DISPlay:MONitor Subsystem

The DISPlay:MONitor subsystem turns on the monitor mode. Parameters related to the state of the data and control lines are shown on an external terminal1. Refer to the Command Module’s Users’s Guide for supported terminal types. The DISPlay:MONitor commands do not apply to any C-SCPI or VXIplug&play driver implementation. The parameters displayed are:

Syntax

DISPlay:MONitor

 

 

:PORT <port>

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:PORT? [MINimum MAXimum DEFault]

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:PORT:AUTO <state>

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:PORT:AUTO?

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[:STATe] <state>

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[:STATe]?

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DISPlay:MONitor:PORT <port>

Sets the value of the DISPlay:MONitor:PORT or sets the automatic display mode.

Parameters

 

 

 

 

Parameter Name

Parameter Type

Range of Values

Default

 

 

 

 

<port>

numeric or discrete

0, 1, 2, 3, AUTO, MINimum, MAXimum,

AUTO

 

 

DEFault

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Comments Sets the value of the Display Monitor to Port 0, 1, 2, or 3. AUTO automatically displays the results of a MEAS:DIG:DATAn? command whenever that command is executed for the monitored Port if the display monitor is active for the Port. MINimum or DEFault sets the value for the monitored Port to 0. MAXimum sets the value for the monitored Port to 3.

Specifying either 0, 1, 2, 3, MIN, MAX, or DEF turns the AUTO mode off.

*RST Condition: sets the display Port to 0 and the automatic display mode ON.

Example DISP:MON:PORT2

Display data from port 2

DISP:MON:PORT AUTO

Set automatic display mode

1.The display monitor is an RS-232 Terminal attached to an HP E1405B, E1406, or E1306 Command Module and provides an interactive user interface to the HP E1459A.

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