Agilent Technologies ESA-E Series Programmer's Manual page 219

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INITiate Subsystem
INITiate Subsystem
The INITiate subsystem is used to control the initiation of the trigger.
Refer to the TRIGger and ABORt subsystems for related commands .
Continuous or Single Measurements
:INITiate :CONTinuous OFFIONIol l
:INITiate :CONTinuous ?
Selects whether the trigger system is continuously initiated or not.
This command affects sweep if not in a measurement, and affect s
trigger when in a measurement . A "measurement" refers to any of th e
functions under the
MEASURE
key. This corresponds to continuou s
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 followin g
• When ON at the completion of each sweep cycle, the sweep syste m
immediately initiates another sweep cycle .
• When OFF, the sweep system remains in an "idle" state unti l
CONTinuous is set to ON or an :
INITiate [ 'Mediate]
command is
received. On receiving the :
INITiate [ 'Mediate]
command, it wil l
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.
• When OFF, the trigger system remains in an "idle" state until
CONTinuous
is set to ON or an :
INITiate [ INNediate]
command i s
received. On receiving the :
INITiate [ Mediate]
command, it wil l
go through a single trigger cycle, and then return to the "idle" state .
• The query returns 1 or 0 into the output buffer. 1 is returned when i n
a continuous measurement state. 0 is returned when there is only a
single measurement .
Factory Preset: Continuous
*RST: Continuous, or On
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Sweep, Sweep Cont Singl e
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