Agilent Technologies 5000 Series manual CHANnelnLABel, Characters are converted to upper case

3Commands by Subsystem

:CHANnel<n>:LABel

	(see page 530)
Command Syntax	:CHANnel<n>:LABel <string>
	<string> ::= quoted ASCII string
	<n> ::= {1 2 3 4} for the four channel oscilloscope models
	<n> ::= {1 2} for the two channel oscilloscope models
	Label strings are six characters or less, and may contain any commonly used ASCII
N O T E
	characters. Labels with more than 6 characters are truncated to six characters. Lower case
	characters are converted to upper case.
	The :CHANnel<n>:LABel command sets the analog channel label to the
	string that follows. Setting a label for a channel also adds the name to the
	label list in non- volatile memory (replacing the oldest label in the list).
Query Syntax	:CHANnel<n>:LABel?
	The :CHANnel<n>:LABel? query returns the label associated with a
	particular analog channel.
Return Format	<string><NL>
	<string> ::= quoted ASCII string
See Also	• "Introduction to :CHANnel<n> Commands" on page 143
	• ":DISPlay:LABel" on page 166
	• ":DISPlay:LABList" on page 167

Example Code ' LABEL - This command allows you to write a name (six characters

'maximum) next to the channel number. It is not necessary, but

'can be useful for organizing the display.

myScope.WriteString ":CHANNEL1:LABEL ""CAL 1""" ' Label channel1 "C AL 1".

myScope.WriteString ":CHANNEL2:LABEL ""CAL2""" ' Label channel1 "CA L2".

Example program from the start: "VISA COM Example in Visual Basic" on page 578

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