User manual

RIGOL
II MSO5000 Programming Guide
Document Overview
This manual is your guide to programming RIGOL MSO5000 series digital oscilloscope. MSO5000 series
can communicate with the PC via the USB, LAN, or GPIB (requiring to work with RIGOL's USB-GPIB
interface converter) interface.
Main Topics in this Manual:
Chapter 1 SCPI Command Overview
This chapter introduces the syntax, symbols, parameters, and abbreviation rules of the SCPI commands.
Chapter 2 Command System
This chapter introduces the syntax, function, parameters, and descriptions of each command.
Chapter 3 Programming Examples
This chapter illustrates how to control the MSO5000 series digital oscilloscope by programming in Excel,
LabVIEW, Visual Basic, and Visual C++.
Format Conventions in this Manual:
1. Key
The key on the front panel is denoted by the format of "Key Name (Bold) + Text Box" in the manual.
For example, Utility denotes the "Utility" key.
2. Menu
The menu items are denoted by the format of "Menu Word (Bold) + Character Shading". For example,
System denotes the "System" menu item under Utility.
3. Operation Procedures:
"" denotes the next step of operation. For example, Utility  System denotes that first press
Utility, and then press the System softkey.
Content Conventions in this Manual:
MSO5000 series includes the following models. Unless otherwise specified, this manual takes MSO5354 as
an example to illustrate the functions and operation methods of MSO5000 series.
Model
Analog
Bandwidth
No. of
Analog
Channels
No. of Function/Arbitrary
Waveform Generator
Channels
No. of Digital
Channels
MSO5072
70 MHz
2
2, Opt.
16
MSO5074
70 MHz
4
2, Opt.
16
MSO5102
100 MHz
2
2, Opt.
16
MSO5104
100 MHz
4
2, Opt.
16
MSO5204
200 MHz
4
2, Opt.
16
MSO5354
350 MHz
4
2, Opt.
16
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