Arming Control Field - HP 1660CS-Series User Manual

The Analyzer Trigger Menu

Arming Control field

Arming Control field
Arming Control sets up the order of triggering for complicated measurements
involving more than one machine. You can set the analyzer or oscilloscope to
begin running when it receives a signal from an external machine, have one
analyzer start the other or the scope, have the scope start an analyzer, or
have an analyzer or the scope send a signal to another external machine. The
default configuration is to have both analyzers and the oscilloscope run
independently without external communications.
Arming control between analyzers and the oscilloscope
If both analyzers are turned on, you can configure one analyzer to arm the
other, an analyzer to arm the oscilloscope, or the oscilloscope to arm an
analyzer. The initial Arm In to the system can be Run (oscilloscope and
analyzers operate independently), Group Run (oscilloscope and analyzers
form a dependent system), or Port In to the oscilloscope and/or an analyzer
(dependent or independent system, depending on the rest of the
configuration). Any of the instruments can send an Arm Out signal.
The fields to the left on the screen select the Arm In, and allow you to specify
the arming dependencies between the analyzers and the oscilloscope. The
fields to the right on the screen select the Arm Out. The analyzer name fields
in the center allow you to further define the arming dependencies. When you
select an analyzer name field, a pop-up menu for selecting the flow appears.
This menu also selects the sequence level in which an "arm" flag is placed.
When an analyzer receives an Arm In signal, the arm term in the
user-selected sequence level becomes true. If the analyzer was waiting at a
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