New Rigol DS1054Z oscilloscope

[Fcsteve777]

I just recieved the same email!

[avvidclif]

Don't go to the website, it shows shipping of 12/31/2014......

[mikepa]

I received the shipping today email .. then an hour later shipping 12/31 !!

[nanofrog]

I just got an e-mail from TEquipment, my 1054z is shipping today instead of next week. WoooHooo

Got the same email, but mine won't actually ship until Friday the 14th due to the single shipment to keep the free shipping.

I can't see spending an extra $9.08 just to ship a few soldering tips, so I'll deal with waiting the extra 4 calendar days. 

[poida_pie]

For those of us in AUS, www.eyou.com.au  has stock of the DS1054Z and can ship immediately.
I just bought one today, cost was $439 + GST and freight.

[aargee]

Picked up my Rigol at lunchtime. A$482.90 inc GST from Emona Brisbane.

Bang for buck is quite amazing. Fired it up and checked the channels so far.

For anyone visiting Emona in Brissy... They have a single office in the back corner of a Honda motorbike dealership at 1019 Ipswich Road, Moorooka. No street signage, nothing.

A more unlikely place I have never picked up a new piece of test gear from!

[EEVblog]

OMG how bad is Rigol's software for the DS1054Z (and others)? 
UltraVision driver is buggy and bloated.
UltraScope doesn't even come on the CD included!, and when I install it I can't even find it 
 

[Orange]

Picked up my Rigol at lunchtime. A$482.90 inc GST from Emona Brisbane.

Bang for buck is quite amazing. Fired it up and checked the channels so far.

For anyone visiting Emona in Brissy... They have a single office in the back corner of a Honda motorbike dealership at 1019 Ipswich Road, Moorooka. No street signage, nothing.

A more unlikely place I have never picked up a new piece of test gear from!

Sounds assuring if you buy from him

[leppie]

OMG how bad is Rigol's software for the DS1054Z (and others)? 
UltraVision driver is buggy and bloated.
UltraScope doesn't even come on the CD included!, and when I install it I can't even find it 
 

I actually had zero problems with installing it. It is not very useful though, just shows whats on the scope, like read-only...

[oaliey]

There was a note on the outside of my box that I got from emona telling me to download everything from the national instruments website. They must already be aware that the included CD contains buggy software and drivers

edit: Just re-read the note, it seems it only asks you to download the drivers. Here is the included text:
edit2: Unsurprisingly the driver file is not the first result, I believe this is a direct link to currently most recent driver: NI-VISA 5.4.1

IMPORTANT NOTICE!

USB drivers for Rigol Oscilloscopes, Function Generators and Spectrum Analyzers

In order to utilize your Rigol unit with the Ultrascope, UltraStation, UltraSpectrum or Ultra Signal Studio software, you will need to download the appropriate NI VISA USB drivers for your oscilloscope from the National Instruments web site:

• Go to the National Instruments web site - www.ni.com
• In the search box, type in "NI-VISA" and click search
• The first result should be "NI-VISA 5.1.2 - Windows 7..." (or later version number)
• Click on the link and download the VISA run time driver
• Install the file once the download is complete, then restart your PC

After the computer has been rebooted, you can connect your oscilloscope to the PC via USB and switch on your oscilloscope. Your PC should automatically detect your scope and install the appropriate driver files.

[Nonorthogonal]

Here's a website for those of you who just want to take screenshots and issue SCPI commands. This is all I do from Windows so this 3rd party solution is terrific.

http://peter.dreisiebner.at/rigol-bildschirmkopie-lan/

[MarkL]

Got an email from Tequipment that my DS1054Z is shipping yesterday, Oct 12!

But wait, in the same email, the free gift AC detector isn't shipping until tomorrow, Oct 14.  And the order is by default marked as "ship complete".  So that's holding up the shipment.

Doh!  Thanks for the free gift!

[David Hess]

Got an email from Tequipment that my DS1054Z is shipping yesterday, Oct 12!

Are they shipping it via TARDIS?

[MarkL]

Got an email from Tequipment that my DS1054Z is shipping yesterday, Oct 12!

Are they shipping it via TARDIS?

If that's the case, they could ship me something really great from the future like a 100 channel scope with brain link-up.

But I'm guessing they only discovered today they ran out of the freebies.  Oops.

From: orderstatus@Tequipment.NET
Subject: Tequipment.NET OrderStatus Update - Order# xxxxx
Date: 13 Nov 2014 15:50:31 -0500

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  Qty  Product Name                      Status                                                     
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 1  RIGOLDS1054Z
       50 MHz Digital Oscilloscope wi    1 To Be Shipped On 11/12/2014*

 1  SANTRONICSAC-EZ
       AC Voltage Sensor - 50-1000 VA    1 To Be Shipped On 11/14/2014*  (Old Estimate: 11/11/2014)

* Your order is marked "Ship Complete Only"
  Partial shipments available upon request for an additional fee per shipment.

[aargee]

Quality - I have been impressed with the way the Rigol comes as a package here in Australia. For those not aware -

The unit was double boxed, 2ply cardboard on the outside, 3ply on the inside box with foam inserts at either end.
A quickstart guide in paper - not the "Here is the CD manual, go find a PC to read it on".
Four probes - they could have skimped here and given two probes and go find the other two yourself.
A real Australian IEC power lead, with finger guards on the pins.
USB Cable.
CD with software Dave has had a run-in with this, I haven't tried it yet.
The little note on the outside about the NI drivers that Oaliey pointed out above (Nice support Emona )

Very nice Emona and Rigol!

[nanofrog]

Got an email from Tequipment that my DS1054Z is shipping yesterday, Oct 12!

But wait, in the same email, the free gift AC detector isn't shipping until tomorrow, Oct 14.  And the order is by default marked as "ship complete".  So that's holding up the shipment.

Doh!  Thanks for the free gift!

Same here.

Seems my order has primarily been held up by some Weller soldering iron tips I ordered that TEquipment isn't stocking.  Delay on the Weller crap they had to wait on apparently has caused the free gift to run out to get the rest of mine shipped today (rest of the order has 11/13 listed as it's estimated ship date). 

Funnily enough, the 2x tips they had in stock, they sent out yesterday, and got the tracking info today.  So are they going to send out 3x packages or make we wait even longer to toss in the free gift?   

[John South]

Hi - Just a quick note on Ultrascope for the "Z" series scopes. This uses UltraSigma so you have to install this first then Ultrascope (downloadable from rigolna.com) .

It is an early version and functions differently than Ultrascope for DS1000E products. 

To access it you run UltraSigma which should then pick up the DS "Z" connected. Right click on this and you will see a menu with Ultrascope .

[ataradov]

The scope is very noisy to my taste. Anyone knows a quieter replacement fan or at least dimensions of the mounting holes?

[nixfu]

What is the latest firmware for the 1000z? And where can you get it? 

I hate the way they are so dogey with getting the latest updates.   

[nanofrog]

What is the latest firmware for the 1000z? And where can you get it? 

I hate the way they are so dogey with getting the latest updates.

According to the Firmware Upgrade Request page on their US website, the latest firmware for the DS/MSO1000Z/-S family is 00.04.01 as of the 25th of August, 2014.

[Monkeh]

The scope is very noisy to my taste. Anyone knows a quieter replacement fan or at least dimensions of the mounting holes?

The fan is 50x50x15mm.

Further info here: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/testgear/recommendations-for-replacement-fans-for-mso1074z/

[avvidclif]

OMG how bad is Rigol's software for the DS1054Z (and others)? 
UltraVision driver is buggy and bloated.
UltraScope doesn't even come on the CD included!, and when I install it I can't even find it 
 

Do you have one with the software?

[hak8orr]

So support said that mine will get shipped out next or next next week, but, lo and behold, it shipped out today! And the best part? It should get here tomorrow (20 ish hours at most)! So, well, that was a rather pleasant surprise 

But, has anyone updated the firmware to the most recent one and got the upgrade hack to work?

[Monkeh]

It will come with the current firmware, and yes, the 'hack' will still work.

[Micael]

Quality - I have been impressed with the way the Rigol comes as a package here in Australia. For those not aware -

The unit was double boxed, 2ply cardboard on the outside, 3ply on the inside box with foam inserts at either end.
A quickstart guide in paper - not the "Here is the CD manual, go find a PC to read it on".
Four probes - they could have skimped here and given two probes and go find the other two yourself.
A real Australian IEC power lead, with finger guards on the pins.
USB Cable.
CD with software Dave has had a run-in with this, I haven't tried it yet.
The little note on the outside about the NI drivers that Oaliey pointed out above (Nice support Emona )

Very nice Emona and Rigol!

My DP832 also comes packaged like that, so I assume that's how they generally pack their products, which is pretty good, considering how their products are in the lower end price wise.