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SCPI Command Reference
INITiate Subsystem
The INITiate subsystem is used to control the
initiation of the trigger. Refer to the TRIGger
subsystem for related commands.
Continuous or Single Measurements
:INITiate:CONTinuous OFF|ON|0|1
:INITiate:CONTinuous?
Selects whether the trigger system is continuously
initiated or not.
This command affects sweep if not in a
measurement, and affects trigger when in a
measurement. A "measurement" refers to any of
the functions under the MEAS key. This corresponds
to continuous sweep or single sweep operation
when not in a measurement, and continuous
measurement or single measurement operation
when in a measurement.
When not in a measurement, this command does
the following:
• When ON at the completion of each sweep cycle,
the sweep system immediately initiates another
sweep cycle.
• When OFF, the sweep system remains in an "idle"
state until CONTinuous is set to ON or an
On receiving the :INITiate[:IMMediate]
command, it will go through a single sweep
cycle, and then return to the "idle" state.
• The query returns 1 or 0 into the output buffer.
1 is returned when there is continuous sweeping.
0 is returned when there is only a single sweep.
When in a measurement, this command does the
following:
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:INITiate[:IMMediate] command is received.
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