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Common Commands Returning Specific Displays: STATUS, VERS, ERR, etc.
Some common commands use the LCD in a special way. The respective operations are
listed below. Three of them (and more mentioned further below) present temporary
messages as defined here:
Whenever anything different from the actual contents of
displayed or any additional information is shown in the dot matrix, these extra data
are considered being a temporary message. This is further indicated by the
annunciator
If such extra data are displayed outside of a catalog or browser, they will vanish with
the next keystroke. Pressing
returning to the normal display, any other key will be executed in addition.
Now here are the common commands delivering special information:
1.
returns very useful information about current memory allocation and the
space available. It continues showing the user flags set. See p.
description of this browser.
2. VERS generates a temporary message showing you version and build of the firmware
running on your WP 34S.
If the basic firmware is installed, the build number
will follow the version number immediately.
If the timer firmware is installed, a 'T' will trail the
version number.
If the firmware for printing is installed, a printer
character will be displayed instead.
See in
Appendix A
3. ERR and MSG display the corresponding error message as a temporary message. See
Appendix C
for more.
4. A few far-reaching commands (such as CLALL, for example) will ask you for
confirmation before executing. Answer
Also
or
Further commands returning special displays and temporary messages are specific to
particular modes of your WP 34S and are thus covered in the sections following.
WP 34S Owner's Manual
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how to install these different firmware packs.
will be read as
or
will just clear the temporary message
(by pressing
, all other input will be ignored.
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