Boonton 4240 RF Power Meter - Manual (Page 78)

Boonton 4240 Series RF Power Meter
5.5.6 INITiate and ABORt Commands
tion in progress and prepares
e instrument for an INITiate command.
BORt
on: nt in progress and resets the state of the trigger system. Note that
the measurement in a stopped condition with all current measurements cleared,
and forces INITiate:CONTinuous to OFF.
Syntax: ABORt
one
ITiate uous
Description: Set or return the data acquisition mode for single or free-run measurements. If
INITiate:CONTinuous
is set to ON, the 4240 immediately begins taking measurements. If set to
OFF, the measurement will begin as soon as the INITiate command is issued, and will stop once
e measurement criteria (averaging, filtering or sample count) has been satisfied. Note that
and READ commands are invalid when INITiate:CONTinuous is set to
does not result in a SCPI error.
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0, 1, OFF, ON }
ITiate[:IMMediate[:ALL]]
Description: Starts a single measurement cycle when INITiate:CONTinuous is set to OFF. The measurement
ILTer time. No reading will be
mplete. This command is not valid when
ever, by convention this situation does not result in a SCPI
:IMMediate[:ALL]]
Argument: None
INITiate:CONTinuous must be OFF
The purpose of the INITiate group of commands is to start and control the process of data acquisition once a measurement
has been configured. Depending on settings, the 4240 RF Power Meter may be commanded to begin either a single
measurement (INITiate:CONTinuous OFF) which stops when complete, or enter a “free-run” mode where data acquisition
occurs continuously (INITiate:CONTinuous ON). The ABORt command terminates any opera
th
A
Descripti Terminates any measureme
ABORt will leave
Argument: N
IN :CONTin
th
INITiate:IMMediate
ON; however, by convention this situation
Syntax: INITiate:CONTinuous
Argument: = {
IN
will complete once the power has been integrated for the full F
returned until the measurement is co
INITiate:CONTinuous
is ON, how
error.
Syntax: INITiate[
Restrictions:
Remote Operation
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