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Need help hacking DP832 for multicolour option.
techymechy:
Howdy,
I'm a complete novice in unlocking devices and pretty much a novice to this EE world. I pretty much suck at software so C++, Linux, etc. is a mystery.
I am trying to start a new hobby of antique radio and TV repair. My first *new* instrument was the Rigol DG1022Z. I have successfully unlocked it so it is now a DC1062Z but I cannot figure out how to get the ARB16M installed.
I read through the threads and I saw that others were having the same issue, but I could not figure out how to enable this option.
Can someone please reply to my post, in great detail, on how to get ARB16M installed? I don't need the granularity of *breathe in, breath out* but I don't do well when big chunks of the instructions are left out.
I really appreciate your help.
thanks,
Dave
apelly:
--- Quote from: techymechy on August 23, 2020, 04:49:41 am ---Can someone please reply to my post
--- End quote ---
Dave, you should start a new thread with an appropriate topic, or find a thread specific to your problem. It's considered bad form to hijaak a thread with off topic posts.
Granted, this thread is related, but it is (well, ought to be...) specifically about the DP832
Welcome to the forum.
techymechy:
Hi Apelly, PeDre, et.al.,
Thanks for your responses. Apelly, the reason why I posted on this thread is that this topic is covered in depth in this thread for the DG1022Z unlock (pages 11-15 and others). I don't really consider my post as a hijacking of this thread - but I do agree that hijacking is poor form and should be avoided.
I've tried the method suggested by Vaiti for the unlocking of the DG1022Z:
https://www.eevblog.com/forum/testgear/need-help-hacking-dp832-for-multicolour-option/msg2582898/#msg2582898
and this indeed will unlock the higher DG1062 configuration and provides a Trial for the ARB16M. The nice part of this is that I can change my serial number back and it the ARB16M becomes uninstalled and then I can revert to the neat DG1022Z configuration using TELNET commands. This may be important if I have a warantee issue. Luckily, the Rigol repair center is about 30 min from my house. I highly expect I won't have a warantee issue so this is more of a peace of mind approach to get this functionality.
This really isn't that hard to unlock and thanks to Vaiti for summarizing the method. I also appreciate the EEVblog contributors who contributed to this thread and who've answered my PM's for getting this done. This is one of the reasons I am taking up this hobby - so I can learn.
Thanks again!
belzrebuth:
Here's a short guide on how to compile the modified riglol.c to generate the ARB16 licence.
1)Get a linux distribution working. (virtualbox is fine, 64 or 32 bits doesn't matter)
2)Download the attached riglol.c file.
3)Download miracl library from here :
https://github.com/miracl/MIRACL
4)Make a new folder somewhere.
5) Open the terminal and navigate to the folder you've just created (or just type cd and then drop it in terminal and press enter).
Type:
unzip -j -aa -L (here drop the MIRACL-master.zip you've just downloaded to get its full path), press enter.
Answer "A" when asked.
This should extract the miracl .zip file to that folder.
6) Place the riglol.c file inside the folder containing all the miracl files you've just extracted.
7) Assuming you are using a debian based distro and while still in terminal type:
sudo apt-get install gcc-multilib (answer yes when asked) if you're not asked for anything you may have this already installed..
when done type:
sudo apt-get install g++ (also answer yes when asked)
and finally :
sudo apt-get install g++-multilib (answer yes when asked, again disregard this if it's already installed)
(I've tested this in a newly installed distro and this is all I needed in terms of dependencies, this may vary among various configurations. )
8 ) (we're in still in terminal)
Navigate to the directory you have unzipped the miracl.zip and type 'bash linux' or 'bash linux64' <- for 64bit (without the quotes) and wait for it to finish.
It seems like it's not doing much but it is.
It should finish without errors.
7)Type:
gcc -m32 riglol.c -I./ miracl.a -o riglol to build the riglol executable.
You can also type : gcc riglol.c -I./ miracl.a -o riglol if you're using a 64bit distro.
8)type ./riglol then type your serial number <space> 'JBNE' ,then press enter to run the program and generate the licence.
If you don't want to go through this just download Ubuntu for Windows from here:
https://ubuntu.com/wsl
Unzip the attached riglol_64 .zip file somewhere and using the Ubuntu terminal cd to that folder, then type: ./riglol <here you should enter your SN and options>
techymechy:
Very clear explanation belzrebuth! Thank you for teaching!
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