Chapter 2 Front-Panel Overview

To Set a Scan IntervalTo Set a Scan Interval

You can set the instrument’s internal timer to automatically scan at a specific interval (e.g., start a new scan sweep every 10 seconds) or when an external TTL trigger pulse is received. You can configure the instrument to scan continuously or to stop after sweeping through the scan list a specified number of times.

1Select the interval scan mode.

For this example, select the Interval Scan mode which allows you to set the time from the start of one scan sweep to the start of the next scan sweep. Set the interval to any value between 0 and 99 hours.

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2Select the scan count.

You can specify the number of times that the instrument will sweep through the scan list (the default is continuous). When the specified number of sweeps have occurred, the scan stops. Set the scan count to any number between 1 and 50,000 scans (or continuous).

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3 Run the scan and store the readings in memory.

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