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Initiate the acquisition system
When the unit is turned on, the trigger system is in the idle state. In this state, the trigger system is
disabled, ignoring all triggers. The INITiate commands enable the trigger system to receive triggers.
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It takes a few milliseconds for the instrument to be ready to receive a trigger signal after receiving the
INITiate:ACQuire command. If a trigger occurs before the trigger system is ready for it, the trigger will
be ignored. You can test the WTG_meas bit in the operation status register to know when the
instrument is ready to receive a trigger after being initiated.
Front Panel Menu Reference
Select Measure\Control.
The Trig state field indicates "Initiated".
If bit 3 is set in the query response, the WTG_meas bit is true, and the instrument is ready to receive
the trigger signal. Refer to
The instrument executes one measurement acquisition each time a bus, pin,
transient, or level trigger command is received. Thus, it will be necessary to initiate
the trigger system each time a triggered measurement is desired.
Trigger the Measurement
The trigger system is waiting for a trigger signal in the initiated state. You can immediately trigger the
measurement as follows:
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Keysight PV8900 Series Operating and Service Guide
To select Bus triggers:
TRIG:TRAN:SOUR BUS
To select digital pin 5 as the trigger:
TRIG:ACQ:SOUR PIN5
To select a voltage or current level:
TRIG:ACQ:SOUR VOLT
TRIG:ACQ:SOUR CURR
To select an output transient as trigger:
TRIG:ACQ:SOUR TRAN
To initiate the measurement trigger system:
INIT:ACQ
To query the WTG_meas bit (bit 3):
STAT:OPER:COND?
Status Tutorial
for more information.
To generate a measurement trigger:
TRIG:ACQ
Alternatively, if the trigger source is BUS, you can also
program a
*TRG
4 Using the Photovoltaic Array Simulator
SCPI Command
SCPI Command
SCPI Command
SCPI Command
or an IEEE-488 <get> command.
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