MSO7054 Rigol Software User Guide
- July 24, 2024
- Rigol
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MSO7054 Rigol Software
Rigol Software Installation and Use
STEP 0: Important Basic Computer setting
Typical European notation:
- 12.000,00 Hz in words: twelve thousand, [COMMA] zero Hertz
- English/American notation uses the DOT to separate the decimal digits.
Same example with different notation
- 12,000.00Hz in words: twelve thousand. [Dot] zero Hertz
- Each Rigol Software requires DOT as a decimal separator. [English/America Notation]
So before starting with installation or usage of Rigol Software go to your Windows Control Panel and change the Region and Language settings to the right notation! Otherwise, your software will not work properly.
STEP 1: Installation of Ultra Sigma
Ultra Sigma is the base for all other Rigol Software tools and is also recommended if you would like to do your programming. It installs all the necessary files to be able to recognize the instruments when connected to the computer. It also installs the National Instruments VISA library (NI VISA) which is necessary for communicating through SCPI Commands with our instruments.
It is recommended to download the latest version of Ultra Sigma.
The Versions which are supplied on the Product CD might be not the latest one.
For your reference, the current version is: 00.01.06.00 (09/April/2014)
- After downloading the file, unpack the file and store it on your local hard disk.
- Make sure that no Chinese or unknown signs are within the directory or in the folder name.
- Otherwise, the installation will stop with an error message. (“Unable to open archive file”)
- Start setup.exe which you can find in the unpacked folder.
NOTE: On Win 7 systems, the software must be installed using the Built-In
Administrator user account. Please enable the Built-In Administrator account
and use it for all software installation. User accounts with full
administrative privileges will not work!
After the successful installation, you will find an ICON on your desktop.
Double click and Ultra Sigma starts. Under Win7 you have to confirm/allow the
execution of Ultra Sigma. Now it appears like this:
Now please connect your Rigol Instrument through USB to your computer. Windows will find a new USB Device and start “installing” the driver. After finishing this instrument will appear in your Ultra Sigma Window as follows:
If you use an LXI connection you have to add a step because the instrument is not automatically recognized by the system.
Instrument connection through LAN
First, click on the LAN button in the Header line of Ultra Sigma. Marked green in the screenshot above. The following form comes up.
Now click on the Search Button and the software starts searching Rigol Instruments. If the instrument is found it appears in the window and press ok.
The additional Instrument will now also appear in the main form of Ultra Sigma.
Right Mouse Click on the line (in this example: DS1104Z (USB0::0x04CE…) brings up a small menu. This can be extended with Mouse-over Operation. See below
In the following the two main functions
- Print Screen -> very useful for bringing screen prints to your PC, especially for scopes and spectrum analyzers
- SCPI Panel Control -> send and receive commands or data -> useful for debugging g see example below:
STEP 2: Installation of Rigol Software
Rigol offers different control/measurement Software tools. Please find below a short overview of what is available:
Software Name| Used with …| Available versions| Price (List,
net)
---|---|---|---
Ultra Station| DG1kZ, DG4, DG5| Basic version| Free of charge
Advance version| 76.-€
Ultra Wave| DG1022, DG1022A| Basic version| Free of charge
Ultra Spectrum| DSA815,DSA1000| Basic version| 188.-€
Ultra Power| DP1000| Basic version| Free of charge
Ultra IQ Station| DSG3000-I/Q| Basic version| Free of charge
Ultra Acquire| M300| Basic version| Free of charge
Advanced version| 664.-€
Ultra Scope(Eseries)| DS1000E| Basic version| Free of charge
Ultra Scope(Dseries)| DS1000D| Basic version| Free of charge
Ultra Scope(Bseries)| DS1000B| Basic version| Free of charge
Each Software Tool that has to be purchased can be installed without a license key and offers a 15-day evaluation period in which all features are available. After you have successfully finished STEP 0 and STEP 1 you can install the Rigol Software tools. Same procedure as above for Ultra Sigma installation:
- After downloading the file, unpack the file and store it on your local hard disk.
- Make sure that no Chinese or unknown signs are within the directory or in the folder name. Otherwise, the installation will stop with an error message. (“Unable to open archive file”)
- Start xxx setup.exe which you can find in the unpacked folder.
If you have installed Ultra Sigma with the default directory the corresponding Software Tools will be installed in the following directory structure.
If the Software tools are located as above, the corresponding software will automatically be available in Ultra Sigma as shown in the examples below. Exceptions are Ultra Scope (E/D/B) Ultra Wave and Ultra Power.
DSA815 shows Ultra Spectrum
DG1061Z shows Ultra Station
This is the recommended way to start the Rigol Software Tools. The advantage is that the instrument is already recognized from the software and you will also not run into Windows administrator rights issues.
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