Initiate Subsystem; Continuous/Single Sweep; Trigger Sweep - Anritsu Spectrum Master MS2721A Programming Manual

INITiate Subsystem

This subsystem works with the ABORt and TRIGger subsystems to control the triggering
of a sweep.

Continuous/Single Sweep

:INITiate:CONTinuous OFF|ON|0|1
:INITiate:CONTinuous?
Specifies whether the sweep is triggered continuously.
If the value is set to ON or 1, another sweep is triggered as soon as the current sweep
completes.
If continuous is set to OFF or 0, the instrument enters the "idle" state and waits for the
:INITiate[:IMMediate] command or for :INITiate:CONTinuous ON.
The default value is ON. That is, sending :INIT:CONT is equivalent to sending
:INIT:CONT ON
The query version of the command returns a 1 if the instrument is continuously sweeping
and returns a 0 if the instrument is in single sweep mode.
Factory Preset / *RST:
Front Panel Access:
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Trigger Sweep

:INITiate[:IMMediate]
Initiates a measurement sweep.
If :INITitate:CONTinuous is set to ON, this command is ignored.
Use this command in combination with :STATus:OPERation? to synchronize the
capture of one complete sweep of data. When this command is sent, the "sweep
complete" bit of :STATus:OPERation? is set to 0, indicating that the sweep has not
completed. The sweep is then triggered. The controlling program can poll
:STATus:OPERation? to determine the status of the sweep. When the "sweep
complete" bit is set to 1, the sweep is complete and data is ready to be retrieved.
Front Panel Access:
See Also:
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MS2721A: ON
Shift-3 (Sweep), Sweep (Single/Continuous)
:INITiate[:IMMediate]
Shift-3 (Sweep), Manual Trigger
:INITiate:CONTinuous
:STATus:OPERation?
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