Keysight B2980B User’s Guide, Edition 1 157
Front Panel Reference
Display and Assist/Function Keys
Trigger Setup Sub-panel
The B2980 supports the following trigger types for triggering measurement on the
B2981B/B2983B, and for triggering measurement and voltage source output on
the B2985B/B2987B. They are effective for easily setting triggers.
The trigger type can be selected by using the assist keys displayed when the field
pointer is in the EDIT (green) status on the Trigger field. See Table 4-2 for the
trigger types and the setup parameters.
AUTO Automatic trigger type
SYNC Synchronize trigger type
TIMER Timer trigger type
MANUAL Manual trigger type
The following setup parameters are available for setting the measurement trigger
(acquire action) by using the Measure column, and the source output trigger
(transient action) by using the Source column.
Count Trigger count (number of triggers), 1 to 100000 or INF.
(infinity). This value is automatically set for the AUTO trigger
type. For the other trigger type, set the number of triggers
required for each source output and measurement properly. For
example, set Source Count = Measure Count = 10 for the sweep
measurement with 10 steps.
B2981B/B2983B
B2985B/B2987B