Agilent Technologies E3634A manual System-Related Commands, DISPlay OFF ON, DISPlay?, DISPlayTEXT?

Chapter 4 Remote Interface Reference

System-Related Commands

System-Related Commands

DISPlay {OFF ON}

This command turns the front-panel display off or on. When the display is turned off, outputs are not sent to the display and all annunciators are disabled except the ERROR annunciator.

The display state is automatically turned on when you return to the local mode. Press Store (Local) key to return to the local state from the remote interface.

Local

DISPlay?

This command queries the front-panel display setting. Returns ‘‘0’’ (OFF) or ‘‘1’’ (ON).

DISPlay:TEXT <quoted string>

This command displays a message on the front panel. The power supply will display up to 12 characters in a message; any additional characters are truncated. Commas, periods, and semicolons share a display space with the preceding character, and are not considered individual characters.

DISPlay:TEXT?

This command queries the message sent to the front panel and returns a quoted string.

DISPlay:TEXT:CLEar

This command clears the message displayed on the front panel.

OUTPut {OFF ON}

This command enables or disables the outputs of the power supply. When the output is disabled, the voltage value is 0 V and the current value is 1 mA.

At *RST, the output state is OFF.

OUTPut?

This command queries the output state of the power supply. The returned value is ‘‘0’’ (OFF) or ‘‘1’’ (ON).

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