Trigger Position Field - Agilent Technologies 16517A User Reference

The Trigger Menu

Trigger Position Field

Trigger Position Field
The Trigger Position field accesses a selection menu with the options of
Start, Center, End, User Defined, or Delay. When an option is selected, that
point of the available memory is positioned relative to the trigger. A
representation of this is shown by the blue graphic bar with the "Trig"
indicator line. The Trigger Position field determines how much data is stored
before and after the trigger occurs for all subsequent acquisitions.
When a Run is started, the analyzer will not look for a trigger until at least the
proper percent of pretrigger data has been stored. After a trigger has been
detected, the proper percent of posttrigger data is stored before the analyzer
halts.
Even when the trigger position is set to Start or End, there will always be a
small portion of pretrigger and posttrigger data stored.
Start When the trigger position is set to Start, the starting point of
available memory is positioned relative to the trigger point. This results
in maximum posttrigger data and minimum pretrigger data.
Center When the trigger position is set to Center, the center point of
available memory is positioned relative to the trigger point. This results
in half pretrigger data and half posttrigger data.
End When the trigger position is set to End, the end point of available
memory is positioned relative to the trigger point. This results in
maximum pretrigger data and minimum posttrigger data.
User Defined When the trigger position is set to User Defined, a Post
Store field appears. Use this field to set the trigger position any where
between 0% and 99%. As the Post Store is adjusted, the blue graphic bar
indicates the trigger position.
Delay Use the Delay field to delay the start of acquisition storage after
the trigger. The range of the delay time is affected by the sample period
but could range between 16 ns to 8 ks.
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