How to confirm that the instrument has been triggered？

[xiaochouyu]

I am using the E5052B now, I now need to use the "Average Trigger" to trigger, but it takes too long. I don't know how long I have to wait before I do the next step, so I want to determine if the instrument has been triggered.
I didn't find a way to determine if it was triggered in the manual.
So how do I know that the instrument has been triggered? Via GPIB or VISA.

[carmen9]

Hi,

You might find this suggestion useful:

https://forums.ni.com/t5/LabVIEW/Checking-when-an-output-becomes-available/td-p/1052393

NI VISA Programmer Reference Manual: https://www.ni.com/docs/en-US/bundle/ni-visa/page/user-manual-welcome.html

https://www.ni.com/en/support/documentation/supplemental/06/using-instrument-status-registers-and-se...

https://www.ni.com/docs/en-US/bundle/labview-api-ref/page/functions/visa-assert-trigger.html

[Minions]

See chapter 3 of the manual for further information.  It looks as if there should be a SCPI command that could be sent through VISA to extract that information.

[xiaochouyu · Accepted solution]

:status:OPERation:CONDition?

[Minions]

Yes, It was in Figure 3.2 like I had mentioned.