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Offline SeoulBigChrisTopic starter

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Rigol MSO5074 (and others?) Default Settings
« on: October 21, 2023, 11:40:55 pm »
Last year I upgraded from my trusty DS1054Z to the MSO5074 because of some projects I had at the time. I am very pleased with my choice and it's been a great fit for the kinds of designs I work with. Some things I really like: It has a knob-per-channel for changing the vertical amplifier gain and offset, and also a separate knob for adjusting the time base and trigger offset. I've used digital scopes over the years that tried to combine many/all these into shared knob(s), and I found that arrangement less than satisfactory. I'm liking the larger screen (I'm getting old) and the touch screen. I'm impressed with the connectivity and use Ethernet quite a bit. Minor nitpick, what's with the Rigol color scheme? Two colors of blue? And pink? Is the yellow-blue-red-green color scheme commonly found on other scopes a patent or trademark thing? Anyway, on with my question...

Because I'm lazy, I got to wondering about the scope default settings. If I'm working on one project for days or weeks at a time, I save the settings to a file. But every time I turn on the scope, I have to load the settings. It sure would be nice to specify a particular settings file to be default on power-up. It isn't immediately obvious how one would do that. Is this possible?

A related question, is there a way to "mute" the display screen? I wouldn't mind just leaving it on 24/7, thus bypassing the above question entirely, but the display generates a bit of heat if left on all day. I'd say quite more heat than the DS1054Z does, unsurprising given the larger size and color of the screen.

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Offline Fungus

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Re: Rigol MSO5074 (and others?) Default Settings
« Reply #1 on: October 22, 2023, 12:16:57 am »
It should power on in the exact same state as you powered it off.

If it doesn't then look in Utility->System for the "Power on" option and set it to "Last"
 

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Re: Rigol MSO5074 (and others?) Default Settings
« Reply #2 on: October 27, 2023, 12:06:09 am »
Thanks, @Fungus. That did the trick. I’m surprised that isn’t the default setting from the factory.
 
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Re: Rigol MSO5074 (and others?) Default Settings
« Reply #3 on: October 27, 2023, 02:10:00 am »
There’s also a screen saver setting that I use with a single character that might work for you if you want to oeVe it on, Page 16-4 in the manual.

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Re: Rigol MSO5074 (and others?) Default Settings
« Reply #4 on: October 27, 2023, 08:27:01 pm »
Oh. That’s good to know. I really should RTFM. I see the screen saver function has been moved in the manual from chapter 16 to page 20-16, for anyone who finds this thread in the future.
 


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