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Starting (Triggering) Measurement and Waiting for Completion of Measurement
Starting (triggering) Measurement
Starting (triggering) Measurement
Trigger system
The trigger system is responsible for tasks such as detecting the start of a measurement
cycle (triggering) and controlling the system state. As
has a system-wide state that can be "Idle," "Waiting for Trigger," or "Measurement."
Figure 5-1
Trigger system
The following subsections describe each state and explain how the trigger system switches
among the states.
System-wide states and transitions
Idle state
When the following commands are executed, the trigger system transitions to the idle state
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continuous activation of the trigger system and the trigger mode are set to ON and internal
trigger, respectively, at power-on, the trigger system immediately transitions to the waiting
for trigger state and then repeats the transition between the measurement state and the
waiting for trigger state.
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5-1). The idle state is also in effect immediately after power-on. Because the
*RST on page 167
:ABORt on page 170
*CLS on page 164
:INITiate:CONTinuous on page 224 (when executed with OFF specified)
Figure 5-1
shows, the trigger system
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