IVI - Other Error Codes

If an error occurs as the result of an IVI call, the type of error is indicated by the numerical range of the error number. First display the error number in hexadecimal format, then look it up in the following tables.

BFFA000->BFFA1FFF are IVI error codes and can be interpreted in the following table
BFFA2000->BFFA3FFF are Class Driver error codes interpreted at this link location
BFFA4000->BFFA5FFF are Pickering Specific Driver errors interpreted at this link location

If writing code to check for error specific error return values, the user should use the text in the DEFINE column rather than using the numeric value directly.

C Shared Components Errors

Hex Error Code	Uses DEFINE	Reason
0xbffa1190	IVI_ERROR_INVALID_SESSION_HANDLE	The session handle is not valid
0xbffa1198	IVI_ERROR_CANNOT_CREATE_LOCK	Could not create a multithread lock
0xbffa11A0	IVI_ERROR_CANNOT_CREATE_THREAD_LOCAL	Could not create thread local

*NOTE* BFFA1190 error is produced if a Switch Executive Virtual Device is created for a Pickering device and the model number is not found in the pi40iv.ini file

Configuration Server Errors

Hex Error Code	Uses DEFINE	Reason
0xbffa1200	IVICONFIG_ERROR_DESERIALIZE_FAILED	The specified configuration store file could not be deserialized
0xbffa1201	IVICONFIG_ERROR_ALREADY_DESERIALIZED	A deserialize was attempted after a previous deserialize had already succeeded
0xbffa1202	IVICONFIG_ERROR_SERIALIZE_FAILED	The specified configuration store file could not be serialized
0xbffa1203	IVICONFIG_ERROR_SESSION_NOT_FOUND	The session name or logical name could not be resolved to a session or driver session
0xbffa1204	IVICONFIG_ERROR_NOT_IN_GLOBAL	The item does not exist in the global collection
0xbffa1205	IVICONFIG_ERROR_ALREADY_EXIST	An entry with name already exists in the collection
0xbffa1206	IVICONFIG_ERROR_MASTER_NOT_FOUND	The registry entry for the master configuration store does not exist or the file could not be found
0xbffa1207	IVICONFIG_ERROR_NOT_EXIST	The item does not exist in the collection
0xbffa1208	IVICONFIG_ERROR_INVALID_DATA_COMPONENT	The data component is not a valid data component
0xbffa1209	IVICONFIG_ERROR_LOCAL_REFERENCE_EXIST	The element cannot be removed from the global collection when it is ref erenced in the local collections
0xbffa1220	IVICONFIG_ERROR_INVALID_HANDLE	The specified handle is invalid or of an incorrect type
0xbffa1221	IVICONFIG_ERROR_INVALID_PROPERTY_ID	The specified property ID is not valid for this function

IVI Foundation Defined and Reserved (grandfathered) Errors

Hex Error Code	Uses DEFINE	Reason
bffa0000	IVI_ERROR_CANNOT_RECOVER	Unrecoverable failure.
bffa0001	IVI_ERROR_INSTRUMENT_STATUS	Instrument error detected. Call the PREFIX_error_query function and examine the error code and error message parameters for additional information regarding the error.
bffa0002	IVI_ERROR_CANNOT_OPEN_FILE	File could not be opened.
bffa0003	IVI_ERROR_READING_FILE	Error reading file.
bffa0004	IVI_ERROR_WRITING_FILE	Error writing file.
bffa0005	IVI_ERROR_DRIVER_MODULE_NOT_FOUND	Driver module file not found.
bffa0006	IVI_ERROR_CANNOT_OPEN_DRIVER_MODULE	Cannot open driver module file for reading.
bffa0007	IVI_ERROR_INVALID_DRIVER_MODULE	Driver module has invalid file format or contains invalid data.
bffa0008	IVI_ERROR_UNDEFINED_REFERENCES	Driver module contains undefined references.
bffa0009	IVI_ERROR_FUNCTION_NOT_FOUND	Cannot find function in driver module.
bffa000a	IVI_ERROR_LOADING_DRIVER_MODULE	Failure loading driver module.
bffa000b	IVI_ERROR_INVALID_PATHNAME	The path name is invalid.
bffa000c	IVI_ERROR_INVALID_ATTRIBUTE	Attribute ID not recognized.
bffa000d	IVI_ERROR_IVI_ATTR_NOT_WRITABLE	Attribute is read-only.
bffa000e	IVI_ERROR_IVI_ATTR_NOT_READABLE	Attribute is write-only.
bffa000f	IVI_ERROR_INVALID_PARAMETER	Invalid parameter.
bffa0010	IVI_ERROR_INVALID_VALUE	Invalid value for parameter or property.
bffa0011	IVI_ERROR_FUNCTION_NOT_SUPPORTED	Function or method not supported.
bffa0012	IVI_ERROR_ATTRIBUTE_NOT_SUPPORTED	Attribute or property not supported.
bffa0013	IVI_ERROR_VALUE_NOT_SUPPORTED	The enumeration value for the parameter is not supported.
bffa0014	IVI_ERROR_INVALID_TYPE	Invalid Type.
bffa0015	IVI_ERROR_TYPES_DO_NOT_MATCH	The attribute and function parameter types do not match.
bffa0016	IVI_ERROR_MULTIPLE_DEFERRED_SETTING	The specified attribute already has a value waiting to be updated.
bffa0017	IVI_ERROR_ITEM_ALREADY_EXISTS	The specified item already exists.
bffa0018	IVI_ERROR_INVALID_CONFIGURATION	Not a valid configuration.
bffa0019	IVI_ERROR_VALUE_NOT_AVAILABLE	The requested item or value does not exist or is not available.
bffa001a	IVI_ERROR_ATTRIBUTE_VALUE_NOT_KNOWN	The requested attribute value not known and cannot be determined.
bffa001b	IVI_ERROR_NO_RANGE_TABLE	There is no range table for this attribute.
bffa001c	IVI_ERROR_INVALID_RANGE_TABLE	The range table is invalid.
bffa001d	IVI_ERROR_NOT_INITIALIZED	A connection to the instrument has not been established.
bffa001e	IVI_ERROR_NON_INTERCHANGEABLE_BEHAVIOR	The class instrument driver has encountered underspecified instrument configurations that limit interchangeability.
bffa001f	IVI_ERROR_NO_CHANNEL_TABLE	No channel table has been built for the session. Theinstrument driver must call Ivi_BuildChannelTable in its IviInit function.
bffa0020	IVI_ERROR_UNKNOWN_CHANNEL_NAME	Unknown channel or repeated capability name.
bffa0021	IVI_ERROR_SYS_RSRC_ALLOC	Unable to allocate system resource.
bffa0022	IVI_ERROR_ACCESS_DENIED	Permission to access file was denied.
bffa0023	IVI_ERROR_TOO_MANY_OPEN_FILES	Too many files are open.
bffa0024	IVI_ERROR_UNABLE_TO_CREATE_TEMP_FILE	Unable to create temporary file in target directory.
bffa0025	IVI_ERROR_NO_UNUSED_TEMP_FILENAMES	All temporary filenames already used in target directory.
bffa0026	IVI_ERROR_DISK_FULL	Disk is full.
bffa0027	IVI_ERROR_CONFIG_FILE_NOT_FOUND	Configuration file was not found on disk.
bffa0028	IVI_ERROR_CANNOT_OPEN_CONFIG_FILE	Cannot open configuration file.
bffa0029	IVI_ERROR_ERROR_READING_CONFIG_FILE	Error reading configuration file.
bffa002a	IVI_ERROR_BAD_INTEGER_IN_CONFIG_FILE	Invalid ViInt32 value in configuration file.
bffa002b	IVI_ERROR_BAD_DOUBLE_IN_CONFIG_FILE	Invalid ViReal64 value in configuration file.
bffa002c	IVI_ERROR_BAD_BOOLEAN_IN_CONFIG_FILE	Invalid ViBoolean value in configuration file.
bffa002d	IVI_ERROR_CONFIG_ENTRY_NOT_FOUND	Entry missing from configuration file.
bffa002e	IVI_ERROR_DRIVER_DLL_INIT_FAILED	Initialization failed in driver DLL.
bffa002f	IVI_ERROR_DRIVER_UNRESOLVED_SYMBOL	Driver module could not be loaded because of an unresolved external reference.
bffa0030	IVI_ERROR_CANNOT_FIND_CVI_RTE	Cannot find CVI Run-Time Engine.
bffa0031	IVI_ERROR_CANNOT_OPEN_CVI_RTE	Cannot open CVI Run-Time Engine.
bffa0032	IVI_ERROR_CVI_RTE_INVALID_FORMAT	CVI Run-Time Engine has invalid format.
bffa0033	IVI_ERROR_CVI_RTE_MISSING_FUNCTION	CVI Run-Time Engine is missing one or more required functions.
bffa0034	IVI_ERROR_CVI_RTE_INIT_FAILED	CVI Run-Time Engine initialization failed, probably because of insufficient memory.
bffa0035	IVI_ERROR_CVI_RTE_UNRESOLVED_SYMBOL	CVI Run-Time Engine could not be loaded because of an unresolved external reference.
bffa0036	IVI_ERROR_LOADING_CVI_RTE	Failure loading CVI Run-Time Engine.
bffa0037	IVI_ERROR_CANNOT_OPEN_DLL_FOR_EXPORTS	Cannot open DLL to read exports.
bffa0038	IVI_ERROR_DLL_CORRUPTED	DLL file is corrupt.
bffa0039	IVI_ERROR_NO_DLL_EXPORT_TABLE	No export table in DLL.
bffa003a	IVI_ERROR_UNKNOWN_DEFAULT_SETUP_ATTR	Unknown attribute name for initial setting in configuration file.
bffa003b	IVI_ERROR_INVALID_DEFAULT_SETUP_VAL	Invalid attribute value for initial setting in configuration file.
bffa003c	IVI_ERROR_UNKNOWN_MEMORY_PTR	Memory pointer specified is not known.
bffa003d	IVI_ERROR_EMPTY_CHANNEL_LIST	Unable to find any channel or repeated capability strings.
bffa003e	IVI_ERROR_DUPLICATE_CHANNEL_STRING	The channel or repeated capability list contains two instances of the same name.
bffa003f	IVI_ERROR_DUPLICATE_VIRT_CHAN_NAME	The VirtualChannelNames item in the configuration filecontains a duplicate virtual channel name.
bffa0040	IVI_ERROR_MISSING_VIRT_CHAN_NAME	The VirtualChannelNames item in the configuration filecontains an entry without a virtual channel name (nothing before the '=').
bffa0041	IVI_ERROR_BAD_VIRT_CHAN_NAME	The VirtualChannelNames item in the configuration filecontains an invalid virtual channel name. Channel names must contain only alphanumerics, underscores, or an exclamation point.
bffa0042	IVI_ERROR_UNASSIGNED_VIRT_CHAN_NAME	The VirtualChannelNames item in the configuration filecontains a virtual channel name without an assigned channel string (i.e., nothing after '=').
bffa0043	IVI_ERROR_BAD_VIRT_CHAN_ASSIGNMENT	The VirtualChannelNames item in the configuration filecontains a virtual channel name that is assigned to an unknown or invalid channel string.
bffa0044	IVI_ERROR_CHANNEL_NAME_REQUIRED	Channel or repeated capability name required.
bffa0045	IVI_ERROR_CHANNEL_NAME_NOT_ALLOWED	The channel or repeated capability name is not allowed.
bffa0046	IVI_ERROR_ATTR_NOT_VALID_FOR_CHANNEL	The attribute is not valid for the specified channel or repeated capability.
bffa0047	IVI_ERROR_ATTR_MUST_BE_CHANNEL_BASED	This operation requires a channel- or repeated capability-based attribute. The specified attribute is not channel- or repeated capability-based.
bffa0048	IVI_ERROR_CHANNEL_ALREADY_EXCLUDED	The channel has already been excluded for the specified attribute and cannot be re-included.
bffa0049	IVI_ERROR_MISSING_OPTION_NAM	The option string parameter contains an entry without a name (nothing before the '=').
bffa004a	IVI_ERROR_MISSING_OPTION_VALUE	The option string parameter contains an entry without a value (nothing after the '=').
bffa004b	IVI_ERROR_BAD_OPTION_NAME	The option string parameter contains an entry with an unknown option name.
bffa004c	IVI_ERROR_BAD_OPTION_VALUE	The option string parameter contains an entry with an unknown option value.
bffa004d	IVI_ERROR_NOT_CREATED_BY_CLASS	This operation is valid only on a sesssion created by a class driver.
bffa004e	IVI_ERROR_IVI_INI_IS_RESERVED	You cannot create a configuration file named "ivi.ini". That filename is reserved.
bffa004f	IVI_ERROR_DUP_RUNTIME_CONFIG_ENTRY	There already is an entry of the same name in the run-time configuration.
bffa0050	IVI_ERROR_INDEX_IS_ONE_BASED	The index parameter is one-based. You must pass a number greater than or equal to 1.
bffa0051	IVI_ERROR_INDEX_IS_TOO_HIGH	The index exceeds the number of items available.
bffa0052	IVI_ERROR_ATTR_NOT_CACHEABLE	You cannot set the cache for an attribute that has the IVI_VAL_NEVER_CACHE flag.
bffa0053	IVI_ERROR_ADDR_ATTRS_MUST_BE_HIDDEN	An instrument driver cannot export a ViAddr attribute to the end-user. Use the IVI_VAL_HIDDEN flag macro to make it a private attribute.
bffa0054	IVI_ERROR_BAD_CHANNEL_NAME	Channel or repeated capability strings must contain only alphanumerics, underscores, or an exclamation point
bffa0055	IVI_ERROR_BAD_PREFIX_IN_CONFIG_FILE	The Prefix item in the configuration file does not match the specific driver's prefix
bffa0056	IVI_ERROR_OUT_OF_MEMORY	The necessary memory could not be allocated.
bffa0057	IVI_ERROR_OPERATION_PENDING	Operation in progress.
bffa0058	IVI_ERROR_NULL_POINTER	Null pointer passed for parameter or attribute.
bffa0059	IVI_ERROR_UNEXPECTED_RESPONSE	Unexpected response from the instrument.
bffa005a		Unknown status code
bffa005b	IVI_ERROR_FILE_NOT_FOUND	File not found.
bffa005c	IVI_ERROR_INVALID_FILE_FORMAT	The file format is invalid.
bffa005d	IVI_ERROR_STATUS_NOT_AVAILABLE	The instrument status is not available.
bffa005e	IVI_ERROR_ID_QUERY_FAILED	Instrument ID Query failed.
bffa005f	IVI_ERROR_RESET_FAILED	Instrument reset failed.
bffa0060	IVI_ERROR_RESOURCE_UNKNOWN	Insufficient location information or resource not present in the system.
bffa0061	IVI_ERROR_ALREADY_INITIALIZED	The driver is already initialized.
bffa0062	IVI_ERROR_CANNOT_CHANGE_SIMULATION_STATE	The simulation state cannot be changed.
bffa0063	IVI_ERROR_INVALID_NUMBER_OF_LEVELS_IN_SELECTOR	The number of levels in the selector is not valid for the repeated capability.
bffa0064	IVI_ERROR_INVALID_RANGE_IN_SELECTOR	The range is not valid for the repeated capability.
bffa0065	IVI_ERROR_UNKOWN_NAME_IN_SELECTOR	Unknown name in selector.
bffa0066	IVI_ERROR_BADLY_FORMED_SELECTOR	The repeated capability selector is badly-formed.
bffa0067	IVI_ERROR_UNKNOWN_PHYSICAL_IDENTIFIER	Unknown physical repeated capability selector.