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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Does the original white knob fit on that encoder?

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Absolutely.
ebastler:

--- Quote from: Fungus on May 22, 2016, 06:16:46 am ---Does the original white knob fit on that encoder?

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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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