Tektronix Keithley SourceMeter 2470, Reference Manual

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Section 8: Triggering 2470 High Voltage SourceMeter Instrument Reference Manual
8-38 2470-901-01 Rev. A /
May
2019
The event can be any of the events described in the following table.
Event Description
Blender
Wait for the events set by an event blender.
Command
A command interface trigger:

Any remote interface: *
TRG

GPIB only: GET bus command

USB only: A USBTMC TRIGGER message

VXI-11: VXI-11 command
device_trigger
Digital Input
Line edge detected on a digital input line. When you select this
option, you select the digital input to monitor.
After selecting the digital input line, choose
Config to select the
type of edge (falling, rising, or either).
Display TRIGGER
Key
Front-panel TRIGGER key press.
LAN In Trigger
A LXI trigger packet is received on LAN trigger object. When you
select this option, you select the LAN trigger to monitor.
After you select the line, choose
Config to select the type of edge
(falling, rising, or either).
None
No trigger event.
Source Limit
Source has reached the specified limit.
Timer
A trigger timer expired. When you select this option, you select the
timer to monitor.
After selecting the timer, choose
Config to select the delay time,
count, or start time.
For a timer to expire, you must start it. One method to start the
timer in the Trigger Model is to include a Notify block before this
block. Set the Notify block to use the same timer.
TSP-Link Input
Line edge detected on a TSP-Link synchronization line. When you
select this option, you select the TSP-Link line to monitor.
After selecting the TSP-Link line, choose
Config to select the type
of edge (falling, rising, or either).
For information on trigger events, see Using trigger events to start actions in the trigger model (on
page 8-53).