Specifies whether to use pulsed RF signal as stimulus and/or export pulse generator digital signals.

To perform measurements in pulse mode, start by setting this property to True. Next, configure basic pulse attributes like Pulse Period, Pulse Modulator Width.

When you set Pulse Trigger Type to None, where VNA generates a pulse trigger internally. Pulse Trigger is used to control the timing of the RF pulse modulator. Additionally pulse trigger is used as timing reference for all the pulse generator digital signals that you enabled.

You can override the internal pulse trigger to an external pulse trigger by setting Pulse Trigger Type to Digital Edge.

You do not need to use a selector string to configure or read this property for the default signal instance. Refer to the Selector Strings topic for information about the string syntax for named signals.

The default value is False.

Remarks

The following table lists the characteristics of this property.

Short Name Pulse Mode Enabled
Data type ci32.png
Permissions Read/Write
High-level VIs N/A
Resettable Yes
False 0

Disables pulse mode operation. VNA pulse modulator and pulse generators are disabled.
True 1

Enables pulse mode operation.