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82 Agilent E8462A Relay Multiplexer Command Reference
INITiate:CONTinuous?
INITiate:CONTinuous?
Queries the scanning state. With continuous scanning
enabled, the command returns "1" (ON). With continuous scanning disabled, the
command returns "0" (OFF).
Example
Query Continuous Scanning State
This example enables continuous scanning of a switchbox and queries the state.
Since continuous scanning is enabled,
INIT:CONT? returns "1".
INIT:CONT ON
Enable continuous scanning.
INIT:CONT?
Query continuous scanning state.
INITiate[:IMMediate]
INITiate[:IMMediate] Starts the scanning process and closes the first channel in the
channel list. Successive triggers from the source specified by the TRIGger:SOURce
command advance the scan through the channel list.
Comments
Starting the Scanning Cycle: The INITiate:IMMediate command starts scanning by
closing the first channel in the channel list. Each trigger received advances the scan
to the next channel in the channel list. An invalid channel list definition causes an
error (see
[ROUTe:]SCAN on page 96).
Stopping Scanning Cycles: See the
ABORt
command on page page 71.
Example
Enabling a Single Scan
This example enables a single scan of channels 50 through 57 of a single-module
switchbox. The trigger source to advance the scan is immediate (internal) triggering
set with
TRIGger:SOURce IMMediate (default).
SCAN (@150:157)
Scan channels 50 to 57.
INIT
Begin scan, close channel 50 (use
immediate triggering).