Chapter 3 Remote Control  RIGOL 
DP800 User’s Guide  3-1 
Chapter 3  Remote Control 
 
DP800 series power supply can be controlled remotely via the following two modes. 
 
User-defined programming 
Users can program and control the instrument by using the SCPI (Standard 
Commands for Programmable Instruments) commands. For more information about 
the commands and programming, refer to the 
DP800 Programming Guide
. 
 
Use PC software 
Users can use the PC software to send commands to control the instrument remotely. 
Ultra Sigma of RIGOL is recommended. You can download Ultra Sigma from RIGOL 
This power supply can communicate with PC through USB, LAN, RS232 and GPIB 
(with the USB to GPIB interface converter provided by RIGOL) instrument buses. 
This chapter will give a detailed introduction of how to use Ultra Sigma to control 
the power supply remotely through various interfaces.   
 
 
The contents of this chapter are as follows: 
 
  Remote Control via USB 
  Remote Control via LAN (option)   
  Remote Control via GPIB (option)   
  Remote Control via RS232 (option)   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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