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AMETEK Programmable Power Division 142
6.8.9 Initiating the Measurement Trigger System
When the AC source is turned on, the trigger system is in the idle state. In this state, the trigger
system ignores all triggers. Sending the following commands at any time returns the trigger
system to the Idle state:
ABORt *RST *RCL
The INITiate commands move the trigger system from the Idle state to the Initiated state. This
enables the AC source to receive triggers. To initiate for a measurement trigger, use:
INITiate:IMMediate:SEQuence3 or
INITiate:IMMediate:NAME ACQuire
After a trigger is received and the data acquisition completes, the trigger system will return to the
Idle state. Thus it will be necessary to initiate the system each time a triggered acquisition is
desired.
Note: You cannot initiate measurement triggers continuously. Otherwise, the measurement data
in the data buffer would continuously be overwritten by each triggered measurement.
6.8.10 Selecting the Measurement Trigger Source
The trigger system is waiting for a trigger signal in the Initiated state. Before you generate a
trigger, you must select a trigger source. To select the external Trigger In1 SMA as the source,
use:
TRIGger:SEQuence3:SOURce EXTernal or
TRIGger:ACQuire:SOURce EXTernal
To select IEEE-488 bus triggers (group execute trigger, device trigger, or *TRG command), use:
TRIGger:SEQuence3:SOURce BUS or
TRIGger:ACQuire:SOURce BUS
To select the signal driving the Trigger Out1 SMA connector, use:
TRIGger:SEQuence3:SOURce TTLTrg or
TRIGger:ACQuire:SOURce TTLTrg
6.8.11 Generating Measurement Triggers
Providing that you have specified the appropriate trigger source, you can generate triggers as
follows:
• By sending one of the following over the IEEE-488:
• TRIGger:SEQuence3:IMMediate
• TRIGger:ACQuire:IMMediate
• *TRG
• a group execute trigger
• By applying a signal with a high-to-low transition to the Trig In1 SMA connector.
• By generating an output transient that causes the Trig Out1 SMA connector to output a pulse.
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