Nittany Scientific NEC-Win Plus+ NEC Error Codes When the NEC core errors a user should go to the

tabular list box, choose ou tput file then scroll to the bottom of the file. The last few lines of text shou ld contain one of the following errors. 1. CHECK DATA, PARAMETER SPECIFYING SEGMENT POSITION IN A GROUP OF EQUAL TAGS CANNOT BE ZERO. This error results from an input data error and may occur at any point where a tag number is used to identify a segment. Execution terminated. Data on the NT, TL, EX, and PT cards should be checked. 2. CONNECT - SEGMENT CONNECTION ERROR FOR SEGMENT _. Possible causes: number of segments at a junction exceeds limit; segment lengths are zero; array overflow. 3. DATA FAULT ON LOADING CARD NO. =__ ITAG STEP1 =__ IS GREATER THAN ITAG STEP2 = __ When several segments are loaded, the number of the second segment specified must be greater than the number of the first segment. Execution terminated. 4. EOF ON UNIT __NBLKS = __NEOF = __. An end of file has been encountered while reading data from the unit. NBLKS determines how many records are read from the unit. NEOF is a flag to indicate which call to BLCKIN initiated the read. If NEOF = 777, this diagnostic is normal and execution will continue. Otherwise, an error is indicated and execution will terminate. 5. ERROR - B LESS THAN A IN ROM2 Program malfunction. 6. ERROR - COUPLING IS NOT BETWEEN 0 AND 1 Inaccuracy in solution or error in data. 7. ERROR IN GROUND PARAMETERS - COMPLEX DIELECTRIC CONSTANT FROM FILE IS _____ REQUESTED_____. Complex dielectric constant from Sommerfeld file does not agree with dat a from GN and FR cards. 8. FAULTY DATA CARD LABEL AFTER GEOMETRY SECTION. A card with an unrecognizable mnemonic has been encountered in the

program control cards following the geometry cards. Execution terminated. 9. GEOMETRY DATA CARD ERROR. A geometry data card was expected, but the card mnemonic is not that of a geometry card. Execution terminated. After the GE card in a data deck, the possible geometry mnemonics are GE, GM, GR, GS, GW, GX, SP, and SS. The GE card must be used to terminate the geometry cards. 10. GEOMETRY DATA ERROR - - SEGMENT __ EXTENDS BELOW GROUND, When ground is specified on the GE card, no segment may extend below the XY plane. Execution terminated. 11. GEOMETRY DATA ERROR - - SEGMENT __ LIES IN GROUND PLANE. When ground is specified on the GE card, no segment should lie in the XY plane. Execution terminated. 12. GEOMETRY DATA ERROR - - SEGMENT __ LIES IN PLANE OF SYMMETRY. A segment may not lie in or cross a plane of symmetry about which the structure is reflected since the segment and its image will coincide or cross. Execution terminated. 13. IMPROPER LOAD TYPE CHOSEN, REQUESTED TYPE IS __. Valid load types (LDTYP on the LD card) are from 0 through 5. Execution terminated. 14. INCORRECT LABEL FOR A COMMENT CARD. The program expected a comment card, with mnemonic CM or CE, but encountered a different mnemonic. Execution terminated. Comment cards must be the first cards in a data set, and the comments must be terminated by the CE mnemonic. 15. LOADING DATA CARD ERROR, NO SEGMENT HAS AN ITAG=__. ITAG specified on an LD card could not be found as a segment tag. Execution terminated. 16. NO SEGMENT HAS AN ITAG OF __. This error results from faulty input data and can occur at any point where a tag number is used to identify a segment. Execution terminated. Tag numbers on the NT, TL, EX, CP, PQ, and PT cards should be checked. 17. NOTE, SOME OF THE ABOVE SEGMENTS HAVE BEEN LOADED TWICE, IMPEDANCES ADDED. A segment or segments have been loaded by two or more LD cards. The impedances of the loads have been added in series. This is only an informative message. Execution continues.

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PIVOT(__) = __. This will be printed during the Gauss Doolittle factoring of the interaction matrix or the network matrix when a pivot element less than 10E-10 is encountered, and indicates that the matrix is nearly singular. The number in parentheses shows on which pass through the matrix the condition occurred. This is usually an abnormal condition although execution will continue. It may result from coinciding segments or a segment of zero length.

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RADIAL WIRE G.S. APPROXIMATION MAY NOT BE USED WITH SOMMERFELD GROUND OPTION. ROM2 - - STEP SIZE LIMITED AT Z = Probably caused by a wire too close to the ground in the Somerfeld/ Norton ground method. Execution continues but results may be inaccurate

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. 21. SEGMENT DATA ERROR. A segment with zero length or zero radius was found. Execution terminated. 22. STEP SIZE LIMTED AT Z=__. The numerical integration to compute interaction matrix elements, using the Romberg variable interval width method, was limited by the minimum allowed step size. Execution will continue. An inaccuracy may occur but is usually not serious. May result from thin wire or wire close to the ground.