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| Rigol DS1054Z rotary encoder mod *works!* |
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| Fungus:
--- Quote from: bitwelder on May 21, 2016, 02:53:24 pm ---Today I also applied this mod to my 1054Z. :-/O Quite happy with the results. --- End quote --- I might have a go when my official guarantee runs out. I'd be interested in adding a separate push button for menu selection as well. |
| ebastler:
--- Quote from: Fungus on May 21, 2016, 03:48:31 pm ---[...] I'd be interested in adding a separate push button for menu selection as well. --- End quote --- Give the detented encoder a try first; it does make a big difference! Before the mod, pushing the encoder to select something (without unintentionally rotating it) has always been a conscious action for me. Not to the extent of "hold tongue at right angle" -- but nevertheless it certainly did not feel effortless and automatic. Upgrading to the encoder with detents has totally changed this. I now just rotate the desired number of steps and push; it's quite intuitive and not a conscious exercise anymore. Hence I don't feel a need for a separate button. Wiring one up would be straightforward, of course, but I would recommend trying without it before you drill an additional hole into the front ;-) |
| Fungus:
--- Quote from: ebastler on May 21, 2016, 09:24:59 pm --- --- Quote from: Fungus on May 21, 2016, 03:48:31 pm ---[...] I'd be interested in adding a separate push button for menu selection as well. --- End quote --- Give the detented encoder a try first; it does make a big difference! Before the mod, pushing the encoder to select something (without unintentionally rotating it) has always been a conscious action for me. Not to the extent of "hold tongue at right angle" -- but nevertheless it certainly did not feel effortless and automatic. --- End quote --- Does the original white knob fit on that encoder? |
| TheSteve:
--- Quote from: Fungus on May 22, 2016, 06:16:46 am --- --- Quote from: ebastler on May 21, 2016, 09:24:59 pm --- --- Quote from: Fungus on May 21, 2016, 03:48:31 pm ---[...] I'd be interested in adding a separate push button for menu selection as well. --- End quote --- Give the detented encoder a try first; it does make a big difference! Before the mod, pushing the encoder to select something (without unintentionally rotating it) has always been a conscious action for me. Not to the extent of "hold tongue at right angle" -- but nevertheless it certainly did not feel effortless and automatic. --- End quote --- Does the original white knob fit on that encoder? --- End quote --- Absolutely. |
| ebastler:
--- Quote from: Fungus on May 22, 2016, 06:16:46 am ---Does the original white knob fit on that encoder? --- End quote --- As someone mentioned earlier in the thread, the new encoder axis is about half a millimeter longer than on the stock encoders, so the knob will sit slightly higher. The (plastic) axis can be filed/trimmed down if this annoys you; I did not bother, because the difference is hardly noticeable. On my unit, the knob also does not sit quite as tight on the new axis as it did before. I had originally thought about jamming in a bit of plastic film to fixate it more strongly -- but did not do anything so far, and the knob has never come loose. |
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