RIGOL · Multimeter

RIGOL DM3000 series digital multimeter (DM3058/DM3058E/DM3068)

BenchMesh controls the RIGOL DM3000 series digital multimeter (DM3058/DM3058E/DM3068) from your PC: live readings on a multimeter panel, every setting within reach, and every value recordable on one timeline with the rest of your bench.

Models

Model	Status	Note
DM3058	Awaiting confirmation
DM3058E	Awaiting confirmation
DM3068	Awaiting confirmation

What you can do from BenchMesh

Multimeter panel 1 channel

Live readings

MEAS
MODE
OVERLOAD
RANGE

Settings you can change

Mode
Range
Rate

Connections

USB-serial / RS-232: 9600 baud, 8N1. Plug in the USB cable (or a USB-RS-232 adapter); BenchMesh finds the port.
USB-TMC: USB Test & Measurement Class (USB id 1ab1). No vendor driver needed on Linux; on Windows BenchMesh installs Microsoft’s WinUSB driver with one click.
LAN (VXI-11 / LXI): Discovered through the portmapper, no port to enter. Enter the instrument’s IP address.

Notes

To confirm on first contactLAN works through VXI-11 (no raw socket) on DM3058/DM3068: supported since 2026-10-18, not yet confirmed on hardware. DM3058E has no LAN or GPIB.

Sources

The definition was written from these documents (definition rigol_dm3000 v0.1.0).

Programming Guide for DM3058/DM3058E (2021-11), pages 2-4..2-5 (*IDN?), 3-14..3-20 (:FUNCtion), 3-29..3-48 (:MEASure), 3-49..3-53 (:RATE)
DM3068 Programming Guide (CHM), pages IDN, :FUNCtion?, :MEASure, :MEASure:<fn>, :RATE:VOLTage:DC, Overview (RS-232 commands end \r\n)
DM3058 User's Guide, pages RS-232 menu (1200-115200 baud, parity None/Odd/Even); one of GPIB/USB/RS-232 active at a time

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.

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