DISPlay Subsystem

This subsystem controls the instrument's display.

Command Summary

DISPlay[:STATe]

DISPlay:TEXT[:DATA]

DISPlay:TEXT:CLEar

DISPlay:VIEW

DISPlay[:STATe] {ON|1|OFF|0}
DISPlay[:STATe]?

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

DISPlay:TEXT[:DATA] "<string>"
DISPlay:TEXT[:DATA]?

Displays a text message on the front panel display.

Parameter Typical Return

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..."

DISPlay:TEXT:CLEar

Clears the text message from the display.

Parameter Typical Return
(none) (none)
Clear displayed message:

DISP:TEXT:CLE

DISPlay:VIEW {NUMeric|HISTogram|TCHart|METer}
DISPlay:VIEW?

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