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The trigger control panel is available in all FFT modes, except the automatic mode. Without trigger, the FFT is carried out continuously with the measured data from time domain. By using a trigger, the FFT only starts after defined conditions have been fulfilled. This way, the analysis can be carried out synchronized with rotation speed or shocks can be evaluated purposefully.
 Trigger on/off
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Enables / disables the trigger function.
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 Trigger source
Two trigger sources are available:
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analog
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All channels of the instrument can be selected. If the signal in time domain exceeds the trigger level, the trigger is initiated.
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digital
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All digital inputs of the USB devices with licenses for VM-FFT 3D are available as trigger source. This way, several VM-FFT 3D channels can be fed from the same digital input. It allows for instance triggering synchronized with rotation speed in several VM-FFT windows. The trigger is initiated if the value switches from 0 to 1.
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 Trigger mode
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After a triggered FFT, the trigger is ready again. If the trigger condition is met again, a new FFT will be carried out.
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After having carried out a triggered FFT, VM-FFT 3D stops.
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 Pretrigger and posttrigger
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The beginning of the time frame to be analyzed can be shifted with regard to the start of the trigger. A pretrigger of 0 means that the start of the trigger and the beginning of the time frame to be analyzed coincide. Accordingly, the beginning of the time frame is before the start of the trigger when entering a value >0.
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 Trigger level
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When selecting an analog trigger source, the level of the measurand in time domain is displayed in a bar graph. The measurand is bandpass filtered with the frequency limits entered in the FFT settings and displayed as absolute peak value. When selecting a digital trigger source, a colored field shows the current digital level.
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• white
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level = 0
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• black:
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level = 1
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