF0010 |
-1073807344 |
VI_ERROR_INV_EXPR |
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BFFF0011 |
-1073807343 |
VI_ERROR_RSRC_NFOUND |
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BFFF0012 |
-1073807342 |
VI_ERROR_INV_RSRC_NAME |
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BFFF0013 |
-1073807341 |
VI_ERROR_INV_ACC_MODE |
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BFFF0015 |
-1073807339 |
VI_ERROR_TMO |
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BFFF0016 |
-1073807338 |
VI_ERROR_CLOSING_FAILED |
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BFFF001B |
-1073807333 |
VI_ERROR_INV_DEGREE |
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BFFF001C |
-1073807332 |
VI_ERROR_INV_JOB_ID |
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BFFF001D |
-1073807331 |
VI_ERROR_NSUP_ATTR |
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BFFF001E |
-1073807330 |
VI_ERROR_NSUP_ATTR_STATE |
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BFFF001F |
-1073807329 |
VI_ERROR_ATTR_READONLY |
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BFFF0020 |
-1073807328 |
VI_ERROR_INV_LOCK_TYPE |
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BFFF0021 |
-1073807327 |
VI_ERROR_INV_ACCESS_KEY |
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BFFF0026 |
-1073807322 |
VI_ERROR_INV_EVENT |
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BFFF0027 |
-1073807321 |
VI_ERROR_INV_MECH |
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BFFF0028 |
-1073807320 |
VI_ERROR_HNDLR_NINSTALLED |
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BFFF0029 |
-1073807319 |
VI_ERROR_INV_HNDLR_REF |
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BFFF002A |
-1073807318 |
VI_ERROR_INV_CONTEXT |
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BFFF002F |
-1073807313 |
VI_ERROR_NENABLED |
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BFFF0030 |
-1073807312 |
VI_ERROR_ABORT |
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BFFF0034 |
-1073807308 |
VI_ERROR_RAW_WR_PROT_VIOL |
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BFFF0035 |
-1073807307 |
VI_ERROR_RAW_RD_PROT_VIOL |
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BFFF0036 |
-1073807306 |
VI_ERROR_OUTP_PROT_VIOL |
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BFFF0037 |
-1073807305 |
VI_ERROR_INP_PROT_VIOL |
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BFFF0038 |
-1073807304 |
VI_ERROR_BERR |
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BFFF0039 |
-1073807303 |
VI_ERROR_IN_PROGRESS |
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BFFF003A |
-1073807302 |
VI_ERROR_INV_SETUP |
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BFFF003B |
-1073807301 |
VI_ERROR_QUEUE_ERROR |
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BFFF003C |
-1073807300 |
VI_ERROR_ALLOC |
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BFFF003D |
-1073807299 |
VI_ERROR_INV_MASK |
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BFFF003E |
-1073807298 |
VI_ERROR_IO |
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BFFF003F |
-1073807297 |
VI_ERROR_INV_FMT |
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BFFF0041 |
-1073807295 |
VI_ERROR_NSUP_FMT |
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BFFF0042 |
-1073807294 |
VI_ERROR_LINE_IN_USE |
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BFFF0046 |
-1073807290 |
VI_ERROR_NSUP_MODE |
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BFFF004A |
-1073807286 |
VI_ERROR_SRQ_NOCCURRED |
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BFFF004E |
-1073807282 |
VI_ERROR_INV_SPACE |
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BFFF0051 |
-1073807279 |
VI_ERROR_INV_OFFSET |
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BFFF0052 |
-1073807278 |
VI_ERROR_INV_WIDTH |
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BFFF0054 |
-1073807276 |
VI_ERROR_NSUP_OFFSET |
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BFFF0055 |
-1073807275 |
VI_ERROR_NSUP_VAR_WIDTH |
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BFFF0057 |
-1073807273 |
VI_ERROR_WINDOW_NMAPPED |
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BFFF0059 |
-1073807271 |
VI_ERROR_RESP_PENDING |
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BFFF005F |
-1073807265 |
VI_ERROR_NLISTENERS |
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BFFF0060 |
-1073807264 |
VI_ERROR_NCIC |
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BFFF0061 |
-1073807263 |
VI_ERROR_NSYS_CNTLR |
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BFFF0067 |
-1073807257 |
VI_ERROR_NSUP_OPER |
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BFFF0068 |
-1073807256 |
VI_ERROR_INTR_PENDING |
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BFFF006A |
-1073807254 |
VI_ERROR_ASRL_PARITY |
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BFFF006B |
-1073807253 |
VI_ERROR_ASRL_FRAMING |
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BFFF006C |
-1073807252 |
VI_ERROR_ASRL_OVERRUN |
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BFFF006E |
-1073807250 |
VI_ERROR_TRIG_NMAPPED |
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BFFF0070 |
-1073807248 |
VI_ERROR_NSUP_ALIGN_OFFSET |
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BFFF0071 |
-1073807247 |
VI_ERROR_USER_BUF |
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BFFF0072 |
-1073807246 |
VI_ERROR_RSRC_BUSY |
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BFFF0076 |
-1073807242 |
VI_ERROR_NSUP_WIDTH |
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BFFF0078 |
-1073807240 |
VI_ERROR_INV_PARAMETER |
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BFFF0079 |
-1073807239 |
VI_ERROR_INV_PROT |
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BFFF007B |
-1073807237 |
VI_ERROR_INV_SIZE |
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BFFF0080 |
-1073807232 |
VI_ERROR_WINDOW_MAPPED |
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BFFF0081 |
-1073807231 |
VI_ERROR_NIMPL_OPER |
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BFFF0083 |
-1073807229 |
VI_ERROR_INV_LENGTH |
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BFFF0091 |
-1073807215 |
VI_ERROR_INV_MODE |
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BFFF009C |
-1073807204 |
VI_ERROR_SESN_NLOCKED |
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BFFF009D |
-1073807203 |
VI_ERROR_MEM_NSHARED |
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BFFF009E |
-1073807202 |
VI_ERROR_LIBRARY_NFOUND |
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BFFF009F |
-1073807201 |
VI_ERROR_NSUP_INTR |
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BFFF00A0 |
-1073807200 |
VI_ERROR_INV_LINE |
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BFFF00A1 |
-1073807199 |
VI_ERROR_FILE_ACCESS |
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BFFF00A2 |
-1073807198 |
VI_ERROR_FILE_IO |
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BFFF00A3 |
-1073807197 |
VI_ERROR_NSUP_LINE |
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BFFF00A4 |
-1073807196 |
VI_ERROR_NSUP_MECH |
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BFFF00A5 |
-1073807195 |
VI_ERROR_INTF_NUM_NCONFIG |
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BFFF00A6 |
-1073807194 |
VI_ERROR_CONN_LOST |
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BFFF00A7 |
-1073807193 |
VI_ERROR_MACHINE_NAVAIL |
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BFFF00A8 |
-1073807192 |
VI_ERROR_NPERMISSION |
Alphabetical Description of Error Codes
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VISA Status Codes |
Description |
Success Codes |
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VI_SUCCESS |
Operation completed successfully. |
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VI_SUCCESS_DEV_NPRESENT |
Session opened successfully, but the device at the specified address is not responding. |
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VI_SUCCESS_EVENT_DIS |
The specified event is already disabled. |
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VI_SUCCESS_EVENT_EN |
The specified event is already enabled for at least one of the specified mechanisms. |
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VI_SUCCESS_MAX_CNT |
The number of bytes specified were read. |
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VI_SUCCESS_NCHAIN |
Event handled successfully. Do not invoke any other handlers on this session for this event. |
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VI_SUCCESS_NESTED_EXCLUSIVE |
The specified access mode was successfully acquired and this session has nested exclusive locks. |
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VI_SUCCESS_NESTED_SHARED |
The specified access mode was successfully acquired and this session has nested shared locks. |
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VI_SUCCESS_QUEUE_EMPTY |
The event queue was empty while trying to discard queued events. |
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VI_SUCCESS_QUEUE_NEMPTY |
The event queue is not empty. |
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VI_SUCCESS_SYNC |
The read or write operation performed synchronously. |
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VI_SUCCESS_TERM_CHAR |
The specified termination character was read. |
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VI_SUCCESS_TRIG_MAPPED |
The path from trigSrc to trigDest is already mapped. |
Warning Codes |
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VI_WARN_CONFIG_NLOADED |
The specified configuration either does not exist or could not be loaded using VISA-specified defaults. |
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VI_WARN_NSUP_ATTR_STATE |
The attribute state is not supported by this resource. |
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VI_WARN_NSUP_BUF |
The specified buffer is not supported. |
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VI_WARN_NULL_OBJECT |
The specified object reference is uninitialized. |
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VI_WARN_QUEUE_OVERFLOW |
The device sent more data than the user specified in VI_ATTR_USB_MAX_INTR_SIZE |
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VI_WARN_UNKNOWN_STATUS |
The status code passed to the function was unable to be interpreted. |
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VI_WARN_EXT_FUNC_NIMPL |
The operation succeeded, but a lower level driver did not implement the extended functionality |
Error Codes |
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VI_ERROR_ABORT |
Calls in the current process executing on the specified vi are aborted. |
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VI_ERROR_ALLOC |
Insufficient system resources to open a session or to allocate the buffer(s) or memory block of the specified size. |
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VI_ERROR_ASRL_FRAMING |
A framing error occurred during transfer. |
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VI_ERROR_ASRL_OVERRUN |
An overrun error occurred during transfer. A character was not read from the hardware before the next character arrived. |
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VI_ERROR_ASRL_PARITY |
A parity error occurred during transfer. |
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VI_ERROR_ATTR_READONLY |
The specified attribute is read-only. |
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VI_ERROR_BERR |
A bus error occurred during transfer. |
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VI_ERROR_CLOSING_FAILED |
Unable to deallocate the previously allocated data structures
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VI_ERROR_CONN_LOST |
A TCP connection is dropped as a result of keep-alives packets. |
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VI_ERROR_FILE_ACCESS |
An error occurred while trying to open the specified file. Possible reasons include an invalid path or lack of access rights. |
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VI_ERROR_FILE_IO |
An error occurred while accessing the specified file. |
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VI_ERROR_HNDLR_NINSTALLED |
A handler is not currently installed for the specified event. The session cannot be enabled for the VI_HNDLR mode of the callback mechanism. |
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VI_ERROR_INP_PROT_VIOL |
Input protocol error occurred during transfer. |
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VI_ERROR_INTF_NUM_NCONFIG |
The interface type is valid but the specified interface number is not configured. |
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VI_ERROR_INTR_PENDING |
An interrupt is still pending from a previous call. |
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VI_ERROR_INV_ACC_MODE |
Invalid access mode. |
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VI_ERROR_INV_ACCESS_KEY |
The requestedKey value passed in is not a valid access key to the specified resource. |
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VI_ERROR_INV_CONTEXT |
The event context specified is invalid. |
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VI_ERROR_INV_DEGREE |
The specified degree is invalid. |
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VI_ERROR_INV_EVENT |
The event type specified is invalid for the specified resource. |
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VI_ERROR_INV_EXPR |
The expression specified is invalid. |
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VI_ERROR_INV_FMT |
The format specifier is invalid for the current argument. |
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VI_ERROR_INV_HNDLR_REF |
The specified handler reference and/or the user context value does not match the installed handler. |
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VI_ERROR_INV_JOB_ID |
The specified job identifier is invalid. |
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VI_ERROR_INV_LENGTH |
The length specified is invalid. |
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VI_ERROR_INV_LINE |
The value specified by the line parameter is invalid. |
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VI_ERROR_INV_LOCK_TYPE |
The specified type of lock is not supported by this resource. |
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VI_ERROR_INV_MASK |
The system cannot set the buffer for the given mask or the specified mask does not specify a valid flush operation on the read/write resource. |
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VI_ERROR_INV_MECH |
The mechanism specified for the event is invalid. |
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VI_ERROR_INV_MODE |
The value specified by the mode parameter is invalid. |
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VI_ERROR_INV_OBJECT |
The object reference is invalid. |
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VI_ERROR_INV_OFFSET |
The offset specified is invalid. |
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VI_ERROR_INV_PARAMETER |
The value of some parameter is invalid. |
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VI_ERROR_INV_PROT |
The protocol specified is invalid. |
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VI_ERROR_INV_RSRC_NAME |
The resources specified are invalid. |
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VI_ERROR_INV_SESSION |
The session specified is invalid. |
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VI_ERROR_INV_SETUP |
The setup specified is invalid, possibly due to attributes being set to an inconsistent state, or some implementation-specific configuration file is corrupt or does not exist. |
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VI_ERROR_INV_SIZE |
The specified size is invalid. |
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VI_ERROR_INV_SPACE |
The address space specified is invalid. |
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VI_ERROR_INV_WIDTH |
Invalid source or destination width specified. |
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VI_ERROR_IO |
Could not perform read/write function because of an I/O error, or an unknown I/O error occurred during transfer. |
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VI_ERROR_LIBRARY_NFOUND |
A code library required by VISA could not be located or loaded. |
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VI_ERROR_LINE_IN_USE |
The specified trigger line is in use. |
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VI_ERROR_MACHINE_NAVAIL |
The specified machine is not available. |
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VI_ERROR_MEM_NSHARED |
The device does not export any memory. |
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VI_ERROR_NCIC |
The session is referring to something other than the controller in charge. |
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VI_ERROR_NENABLED |
The session must be enabled for events of the specified type to receive them. |
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VI_ERROR_NIMPL_OPER |
The given operation is not implemented. |
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VI_ERROR_NLISTENERS |
No listeners are detected. (Both NRFD and NDAC are deasserted.) |
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VI_ERROR_NPERMISSION |
You do not have permission to perform this operation. |
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VI_ERROR_NSUP_ALIGN_OFFSET |
The specified offset is not properly aligned for the access width of the operation. |
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VI_ERROR_NSUP_ATTR |
The attribute specified is not supported by the specified resource. |
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VI_ERROR_NSUP_ATTR_STATE |
The state specified for the attribute is not supported. |
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VI_ERROR_NSUP_FMT |
The format specifier is not supported for the current argument type. |
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VI_ERROR_NSUP_INTR |
The interface cannot generate an interrupt on the requested level or with the requested statusID value. |
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VI_ERROR_NSUP_LINE |
One of the specified lines (trigSrc or trigDest) is not supported by this VISA implementation. |
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VI_ERROR_NSUP_MECH |
The specified mechanism is not supported for the given event type. |
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VI_ERROR_NSUP_MODE |
The specified mode is not supported by this VISA implementation. |
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VI_ERROR_NSUP_OFFSET |
The offset specified is not accessible. |
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VI_ERROR_NSUP_OPER |
The operation specified is not supported in the given session. |
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VI_ERROR_NSUP_VAR_WIDTH |
Cannot support source and destination widths that are different. |
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VI_ERROR_NSUP_WIDTH |
The specified width is not supported by this hardware. |
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VI_ERROR_NSYS_CNTLR |
The interface associated with this session is not the system controller. |
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VI_ERROR_OUTP_PROT_VIOL |
Output protocol error occurred during transfer. |
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VI_ERROR_QUEUE_ERROR |
Unable to queue read or write operation. |
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VI_ERROR_RAW_RD_PROT_VIOL |
A violation of raw read protocol occurred during a transfer. |
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VI_ERROR_RAW_WR_PROT_VIOL |
A violation of raw write protocol occurred during a transfer. |
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VI_ERROR_RESP_PENDING |
A previous response is still pending, causing a multiple query error. |
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VI_ERROR_RSRC_BUSY |
The resource is valid, but VISA cannot currently access it. |
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VI_ERROR_RSRC_LOCKED |
The specified operation could not be performed because the resource identified by vi has been locked for this kind of access. |
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VI_ERROR_RSRC_NFOUND |
The expression specified does not match any device, or resource was not found. |
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VI_ERROR_SESN_NLOCKED |
The current session did not have any lock on the resource. |
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VI_ERROR_SRQ_NOCCURED |
A service request has not been received for the session. |
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VI_ERROR_SYSTEM_ERROR |
Unknown system error. |
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VI_ERROR_TMO |
The operation failed to complete within the specified timeout period. |
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VI_ERROR_TRIG_NMAPPED |
The path from trigSrc to trigDest is not currently mapped. |
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VI_ERROR_USER_BUF |
A specified user buffer is not valid or cannot be accessed for the required size. |
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VI_ERROR_WINDOW_MAPPED |
The specified session already contains a mapped window. |
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VI_ERROR_WINDOW_NMAPPED |
The specified session is not currently mapped. |
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VI_ERROR_IN_PROGRESS |
Unable to start a new asynchronous operation while another asynchronous operation is in progress |