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Rigol DP832 - Firmware list and bugs
LaurentR:
--- Quote from: jc101 on June 02, 2016, 03:55:45 pm ---
--- Quote from: NF6X on June 02, 2016, 03:52:22 pm ---I haven't had my DP832 powered on and under observation enough to be at all sure, but seeing a random LXI splash message out of the corner of my eye sounds a bit familiar.
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I suppose that is good news in that it looks like a software thing then.
I have been pondering changing it for a.n.other 2 or 3 channel PSU to get 0-60v and a high current, might have a look around and see what will fit the bill. Defeats the point of scripting tests if you have to keep stopping to reset the PSU to get the comms back.
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I have never seen any issue with my DP832 resetting or getting on/off the network.
Several of us have scripted this PSU, e.g. to analyze the acuracy of the DAC and ADC and have had no issue. In one of my tests, I did a full 1mV sweep of the whole 30V range, which is almost 24hrs of runtime, with no issue.
Obviously, some people have issues with their DP832, but I wouldn't panic and automatically assume this is wide spread and broken on all units. I am not sure what alternative PSU there is that will give you more perceived stability and specs in this price range.
jc101:
--- Quote from: LaurentR on June 02, 2016, 04:12:13 pm ---
--- Quote from: jc101 on June 02, 2016, 03:55:45 pm ---
--- Quote from: NF6X on June 02, 2016, 03:52:22 pm ---I haven't had my DP832 powered on and under observation enough to be at all sure, but seeing a random LXI splash message out of the corner of my eye sounds a bit familiar.
--- End quote ---
I suppose that is good news in that it looks like a software thing then.
I have been pondering changing it for a.n.other 2 or 3 channel PSU to get 0-60v and a high current, might have a look around and see what will fit the bill. Defeats the point of scripting tests if you have to keep stopping to reset the PSU to get the comms back.
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I have never seen any issue with my DP832 resetting or getting on/off the network.
Several of us have scripted this PSU, e.g. to analyze the acuracy of the DAC and ADC and have had no issue. In one of my tests, I did a full 1mV sweep of the whole 30V range, which is almost 24hrs of runtime, with no issue.
Obviously, some people have issues with their DP832, but I wouldn't panic and automatically assume this is wide spread and broken on all units. I am not sure what alternative PSU there is that will give you more perceived stability and specs in this price range.
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I haven't always had issues, but it may well be a symptom of something else going on internally, some days are better than others. There is no panic, but a wider voltage range and higher current would also be handy for the things I get up to these days. I've had it 2.5 years now and works perfectly with the exception of the ethernet issue, which is just getting really annoying.
McBryce:
Have you excluded all other possibilities? ie: swapped computers / routers etc to make sure it's not some other part of the setup that's causing the issue?
McBryce.
jc101:
--- Quote from: McBryce on June 02, 2016, 07:01:12 pm ---Have you excluded all other possibilities? ie: swapped computers / routers etc to make sure it's not some other part of the setup that's causing the issue?
McBryce.
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Yes, swapped leads and even switches around, the issue always remains with the DP832A. It will drop out using DHCP or with a static IP assigned too.
Macbeth:
Have you tried it with USB instead of Ethernet? I'm ashamed to say I haven't even tried the Ethernet option myself, but haven't had issues with USB.
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