Agilent Technologies Signal Analyzer N9030a - Manual (Page 563)

6 RLC Swept SA Measurement Front-Panel & SCPI Reference
Cont (Continuous Measurement/Sweep)
Cont (Continuous Measurement/Sweep)
Sets the analyzer for Continuous measurement operation. The single/continuous state is Meas
Global so the setting will affect all measurements. If you are Paused, pressing Cont does a Resume.
Key Path Front-panel key
Remote Command :INITiate:CONTinuous OFF|ON|0|1
:INITiate:CONTinuous?
Example :INIT:CONT 0 puts analyzer in Single measurement operation.
:INIT:CONT 1 puts analyzer in Continuous measurement operation
Preset ON
(Note that SYST:PRESet sets INIT:CONT to ON but *RST sets INIT:CONT to OFF)
State Saved Saved in instrument state
Backwards Compatibility
Notes For Spectrum Analysis mode in ESA and PSA, there is no Cont hardkey, instead there is a Sweep
Single/Cont key. In these analyzers, switching the Sweep Single/Cont key from Single to Cont
restarts averages (displayed average count reset to 1), but does not restart Max Hold and Min
Hold.
The X-Series has Single and Cont keys in place of the SweepSingleCont key. In the X-Series, if
in single measurement, the Cont key (and INIT:CONT ON ) switches to continuous
measurement, but never restarts a measurement and never resets a sweep.
Initial S/W Revision Prior to A.02.00
In Swept SA Measurement (Spectrum Analysis Mode):
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The analyzer takes repetitive sweeps, averages, measurements, etc., when in Continuous mode.
When the average count reaches the Average/Hold Number the count stops incrementing, but
the analyzer keeps sweeping. See the Trace/Detector section for the averaging formula used
both before and after the Average/Hold Number is reached. The trigger condition must be met
prior to each sweep. The type of trace processing for multiple sweeps, is set under the
Trace/Detector key, with choices of Trace Average, Max Hold, or Min Hold.
In Other Measurements/Modes:
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With Avg/Hold Num (in the Meas Setup menu) set to Off or set to On with a value of 1, a sweep is
taken after the trigger condition is met; and the analyzer continues to take new sweeps after
the current sweep has completed and the trigger condition is again met. However, with
Avg/Hold Num set to On with a value >1, multiple sweeps (data acquisitions) are taken for the
measurement. The trigger condition must be met prior to each sweep. The sweep is not stopped
when the average count k equals the number N set for Avg/Hold Num is reached, but the
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