Streaming and signal generation with a 5000 series device

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billm
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Streaming and signal generation with a 5000 series device

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I am trying to generate a tone burst while streaming data from a 5244A. To do this, I am calling ps5000aSetSigGenBuiltIn() but it always returns PICO_BUSY.
Is it possible to do what I want, or is it a fundamental limitation of the 5000 series devices that the signal generator cannot be changed while in streaming mode?

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Re: Streaming and signal generation with a 5000 series devic

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Whilst the device is streaming it is not possible to change the settings. However if you set up the signal generator beforehand, add the support to control it with a trigger, then you will be able to start the scope streaming and then fire the signal generator in response to the trigger event. The trigger can use an actual input via the ExtIn port, or a manual software trigger event.
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Re: Streaming and signal generation with a 5000 series devic

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Thanks for the reply Martyn.
That works for me. By setting shots to the number of cycles and then using the software trigger I am able to generate the tone burst more or less as I want it.

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