Section 8: Maintenance Model 2601B-PULSE System SourceMeter Instrument Reference Manual
8-4 2601B-PULSE-901-01A April 2020
Display patterns test
This test lets you verify that each pixel and indicator in the vacuum fluorescent display is working
properly.
Perform the following steps to run the display test:
1. If the 2601B-PULSE instrument is in remote mode, press the EXIT (LOCAL) key once to place
the instrument in local mode.
2. Press the MENU key.
3. Navigate through the menus by turning the navigation wheel , and then pressing the ENTER
key to select the items as follows: DISPLAY > TEST > DISPLAY-TESTS.
4. Turn the navigation wheel until the DISPLAY-PATTERNS menu item is highlighted.
5. To start the display test, press the ENTER key. There are three parts to the display test. Each
time the ENTER key or the navigation wheel is pressed, the next part of the test sequence is
selected. The three parts of the test sequence are as follows:
â–ª Checkerboard pattern and the indicators that are on during normal operation
â–ª Checkerboard pattern (alternate pixels on) and all the numeric indicators (which are not used)
are illuminated
â–ª Each digit and adjacent indicators are sequenced; all the pixels of the selected digit are on
6. When finished, abort the display test by pressing the EXIT (LOCAL) key. The instrument returns
to the FRONT PANEL TESTS menu. Continue pressing the EXIT (LOCAL) key to exit out of the
menu structure.