Scanning Configuration:Trigger Input
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Specifies the source of the trigger for which the switch module can wait upon encountering a semi-colon (;) when processing a scan list. When the trigger occurs, the switch module advances to the next entry in the scan list.
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Remarks
The following table lists the characteristics of this property.
| Short Name | Trigger Input |
| Data type | ![]() |
| Permissions | Read/Write |
| Channel-based | No |
| Resettable | No |
| IMMEDIATE | 1 | The switch module does not wait for a trigger before processing the next entry in the scan list. |
| SW_TRIG_FUNC | 3 | The switch module waits until you call the niSwitch Send Software Trigger VI before processing the next entry in the scan list. |
| EXTERNAL | 2 | The switch module waits until it receives a trigger from an external source through the external trigger input before processing the next entry in the scan list. |
| PXI_Trig0 | 111 | The switch module waits until it receives a trigger on the PXI_Trig0 line before processing the next entry in the scan list. |
| PXI_Trig1 | 112 | The switch module waits until it receives a trigger on the PXI_Trig1 line before processing the next entry in the scan list. |
| PXI_Trig2 | 113 | The switch module waits until it receives a trigger on the PXI_Trig2 line before processing the next entry in the scan list. |
| PXI_Trig3 | 114 | The switch module waits until it receives a trigger on the PXI_Trig3 line before processing the next entry in the scan list. |
| PXI_Trig4 | 115 | The switch module waits until it receives a trigger on the PXI_Trig4 line before processing the next entry in the scan list. |
| PXI_Trig5 | 116 | The switch module waits until it receives a trigger on the PXI_Trig5 line before processing the next entry in the scan list. |
| PXI_Trig6 | 117 | The switch module waits until it receives a trigger on the PXI_Trig6 line before processing the next entry in the scan list. |
| PXI_Trig7 | 118 | The switch module waits until it receives a trigger on the PXI_Trig7 line before processing the next entry in the scan list. |
| PXI_STAR | 125 | The switch module waits until it receives a trigger on the PXI star trigger bus before processing the next entry in the scan list. |
| REARCONNECTOR | 1000 | The switch module waits until it receives a trigger on the rear connector. |
| FRONTCONNECTOR | 1001 | The switch module waits until it receives a trigger on the front connector. |
| REARCONNECTOR_MODULE1 | 1021 | The switch module waits until it receives a trigger on the rear connector module 1. |
| REARCONNECTOR_MODULE2 | 1022 | The switch module waits until it receives a trigger on the rear connector module 2. |
| REARCONNECTOR_MODULE3 | 1023 | The switch module waits until it receives a trigger on the rear connector module 3. |
| REARCONNECTOR_MODULE4 | 1024 | The switch module waits until it receives a trigger on the rear connector module 4. |
| REARCONNECTOR_MODULE5 | 1025 | The switch module waits until it receives a trigger on the rear connector module 5. |
| REARCONNECTOR_MODULE6 | 1026 | The switch module waits until it receives a trigger on the rear connector module 6. |
| REARCONNECTOR_MODULE7 | 1027 | The switch module waits until it receives a trigger on the rear connector module 7. |
| REARCONNECTOR_MODULE8 | 1028 | The switch module waits until it receives a trigger on the rear connector module 8. |
| REARCONNECTOR_MODULE9 | 1029 | The switch module waits until it receives a trigger on the rear connector module 9. |
| REARCONNECTOR_MODULE10 | 1030 | The switch module waits until it receives a trigger on the rear connector module 10. |
| REARCONNECTOR_MODULE11 | 1031 | The switch module waits until it receives a trigger on the rear connector module 11. |
| REARCONNECTOR_MODULE12 | 1032 | The switch module waits until it receives a trigger on the rear connector module 12. |
| FRONTCONNECTOR_MODULE1 | 1041 | The switch module waits until it receives a trigger on the front connector module 1. |
| FRONTCONNECTOR_MODULE2 | 1042 | The switch module waits until it receives a trigger on the front connector module 2. |
| FRONTCONNECTOR_MODULE3 | 1043 | The switch module waits until it receives a trigger on the front connector module 3. |
| FRONTCONNECTOR_MODULE4 | 1044 | The switch module waits until it receives a trigger on the front connector module 4. |
| FRONTCONNECTOR_MODULE5 | 1045 | The switch module waits until it receives a trigger on the front connector module 5. |
| FRONTCONNECTOR_MODULE6 | 1046 | The switch module waits until it receives a trigger on the front connector module 6. |
| FRONTCONNECTOR_MODULE7 | 1047 | The switch module waits until it receives a trigger on the front connector module 7. |
| FRONTCONNECTOR_MODULE8 | 1048 | The switch module waits until it receives a trigger on the front connector module 8. |
| FRONTCONNECTOR_MODULE9 | 1049 | The switch module waits until it receives a trigger on the front connector module 9. |
| FRONTCONNECTOR_MODULE10 | 1050 | The switch module waits until it receives a trigger on the front connector module 10. |
| FRONTCONNECTOR_MODULE11 | 1051 | The switch module waits until it receives a trigger on the front connector module 11. |
| FRONTCONNECTOR_MODULE12 | 1052 | The switch module waits until it receives a trigger on the front connector module 12. |
