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TempScan / MultiScan User’s Manual 889897 API Command Reference A-47
P
- Program Trigger Times
TYPE Channel
EXECUTION Deferred
SYNTAX Pstart,
stop
Set the Trigger and/or Stop times for an acquisition configured for start and/or
stop on absolute time, where start and stop are in the standard
Time/Date input format: hh:mm:ss:t,MM/DD/YY where hh is in hours,
mm is in minutes, ss is in seconds, t is in tenths of a second, MM is the
month, DD is the day, and YY is the year.
P? Query current start and stop times in the form: Pstart,stop
DESCRIPTION
The Program Trigger Times (
P ) command is used to specify the Trigger (trigger start event) and/or Stop (trigger
stop event) times for an acquisition that is configured for a start and/or stop on absolute time, as set via the Set
Trigger Configuration (
T ) command. If only the start time is needed, the stop argument should be set to
00:00:00.0,00/00/00 . Likewise, if only the stop time is needed, the start argument should be set to
00:00:00.0,00/00/00 .
In addition to the ability to start/stop on a particular Time/Date, the unit has the ability to start/stop at a particular
Time, independent of the Date. If the Date for the start/stop Time is of no concern, then the Date portion of the
Time/Date field should be set to
00/00/00 . In this way, the unit can start or stop an acquisition at a particular
Time regardless of the Date. This feature is particularly useful when using the Auto Re-arm feature of the unit
where, for example, data can be collected at a particular time each day for a number of days without user
intervention.
EXAMPLE
PRINT#1,“OUTPUT07;S12:54:00.0,01/01/98X” ‘ Set the internal real-time clock of the unit
PRINT#1,“OUTPUT07;P01:00:00.0,01/01/98,
02:00:00.0,01/01/98X”
‘ Set start (1:00 am) and stop (2:00 am)
acquisition times
PRINT#1,“OUTPUT07;T11,11,0,0X” ‘ Configure for start/stop on absolute time