Keysight · LCR meter
Keysight E4980A software
Remote control and data logging for the Keysight E4980A lcr meter, on Windows, Linux and macOS - with the same panel BenchMesh uses for every lcr meter.
Awaiting confirmation
Status
Very likely. Support for the Keysight E4980A was written from Keysight’s programming manual and follows the same engine as the bench-tested instruments, but nobody has confirmed it on a real E4980A yet. If you own one, connecting it once and reporting the result moves it to Community-confirmed.
What you can do from BenchMesh
LCR meter panel 1 channel
Live readings
- BIAS
- BIAS ON
- CIRCUIT
- FREQ
- FUNC
- LEVEL
- OVERLOAD
- PRIMARY
- RANGE
- SECONDARY
- SPEED
Settings you can change
- Bias
- Bias output
- Correction
- Frequency
- Function
- Level
- Open correction
- Range
- Short correction
- Speed
- Trigger
- Trigger source
Connections
- USB-TMC
- USB Test & Measurement Class (USB id 0957). No vendor driver needed on Linux; on Windows BenchMesh installs Microsoft’s WinUSB driver with one click.
- LAN (SCPI socket)
- TCP port 5025. Enter the instrument’s IP address.
Sources
The definition was written from these documents (definition keysight_e4980a v0.1.0).
- qcodes_e4980a.py (BenchMeshDOC/keysight_e4980a), pages l.158-461 (commands), l.218-242 (limits)
Have one on your bench?
Connect it, press Detect, try the controls - then tell us how it went. Every confirmation moves a model from “Awaiting” to “Community-confirmed” for everyone.
Questions
- Does BenchMesh work with the Keysight E4980A?
- Very likely. Support for the Keysight E4980A was written from Keysight’s programming manual and follows the same engine as the bench-tested instruments, but nobody has confirmed it on a real E4980A yet. If you own one, connecting it once and reporting the result moves it to Community-confirmed.
- How do I connect the E4980A to my PC?
- Over USB-TMC or LAN (SCPI socket). USB Test & Measurement Class (USB id 0957). No vendor driver needed on Linux; on Windows BenchMesh installs Microsoft’s WinUSB driver with one click. Then press Detect in BenchMesh: it identifies the lcr meter by its reply and adds it to the bench.
- What can I control on the E4980A?
- LCR meter: set bias, bias output, correction, frequency, function, level, open correction, range; read bias, bias on, circuit, freq, func, level, overload, primary.
- Can I log E4980A measurements to CSV?
- Yes. Right-click any reading to add it to a recording; every instrument on the bench is sampled on one shared timeline and exported as one CSV.
- Is BenchMesh free?
- Yes. BenchMesh is free and open source, for Windows, Linux and macOS, and works offline.