Owner's manual

ii Table of Contents
Timebase Exporting ...................................................... 30
4.4 Trigger Sources ................................................................. 31
Software Trigger ........................................................... 31
External Digital Trigger ................................................. 31
PXI Star Trigger ............................................................ 32
PXI Trigger Bus ............................................................ 32
Trigger Signal Exporting ............................................... 33
4.5 User-controllable Timing Signals ....................................... 34
DAQ timing signals ....................................................... 35
Auxiliary Function Inputs (AFI) ...................................... 36
4.6 Trigger Modes.................................................................... 37
Post-trigger Acquisition ................................................. 37
Pre-trigger Acquisition .................................................. 37
Middle-trigger Acquisition ............................................. 38
Delay-trigger Acquisition ............................................... 39
4.7 Synchronizing Multiple Modules ........................................ 40
SSI_TIMEBASE ............................................................ 41
4.8 General Purpose Timer/Counter Operation ....................... 43
Timer/Counter Functions Basics ................................... 43
General Purpose Timer/Counter Modes ....................... 44
5 Calibration ......................................................................... 49
5.1 Loading Calibration Constants........................................... 49
5.2 Auto-calibration .................................................................. 50
5.3 Saving Calibration Constants............................................. 50
Important Safety Instructions............................................... 51