User Manual

Command Descriptions
TRIGger:STAT
E? (Query Only)
Returns the current state of the triggering system.
NOTE. Accurate real time reporting of the trigger state within any single
waveform ac
quisition is limited by several factors, including horizontal sweep
speed, and communications and task latencies. To check for the completion of a
single sequence acquisition, use the *OPC? query.
Group
Trigger
Syntax
TRIGger:STATE?
Returns
ARMED indicates that the oscilloscope is acquiring pretrigger information. All
triggers are ignored when TRIGger:STATE is ARMed.
READY indicates that all pretrigger information has been acquired and the
oscilloscope is ready to accept a trigger.
TRIGGER indicates that the oscilloscope has seen a trigger and is acquiring the
posttrigger information.
AUTO indicates that the oscilloscope is in auto mode and acquires data even in
the absence of a trigger.
SAVE indicates that acquisition is stopped or that all channels are off.
SCAN indicates that the oscilloscope is in scan mode.
Examples
TRIGGER:STATE? might return READY, indicating that pretrigger data has been
acquired and the oscilloscope is waiting for a trigger.
*TST? (Query Only)
(Self-Test) Tests the GPIB interface and always returns a 0.
Group
Miscellaneous
Syntax
*TST?
Returns
0
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