Gx3748DigitizerSoftwareTrigger

Purpose

Generates a software trigger.

Syntax

Gx3748DigitizerSoftwareTrigger (nHandle, pnStatus)

Parameters

Name
Type
Comments
nHandle
SHORT
Handle to a GX3748 board.
pnStatus
PSHORT
Returned status: 0 on success, negative number on failure.

Comments

The function generates a software trigger. Any armed group will be triggered.

The Gx3748 has 3 input groups (0-2) each with 16 channels (48 total input channels). The digitizer has 3 independent inputs, all 3 has the same programmable sample period. Sample period can be set by calling Gx3748DigitizerSetSamplesPeriod() API. Each of the 3 digitizer inputs can record up 87,300 samples, the number of sample to acquired are set by calling Gx3748DigitizerSetSamplesCount() API. Each of the digitizer inputs can have a programmable trigger mode, trigger mode can be set by calling the Gx3748DigitizerSetTriggerMode() API. The user can set programmatically the trigger threshold for each of the digitizer inputs by calling the Gx3748DigitizerSetTriggerThreshold() API. Acquisition progress and total number of samples acquired of each of the digitizers inputs can monitor at any time by calling the Gx3748DigitizerGetSamplesCounter() API. Each of the digitizer inputs can armed or disarmed by calling the Gx3748DigitizerArm() API.

The user can halt the acquisition at any time by calling the Gx3748DigitizerHalt() API.

Once acquisition is done, to verify use Gx3748DigitizerGetGroupStatus() and  Gx3748DigitizerGetStatus() APIs, the user can read back the acquired data by calling Gx3748DigitizerReadWaveform() API.

Each of the digitizer inputs has a dedicated group of input channels:

Example

The following example generates a software trigger (see Gx3748DigitizerReadWaveform() API for complete example code):

 

SHORT nHandle, nStatus;

 

Gx3748DigitizerSoftwareTrigger (nHandle, &nStatus);

 

 

See Also

Gx3748DigitizerArm, Gx3748DigitizerGetGroupStatus, Gx3748DigitizerGetStatus, Gx3748DigitizerHalt, Gx3748DigitizerReadSampleCount, Gx3748DigitizerReadTriggerTimestamp, Gx3748DigitizerReadWaveform, Gx3748DigitizerReset, Gx3748DigitizerSetSamplesCount, Gx3748DigitizerSetSamplesPeriod, Gx3748DigitizerSetSource, Gx3748DigitizerSetTriggerMode, Gx3748DigitizerSetTriggerThreshold, GxFpgaGetErrorString