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Inside the Idle State. Figure l-36 illustrates the operation of the
state.
Figure l-36. Inside the Idle State
Turning power on, or sending *RST or :ABORT forces the trigger
system to the idle state. The trigger system remains in the
idle state until it is initiated by INITiate : IMMediate or
the trigger system exits downward to the
Whenever the trigger system leaves the idle state, it sets the
instrument's Operation Pending Flag. Returning to idle clears
Operation Pending Flag
the flag. The
instrument that can affect how the instrument responds to certain
commands. You need to know this fact when using *OPC, *OPC?,
Inside the Initiate State. Figure 1-37 illustrates the operation of the
initiate
state.
Figure l-37. Inside the Initiate State
If the trigger system is on a downward path, it travels directly
through the initiate state without restrictions. If the trigger system
YES
initiate
is a special bit inside the
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idle
state. Note that
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