User Manual

6.9 Trigger by Timer or Time Intervals (Timer Trigger)
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Set this to record at fixed times.
Triggering occurs at the specified interval from the specified Start time until the
Stop time.
Before setting, verify that the clock is set to the correct time. If not, set the clock
on the Environment (Env) Settings screen (⇒ p. 347).
6.9 Trigger by Timer or Time Intervals (Timer
Trigger)
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Timer Trigger
To open the screen: Press the SET key → Select with the SUB MENU keys →Trigger Settings screen
See Screen Layout (
⇒ p. 33)
Operating Key Procedure
1
Enable or disable the timer trigger.
CURSOR
Move the cursor to the [Timer Trigger] item.
F1 to F8
Enable or disable the timer trigger.
2
Set Start and Stop times (when [On] is selected).
CURSOR
Move to cursor to the [Month], [Day], [Hour] and
[Minute] items to set recording Start and Stop
times.
F1 to F8
Set the date and time.
To set the current date and time:
Move the cursor to the [Now] button, and select
F1.
To set only Start or Stop time:
Move the cursor to the [Start] or [Stop] button of
the setting you want to disable, and select F1
(
⇒ p. 157).
3
Set the Interval.
(To apply a trigger through the specified interval, from
Start to Stop)
CURSOR
Move to cursor to the [Day], [Hour], [Minute] and
[Second] items of [Interval].
F1 to F8
Set the recording interval.
After pressing the START key, recording starts at the specified Start
time.
To stop recording early:
Press the STOP key.
Off
Timer triggering is disabled.
On
Timer triggering is enabled.
Start Time
Stop Time
T T T
Interval
Records the specified recording length
START Key
Start Time
Stop Time
T T T
Interval
Records the specified recording length
T T
When the specified interval is shorte
r
than the specified recording length:
When the recording length exceeds the
specified interval
The next trigger is not applied until the
data for the specified recording length has
been acquired.
When the recording length exceeds the
stop time
Recording time depends on the operating
function.
"About Stop Time and Recording Length"
(
⇒ p. 157)
START Key
3
When the interval is set to zero
If the [Repeat] trigger mode is selected,
measurement is repeated from Start to
Stop times.