This subsystem controls the instrument's display.
Disables or enables the front panel display. When disabled, the display dims, and all annunciators are disabled. However, the screen remains on.
| Parameter | Typical Return |
|---|---|
| {ON|1|OFF|0}. Default: ON. | 0 (OFF) or 1 (ON) |
| Turn display off:
DISP OFF |
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Displays a text message on the front panel display.
| Parameter | Typical Return |
|---|---|
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A quoted string of up to 40 characters. You can use letters (A-Z), numbers (0-9) and special characters such as @, %, *, and so forth. Default "" |
"Test in progress..." |
| Show message on display: DISP:TEXT "Test in progress..." |
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Clears the text message from the display.
| Parameter | Typical Return |
|---|---|
| (none) | (none) |
| Clear displayed message: DISP:TEXT:CLE |
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Specifies whether measurement data is displayed in numeric, histogram, trend chart (not available on the 34460A), or bar meter form.
| Parameter | Typical Return |
|---|---|
| {NUMeric|HISTogram|TCHart|METer}. Default: NUM. | HIST |
| Display histogram: DISP:VIEW HIST |
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