Initiate Subsystem - Agilent Technologies N9340B Programmer's Manual

INITiate Subsystem

N9340B Programmer's Guide
The INITiate subsystem is used to control the initiation of
the trigger. Refer to the TRIGger subsystems for related
commands.
Continuous or Single Sweep
: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.
Commands used for measurements in the MEAS menus.
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 ON or :INITiate[:IMMediate] is
received. 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:
• When ON at the completion of each trigger cycle, the
trigger system immediately initiates another trigger cycle.
Command Reference 5
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