Series 2600B System SourceMeter® instrument User's Manual
Section 3: Instrument description
2600BS-900-01 Rev. A / August 2021
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Beeper
The 2600B includes a beeper. When it is enabled, a beep indicates one of the following
actions occurred:
•
A front-panel key was pressed:
A short beep, similar to a key click, is issued.
•
The navigation wheel was turned or pressed:
A short beep is issued.
•
The output source was changed:
A longer beep is issued when you select the OUTPUT
ON/OFF control (turn the output on or off).
To turn the beeper on or off from the front panel:
1. Press the
MENU
key, and then select
BEEPER
.
2. Select one of the following:
▪
ENABLE
▪
DISABLE
To turn the beeper on or off from the TSP command interface:
Set the
beeper.enable
attribute. For example, to enable the beeper, send:
beeper.enable = 1
Displayed error and status messages
During operation and programming, front-panel messages may be briefly displayed. Typical
messages are either status or error notifications (refer to the Error summary list for a complete list of
these messages and their meanings).
Status and error messages are held in a queue. For information about retrieving messages from
queues, refer to Queues. For information about error messages, refer to the Troubleshooting guide.
