Rigol Viewer is a program to visualize your Rigol® DS1000(D) series oscilloscope from your Linux desktop. You can create PNG graphics from:
- Channel1
- Channel2
- FFT
- Logic Analyser 16bit
Rigol DS1052D Channel 1 |
Rigol DS1052D FFT |
Rigol DS1052D Logikanalyser |
The connection between Rigol Digital Oscilloscope and the Linux system use the USB Test and Measurement Class (USBTMC) Protocol. If a USB-measuring instrument with USBTMC support is connected to a Linux system, the kernel module will create an entry /dev/usbtmc[0..9].
You should get an entry in the Kernel-Log.
[ 8311.126918] usb 1-1.5: new full-speed USB device number 6 using ehci-pci
[ 8311.221803] usb 1-1.5: New USB device found, idVendor=1ab1, idProduct=0588
[ 8311.221808] usb 1-1.5: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
[ 8311.221811] usb 1-1.5: Product: DS1000 SERIES
[ 8311.221813] usb 1-1.5: Manufacturer: Rigol Technologies
[ 8311.221815] usb 1-1.5: SerialNumber: DS1EC132300216
The idVEndor and idProduct is nessary for the access rights. Create a file /etc/udev/rules.d/97-rigol-ds1052.rules with the following content:
xx@xxxxx:/etc/udev/rules.d$ sudo nano 97-rigol-ds1052.rules
####################################################################################
# USBTMC instruments
# Rigol Technologies DS1502D series
SUBSYSTEMS=="usb", ACTION=="add", ATTRS{idVendor}=="1ab1", ATTRS{idProduct}=="0588", GROUP="xx", MODE="0660"
# Devices
KERNEL=="usbtmc/*", MODE="0660", GROUP="xx"
KERNEL=="usbtmc[0-9]*", MODE="0660", GROUP="xx"
####################################################################################
Replace the entries "xx" with the local group for the access to the USBTMC measuring instrument. Disconnect and connect the oscilloscope again.
Download:
Rigol Viewer V1.2
[1] http://www.cibomahto.com/2010/04/controlling-a-rigol-oscilloscope-using-linux-and-python/
[2] http://www.pittnerovi.com/jiri/hobby/electronics/rigol/rigol.c