HP 8340A Operating Manual page 117

Model 8340A
TRIGGER initiates a single event. such as a single sweep or an instantaneous measurement.
from all instruments or an individually addressed instrnment If the HP 8340A is in
anafog-swecp mode TRIGGER starts the sweep; if in CW, manual sweep, or fast
phaselock (code JIP) mode TRIGGER increments the frequency. When the upper
frequency limit is reached (either the stop frequency for swept modes, or 26.5 GHz for
CW mode) the next TRIGGER command will initiate a retrace to the sta1ting
frequency. The syntax is
A BASIC example:
to simultaneously trigger all HP-IB instrnments, or
100 TRIGGER 719
to trigger an instrument at address 19, or
100 TRIGGER 719, 721, 712
to trigger instruments at addresses 19, 21, and 12.
Related statements used by some computers:
RESUME
SEND
The preceding statements are primarily management commands that do not incorporate
instrument-specific programming codes. The following two statements do incorporate
programming codes, and are used for data communication.
OUTPUT is used to send function commands and data commands from the controller to the
addressed instrument. The syntax is
TRIGGER
string
USING
line
number
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Operating Information
string
expression
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