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Function Return Value


  Each function returns the status code of the operation.  The status

  code either indicates success or describes an error or warning condition.

  Examine the status code from each call to an instrument driver function

  to determine if an error occurred.

         

  To obtain a text description of the status code, call the

  pi620_error_message function.

         

  The general meaning of the status code is as follows:

         

         

Value

Meaning



0

Success

Positive Values

Warnings

Negative Values

Errors


         

  The driver defines the following specific status codes:

         

         


Status

Description




ERRORS

BFFC0901

Memory Test Error




WARNINGS

3FFC0901

Eeprom verify warning


3FFC0902

Calibration parameter out of range


         

  The instrument driver also returns errors and warnings defined by other

  sources.  The following table defines the ranges of additional status codes

  that this driver can return.  The table lists the different include files that

  contain the defined constants for the particular status codes:

         


         

Numeric Range (Hex)

Status Code Types



3FFF0000 to 3FFFFFFF

VISA Warnings

BFFF0000 to BFFFFFFF

VISA Errors