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Accessing trigger utilities, Are sim – Agilent Technologies E8267D PSG User Manual

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Chapter 3

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Basic Digital Operation

Triggering Waveforms

Segment Advance

(Dual ARB only) causes a segment in a sequence to require a trigger to play. The

trigger source controls how play moves from segment to segment (example on

page 116

). A

trigger received during the last segment loops play to the first segment in the sequence. You have
two choices as to how the segments play:

Single

causes a segment in a sequence to play once, then to stop and wait for a trigger before

advancing to the next segment, which plays to completion. Triggers received during play cause
the current segment to finish, then play advances to the next segment, which plays to
completion.

Continuous

causes a segment in a sequence to play continuously until the waveform receives

another trigger. Triggers received during play cause the current segment to finish, then play
advances to the next segment, which plays continuously.

Continuous

repeats the waveform until you turn the signal off or select another waveform, trigger

mode, or response. Continuous has the following options:

Free Run

immediately triggers and plays the waveform; triggers received during play are ignored.

Trigger & Run

plays the waveform when a trigger is received; subsequent triggers are ignored.

Reset & Run

(not available in real–time Custom) plays the waveform when a trigger is received;

subsequent triggers restart the waveform.

Accessing Trigger Utilities

The following figures show the menus for the trigger parameters. These figures show the Dual ARB
player, but you can access the trigger utilities through the

Trigger

softkey in all ARB formats, and the

Pattern Trigger

softkey in the Real Time I/Q Baseband (Custom) format.

To display the trigger modes, press

Mode

>

Dual ARB

>

Trigger

.

To display the response selections available for a given trigger mode, press

Trigger Setup

, then select

the desired trigger mode. To see the selections for Single mode in an ARB format, select

Retrigger

Mode

; in real–time Custom, selecting Single mode causes the data pattern to play once when

triggered.

To display the trigger source options, press

Trigger Setup

>

Trigger Source

.

Active only when

Ext is selected.

PAT TRIG IN 2 pin on

the AUXILARY I/O connector

PATTERN TRIG IN connector

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