Instrument Control
R&S
®
SGS100A
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5.2
Network and Remote Control Operation
As an alternative to operating the R&S
SGS interactively via the R&S SGMA-GUI,
one can also control the R&S
SGS using programmed commands from a remote
PC.
The description in this section requires basic knowledge of the remote con-
trol operation. Definitions specified in the SCPI standard are not provided.
Nevertheless, you can find some basic information to the SCPI syntax,
command lists, and general programming recommendations in section
Remote Control Basics of the user manual. In addition, this chapter pro-
vides information on the status reporting system of the instrument.
5.2.1
Remote Control Interfaces and Protocols
The instrument supports several interfaces for remote control. The following table
gives an overview.
Table 5-1: Remote control interfaces and protocols
Interface Protocols
Remarks
Local
Area Net-
work
(LAN)
●
HiSLIP
High-Speed LAN Instrument Proto-
col (IVI-6.1)
●
VXI-11
●
socket communication
(Raw Ethernet,
simple Telnet)
A LAN connector is located on the
rear panel of the instrument.
The interface is based on TCP/IP
and supports various protocols.
For details, see
USB
USBTMC
A USB connector is located on the
rear panel of the instrument.
For details, see
Network and Remote Control Operation