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Rigol MSO 5000 hardware/software revisions
NoisyBoy:
I think that's Rigol's way to show they do release new firmware on a frequent basis :-DD
Seriously if they cannot even upload a patch in the right format or one that works, that leaves me little if any confidence in their ability to produce quality firmware/software. How much more messed up can they get these days?
Perhaps I should not complaint, as for the US market, they are still posting the 04.08 version from last summer as their latest.
Cerebus:
--- Quote from: TK on March 01, 2020, 01:19:10 pm ---If you are used to Agilent / Keysight scopes, the MSO5074 will look dim even with the fix. I also received a version 1 hardware but LCD looked brighter than the first unit I had tried. I emailed Rigol NA, they asked me for the serial number and they "confirmed" it had the LCD and fan fixes. I am afraid you will have the same answer. They have been out for more than a year and I don't expect them stocking very old stock.
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I took delivery of a 1.01.000 hardware version from Telonic in the UK a few weeks back. Fan noise is very good (and I'm known as being bloody fussy about fan noise) and the brightness is perfectly adequate - I've currently got the grid and trace brightness down at 50% and that's quite comfortable. Nearly forgot - build date on the factory documentation: end of July 2019.
Gandalf_Sr:
My replacement MSO5074 is supposed to arrive today. Like the first one, it shipped from Oregon which is weird given that I bought it from a company based in New York - for those who are geographically challenged, Oregon is on the West coast and New York is on the East coast; approximately 3,000 miles apart.
I'm a bit worried that the serial number of the 'new' one will be within 3 of the old one, like I'm getting the next one off the stack of NOS Rigols.
I'll let you know...
TK:
Rigol North America is based in Oregon, so it is being drop shipped from Rigol directly... what about the first unit? Did it also came from Oregon?
Gandalf_Sr:
--- Quote from: TK on March 05, 2020, 11:40:02 am ---Rigol North America is based in Oregon, so it is being drop shipped from Rigol directly... what about the first unit? Did it also came from Oregon?
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Yes, the first unit shipped from Oregon too. Given that I was in contact with Rigol (as was Tequipment) about the new-old-stock (NOS) MSO5074 I received, I now have a much better feeling that I'll be getting an up to date unit.
But it's interesting to consider that Tequipment may just be a web store front who simply broker deals that get fulfilled by other suppliers and OEMs. That also suggests that it was Rigol, not Tequipment, that tried to dump a NOS item on me.
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