Agilent Technologies N6700 manual Initiate the Measurement Trigger System, Trigger the Measurement

4 Operating the Power System

Initiate the Measurement Trigger System

Next, you must initiate or enable the measurement trigger system.

When the power system is turned on, the trigger system is in the idle state. In this state, the trigger system is disabled, ignoring all triggers. The INITiate commands enable the measurement system to receive triggers. To initiate the measurement trigger system, use:

Front Panel:	SCPI Command:
Not Available	To initiate the measurement trigger
	system for all four outputs:
	INIT:ACQ (@1:4)

After a trigger is received and the data acquisition completes, the trigger system will return to the idle state. Thus, it will be necessary to initiate the measurement system each time a triggered measurement is desired.

Trigger the Measurement

The trigger system is waiting for a trigger signal in the initiated state.

You can immediately trigger the measurement as follows:

Front Panel:	SCPI Command:
Not Available	To generate a measurement trigger
	on output 1:
	TRIG:ACQ (@1)
	Alternatively, if the trigger source is
	BUS, you can also program a *TRG or
	an IEEE-488 <get> command.

As previously discussed, a trigger can also be generated by another output channel or an input pin on the digital port connector. If any of these systems are configured as the trigger source, the instrument will wait indefinitely for the trigger signal. If the trigger does not occur, you must manually return the trigger system to the idle state.

The following commands return the trigger system to the idle state:

Front Panel:	SCPI Command:
Select Measure\Control.	ABOR:ACQ (@1)
Then select the Abort control.

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