Instructions

RIGOL Chapter 4 Programming Demos
4-2 DSG800 Programming Guide
Programming Preparations
Before programming, you need to make the following preparations.
1. Make sure that your PC has been installed with the NI-VISA library (can be downloaded from the NI
website: http://www.ni.com/visa). Here, the default installation path is C:\Program Files\IVI
Foundation\VISA.
2. In this manual, the USB interface of the RF signal generator is used to communicate with the PC and
please use a USB cable to connect the USB DEVICE interface at the rear panel of the RF signal
generator to the PC.
3. Turn on the instrument after correctly connecting the RF signal generator and PC.
4. At this point, the "Found New Hardware Wizard" dialog box appears on the PC. Please follow the
instructions to install the "USB Test and Measurement Device (IVI)".
5. Acquire the USB VISA descriptor of the RF signal generator: run Ultra Sigma and search for the RF
signal generator resource currently connected to the PC. The resource found is displayed under the
"RIGOL Online Resource" directory, including the instrument model and the USB interface information
(namely the VISA descriptor) as shown in the figure below. Here, the VISA descriptor of the RF signal
generator is USB0::0x1AB1::0x6666::DSG8A170200001::INSTR.
By now, the programming preparations are finished.