Programming Guide

Digital Oscilloscopes Series
4
Programming Overview
This chapter introduces how to execute remote communications
between a SIGLENT digital oscilloscope and the computer. It also
introduces how to establish a remote control link over a
communication bus.
Build communication
Install NI-VISA
Before programming, you need to install National
Instruments NI-VISA library, which you can download from the
National Instruments web-site. Currently, NI-VISA is packaged
in two versions: a full version and a Run-Time Engine version.
The full version includes the NI device drivers and a tool named
NI MAX that is a user interface to control the device. The Run-
Time Engine is much smaller than the full version and only
includes NI device driver.
For example, you can get the NI-VISA 5.4 full version from:
http://www.ni.com/download/ni-visa-5.4/4230/en/.
You also can download NI-VISA Run-Time Engine 5.4 to
your PC and install it as the default selection. Its installation
process is similar with the full version.
After you downloaded the file you can follow the steps
below to install it: