The digitizer hardware associated with arming the digitizer is controlled by the SCPI ARM subsystem. The commands in this subsystem include:

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:COUNt <count > :DELay <period > [:IMMediate] :LEVel[<chan >]

:NEGative <voltage > :POSitive <voltage >

:SLOPe[<n >] <edge > :SOURce[<n >] <source >

Note Each command in this subsystem is covered in detail in Chapter 4 - "Command Reference".

ARM Subsystem The following information summarizes each command in the ARM Overview subsystem.

Setting the Arm Source The arm source specifies the signal(s) which arms the digitizer. The source is specified with the command:

ARM[:STARt]:SOURce[<n >] <source >

Up to two arm sources ([<n >] = 12) can be specified. ARM:SOUR1 specifies the first source. ARM:SOUR2 specifies the second source. The first event to occur on either source arms the digitizer. The digitizer arm source(s) can be selected from the following:

BUS - HP-IB Group Execute Trigger (GET) commmand or the *TRG common command.

ECLTrg0/ECLTrg1 - the VXIbus ECLTrg0 or ECLTrg1 trigger lines.

TTLTrg<n > - the VXIbus TTLTrg0 through TTLTrg7 trigger lines.

EXTernal1 - the "Ext 1" BNC input port.

INTernal1 - arms when the signal level on channel 1 meets the conditions specified by ARM:LEVel1.

INTernal2 - arms when the signal level on channel 2 meets the conditions specified by ARM:LEVel2.

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