Jolly-Seber Error Message - Exit Code 30

[bromaghin]

Greetings,

When attempting to estimate parameters of a Jolly-Seber model, I'm getting the following error code.

"ERROR -- Type of input matrix: i, S, p, r, c, N, F, F', Gamma, Gamma', Gamma'', R, R', f, M, d, Lambda, Psi, pent, or pi was not specified. Exit code 30."

This doesn't seem to be a convergence issue as it happens immediately after hitting the "OK to Run" button. The output to the DOS window follows; I include this to show how early the error occurs.

INPUT --- model={test};
INPUT --- group=1 Phi rows=1 cols=17 Square;
INPUT --- 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
INPUT --- 1 1 1 1;
INPUT --- group=1 p rows=1 cols=18 Square;
INPUT --- 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
INPUT --- 2 2 2 2 2;
DATTYP = 11
group =
1 Lambda
rows =
1 cols
= 17
Square
INPUT --- group=1 Lambda rows=1 cols=17 Square;
ERROR -- Type of input matrix: í, S, p, r, c, N, F, F', Gamma, Gamma', Gamma'', R, R', f, M, d, Lambda, Psi, pent, or pi was n
t specified.

This same question was posted on 5/5/06, but nothing in the ensuing chain of communication contained any information on the cause, unless it is a convergence issue and the error message is misleading. Does anyone know what conditions cause generation of this error message?

Thanks!
Jeff