RIGOL DG1000Z Series - Manual (Page 154)

RIGOL Chapter 2 Front Panel Operations
2-104 DG1000Z User’s Guide
Figure 2-21 LAN Setting Interface
Network Status
Different prompt messages will be provided by the generator based on the current
network status.
 Connected: indicates LAN connection is successful.
 Disconnect: indicates no LAN connection or LAN connection is unsuccessful.
MAC Address
MAC (Media Access Control) address, also called hardware address, is used for
defining the position of the network device. For a generator, the MAC address is
always unique. It is always used to identify the instrument while assigning IP address
for instrument. MAC address (48 bits, namely 6 bytes) is usually expressed in
hexadecimal format, such as 00-14-0E-42-12-CF.
VISA Descriptor
VISA (Virtual Instrument Software Architecture) is an advanced application
programming interface developed by NI (National Instrument) for communications
with various instrument buses. It uses the same method to communicate with
instruments regardless of the types of the instrument interfaces (GPIB, USB,
LAN/Ehternet or RS232). The GPIB, USB, LAN/Ethernet or RS232 instrument which
wants to communicate with VISA is called “resource”.
VISA descriptor is the resource name and describes the accurate name and location
of the VISA resource. If LAN interface is currently used for communication with the
instrument, the VISA descriptor is TCPIP0::172.16.3.33::INSTR.
Network Status
Current IP
Configure Mode
IP Configure
Mode status
MAC Address
VISA Descriptor