Measure; Pause Or Resume - Agilent Technologies PSA Series User And Programming Manual

Instrument Functions: M - O
Meas Control

3.5.2 Measure

Switches the analyzer between triggering the current measurement/sweep continuously or
triggering a single measurement. The front panel
single-measurement mode.
Key Path:
Meas Control
State Saved: Save
Factory Preset: Continuous
Remote Command:
Use :INITiate:CONTinuous OFF|ON See
Remote Command Notes: This command affects sweeping when in the SA mode. It affects
measurments when a measurement has been selected from the MEASure
command subsystem.
When ON, at the completion of each trigger cycle, the trigger system
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immediately initiates another trigger cycle.
When OFF, the trigger system remains in an "idle" state until
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CONTinuous is set to ON or an :INITiate[:IMMediate] command is
received. On receiving the :INITiate[:IMMediate] command, it will go
through a single trigger cycle, and then return to the "idle" state.
The query INIT:CONT? returns 1 or 0. 1 is returned when the
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instrument is continuous triggering. 0 is returned when it is single
triggering.
Example:
INIT:CONT OFF

3.5.3 Pause or Resume

This function pauses the currently running measurement. Pressing
between pausing and resuming your measurement. The key label will toggle between
and . If an averaged measurement was in progress, the average counter is frozen
Resume
when the measurement is halted
Key Path:
Meas Control
Remote Command:
:INITiate:PAUSe to pause the measurement
:INITiate:RESume to resume the measurement.
Example:
INIT:PAUS
Remote Command Notes: See
page 194
192
"Sweep" on page 232
"Abort the Sweep or Measurement (Remote Command Only)" on
. for more information.
key also puts the analyzer in
Single
.
Pause
will toggle
Pause
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