Agilent Technologies 8360 B Series

Inside the Idle State. Figure 1-36 illustrates the operation of the id le
state.
Figure 1-36. Inside the Idle State
Turning p ower on, or sending *RST or :ABORT forces the trigger
system to the idle state. The trigger system remains in the
idle state until it is initiated by INITiate:IMMediate or
INITiate:CONTinuous ON . Once one of these conditions is satised,
the trigger system exits downward to the initiate state. Note that
*RST sets INITiate:CONTinuous OFF .
Whenever the trigger system leaves the idle state, it sets the
instrument's Op eration Pending Flag. Returning to idle clears
the ag. The Operation Pending Flag is a sp ecial bit inside the
instrument that can aect how the instrument resp onds to certain
commands. You need to know this fact when using *OPC , *OPC? ,
*WAI , and other commands.
Inside the Initiate State. Figure 1-37 illustrates the operation of the
initiate state.
Figure 1-37. Inside the Initiate State
If the trigger system is on a do
wnward path, it travels directly
through the initiate state without restrictions. If the trigger system
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