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New Rigol DS1054Z oscilloscope
Anthocyanina:
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--- Quote from: Anthocyanina on July 19, 2021, 05:13:09 pm ---I see your system info shows boot, firmware, CPLD, Build date, and startup counter. Is there a way to enable that information?
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Yes, as written above:
- quickly press buttons MENU -> MENU -> FORCE -> MENU on "TRIGGER" buttons group
- then go to info panel by pressing buttons UTILITY -> SYSTEM -> SYSTEM INFO in the "MENU" buttons group
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Thank you very much! Could you please link the post where they mention that? I've read pretty much the entire thread but i think i've missed it :palm: Thanks again! :)
RoGeorge:
All of them, the 185 x 25 posts each?!? :D
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--- Quote from: Adrian_Arg. on July 19, 2021, 12:49:10 pm ---Try this:
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-Copy the .GEL file with the firmware version you want to a USB stick that you know is compatible with the DS1000Z series.
-With the scope powered OFF plug the USB stick into the scope.
-Power the scope on.
-When the splash screen with “Rigol” appears you should hear a quick beep which indicates it sees a USB device.
-As soon as you hear the beep press the “Help” button 3 times quickly.
-In a few seconds you should see the channel 1 LED blinking - this indicates it is flashing the firmware.
-Once done flashing the scope will boot as normal and tell you it found a firmware update with the same version it just flashed, you can press cancel.
-You can then verify the new detailed version info by pressing “menu menu force menu” quickly, then pressing “utility”,“system”, “system info”.
-I'd reboot at this point before using the scope just for good measure.
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After trying 1000 times I do not know what happened, today the first attempt it worked, I tried with almost all the firmware versions and it did not work, until a revision that corrects the problem of the 24 Mbit of depth and the measurement does not come out, I do not return to install . :scared: :scared:
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Anthocyanina:
--- Quote from: RoGeorge on July 19, 2021, 05:52:06 pm ---All of them, the 185 x 25 posts each?!? :D
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not all the posts i'm sure :P and of course one of the ones i skipped (because it started with downgrade instructions and i have no intention to do that :palm:) is the one which has that information! :scared: Thank you! ;D :palm:
ebastler:
--- Quote from: Anthocyanina on July 19, 2021, 05:37:58 pm ---Thank you very much! Could you please link the post where they mention that? I've read pretty much the entire thread but i think i've missed it :palm: Thanks again! :)
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You must have overlooked this glaringly obvious post from 2016: ;)
https://www.eevblog.com/forum/testgear/new-rigol-ds1054z-oscilloscope/msg923437/#msg923437
I am sure it shows up a few more times in this and other threads.
Important extra info: The MENU-MENU-FORCE-MENU sequence must be pushed quickly.
RoGeorge:
Well, in the end it turned out the latest firmware v00.04.05.01.00 (AKA Software Version 00.04.05.SP1) is just fine. :-//
I guess it was just me, and the weather ;D
(it was after many rainy days, with more than 30*C and humidity more than 60%)
This is the jitter (between both the generator and the oscilloscope clocks) seen at 1 second after the triggering point, for a signal of a 50MHz square wave, but the signal is gated by the generator, so only a single period (of the 50MHz train) is allowed to go out each second:
Not bad at all after 180 triggers (3 minutes).
Anyways, found an easy way to downgrade the firmware to the previous v04.04.04.03 I use to have before, so I downgraded and do the same tests last night.
It turned out that:
- the "jittery" trace is the same, in both the new and the old FW
- the flickering does not happen any more (last night was not so hot and humid, only 28*C and ~40%RH), there still is a very rare flickering, but it happens about the same in the old FW, too, both old and new flicker appears only when all 4 channels are on, and only when the Mem Depth is forced to 3K, and apparently at high temp/humidity, so a very corner case
- the address of the "StartupCnter" has changed between the old and the new FW. After I downgraded the startup counter was showing some 17 millions starts. ;D
- the best part, now I have an easy way to go back and forth between firmware versions (so to downgrade eventually :phew: ), without altering the original .GEL firmware files. :-+
This is none of my merits, I've just applied the konnor piece of code shown in https://www.eevblog.com/forum/testgear/rigol-ds1000z-firmware-patch-plugins/msg1473517/#msg1473517 and made a "Rigol sign disk". Thank you very much to konnor and everybody else who contributed in finding that method.
When a "Rigol sign disk" is inserted, some extra service menus will become visible:
Some service buttons pressing combinations, too, many of which might brick the oscilloscope if operated wrongly. Also, if an older firmware is copied on such a disk, the older firmware will be accepted to "downgrade" the oscilloscope.
I didn't use any of the extra menus (don't want to accidentally brick my oscilloscope), so only used the "Rigol sign disk" to downgrade from v04.05.01.00 to v04.04.04.03 and the downgrade just worked. Then I repeated my test with the old version, then noticed the results are the same, so then I upgraded again to the latest v04.05.01.00 firmware, which I plan to keep until the next firmware release from Rigol.
konnor only gave an excerpt of code, because there is a danger to brick the oscilloscope while the "Rigol sign disk" is inserted (if one does stupid things with it). Though, this took me a lot of time to figure out how to use that code excerpt and prepare a "Rigol sign disk" from it. This is different from the Rigol key-disk attached in https://www.eevblog.com/forum/testgear/need-help-hacking-dp832-for-multicolour-option/msg2475702/#msg2475702 That key-disk.zip didn't work for me to downgrade the oscilloscope, but it worked just fine to change the model of a Rigol DP800 power supply. :-//
Maybe it should be a separate topic to detail the steps for those who will prefer to prepare their own disk with Linux, though for now I'll just attach the "Rigol sign disk" prepared for myself. Worked for me to make a firmware downgrade. The disk is labeled "BRICK" as a reminder. It's only your responsibility to not brick your oscilloscope, don't blame others.
I have no idea how to recover a bricked oscilloscope, so just don't use the "Rigol sign disk" if you are not sure how to use that "Rigol sign disk".
To deploy the "Rigol sign disk", find a USB known to work for firmware upgrades and dd it with the content of the zip file. Everything else on that USB will be lost. The format type of the USB disk doesn't matter, because the dd starts from sector 0 and contains the partition table, too.
--- Code: ---# identify your USB drive, mine was /dev/sde
lsblk
# cd to the directory where the Rigol sign disk was unpacked, then dd it to /dev/sde
sudo dd if=card_FAT32_w_SIGN_manually_added_103E00 of=/dev/sde
# ignore any dd warnings/errors caused by any disk size mismatch
# but force a physical write on the USB before ejecting/unmounting/unplugging it
sync
# now plug the USB disk again into PC, copy any DS1000ZUpdate.GEL firmware
# then unplug from the PC and plug the USB disk into oscilloscope
# the oscilloscope should detect the USB disk and the firmware,
# and pop a message asking if OK/Cancel to upgrade
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