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DG1000Z User’s Guide

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Chapter 3 Remote Control

DG1000Z series function/arbitrary waveform generator 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 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 instrument remotely.

This generator can communicate with PC through USB, LAN 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 generator

(take DG1062Z as an example) remotely through various interfaces. To acquire the

Ultra Sigma software, please contact RIGOL salesmen or technical support.

The contents of this chapter are as follows: