Considering purchase of Rigol 1054z ... Some questions

[Fungus]

Are there any software options for playing back and analyzing the stored data off the scope?

Yes.

what software? iirc from web screen capture, DSRemote cant record and play.
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Software for playing back data off the scope? There's things other than DSRemote.

what software? your lmgtfy link is not specifically relevant. different software will not read rigol data correctly, with gazziliions implementation of usbtmc, and rigol got a fucked up format for wfm. can you be more specific?

The Rigol can save CSV data. The first hit was Matlab. Matlab can import CSV. Seems relevant to me.

[Fungus]

This is to Fungus. Really???  If you don't have constructive input, please keep it to yourself.

There's no pleasing some people.

You asked for "some names and/or links to available software for off-scope data viewing and analysis", I gave you a list of the most popular.  With a question as general as that it's hard to be more specific.

If you want to be more exact about what it is you want to achieve I can maybe narrow it down a bit. I've given you good answers when the questions were well chosen (see start of thread).

[Fungus]

This is to Fungus. Really???  If you don't have constructive input, please keep it to yourself.

cross your finger... hopefully sw recorder for rigol will be coming soon...

[Mechatrommer]

This is to Fungus. Really???  If you don't have constructive input, please keep it to yourself.

cross your finger... hopefully sw recorder for rigol will be coming soon...

the software has just been released (windows app though) for beta stage testing... 200Kpts FFT (imminent 20-200Mpts in near future), export Rigol data to CSV etc. for eg using export/save CSV feature built in to Rigol menu will take ages. now 24Mpts CSV is just minutes away... also capable to import/store/export floating points precision data from any devices... realtime and fps precise playback for realtime short memory recording and many more...

http://www.soasystem.com/download/visadso/
http://www.soasystem.com/download/visadso/screenshot/screenshot.html

this is example of 24Mpts downloaded to PC from DS1000Z in a minute...


this is 3128 pts X 4 channels....

[janoc]

It's a great little scope for the money. The measurements system is well implemented. Other stuff not so great, but it's entirely usable. For the money you can't do better than a DS1054z imo. Some folks with less than perfect vision have mentioned that the fonts are rather small, so unless you have issues with that, I would get it.

The fonts can be actually made larger for  things like the measurement windows. It screws up the UI layout a bit, though.

[SteveRosenlund]

I am a beginner and I love my 1054z. It's easy to learn on. The menus are mostly intuitive. It's easy to find a trace manually. It's easy to capture screenshots.

Oh yeah I almost forgot. The help feature is awesome. Just press the help button and the on screen information will teach you what each function does.

[Ardvaark]

I just ordered mine last week, it'll be here tomorrow.
Can't wait!

[Borgonomics]

Hi chaps,

want to buy a scope. After reading all the good stuff here on the blog, have decided to go with the Rigol 1054Z. Is it still hackable to 100 Mhz? Does the hack enable the decoding?

JC

[Karel]

Yes and yes.