Chapter 4 Remote Interface Reference
Triggering Commands
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• You can also trigger the power supply from the GPIB interface by sending
the IEEE-488 Group Execute Trigger (GET) message. The following
statement shows how to send a GET from a Agilent Technologies controller.
TRIGGER 705 (group execute trigger)
• To ensure synchronization when the bus source is selected, send the *WAI
(wait) command. When the *WAI command is executed, the power supply
waits for all pending operations to complete before executing any additional
commands. For example, the following command string guarantees that the
first trigger is accepted and is executed before the second trigger is
recognized.
TRIG:SOUR BUS;*TRG;*WAI;*TRG;*WAI
• You can use the *OPC? (operation complete query) command or the *OPC
(operation complete) command to signal when the operation is complete.
The *OPC? command returns ‘‘1’’ to the output buffer when the operation
is complete . The *OPC comm and sets t he ‘‘OPC’ ’ bit (bit 0 ) in the St andard
Event register when the operation is complete.
Immediate Triggering
• To select the immediate trigger source, send the following command.
TRIG:SOUR IMM
• When the IMMediate is selected as a trigger source, an INITiate
command immediately transfers the VOLT:TRIG or CURR:TRIG value to
VOLT or CURR value. Any delay is ignored.