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Automating Measurements
Operator Interaction
You can display a message in the center of the analyzer’s display by using the
following SCPI command:
DISPlay:ANNotation:MESSage <STRING>
For example:
OUTPUT ‘Connect device, then press button”’
You can how long you want the message to remain on the screen by
using one of the following timeout words: LONG, NONE. For
example :
OUTPUT ‘Test
To clear the message immediately, use the command:
DISPlay:ANNotation:MESSage:CLEar
The message string can contain a maximum of 25 lines with up to
47 characters per line. However, it cannot be more than 254 characters in
length, including carriage returns and line feeds.
you are using you can use the keyword DISP to display a
small one-line message near the bottom of the screen. For example:
DISP “Connect device to REFLECTION port”
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