Chapter 2 Front Panel Operations  RIGOL 
DG1000Z User’s Guide  2-33 
Example: To Output Harmonic 
 
This section introduces how to output 2th order of harmonic (harmonic amplitude: 
2Vpp, harmonic phase: 30°) and 4th orders of harmonic (harmonic amplitude: 1Vpp, 
harmonic phase: 50°) from the [CH1] connector. The fundamental waveform is the 
default sine of the instrument and the harmonic order is 5. 
 
1.  To Select Output Channel: Press CH1|CH2 to select CH1. At this time, the 
border of the channel status bar is displayed in yellow. 
 
2.  To Set Fundamental  Waveform  Parameters:  In this example, various 
parameters of the fundamental waveform take the default values. You can also 
refer to the introduction in “To Output Basic Waveform”  to  set various 
fundamental waveform parameters such as frequency/period, amplitude/high 
level, offset/low level and start phase. 
 
3.  To Enable Harmonic Function: Press Sine  Harm to select “On” and press 
Harmonic Para to enter the harmonic setting menu. 
 
4.  To Set Harmonic Order: In the harmonic setting menu, press Order and use 
the numeric keyboard to input 5 before pressing OK. 
 
5.  To Select Harmonic Type:  In the harmonic setting menu, press Type to 
select even harmonic. 
 
6.  To Select Harmonic Amplitude:  In  the harmonic setting menu, press 
Harmonic Ampl to successively set the amplitude of 2th and 4th orders of 
harmonic.  
1)  Press SN, input 2 (the harmonic sequence number) using the numeric 
keyboard, and press OK. 
2)  Press Harmonic Ampl, input 2 (the value of the amplitude) using the 
numeric keyboard, and select the unit “Vpp” from the pop-up units menu.  
3)  Refer to step 1 and 2 to set the amplitude of the 4th order harmonic to 
1Vpp. 
 
7.  To Set Harmonic Phase: In the harmonic setting menu, press Harmonic 
Phase to set the phase of 2th and 4th orders of harmonic successively.   
1)  Press SN, input 2 (the harmonic sequence number) using the numeric 
keyboard, and press OK.  
2)  Press  Harmonic Phase, input 30  (the value of the phase) using the 
numeric keyboard, and select the unit “°” from the pop-up units menu.  
3)  Refer to step 1 and 2 to set the phase of the 4th order harmonic to 50°.