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A review of the GWInstek 1054B

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nctnico:
Pressing the utility button on the scope brings up the configuration menu and in that menu, setting the time/date should be one of the choices IF the GDS-1000B series has an RTC. The bigger brother (GDS-2000E series) has an RTC but the manual for the GDS-1000B series shows an empty spot in the menu where the GDS-2000E series has the time/date menu button. So my conclusion would be that the GDS-1000B series doesn't have an RTC and thus you can't set the time/date on it.

mwb1100:
I don't see why a lack of an RTC would mean that there wouldn't be a reason to allow someone to set the date/time. Way back when, personal computers didn't have RTCs - you had to set the date/time whenever the computer booted.  I can understand why people often wouldn't be bothered to do that on Oscilloscopes, but they should still have the option for reason that WI_Hedgehog gave: people would want files and screen captures to have the correct date/time (does the 1054B display the date on screen?).  But I suppose whether or not to provide the small feature is GW-Instek's decision.

The SDS1104X-E doesn't have an RTC (though it does support NTP if you a network connection), but it lets you set the date/time.

One similarity between the GDS-1054B and SDS1104X-E is that the user guides for both mention that there's a data/time setting function in the Utility menus, but neither actually documents how.

tautech:

--- Quote from: mwb1100 on June 05, 2023, 08:15:24 am ---The SDS1104X-E doesn't have an RTC (though it does support NTP if you a network connection), but it lets you set the date/time.

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This was a recently added feature to support the then also new Logging feature to provide the required timestamps for logging.
A NTP connection can be set to Sync at boot to your local NTP server via a WiFi or LAN connection and give accurate file timestamps and display real time on the display if you wish. I've even done it via a hotspot from my phone.

AFAIK it's one of the few 1 GSa/s DSO's that can do this.

WI_Hedgehog:
I read the manual several times (i even have it printed in color and bound), searched online, looked under every related menu item... no time setting that i could find. It doesn't have WiFi but does have Ethernet, though I don't have internet where the scope is used (nor an NPT Server). I even read the 2000 Series manual hoping there was a trick i was missing...I guess a GW adding a RTC costs another $5 if all related costs are considered, so they skipped it.

Thanks for the answers/help, with everything it does I thought an RTC would be standard equipment.

Hydrawerk:

--- Quote from: saturation on June 10, 2016, 05:08:59 pm ---

There are 2 marked changes compared to 1.09 not described elsewhere on the Internet, as of this post.  There is a noticeable increase in overall speed compared to 1.09, but not quantifiable.


* A trigger out in now available from the probe compensation port, just turn the adjust knob until option appears



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Is this documented in the user manual in 2023? Is the trigger out available even at other GW Instek scopes like GDS-2000E, MSO-2000E or MDO-2000A?

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