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Using Windows Tools
Remote Desktop: Using the Signal Generator Remotely
Remote Desktop: Using the Signal Generator Remotely
Windows Remote Desktop is recommended for remote control of the
instrument. It offers fully-interactive control that is almost identical to direct
face-to-face control of the instrument.
The Remote Desktop functionality is a Microsoft Windows 10 capability.
The following discussion provides some guidelines for using this capability
with the instrument. You need to refer to the Windows 10 help
documentation for more information. As Windows evolves, these
instructions may no longer be exact.
Overview of Remote Desktop operation
To perform this operation successfully, you must have Administrator level
access to the instrument.
Using the Remote Desktop functionality of the instrument allows you to control
and interact with the instrument from a remote computer as though you were
sitting in front of the instrument.
When you have configured the instrument for remote connectivity, and
configured a separate computer to act as a Remote Desktop Host, you can
send commands to the instrument from the remote computer, and you can see
the instrument display on the screen of the remote computer.
This section provides full details of how to set up the instrument for remote
connectivity, and also how to set up a computer running any version of
Microsoft Windows as a Remote Desktop Host.
Figure 4-1 Basic setup for remote desktop operation
Enabling Copy and Paste or File Sharing
For security purposes the instrument comes from the factory with copy and
paste and file sharing disabled in Remote Desktop.
To enable edit the registry:
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