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Meas Control 13
Agilent N8201A Performance Downconverter Synthetic Instrument Module, 250 kHz to 26.5 GHz 231
Trigger a Sweep or Measurement (Remote Command Only)
This command initiates a sweep if in SA mode with no measurement currently selected.
The command is ignored if the instrument is in a measurement (selected under the
MEASURE key), but the measurement is currently running, (INITiate:CONTinuous
ON).
If a measurement is selected but it is in the idle state (that is, it is not running,
INITiate:CONT OFF), this command triggers the instrument, when trigger conditions
are met. The trigger system is initiated, then completes one full trigger cycle and returns to
the “waiting” state. Depending on the measurement selected and the number of averages,
there may be multiple data acquisitions, with multiple trigger events, for one full trigger
cycle. The instrument must have external triggering selected, or the command is ignored.
Use the TRIGer[:SEQuence]:SOURce EXT command to select the external trigger.
Remote Command:
:INITiate[:IMMediate]
Remote Command Notes:
See also the *TRG command and the TRIGger subsystem.
Use the [:SENSe]:<meas>:TRIGger:SOURce command to select the desired
trigger. The instrument must be in the single measurement mode. If
:INITiate:CONTinuous is ON then the command is ignored.
Use :FETCh? to transfer a measurement result from memory to the output buffer. Refer
to individual commands in the MEASure subsystem for more information.
Example:
INIT:IMM