Display Control To speed up your measurement rate, or for security reasons, you may
want to turn off the front-panel display. From the remote interface, you
can also display a 12-character message on the front panel.
•When the display is turned off, readings are not sent to the display
and all display annunciators exc ept ERROR and Shift are disable d.
Front-panel operation is otherwise unaffected by turning off the display.
•The display state is stored in volatile memory; the display is enabled
when power has been off or after a remote interface reset.
•You can display a message on t he front panel by sending a
command from the remote interface. The multimeter can display up
to 12 characters of the message on the front panel; any additional
characters are truncated. Commas, periods, and semicolons share a
display space with the preceding character, and are not considered
individual characters. When a message is displayed, readings are not
sent to the display.
•Sending a message to the display from the remote interface overrides
the display state; this means that you can display a message even if
the display is turned off.
•Front-Panel Operation:
5: DISPLAY (SYS MENU)
The display always turns on for menu operation; this means that
even when the display is turned off, you can still operate the menu.
•Remote Interface Operation:
DISPlay {OFF|ON} disable/enable the display
DISPlay:TEXT <quoted string> display the string enclosed in quotes
DISPlay:TEXT:CLEar clear the displayed message
The following command string shows how to display a message on the
front panel.
"DISP:TEXT ’HELLO’"
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