INITiate[:IMMediate]
Changes the state of the triggering system from "idle" to "wait-for-trigger", and clears the previous set of
measurements from reading memory. Measurements begin when the specified trigger conditions are sat-
isfied following the receipt of
Parameter
Typical Return
(none)
(none)
Return five DC voltage measurements, using a software trigger to start the measurements:
CONF:VOLT:DC 10,0.003
TRIG:SOUR BUS
SAMP:COUN 5
INIT
*TRG
FETC?
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Storing measurements in reading memory with
is faster than sending measurements to the
instrument's output buffer using
(provided you do not send
until done). The INITiate
command is also an "overlapped" command. This means that after executing INITiate, you can send
other commands that do not affect the measurements.
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You can store up to 1,000 measurements in the reading memory of the 34460A, 10,000 meas-
urements on the 34461A, 50,000 measurements on the 34465A/70A (
without
the MEM option), or
2,000,000 measurements on the 34465A/70A (
with
the MEM option). If reading memory overflows,
new measurements overwrite the oldest measurements stored; the most recent measurements are
always preserved. No error is generated, but the Reading Mem Ovfl bit (bit 14) is set in the Ques-
tionable Data Register's condition register (see
).
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To retrieve the measurements from the reading memory, use
. Use
or
to
read and erase all or part of the available measurements.
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Use
to return to idle.
Keysight True
volt
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