INITiate Subsystem

This subsystem works with the ABORt and TRIGger subsystems to control the triggering of measurements.

Continuous/Single Sweep

:INITiate:CONTinuous OFF|ON|0|1

:INITiate:CONTinuous?

Specifies whether the sweep/measurement is triggered continuously.

If the value is set to ON or 1, another sweep/measurement is triggered as soon as the current one completes.

If continuous is set to OFF or 0, the instrument enters the “idle” state and waits for the :INITiate[:IMMediate] command or for :INITiate:CONTinuous ON.

The default value is ON. That is, sending :INIT:CONT is equivalent to sending :INIT:CONT ON

The query version of the command returns a 1 if the instrument is continuously sweeping/measuring and returns a 0 if the instrument is in single sweep/measurement mode.

Factory Preset / *RST:	ON
Front Panel Access:	SPA/WCDMA: Shift-3 (Sweep), Sweep (Single/Continuous) VNA: Shift-3 (Sweep), Sweep Type
See Also:	:INITiate[:IMMediate]

 

Trigger Sweep/Measurement

:INITiate[:IMMediate]

Initiates a sweep/measurement.

If :INITitate:CONTinuous is set to ON, this command is ignored.

Use this command in combination with :STATus:OPERation? to synchronize the capture of one complete set of data. When this command is sent, the “sweep complete” bit of :STATus:OPERation? is set to 0, indicating that the measurement has not completed. The data collection is then triggered. The controlling program can poll :STATus:OPERation? to determine the status. When the “sweep complete” bit is set to 1, data is ready to be retrieved.

Front Panel Access:	SPA: Shift-3 (Sweep), Manual Trigger WCDMA: Shift-3 (Sweep),Trigger Sweep
See Also:	:INITiate:CONTinuous :STATus:OPERation?

 

Tracking Generator On/Off

:INITiate:TGENerator OFF|ON|0|1

:INITiate:TGENerator?

Specifies whether the tracking generator is on or off.

If the value is set to ON or 1, the tracking generator is turned on.

If the value is set to OFF or 0, the tracking generator is turned off.

The default value is OFF. That is, sending :INIT:TGEN is equivalent to sending :INIT:TGEN OFF

The query version of the command returns a 1 if the tracking generator is on and returns a 0 if the tracking generator is off.

Factory Preset / *RST:	OFF
Front Panel Access:	SPA: Shift-4 (Measurements), Tracking Generator (Off/On)
See Also:	:INITiate[:TGENerator]

 

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