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Language Reference
INITiate Subsystem
INITiate Subsystem
The INITiate subsystem is used to control the initiation of the trigger. Refer to the
TRIGger and ABORt subsystems for related commands.
Continuous or Single Measurements
:INITiate:CONTinuous OFF|ON|0|1
:INITiate:CONTinuous?
Selects whether the trigger system is continuously initiated or not.
This command affects sweep if not in a measurement, and affects trigger when in a
measurement. A “measurement” refers to any of the functions under the
MEASURE key. This corresponds to continuous sweep or single sweep operation
when not in a measurement, and continuous measurement or single measurement
operation when in a measurement.
When not in a measurement, this command does the following:
• When ON at the completion of each sweep cycle, the sweep system
immediately initiates another sweep cycle.
• When OFF, the sweep system remains in an “idle” state until CONTinuous is
set to ON or an :INITiate[:IMMediate] command is received. On
receiving the :INITiate[:IMMediate] command, it will go through a
single sweep cycle, and then return to the “idle” state.
• The query returns 1 or 0 into the output buffer. 1 is returned when there is
continuous sweeping. 0 is returned when there is only a single sweep.
When in a measurement, this command does the following:
• When ON at the completion of each trigger cycle, the trigger system
immediately initiates another trigger cycle.
• When OFF, the trigger system remains in an “idle” state until CONTinuous is
set to ON or an :INITiate[:IMMediate] command is received. On
receiving the :INITiate[:IMMediate] command, it will go through a
single trigger cycle, and then return to the “idle” state.
• The query returns 1 or 0 into the output buffer. 1 is returned when in a
continuous measurement state. 0 is returned when there is only a single
measurement.
Factory Preset: Continuous
*RST: Continuous, or On
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Sweep, Sweep Cont Single
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