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Triggering and Gating 5
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Idle State
Counter configuration generally occurs while the instrument is in the idle state
(Figure 5-2). This includes configuration of the system trigger.
As shown, the counter is placed in the idle state by either of the following the
commands:
ABORt - aborts a measurement in progress.
*RST - resets the counter to its factory default values.
The counter also returns to the idle state after the total number of measurements
determined by the
TRIGger:COUNt and SAMPle:COUNt settings are complete (i.e. #
of measurements =
TRIGger:COUNt x SAMPle:COUNt).
System Trigger Source
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The system trigger is configured using the commands within the
TRIGger and
SAMPle subsystems. Figure 5-2 show the sequence in which the commands are
commonly used.
The system trigger source which starts the trigger/gate cycle is set with the
command:
TRIGger:SOURce {IMMediate|EXTernal|BUS}
TRIGger:SOURce? (query form)