Keithley 2601B Reference Manual page 177

Section 3: Functions and features
To disable triggering on the hardware trigger lines, set the mode to bypass. This allows direct control
of the line.
Hardware trigger mode summary
Trigger mode
Bypass
Either Edge
Falling Edge
Rising Edge
RisingA
RisingM
Synchronous
SynchronousA
SynchronousM
Pulsewidth
Specifies the pulse width of the output trigger signal when the hardware line is asserted.
Trigger configuration on hardware lines
The Series 2600B can be configured to send digital signals to trigger external instruments. Linking
these output triggers to the completion of certain source-measure actions enables hardware
handshaking. The programming example below illustrates this.
-- Configure the Series 2600B to detect a rising
-- edge on digital I/O line 2.
digio.trigger[2].mode = digio.TRIG_RISINGA
digio.trigger[2].clear()
-- Configure SMU A to start its source action when a
-- trigger event occurs on digital I/O line 2.
smua.trigger.source.stimulus = digio.trigger[2].EVENT_ID
-- Configure digital I/O line 4 to output a 1 ms
-- rising-edge trigger pulse at the completion of
-- SMU sweep.
digio.trigger[4].mode = digio.TRIG_RISINGM
digio.trigger[4].pulsewidth = 0.001
digio.trigger[4].stimulus = smua.trigger.SWEEP_COMPLETE_EVENT_ID
This example's triggering setup is shown in the following figure.
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Output
Unasserted Asserted
N/A N/A
High Low
High Low
The programmed state of the line determines if the
behavior is similar to RisingA or RisingM:
• High similar to RisingA
• Low similar to RisingM
High Low
Low High
High latching Low
High latching High
High Low
Input
Detects
N/A
Either
Falling
Rising
None
Falling
Falling
Rising
2600BS-901-01 Rev. B / May 2013