5½ Digit Multimeter Reference Manual Section 5:
2110-901-01 Rev. C/August 2013 5-67
TRIGger subsystem
The commands in this subsystem configure and control the trigger operations and are summarized in
TRIGger subsystem summary (on page 5-26
).
When the instrument is triggered to start performing measurements, it stores a specified number of
measurement readings in the data buffer (memory).
The total number of measurements the instrument takes is the product of the trigger count and
sample count. See Sample count (on page 3-33) and Trigger count (on page 3-33
) for details.
Use the following command to place the instrument in the wait-for-trigger state:
:INITiate (on page 5-16
)
Use the following command to retrieve the stored readings:
:FETCh[1|2]? (on page 5-16
)
Use the following command to query the number of stored readings:
:DATA:POINts? (on page 5-65
)
SAMPle:COUNt <n>|MIN|MAX
Use this command to set the number of readings (samples) the instrument takes per trigger. Select a number
from 1 to 50,000 readings per trigger.
Parameters
<n> description
Select the number of readings (samples) the instrument takes per trigger.
Select the minimum value.
Select the maximum value.
Query
command description
Query the number of samples.
Query the minimum number of samples.
Query the maximum number of samples.