Manual

Remote Control Commands and Queries
WM-RCM-E Rev D ISSUED: February 2005 167
DISPLAY
MESSAGE, MSG
Command/Query
DESCRIPTION The MESSAGE command displays a string of characters in the
message field at the bottom of the instrument screen.
COMMAND SYNTAX
MeSsaGe ‘<string>’ or MSG “<string>”
<string>:= a string of up to 49 characters. Longer strings will be
truncated to 49 characters, but the original string will be retained and
returned by the MSG? Query.
QUERY SYNTAX
MeSsaGe?
RESPONSE FORMAT
MeSsaGe “<string>”
EXAMPLE (GPIB)
The following causes the message Touch Probe 2 to Test
Point 7 to appear in the message field.
CMD$=”MSG ‘Touch Probe 2 to Test Point 7’”:
CALL IBWRT(SCOPE%, CMD$)