Chapter 1 Quick Start  RIGOL 
DG1000Z User’s Guide  1-5 
Front Panel Overview 
 
The front panel of DG1000Z is shown below. Click the numbers in the figure to view 
the corresponding description. 
 
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Figure 1-1 Front Panel 
 
1.  Power Key 
The power key is used to turn the generator on or off.  
 
2.  USB Host 
Support FAT32 format Flash type USB storage device, RIGOL TMC digital 
oscilloscope (DS), power amplifier (PA) and USB to GPIB interface converter 
(Option). 
  USB storage device: read the waveform or state files saved in the USB 
storage device or store the current instrument states or edited waveform 
data into the USB storage device. In additional, the content displayed on 
the screen also can be saved as a picture file (*.Bmp) into the USB storage 
device. 
  TMC DS: seamlessly interconnect with the RIGOL DS that meets the TMC 
standard. Read and store the waveform data collected by the DS and rebuilt 
waveform losslessly.  
  PA (option): support the RIGOL power amplifier (such as PA1011). You 
can configure it online and the signal is outputted after whose power is 
amplified. 
  USB to GPIB interface converter (Option): expand the GPIB interface for 
RIGOL instrument with USB Host interface but without GPIB interface.