for DPO/MSO/MDO4000 (no letter at the end) the "only" way is to program and then transfer license from an app module
It takes a while and needs many power on/offs but that's the only way
klaus11, for -C models the max possible bandwidth depends on actual board types installed. Try getting device log (as in andyturk's link) to see main/AFE models. There are both MB and AFE limits:Code: [Select]afeid bw
1, 2 200M
3 1G
4 200M
5 350M
other 200M
mbid, bw
1, 5 1G-1G
2, 6 200M-500M
7 200M-1G
klaus11, for -C models the max possible bandwidth depends on actual board types installed. Try getting device log (as in andyturk's link) to see main/AFE models. There are both MB and AFE limits:Code: [Select]afeid bw
1, 2 200M
3 1G
4 200M
5 350M
other 200M
mbid, bw
1, 5 1G-1G
2, 6 200M-500M
7 200M-1G
AFE's always report a SW ID, whereas the main board reports a HW ID... so I'm not (yet) 100% convinced the AFE's can't be software-upgraded...
klaus11, for -C models the max possible bandwidth depends on actual board types installed. Try getting device log (as in andyturk's link) to see main/AFE models. There are both MB and AFE limits:Code: [Select]afeid bw
1, 2 200M
3 1G
4 200M
5 350M
other 200M
mbid, bw
1, 5 1G-1G
2, 6 200M-500M
7 200M-1G
AFE's always report a SW ID, whereas the main board reports a HW ID... so I'm not (yet) 100% convinced the AFE's can't be software-upgraded...
were you able to upgrade the BW to 350 or 500 or maybe 1G?
So...
apart from the python key.py glitch (which had been mentioned before by TV84 !! ), i.e. line 158 'if' must be replaced by 'elif', got the same results as others...
Scope is unhappy about its calibration, and SPC fails.
But 1 GHz sine wave displays fine, curiously no attenuation (500mV ampl. on the siggen)... But measurements complain with a 'low resolution' warning on the rise time and frequency measurements from time to time...
but at least it shows the 200MHz scope does in fact have the hardware for 1GHz BW, right?
it's probably just because of the required re- calibration that tektronix says the scope needs to be send to them for upgrade
but at least it shows the 200MHz scope does in fact have the hardware for 1GHz BW, right?
it's probably just because of the required re- calibration that tektronix says the scope needs to be send to them for upgrade
well... the question will be: is only Tek able to do whatever is needed, or will a 'standard' calibration by an affiliated lab be OK as well...
Sending the scope in to Tek in the current state will only lead to a factory reset (at best)...
And as for the h/w, yes, it seems like it has the 1 GHz stuff, otherwise, I couldn't explain how it would be able to display that signal... although the fact that there's no attenuation (or some sort of compensation ??) is rather suspicious... (or maybe due to the lack of calibration but still... more amplitude than the actual signal, i.e. 500 mV 1 GHz sine wave...?)
Yep... pretty sure on the signal quality and stability (got a calibrated 4GHz scope at hand), the SG is under cal as well.
Trigger stability is excellent, all channels. Sensitivity not tested yet.
From what I see, what is needed is a 'Factory adjustment'... very little hope to have this done outside Tek, I'd even bet that there's no step by step documentation of this procedure, as this is most probably done in an automated way at Tek
I think the only way to have the scope stop complaining (without Tek), would be to know where these adjustment values are stored (by analyzing the firmware), copy those from a working 1 GHz model, and set the required 'flags' to mark that it has been adjusted. Probability of success this way is close to (if not below) zero.
I'm wondering if at the very least a 200MHz can be liberated to 500MHz without having a recalibration/factory adjustment. Certainly the MDO3000 could do that.
did you get it to work properly at 1GHz?
or did you go back to 200MHz?
did you get it to work properly at 1GHz?
or did you go back to 200MHz?
Nope, experiments planned later today... hopefully getting back the cal data for 200MHz. But I'm relatively confident, the firmware shows that there are different (calibration) data sets for the different BW's (0, 1, 2, 3 indexes into some table).
So the mentioned problem is likely to happen for all non-native BW settings. Will report on that.
did you get it to work properly at 1GHz?
or did you go back to 200MHz?
Nope, experiments planned later today... hopefully getting back the cal data for 200MHz. But I'm relatively confident, the firmware shows that there are different (calibration) data sets for the different BW's (0, 1, 2, 3 indexes into some table).
So the mentioned problem is likely to happen for all non-native BW settings. Will report on that.
darkstar49,
did you try other BW like 500MHz for example instead of 1GHz?
look what I just found on ebay (see the pic)
it says model (from resistors) is 1
so perhaps some resistor IDs must be moved around in order for the BW upgrade to work!
i dont know how that seller got this image, he must have enabled an engineering debug mode
I dont think the instrument by default would give you this information,
EDIT: changing those ID resistors (wherever they are) is probably what Tek does when you send it for BW upgrade. Plus of course calibration
I dont think they replace the board.
FWIW this is mine, a 1GHz liberated MDO4054C-SA6
You get the image in either Manufacturing Mode (:MFG:MOD 1) or Development Mode (:DEV:MOD 1). For Manufacturing mode there is a different password see post #71 https://www.eevblog.com/forum/testgear/mdo3000-hacking/msg769821/#msg769821
FWIW, I've noticed that any residual channel offsets disappear when the channel is bandwidth limited to 250 or 20MHz.
(Attachment Link) .
Howardlong,
in post #9 of this thread, an MDO4034B was upgraded to 1GHz and it seems to be working fine with no warning message or DC offset
have you contacted that forum member? B versions did not even have an official BW upgrade like C versions do
FWIW this is mine, a 1GHz liberated MDO4054C-SA6
You get the image in either Manufacturing Mode (:MFG:MOD 1) or Development Mode (:DEV:MOD 1). For Manufacturing mode there is a different password see post #71 https://www.eevblog.com/forum/testgear/mdo3000-hacking/msg769821/#msg769821
FWIW, I've noticed that any residual channel offsets disappear when the channel is bandwidth limited to 250 or 20MHz.
(Attachment Link) .
ummm...this one also shows model number based on resistors is 1 but says 500MHz. Now I am lost...
but still it shows there have to be some ID resistors on the board to play with
I dont have a MDO4000, so are there any high res pictures of top and bottom of the main board somewhere? or can somebody provide some pictures?