Keithley 6482 Reference Manual page 219

Section 16: SCPI Command Reference
ENABle <b>
Parameters
Query
Description
MODE <name>
Parameters
Query
Description
ATTRibutes?
Description
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:DISPlay:ENABle <b>
<b> = 0 or OFF
1 or ON
:ENABle?
This command is used to enable and disable the front panel display circuitry.
When disabled, the instrument operates at a higher speed. While disabled, the
display is frozen with the following message:
FRONT PANEL DISABLED
Press LOCAL to resume.
As reported by the message, all front panel controls (except LOCAL and OUTPUT
OFF) are disabled. Normal display operation can be resumed by using the
:ENABle command to enable the display or by putting the Model 6482 into local.
:DISPlay:MODE <name>
<name> = CALCulate3
CALCulate4
CALCulate5
CALCulate6
DUAL
:MODE?
This command is used to select which CALC block to display. Displayed CALC
blocks include CALC3 (channel 1 REL), CALC4 (channel 2 REL), CALC5
(RATIO), and CALC6 (DELTA). The DUAL parameter selects the dual-channel
display mode.
:DISPlay[:WINDow[1]]:ATTRibutes?Query attributes; top display
:DISPlay:WINDow2:ATTRibutes?Query attributes; bottom display
This query command is used to determine which characters on the display are
blinking and which are not. The response message provides that status of each
character position for the specified display. The primary display consists of 20
characters and the secondary display consists of 32 characters.
1 = Character is blinking
0 = Character is not blinking
For example, assume the following menu is displayed with the SAVESETUP
option blinking:
MAIN MENU
SAVESETUP COMMUNICATION CAL >
The response message for :disp:attr? (top display) will result in 20 zeroes as fol-
lows:
00000000000000000000
The response message for :disp:wind2:attr? (bottom display) will display ones at
the character positions for SAVESETUP as follows:
11111111100000000000000000000000
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Control display circuitry
Disable display circuitry
Enable display circuitry
Query state of display
Select CALC block for display
Display CALC3 (Channel 1 REL)
Display CALC4 (Channel 2 REL)
Display CALC5 (RATIO)
Display CALC6 (DELTA)
Dual-channel display mode
Query selected display CALC block
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