kolki1973 / rigol-linux

A tool for controlling RIGOL oscilloscopes from linux

Linux CLI For Rigol DS1000E(D) Oscilloscopes

A command-line interface tool for Rigol digital oscilloscopes. Works with DS1000E(D) series, may also work with other models.

Based on work by Mark Whitis and Jiri Pittner.

Kernel module

USB Communication with the Rigol scope uses the usbtmc kernel module. However, the Rigol firmware uses the USBTMC protocol in a non-standard way (it sends large amounts of data in a singe transaction instead of 1024 chunks), which required a modification in this kernel module. This modification is part of linux 3.11.

For earlier versions, a patched version of the usbtmc kernel module must be installed in order to communicate with Rigol equipment, otherwise the scope's firmware will crash. I currently use this version with a 3.5.0 kernel.

Commands

Commands are documented in the DS1000E(D) Series Programming Guide.

Examples:

*RST
:AUTO
:TRIG:MODE EDGE
:ACQ:MEMD LONG
:CHAN1:MEMD?
:TIM:SCAL 0.0001
:ACQ:SAMP?
:CHAN1:SCAL 1.
:RUN
:STOP
:WAV:POINTS:MODE RAW
:WAV:DATA? CHAN1

License

• Copyright (C) 2010 Mark Whitis
• Copyright (C) 2012 Jiri Pittner
• Copyright (C) 2013 Ralf Sternberg

This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program. If not, see [http://www.gnu.org/licenses/].