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Unified tektool released ! (Firmware flash tools for old Tektronix TDS series)
TERRA Operative:
Oh nice. I'm happy to help out where I can.
Feel free to start a new thread with your questions, and Iink me to it and I'll help wherever I can.
As for dumping the firmware, the tool in this thread might possibly work on your computer as it is DOS based.
The NVRAM dump is only that, the Firmware is a second thing that is dumped out seperately.
For the GPIB connection, try disabling anything and everything that's not needed in your BIOS (serial ports, parallel ports, etc) to remove possibility for addressing conflicts.
Then also do a factory reset on your scope to make sure there's no hidden settings messing things up.
NathanFulton:
Just a trip report: I got TekTool running after installing Win98, but it can't seem to find the scope. I tried changing the GPIB address between 0 and 1 but no luck. The Field Adjustment software still works under these conditions and can still see the scope.
My current config is:
Windows 98 SE
National Instruments GPIB-PCII/IIA Rev 1 ISA card, configured like this: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/testgear/tektronix-tds700a-field-adjust-software-help-needed/msg563939/#msg563939
I'm gonna be busy for most of today but I intend to keep poking at it...
NathanFulton:
Alright I got it! I have not verified this with hardware, but looks good from a cursory glance with HxD. "$VersionString: FV:v5.3e"
I needed to install drivers/software found here: ftp://ftp.ni.com/support/gpib/win98-95/drv-english and then configure the dip switch again to account for the new default resources Win98 assigned to it. It was the 2B8 config found in the example on page 2-10 (26) here: https://www.apexwaves.com/pdf/manuals/GPIB-PCII/archived--getting-started-with-your-gpib-pcii-iia-and-the-gpib-software-for-windows-98-95-and-specifications.pdf
madao:
I have a quesition: Did run unified tektool on win98se and old NI GPIB card ?
(big thanks for 5.3e Firmware)
NathanFulton:
--- Quote from: madao on April 04, 2022, 05:52:41 am ---I have a quesition: Did run unified tektool on win98se and old NI GPIB card ?
(big thanks for 5.3e Firmware)
--- End quote ---
You're very welcome, thank you for making this possible! And yes, I noted my basic setup above. My major troubles were just finding correct info about the hardware/drivers and getting them configured correctly. Once I could get to a state where the NI software could talk to the card, Unified Tektool was able to work just fine.
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