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Triggering - The TRIGger Subsystem

Measurement Operations & Settings

Triggering - The TRIGger

Subsystem

The TRIGger Subsystem allows you to configure how the instrument reacts to incoming or outgoing triggers.

Table 8 Triggering and Power Measurements

Hardware	Trigger Rearming	Software Triggering		Data Acquisition Functions
Triggering				sens:func:stat
trig:inp	trig:inp:rearm	init:imm	init:cont	MINMax	LOGGingSTABility
trig:inp	trig:inp:rearm	init:imm	init:cont	MINMax	LOGGingSTABility

IGNore	-	One power mea-	Automatically performs power		Automatically performs power
		surement is per-	measurements.		measurements until the func-
		formed.			tion is finished.

SMEasure	ON	Every hardware trigger starts a new power measure-			Every hardware trigger starts a
		ment.			new power measurement until
					the function is finished.
CMEasure	ON				The first hardware trigger starts
					the function. Subsequent pow-
					er measurements are automati-
					cally performed until the
					function is finished.
SMEasure	OFF	The first hardware trigger starts a new power mea-			Every hardware trigger starts a
		surement. Further hardware triggers are ignored until			new power measurement until
		you send trig:inp:rearm again.			the function is finished.
CMEasure	OFF				The first hardware trigger starts
					the function. Subsequent pow-
					er measurements are automati-
					cally performed until the
					function is finished.

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Triggering - The TRIGger

Subsystem

Hardware

Software Triggering

Data Acquisition Functions

sens:func:stat

OFF

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8163A, 8164A, 8166A, B specifications