Fvs error codes

In general it looks like there are two formatting conventions for errors and warnings, spelled out below with examples. I’ve also listed the error codes provided in FVS documentation further below. The ones in bold and underline are the ones we should be worried about. The other ones don’t necessarily indicate a problem. The words “error” and “warning” may show up in different context in the .out file, but don’t indicate a problem with the model run.

Formats:

1. All the warnings and errors with an FVS## are on a new line with 8 *’s followed by 3 spaces and then the FVS## ERROR/WARNING: … e.g.,

********   FVS03 WARNING:  FOREST CODE INDICATES THE GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION IS OUTSIDE THE RANGE OF THE MODEL.  DEFAULT CODE IS USED.

2. The warnings without an FVS## format (I think there may only be two, when too many trees per acre are found, and if no file reference number is used and FVS can’t find the right file to read from or write to) are preceded by two lines of 15 *’s and followed by two lines of 15 *’s. The warning message itself in between these rows may run for more than one line, but probably begins with WARNING: … not sure about the “NO FILE CONNECTED TO UNIT” error… e.g.,

***************
***************
WARNING: INITIAL STAND STOCKING OF   1189.0 TREES/ACRE IS MORE THAN 5% ABOVE THE UPPER LIMIT OF    674.7 TREES/ACRE.
         UPPER LIMIT IS BASED ON A SDI MAXIMUM OF      246.5 AND AN UPPER BOUND OF  85.0 PERCENT OF MAXIMUM.
         MAXIMUM SDI BEING RESET TO     434.8 FOR FURTHER PROCESSING.
***************
***************

FVS01 ERROR: INVALID KEYWORD WAS SPECIFIED.
FVS02 ERROR: NO “STOP” RECORD IN KEYWORD FILE.
FVS03 WARNING: FOREST CODE INDICATES THE GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION IS OUTSIDE THE RANGE OF THE MODEL. DEFAULT CODE IS USED.
FVS04 ERROR: A REQUIRED PARAMETER IS MISSING OR INCORRECT; KEYWORD IGNORED.
FVS05 ERROR: EXPRESSION IS TOO LONG.
FVS06 ERROR: KEYWORD RECORD WAS INCORRECTLY READ.
FVS07 WARNING: A TREEFMT OR SPCODES RECORD FOLLOWS A TREEDATA RECORD.
FVS08 WARNING: TOO FEW PROJECTABLE TREE RECORDS. PROJECTABLE RECORDS: XX; TREE RECORDS: XXXX; STAND ID: XXXXXXXX
FVS09 WARNING: PLOT COUNTS DO NOT MATCH DATA ON THE DESIGN RECORD; DESIGN RECORD DATA USED. PLOT COUNT = XXXX; NONSTOCKABLE COUNT = XXXX
FVS10 ERROR: OPTION/ACTIVITY STORAGE AREA IS FULL; REQUEST(S) IGNORED.
FVS11 ERROR: REQUESTED EXTENSION IS NOT PART OF THIS PROGRAM.
FVS12 ERROR: ERROR COMPILING EXPRESSION RENDERS IT USELESS. IT WILL BE IGNORED.
FVS13 ERROR: THE MAXIMUM NUMBER OF USABLE TREE RECORDS HAVE BEEN PROCESSED. NUMBER READ = XXXX; PLOT COUNT = XXX
FVS14 WARNING: HABITAT/PLANT ASSOCIATION/ECOREGION CODE WAS NOT RECOGNIZED; HABITAT/PLANT ASSOCIATION/ECOREGION SET TO DEFAULT CODE.
FVS15 ERROR: ATTEMPT TO REDEFINE A RESERVED VARIABLE. EXPRESSION IGNORED.
FVS16 ERROR: KEYWORD ENTERED IS USED IN WRONG CONTEXT AND WAS IGNORED. RECORDS READ = XXXX 
FVS17 ERROR: EVENT MONITOR STORAGE AREA IS FULL.
FVS18 ERROR: ATTEMPT TO SCHEDULE A GROUP OF ACTIVITIES FAILED.
FVS19 ERROR: INCORRECT RECORD TYPE OR END OF DATA FOUND WHILE READING SAMPLE TREE SCRATCH FILE.
FVS20 WARNING: SAMPLE TREE AND STAND ATTRIBUTE TABLE SCRATCH FILE IS EMPTY; TABLE NOT PRINTED.
FVS21 ERROR: AN EXPRESSION WAS INCORRECTLY COMPUTED; ANSWER IS IGNORED.
FVS22 ERROR: OVER 9 ALTERNATIVE ACTIVITY GROUPS SPECIFIED, CURRENT GROUP MAY NOT BE SCHEDULED.
FVS23 WARNING: PLANT ASSOCIATION (FIELD 2) NOT RECOGNIZED.
FVS24 WARNING: MODEL TYPE (FIELD 2) NOT RECOGNIZED. 
FVS25 ERROR: INCORRECT USE/PLACEMENT OF PARMS; KEYWORD IGNORED.
FVS26 ERROR: GENERAL REPORTS SCRATCH FILE CANNOT BE OPENED.
FVS27 WARNING: CALCULATED CALIBRATION VALUE OUTSIDE REASONABLE RANGE. CALIBRATION OF THIS SPECIES IS BEING TURNED OFF.
FVS28 ERROR: MAXIMUM NUMBER OF 10 SPECIES GROUPS HAS ALREADY BEEN DEFINED; KEYWORD IGNORED.
FVS29 ERROR: A SPECIES CODE WAS NOT RECOGNIZED. THIS SPECIES WILL BE IGNORED.
FVS31 ERROR: .KCP OR .ADD FILE CAN NOT BE OPENED.
FVS32 WARNING: PV REFERENCE CODE WAS NOT RECOGNIZED; HABITAT/PLANT ASSOCIATION/ECOREGION SET TO DEFAULT CODE.
FVS33 WARNING: PV CODE WAS NOT RECOGNIZED; HABITAT/PLANT ASSOCIATION/ECOREGION SET TO DEFAULT CODE.
FVS34 WARNING: PV CODE/PV REFERENCE CODE COMBINATION WAS NOT RECOGNIZED; HABITAT/PLANT ASSOCIATION/ECOREGION SET TO DEFAULT CODE.
FVS35 WARNING: ALL INPUT PLOTS ARE IDENTIFIED AS NONSTOCKABLE. NUMBER OF NONSTOCKABLE PLOTS SET TO ZERO.

NO FILE CONNECTED TO UNIT
WARNING: INITIAL STAND STOCKING OF