User`s guide

4- 36 Agilent B2900 User’s Guide, Edition 2
Front Panel Reference
Trigger key group
Trigger Configuration dialog box
This dialog box is used to set the trigger parameters in detail. Note that the
overlapped parameter values are ignored and replaced with the settings made on the
Single view. See
“Trigger parameters” on page 4-15.
Ch Only on 2-channel models. Channel 1 (Ch 1) or 2 (Ch 2)
This field specifies the channel set by this dialog box.
Layer Specifies the layer or device action set by this dialog box.
ARM: Arm layer
TRIGGER: Trigger layer
ACTION: Device action
For ACTION, the available parameters are Ch, Layer, Action,
and Trigger Output.
Action Specifies the device action type set by this dialog box.
TRANS.: Transient (source output) device action
ACQ.: Acquire (measurement) device action
Count Count, 0 to 100000, for the action specified by the Ch, Layer,
and Action parameters
Infinity (INF.) is available only for the arm count.
Bypass Bypass, ON or OFF
Bypass=ON enables the bypass only for the first passage to the
event detector for the action specified by the Ch, Layer, and
Action parameters.
Bypass=OFF disables the bypass.
Trigger Source Event for the action specified by the Ch, Layer, and Action
parameters. AUTO, BUS, TIMER, INT1, INT2, LAN, EXT1,
EXT2, EXT3, EXT4, EXT5, EXT6, EXT7, EXT8, EXT9,
EXT10, EXT11, EXT12, EXT13, or EXT14. See
Table 4-8.
Period Only for the TIMER event.
Interval of the TIMER event for the action specified by the Ch,
Layer, and Action parameters, 10 s to 100000 s
Trigger Delay Delay time for the action specified by the Ch, Layer, and Action
parameters, 0 to 100 s