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RIGOL Chapter 3 Remote Control
User’s Guide for DSA800 Series
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 LAN interface:
Connect your analyzer to the local area network of the PC and set the
network parameters correctly following the instructions in “I/O Settings”.
 GPIB interface:
Use the USB-GPIB interface converter (option) to connect the analyzer to
PC with GPIB card through the USB Host interface and set the GPIB address
correctly following the instructions in “I/O Settings”.
3. Programming
Then, you can select a familiar software developing tool for programming. The
developing tools available include Visual C++ 6.0, Visual Basic 6.0, LabVIEW
8.6 and etc. For detailed information about SCPI commands and programming
method, refer to DSA800 Programming Guide.
To Use PC software
Users can also use the PC software to send commands and control the analyzer
remotely. The PC softwares supported by DSA800 include:
1. General PC software Ultra Sigma of RIGOL
2. Measurement & Automation Explore of NI (National Instrument Corporation)
3. Agilent IO Libraries Suite of Agilent (Agilent Technologies, Inc.)
This section introduces in details how to use Ultra Sigma to send commands
through each kind of interface to control the analyzer. Please refer to Ultra Sigma
Help to install the software and the components required correctly. For the Ultra
Sigma software, please contact RIGOL.
1. Remote Control via USB
1) Connect the devices
Connect the analyzer (USB Device) with PC (USB Host) using USB cable.
2) Install the USB drive
As the analyzer is a USBTMC device, after you connect the analyzer to the