Chapter 14 System Function Setting    RIGOL 
MSO4000/DS4000 User’s Guide  14-19 
Option Management 
 
This oscilloscope provides multiple options to fulfill your measurement requirements. 
Please order the corresponding options according to the order numbers provided in 
“Appendix A: Accessories and Options” in this manual. You can view the options 
currently installed on the oscilloscope and activate the newly bought option. 
 
1.  View the installed options 
Press Utility  Options  Installed to open the current option interface. You 
can view the options currently installed on the oscilloscope and the related 
information. 
 
2.  Install an option 
To install an option, an option license (each instrument corresponds to a license) 
or option license file is required. Option license is a 28-byte string consisting of 
uppercase English letters and numbers. Option license file, whose file extension 
is .lic, is a file that satisfies the specific formats. 
 
After you purchase the desired option, you can get the corresponding key. 
Before installing an option, follow the steps below to generate the option license 
or option license file using the key according to your need.  
1)  Log in RIGOL official website (
www.rigol.com); click Customer Center 
 License Generate to enter the software license generation interface.  
2)  Input the correct key, instrument serial number (press Utility  System 
 System Info to acquire the instrument serial number) and identifying 
code in the software license generation interface and press Generate to 
acquire the option license as well as the download link of the option license 
file. To use the option license file, click download and download it to the 
root directory of USB storage device. 
 
Use the option livense 
After acquiring the option license, press Utility  Options  Setup to open 
the option installation interface. In the interface, you can input the option 
license and install the option.  
 
 
 
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