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Table 3-12. PLOTTER OPERATION AND PROGRAM ERRORS - Cont
Error
Error No.
Explanation
Displayed
PLOTTER ROM ERRORS - Cont
P8
CALCULATOR STOP KEY CANCELLED OPERATION
Occurs on any instruction when plotter fails to respond for 3
s e c after STOP key has been pressed.
This error is most like-
ly to occur when pen is traveling slowly.
p0
TRANSMISSION ERROR
Computer has received an illegal ASCII input from plotter.
p1
INSTRUCTION NOT RECOGNIZED
Plotter has received illegal character sequence.
p2
WRONG NUMBER OF PARAMETERS
T o o many or too few parameters have been sent with instruc-
tion.
p3
BAD PARAMETER
Parameters sent to plotter with instruction are out of range
for that instruction.
p4
ILLEGAL CHARACTER
Character specified as parameter is not in allowable set for
that instruction.
UNKNOWN CHARACTER SET
p5
C h a r a c t e r set out of range 0-4 has been designated as either
standard or alternate character set.
P O S I T I O N OVERFLOW
p6
A t t e m p t has been made to draw character or perform CP that is
located outside of plotter's numeric limit of -32768 to
+32767.
E r r o r messages generated by WRITE (wrt) and READ (red) s t a t e m e n t s
will typically be displayed as error in next executed plotter ROM
T h i s can be avoided by using output error command ( w r t
statement.
s e l e c t code "OE") followed by a READ statement (red s e l e c t c o d e ,
variable) to check for errors after READ or WRITE statements that
address plotter.
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