Chapter 16 Remote Control    RIGOL 
MSO1000Z/DS1000Z User’s Guide  16-1 
Chapter 16 Remote Control 
 
MSO1000Z/DS1000Z oscilloscope can be controlled remotely mainly through the 
following two methods. 
 
User-defined programming 
Users can program and control the oscilloscope by using the SCPI (Standard 
Commands for Programmable Instruments) commands. For more information about 
the commands and programming, refer to the
 Programming Guide
. 
 
Use PC software provided by RIGOL or other manufacturers 
Users can use the PC software Ultra Sigma of RIGOL, Measurement & 
Automation Explorer of NI (National Instruments Corporation) or Agilent IO 
Libraries Suite of Agilent (Agilent Technologies, Inc.) to send commands to 
control the oscilloscope remotely.  
 
This oscilloscope can communicate with PC through USB, LAN or GPIB (with the 
USB-GPIB interface converter provided by RIGOL) instrument bus. This chapter 
gives a detailed introduction of how to use Ultra Sigma to control the oscilloscope 
remotely through various interfaces. For the Ultra Sigma software, please contact 
RIGOL salesmen or technical support.  
 
 
The contents of this chapter: 
 
  Remote Control via USB 
  Remote Control via LAN 
  Remote Control via GPIB