Measurement Control  CMU 
1100.4903.12 5.40  E-8 
Continuous Measurements 
Statistics cycles, stop condition: NONE 
 
 
INITiate
RU
SAMPle?
∞
100
 
 
A continuous measurement with statistics cycles 
consisting of 100 bursts each is performed. Aver-
age results are calculated according to the rules 
given in chapter 3. The measurement is started 
with the INITiate command. Results can be 
queried using the SAMPle...? command (status 
RUN). During the measurement FETCh...? may 
return inconsistent results. The measurement is 
configured via: 
 
CONFigure:<meas_obj>:CONTrol <type> 100 
CONFigure:<meas_obj>:CONTrol:REPetition 
 CONTinuous,NONE,NONE 
 
Statistics cycles, stop condition: SONerror 
INITiate
RUN
SAMPle?
100
RDY
 
 
INITiate
RUN
∞
78
RDY
 
 
A continuous measurement with statistics cycles 
consisting of 100 evaluation periods each is per-
formed. The measurement is started with the INI-
Tiate command. Results can be queried the 
SAMPle...? command (status RUN, STOP). 
During the measurement FETCh...? may return 
inconsistent results. If the stop condition is met 
during the first statistics cycle no valid result is 
available. The measurement is configured via: 
 
CONFigure:<meas_obj>:CONTrol <type> 100 
CONFigure:<meas_obj>:CONTrol:REPetition 
 CONTinuous,SONerror,NONE 
Statistics off, stop condition: NONE 
 
 
INITiate
RUN
SAMPle?
∞
1
 
 
A continuous measurement is performed. No sta-
tistics cycles are defined. The measurement is 
started with the INITiate command. Results can 
be queried using the SAMPle...? command 
(status  RUN). During the measurement 
FETCh...? may return inconsistent results. The 
measurement is configured via: 
 
CONFigure:<meas_obj>:CONTrol <type> OFF 
CONFigure:<meas_obj>:CONTrol:REPetition 
 CONTinuous,NONE,NONE 
 
Statistics off, stop condition: SONerror 
INITiate
RUN
SAMPle?
∞
RDY
 
 
 
A continuous measurement is performed. No sta-
tistics cycles are defined. The measurement is 
started with the INITiate command. Results can 
be queried the SAMPle...? command (status 
RUN, STOP). During the measurement 
FETCh...? may return inconsistent results. The 
measurement is configured via: 
 
CONFigure:<meas_obj>:CONTrol <type> OFF 
CONFigure:<meas_obj>:CONTrol:REPetition 
 CONTinuous,SONerror,NONE 
 
Note: The stepping mode can be set for continuous measurements as well (Parameter <Step-
mode>=STEP, see section Counting Measurements on page 5.39). In this case, the sys-
tem takes up the STEP status after each statistics cycle. It can be relaunched via the CON-
Tinue command.