wait

Pause execution of a script. You can pause the script until a particular Script trigger is received or until a specified number of samples are generated.

Usage:

• Pause the execution until a particular Script trigger is received:
  wait until scripttrigger0
  

  Note  If the Script trigger is received before the wait instruction then the script moves to the next instruction with the smallest possible delay. If you want to ignore Script triggers received before a wait statement, use the clear instruction.

• Pause the execution for a finite amount of time:
  wait <number of samples>

Examples:

• Generate myWfmA, wait for receipt of a Script trigger, then generate myWfmB:
  generate myWfmA
  wait until scripttrigger0
  generate myWfmB
• Generate the sequence myWfmA, myWfmB five times; wait for receipt of a Script trigger; generate myWfmC, myWfmD 10 times; wait for receipt of a Script trigger:
  repeat forever
      repeat 5
          generate myWfmA
          generate myWfmB
      end repeat
      wait until scripttrigger0
      repeat 10
          generate myWfmC
          generate myWfmD
      end repeat
      wait until scripttrigger0
  end repeat
• Generate the sequence myWfmA, wait 100 samples, then generate myWfmB:
  generate myWfmA
  wait 100
  generate myWfmB

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