Extended Trigger Configuration Example

Measurement Operations & Settings

Triggering - The TRIGger Subsystem

	Output Matrix Configuration
	This 32-bit unsigned integer lets you choose Node A OR Node B to trigger each of the following:
	• the Output Trigger Connector or
	• individual module slots.

Bit	Mnemonic	Hexadecimal
31	Not used	0
30	Output Trigger Connector: 0 - a trigger at Node A is switched to the Output Trigger Con-	#H40000000
	nector, 1 - a trigger at Node B is switched to theOutput Trigger Connector
18-29	Not used
17	Slot 17: 0 - Node A triggers slot 17, 1 - Node B triggers slot 17	0
16	Slot 16: 0 - Node A triggers slot 16, 1 - Node B triggers slot 16	#H20000
....	....	#H10000
....	....
2	Slot 2: 0 - Node A triggers slot 2, 1 - Node B triggers slot 2
1	Slot 1: 0 - Node A triggers slot 1, 1 - Node B triggers slot 1	#H4
0	Slot 0: 0 - Node A triggers slot 0, 1 - Node B triggers slot 0	#H2
	“:TRIGger[n][:CHANnel[m]]:INPut” on page 173 explains how a slot responds to an in-	#H1
	coming trigger.

The short example below demonstrates how to use extended triggering configuration to make tunable laser source modules sweep simultaneously. Setup your mainframe with two Agilent 81689A modules in slots 1 and 2. The example below presumes you set up identical stepped sweeps for both modules, for example, by pressing PRESET.

Tunable Tunable

Laser Laser

Figure 8 Setup for Extended Trigger Configuration Example

182	Agilent 8163A/B, 8164A/B & 8166A/B Mainframes, Fifth Edition

8163A, 8164A, 8166A, B specifications

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Agilent Technologies 8163A, B, 8166A, 8164A manual Extended Trigger Configuration Example, 182

Models: 8163A 8164A 8166A B

Measurement Operations & Settings

Output Matrix Configuration

• the Output Trigger Connector or

• individual module slots.

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