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Is there unified software to control scope, signal gen, and power supply?
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larrybud:
Hobbyist here. I've either accidentally or unknowingly turned into a Siglent fanboy, and have the 1104xe scope, the sdg1032 signal generator, and the spd3303c power supply which I've acquired all in the last 3 years or so.

I decided to mess around with remote connectivity and got the lan connection working for the scope and signal gen, and hooked the power supply up via usb (there is no lan connection).

I installed the NI-VISA layer, easyscope, easy wave, and easy power. I find easyscope to be pretty clunky so I use the web interface.

My question is, it seems kinda silly that there's separate software for each of these devices. Is there any software available to incorporate all of these under one umbrella? Siglent, if you're listening, why not combine all of these into one? Any 3rd party application which can accomplish this?
nctnico:
This has been attempted but failed in many ways many times. Especially free software provided by manufacturers is utterly useless.

If you want to automate measurements, look into using Python (py-visa) and make sure to install the visa backend that doesn't need the crap from NI. With Python it is pretty easy to put custom user interfaces, plots, etc together.
larrybud:
Yeah, I was looking to do it in .net since I'm a .net developer. It's crazy that this isn't an option.

All the interfaces look like they were made in Borland C in 1995 for windows 3.1.
tautech:

--- Quote from: larrybud on January 28, 2024, 03:01:51 am ---Yeah, I was looking to do it in .net since I'm a .net developer. It's crazy that this isn't an option.

All the interfaces look like they were made in Borland C in 1995 for windows 3.1.

--- End quote ---
Go looking here for the drivers available:
https://int.siglent.com/download/drivers/

You can find the programming manuals here:
https://int.siglent.com/download/documents/

The PSU has the command set in the user manual.
slugrustle:
I've used Rohde & Schwarz's VISA library, which is royalty free (if memory serves) and C++ to do stuff like this.  R&S's VISA library also has a .NET interface.

https://www.rohde-schwarz.com/us/applications/r-s-visa-application-note_56280-148812.html

The documentation ended up in C:\Program Files (x86)\Rohde-Schwarz\RsVisa on my system after I ran the installer.
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