Series 2600B System SourceMeter® Instrument Reference Manual
Section 7: TSP command reference
2600BS-901-01 Rev. C / August 2016
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Example
trigger.timer[1].stimulus = smua.trigger.IDLE_EVENT_ID
Trigger timer 1 when the SMU
returns to the idle layer.
Also see
(on page 3-32)
smuX.trigger.initiate()
This function initiates a sweep operation.
Type
TSP-Link accessible
Affected by
Where saved
Default value
Function
Yes
Usage
smu
X
.trigger.initiate()
X
Source-measure unit (SMU) channel (for example,
smua.trigger.initiate()
applies to SMU channel A)
Details
This function causes the SMU to clear the four trigger model event detectors and enter its trigger
model (moves the SMU from the idle state into the arm layer).
To perform source actions during the sweep, before calling this function, it is necessary to configure
and enable one of the following sweep source actions:
•
smu
X
.trigger.source.linear
Y
()
•
smu
X.
trigger.source.list
Y
()
•
smu
X
.trigger.source.log
Y
()
To perform measurements during the sweep, you must also configure and enable the measure action
using
smu
X
.trigger.measure.
Y
()
.
If you run this function more than once without reconfiguring the sweep measurements, the caches
on the configured measurement reading buffers will hold stale data; use the
bufferVar
.clearcache()
function to remove stale values from the reading buffer cache.
This function initiates an overlapped operation.
Example
smua.trigger.initiate()
Starts a preconfigured sweep and
clears the event detectors for SMU
channel A.
