Fluke PM6685R User Manual

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Trigger/Arming Subsystem
The SCPI TRIGger subsystem enables syn-
chronization of instrument actions with
specified internal or external events. The
following list gives some examples.
Instrument Action
Some examples of events to synchronize
with are as follows:
measurement
bus trigger
external signal level or pulse
10 occurrences of a pulse on the external
trigger input
other instrument ready
signal switching
input signal present
1 second after input signal is present
sourcing output signal
switching system ready
The ARM-TRIG Trigger
Configuration
Figure 6-15 gives a typical trigger config-
uration, the ARM-TRIG model. The con-
figuration contains two event-detection
layers: the ‘Wait for ARM’ and ‘Wait for
TRIG’ states.
Using the Subsystems
Trigger/Arming Subsystem 6-27
Initiated
Idle
Trigger system initiated
Still initiated
ARM conditions 
satisfied
TRIGger conditions 
satisfied
Wait for ARM
Wait for TRIG
Instrument 
Actions
No longer 
initiated
Completed No. 
of ARM loops
Completed 
No. of TRIGger 
loops
Instrument 
Actions 
complete
Default state 
after power-on 
or reset 
Arm Layer
Trigger Layer
Trigger system 
initiated
ABORt
*RST
pon
Figure 6-15 Generalized ARM-TRIG
model.