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Appendix G - Increment Modes Option
Increment Overview
The System Increment modes are a pair of special modes, which allow the delay
and width of each channel to be incremented at the end of a burst of pulses.
Each channel is independent and each may be set with different initial values
and different values for the step size for both the delay and the pulse width.
There are two incrementing modes, Increment and DC Increment. In the
Incre-ment mode, each start command or external trigger produces a burst of
pulses. At the end of the burst the appropriate delays and pulse widths are
incremented and the instrument is armed for the next start command. In the DC
Increment (Duty Cycle) mode the output is starting as with the normal duty cycle
mode. At the end of each cycle the delays and pulse widths are incremented.
This contin-ues for the number of cycles defined by the Cycles parameter. The
modes are selected from the system mode menu. The step sizes are specified in
the channel menus.
Increment Menus
System Mode Menu 1 Extensions (FUNC + MODE key)
MODE:
BurstIncr
MODE:
DCIncrement
#/On
#/Burst
#/Off
System Mode Menu 2 Extensions (FUNC + MODE key)
MODE:
BurstIncr
MODE:
DCIncrement
Cycles
T
0
Period
T
0
Period
Setting System Increment Modes of Operation
The
MODE
menu sets the T
0
system timer mode. The menu will show the extra
set parameters (Burst, On & Off) only when they are appropriate.
Mode:
Selects the T
0
mode: Continuous, Single Shot, Burst or Duty
Cycle mode.
Burst:
Sets the number of pulses to be generated when in Burst
mode.
On:
Sets the number of pulses to be generated during each on
cycle.