Trigger after repeated signal AD2, ADP

[Josh Woods]

Is it possible to set an instrument to be triggered after another instrument, but only after the first instrument is done repeating (preferably within a waveforms script)? E.g. right now I run the wavegen 5 times and want to trigger the patterns tool after the fifth time is done not after each repetition. Thanks! 

[attila]

Hi @Josh Woods

It can be done with Script or automatically if you are using one Wavegen run cycle. The Pattern could trigger on the falling edge of the Wavegen trigger, when its run cycle ends.

Here I've only used Script to start the instruments in sequence.

[Josh Woods]

Thanks for the response. What I would like to do is start the Pattern after 500 Wavegen run cycles. I guess this might be accomplished best using a delay on the pattern? Or is it possible to do something like this in the SDK? 
 

Thanks! 

[attila]

Hi @Josh Woods

If millisecond precision is suffice the easies would be using software control, delay...
For nanosecond level timing or device automated tasks you can use cross-triggering, wait, repeat...

Sure, you can also start Wavegen and Patterns at the same time and use delay (Wait) in Patterns (FDwfDigitalOutWaitSet)
Use trigsrcPC for both or trigger one by the other instrument.