Data Sheet

15 Remote Control RIGOL
MSO4000/DS4000 User’s Guide
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15 Remote Control
The 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 and GPIB (with the
USB-GPIB interface converter provided by RIGOL) instrument buses. This chapter
will give 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