Initiate – Agilent Technologies E1300B User Manual
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INITiate
The INITiate command subsystem controls the initiation of the trigger system
for one or more trigger cycles. INITiate enables while ABORt disables the
trigger system. The TRIGger command subsystem controls the behavior of the
trigger system while it is enabled.
Subsystem Syntax
INITiate
[:IMMediate]
[:IMMediate]
INITiate:IMMediate changes the trigger system from the Idle state to the Wait
For Trigger state.
Comments
•
If TRIGger:SOURce is IMMediate, the Pacer starts. If TRIG:SOURce is
BUS, EXT, or HOLD, the Pacer will start when that trigger condition is
satisfied.
•
Sending the ABORt command will reset the trigger system back to its
Idle state and terminate any pacer pulse train in progress.
•
Sending INIT while the system is still in the Wait for Trigger state
(already INITiated) will cause an error -213,"Init ignored".
•
Related Commands: ABORt, TRIGger
•
*RST Condition: Trigger system is in the Idle state.
Example
Initiating the trigger system (Wait For Trigger state).
TRIG:SOUR HOLD
trigger source is TRIG
command
SOUR:PULS:COUN 1E3
output 1000 Pacer pulses
SOUR:PULS:PER .1 S
pulse period set to .1 second
INIT
go to Wait For Trigger state
TRIG
trigger the Pacer to output
pulses
.
.
INIT
must re-initiate system before
each trigger cycle
TRIG
.
.
INITiate [:IMMediate]
System Instrument Command Reference 7-29