Technical data

System Commands 7
Agilent N8211A/N8212A Performance Upconverter Synthetic Instrument Module, 250 kHz to 20 / 40 GHz 221
Trigger Subsystem
:ABORt
Supported All
:ABORt
Aborts the in progress List or Step sweep. If INIT:CONT[:ALL] is set to ON, the sweep
will immediately re-initiate. The pending operation flag affecting *OPC, *OPC?, and *WAI
will undergo a transition once the sweep has been reset.
:INITiate:CONTinuous[:ALL]
Supported All
:INITiate:CONTinuous[:ALL] ON|OFF|1|0
:INITiate:CONTinuous[:ALL]?
Selects either a continuous or single List or Step sweep. Execution of this command does
not affect a sweep in progress.
ON (1) Selects continuous sweep where, after the completion of the previous sweep, the
sweep restarts automatically, or waits for a trigger.
OFF (0) Selects a single sweep. Refer to “:INITiate[:IMMediate][:ALL]" on page 221 for
single sweep triggering information.
Example
:INIT:CONT ON
The example enables the continuous mode for the sweep type.
*RST 0
:INITiate[:IMMediate][:ALL]
Supported All
:INITiate[:IMMediate][:ALL]
Either sets or sets and starts a single List or Step sweep, depending on the trigger type. The
command performs the following:
• arms a single sweep when BUS or EXTernal is the trigger source selection.
• arms and starts a single sweep when IMMediate is the trigger source selection.