Last Updated: August 29, 2007
The SETup subsystem is used to configure the test set for each measurement. Typical settings include:
Multi-Measurement Count, how many measurements are made each time a measurement is initiated.
Trigger Arm, determines if a measurement makes one measurement then return to idle (single), or automatically rearm on completion of a measurement and repeat the process (continuous).
Trigger Source, how a measurement is triggered.
Trigger Delay, controls the delay time between the trigger and the start of sampling.
Measurement Timeout, length of time before a measurement times out.
Measurement Suite Initiate, which measurements are enabled within a measurement suite.
Trigger arming for each measurement is controlled in the SETup subsystem. The choices are single or continuous. In most cases, it is a best practice (during remote operation) to use "single" measurement mode. This simplifies the tasks of starting concurrent measurements, using the INIT subsystem commands to determine which measurements are ready to be fetched, then using the FETCh subsystem to obtain results. The command SETup:ALL:CONTinuous:OFF sets all measurements to single trigger mode.
For details of the SETup commands refer to the SETup subsystems in this section.