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Chapter 3 Remote Control RIGOL
DP800A User’s Guide 3-1
Chapter 3 Remote Control
DP800A series power supply 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 DP800A Programming Guide .
Use PC software
Users can use the PC software to send commands to control the instrument remotely.
Ultra Sigma of RIGOL is recommended. You can acquire Ultra Sigma from the
resource CD in the standard accessories or download the latest version from RIGOL
official website ( www.rigol.com ).
This power supply can communicate with the PC through USB, LAN, RS232 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 power supply (take DP831A as an example) remotely through various interfaces.
The contents of this chapter are as follows:
 Remote Control via USB
 Remote Control via LAN
 Remote Control via GPIB
 Remote Control via RS232