To Use PC Software
You can control DG4000 remotely by sending SCPI commands using PC software.
PC softwares supported by DG4000 include:
General PC software Ultra Sigma of RIGOL
Measurement & Automation Explore of NI (National Instrument Corporation)
Agilent IO Libraries Suite of Agilent (Agilent Technologies, Inc.)
This section introduces in details how to use Ultra Sigma to send commands
through USB and LAN interfaces to control DG4000. Please refer to Ultra Sigma
Help to install the software and the components required correctly.
1. To Control the Instrument through USB
1) Connect the devices
Connect the generator (use the USB Device interface at the rear panel)
with your PC using USB cable.
2) Install the USB drive
As the generator is a USB-TMC device, after you connect the generator to
the PC and turn both on, the PC will display the hardware update wizard
dialog box. Please install the “USB Test and Measurement Device” driver
following the directions of the wizard.
3) Search device resource
Start up Ultra Sigma, the software starts searching the generator
resources currently connected to the PC automatically, or click
to search manually. The status bar of Ultra Sigma at
present is as shown in the figure below:
4) View the resource
The resources that have been searched successfully are shown under the
“RIGOL Online Resource” catalog and the instrument model and VISA
descriptor are also displayed, such as
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