RIGOL · Spectrum analyzer
RIGOL DSA832 software
Remote control and data logging for the RIGOL DSA832 spectrum analyzer, on Windows, Linux and macOS - with the same panel BenchMesh uses for every spectrum analyzer.
Status
Very likely. Support for the RIGOL DSA832 was written from RIGOL’s programming manual and follows the same engine as the bench-tested instruments, but nobody has confirmed it on a real DSA832 yet. If you own one, connecting it once and reporting the result moves it to Community-confirmed.
What you can do from BenchMesh
Spectrum analyzer panel 1 channel
Live readings
- ATTEN
- ATTEN AUTO
- CENTER
- DETECTOR
- MARKER
- MARKER FREQ
- MARKER LEVEL
- POINTS
- RBW
- RBW AUTO
- REF LEVEL
- SCALE
- SPAN
- START
- STOP
- SWEEPING
- SWEEP MODE
- SWEEP TIME
- TG LEVEL
- TG OUTPUT
- TRACE
- TRACE MODE
- TRACE UNIT
- VBW
- VBW AUTO
Settings you can change
- Atten auto
- Attenuation
- Center
- Detector
- Full span
- Marker
- Marker freq
- Peak search
- Points
- Rbw
- Rbw auto
- Ref level
- Scale
- Span
- Start
- Stop
- Sweep
- Sweep time
- Tg level
- Tg output
- Trace mode
- Vbw
- Vbw auto
Connections
- 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 (SCPI socket)
- TCP port 5555. Enter the instrument’s IP address.
Notes
- To confirm on first contactUSB product id not documented: vendor id only.
Sources
The definition was written from these documents (definition rigol_dsa800 v0.1.0).
- DSA800 Programming Guide (DSA800_ProgrammingGuide_EN.pdf, Aug 2016), pages PDF p38-55 CALCulate:MARKer, p70 DISPlay RLEVel/PDIVision, p86 FORMat, p94 *IDN?, p97-98 INITiate, p110 OUTPut, p128-129 BANDwidth, p143 DETector, p148-153 FREQuency, p160 POWer:ATTenuation, p170 SWEep, p180 SOURce, p185 STATus:OPERation, p210-217 TRACe
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 RIGOL DSA832?
- Very likely. Support for the RIGOL DSA832 was written from RIGOL’s programming manual and follows the same engine as the bench-tested instruments, but nobody has confirmed it on a real DSA832 yet. If you own one, connecting it once and reporting the result moves it to Community-confirmed.
- How do I connect the DSA832 to my PC?
- Over USB-TMC or LAN (SCPI socket). USB Test & Measurement Class (USB id 1ab1). 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 spectrum analyzer by its reply and adds it to the bench.
- What can I control on the DSA832?
- Spectrum analyzer: set atten auto, attenuation, center, detector, full span, marker, marker freq, peak search; read atten, atten auto, center, detector, marker, marker freq, marker level, points.
- Can I log DSA832 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.