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Single Triggers
Providing that you have specified the appropriate trigger source and a measurement acquisition, you can
generate triggers as follows:
HP-IB Triggers
Internal Triggers
Trigger occurs on rising edge
when signal crosses positive
hysteresis band limit
TRIG:ACQ:LEV:CURR <level>
TRIG:ACQ:LEV:VOLT <level>
TRIG:ACQ:SLOP:CURR POS
TRIG:ACQ:SLOP:VOLT NEG
Figure 7-5. Commands Used to Control Measurement Triggers
To specify the output level that will generate triggers for both positive- and negative-going signals use:
TRIGger:SEQuence2:LEVel:CURRent <value> or
TRIGger:ACQuire:LEVel:CURRent <value>
To specify the slope on which triggering occurs use the following commands. You can specify a
POSitive, a NEGative, or EITHer type of slope.
TRIGger:SEQuence2:SLOPe:CURRent <slope> or
TRIGger:ACQuire:SLOPe:CURRent <slope>
To specify a hysteresis band to qualify the positive- or negative-going signal use:
TRIGger:SEQuence2:HYSTeresis:CURRent <value> or
TRIGger:ACQuire:HYSTeresis:CURRent <value>
NOTE:
When using internal triggers, do not INITiate the measurement until after you have
specified the slope, level, and hysteresis.
When the acquisition finishes, any of the FETCh queries can be used to return the results. Once the
measurement trigger is initiated, if a FETCh query is sent before the data acquisition is triggered or
before it is finished, the response data will be delayed until the trigger occurs and the acquisition
completes. This may tie up the controller if the trigger condition does not occur immediately.
Send one of the following commands over the HP-IB:
TRIGger:IMMediate (not affected by the trigger source setting)
*TRG
a group execute trigger
To trigger off of the output signal, you must specify the output level that
generates the trigger, the rising or falling edge of the slope, and a hysteresis to
qualify trigger conditions. This is illustrated in figure 7-5.
TRIG:ACQ:SLOP:CURR NEG
TRIG:ACQ:SLOP:VOLT NEG
Programming the DC Source - 7
Measurement time = time interval X number of points
Trigger occurs on falling edge
when signal crosses negative
hysteresis band limit
TRIG:ACQ:HYST:CURR <value>
TRIG:ACQ:HYST:VOLT <value>
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