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Reference > Menus > Run Menu Run Menu
Run Menu
The Run menu provides access to commands that control the signal acquisition.
Command Description
Run (see page 315) If acquisition mode is Stopped, selecting Run begins a new measurement/acquisition
cycle. If acquisition mode is Run, pressing Run halts the current measurement/acquisition
cycle after it completes.
Resume Restarts data acquisition, but does not reset accumulated results, such as Average
or MaxHold. This allows you to stop acquisitions temporarily, then continue. If the
accumulation is already complete, for example, 10 acquisitions or 10 averages have
already been completed, each subsequent Resume command will cause one more
acquisition to be taken, and its results added to the accumulation. Resume is not
available if instrument settings have been changed.
Abort (see page 315) Immediately halts the current measurement/acquisition cycle.
Single Sequence (see
page 355) Selects the single-sequence acquisition mode. This is only a mode selector; it does
not initiate an acquisition.
Continuous (see page 356) Selects the continuous acquisition mode. Selecting Continuous does initiate acquisitions.
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Single Sequence Acquisition Mode
Menu Bar: Run > Single
Selecting Single sets the Run mode to Single. In Single mode, as soon as one acquisition sequence
completes, acquisition stops.
Note that a single acquisition sequence can require more than one acquisition. For example, in a spectrum
view, the trace function might be set to Average 100 acquisitions. Thus, a complete acquisition sequence
would consist of 100 acquisitions to produce 100 intermediate traces that are averaged together to create
the
fi nal trace that is displayed. Once the 100 acquisitions have been completed, acquisition stops.
This is only a mode selector, it does not initiate an acquisition.
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