Fluke 1586A, User Manual

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Scan/Monitor, Record, and Data
Scan
4
4-11
Automatic Power Loss Scan Resume
In the event that the Product experiences a loss of mains power while a scan is in
progress, it can be configured to resume the scan when mains power comes on. This
feature is referred to as “Power Loss Resume State”.
Note
This setting is located in the Instrument Setup menu and not the Test Setup
menu.
Unlike when a new scan is started, the Product will resume recoding to the file that it was
recording to when the mains power was lost.
To turn on this feature:
1. Push

.
2. Push

or

to highlight
Resume Scan
then

.
3. Set to
ON
then push

.
Basic Scan Procedures
Start a Scan
To start a scan:
Note
Once a scan is started, the scan must be paused or stopped before the
Channel Setup or the Instrument Setup menu can be accessed.
1. Configure the Test Setup. See “Configure a Scan” on page 4-6.
2. Set all channels to be scanned to
ON
. See “Set Channels to ON of OFF” in Chapter 3.
3. Push

.
4. Start the scan as follows:
•
For the
Interval
trigger type: Push

to start the scan. The scan completes the
amount of scan cycles set then automatically stops. At any time, push

again
to stop the test or push

to pause the test. If automatic recording is set to
OFF, push

to record data.
•
For the
External
trigger type: Push

to start the scan. The scan is triggered
by a low condition in the rear-panel Trig input. Once the low condition is
detected, the scan sweep starts and runs as directed by the interval configuration.
When the low condition that triggered the scan is removed, the Product will
finish the scan in progress then stop and wait for next external trigger.