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 |
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{ON|1|OFF|0}. Default: ON. | 0 (OFF) or 1 (ON) |
Turn display off:
DISP OFF |
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..." |
Clears the text message from the display.
Parameter | Typical Return |
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(none) | (none) |
Clear displayed message: DISP:TEXT:CLE |
Specifies whether measurement data is displayed in numeric, histogram, trend chart (not available on the 34460A), or bar meter form.
Parameter | Typical Return |
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{NUMeric|HISTogram|TCHart|METer}. Default: NUM. | HIST |
Display histogram: DISP:VIEW HIST |