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166 Agilent N5161A/62A/81A/82A/83A MXG Signal Generators User’s Guide
Basic Digital Operation (Option 651/652/654) Preliminary
Triggering a Waveform Preliminary
• Gated mode triggers the waveform at the first active triggering state, then repeatedly starts and
stops playing the waveform in response to an externally applied gating signal. See Example: Gated
Triggering on page 168.
Trigger Source
External Trigger Polarity
• In Continuous, Single, and Segment Advance modes, use the Ext Polarity softkey to set the external
trigger polarity.
• In Gated mode, the Active Low and Active High softkeys (page 165) determine the external
trigger polarity.
Mode >
Dual ARB >
Trigger Source
Patt Trig In BNC connector
(see page 19)
Aux I/O connector (see
page 20)
Neg = the signal generator
responds during the trigger signal
low state.
Pos = the signal generator
responds during the trigger signal
high state.
For details on each key, use key help
as described on page 42.
Key inactive until Ext
Delay is enabled On.