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Table 4-12. PLOTTER OPERATION AND PROGRAM ERRORS - Cont
E r r or
Error No.
Displayed
Explanation
p0
p1
p2
PLOTTER ROM ERRORS - Cont
P8
CALCULATOR STOP KEY CANCELLED OPERATION
Occurs on any instruction when plotter fails to respond for 3
sec after STOP key has been pressed. This error is most like-
ly to occur when pen is traveling slowly.
TRANSMISSION ERROR
Computer has received an illegal ASCII input from plotter .
INSTRUCTION NOT RECOGNIZED
Plotter has received illegal character sequence.
WRONG NUMBER OF PARAMETERS
p3
p4
p5
p6
BAD
Too many or too few parameters have been sent with instruc-
t i o n .
PARAMETER
Parameters sent to plotter with instruction are out of range
f o r t h a t i n s t r u c t i o n.
ILLEGAL CHARACTER
Character specified as parameter is not in allowable set for
t h a t i n s t r u c t i o n .
UNKNOWN CHARACTER SET
Character set out of range 0-4 has been designated as either
standard or alternate character set .
POSITION OVERFLOW
Attempt has been made to draw character or perform CP that is
l o c a t e d o u t s i d e o f p l o t t e r ’ s n u m e r i c l i m i t o f - 3 2 7 6 8 to
+32767.
Error messages generated by WRITE (wrt) and READ (red) statements
will typically be displayed as error in next executed plotter ROM
statement. This can be avoided by using output error command ( w r t
select code ‘OE") followed by a READ statement (red select code,
variable) to check for errors after READ or WRITE statements that
a d d r e s s p l o t t e r .
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