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Rohde & Schwarz RTO1024 upgrade ??
analogRF:
--- Quote from: jjoonathan on April 12, 2019, 02:25:40 am ---Success! I've upgraded my RTO1024 from 2GB RAM Windows XP to 8GB RAM Windows 7 -- which also lets me upgrade the "firmware" from 1.x to 3.x. It's a big step up. Many of the annoyances I had on the old firmware are gone and there are a ton of new features. Mostly locked, but still :-)
Here is the procedure:
* Ordered, installed a new, empty SSD (easy)
- I looked for SATA-II compatibility because the chipset doesn't support SATA-III
- Settled on Kingston 240GB A400 SSD 2.5'' SATA 7MM 2.5-Inch SA400S37/240G
- It was the first SSD I tried and it worked great
- The sheet metal screw tray made swapping the HDD super easy
* Got at the RAM (hard)
- You need keys to slide out the CPU board
- Here is the lock mechanism and how I made keys for it: https://photos.app.goo.gl/M3uLj5EZG8Zk7qXB7
- There is undoubtedly another way. Hook tools, something to firmly press in the tabs from the outside... be inventive and share your results!
- Do you really need 8GB RAM? Yes. I tried without. It was painful and didn't work.
* Ordered, installed 2x4GB RAM SODIMMs (easy)
- I tried two theoretically chipset-compatible DDR3-1066 SODIMMs that didn't POST (black screen, no boot).
- The RTO is a picky beast.
- SODIMMs known to work:
* 2x HMT351S6CFR8C-PB
* 2x 16KTF51264HZ-1G6K1
* 2x M471B5273BH1-CF8
* Installed Win7 Pro onto the empty new SSD (easy)
- I followed instructions on MS help pages to make a USB stick
- USB stick is before HDD in the RTO's boot order so it Just Works
- I created a user "jon" before realizing this was different from XP's "instrument" user, but it didn't matter
* Installed R&S Firmware (easy)
- Got it here: https://www.rohde-schwarz.com/us/firmware/rto1000/
- Version 3.70.1.0
- Install ran without a hitch
* Ran the RTx Application (easy)
- It flashed a few FPGAs, restarted
- Then "Error, FEC PicoBlaze not ready, switching to Service Mode > CreateDeviceFootprint() failed"
- Terminated the Rtx app, ran it again with administrator privileges
- This time it flashed the PicoBlaze correctly and landed in scope mode
- The instrument model and old options populated automatically from the smartcard
- Subsequent invocations don't seem to require admin, but subtly broken features are always a possibility
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does the scope recover its calibration data?
my scope came with no HDD or the caddy. Any idea if I can get a caddy from anywhere that will fit?
bg8up:
The thermal design of this set is not very good,it have improved four versions,including heatsink size, structure and cooling air way。
As a result , GBR of CH3/4 is most broken,the GB receiver is a function block of the RTC.
bg8up:
The scope can recover its calibration data.
analogRF:
--- Quote from: bg8up on June 15, 2024, 08:46:59 pm ---The thermal design of this set is not very good,it have improved four versions,including heatsink size, structure and cooling air way。
As a result , GBR of CH3/4 is most broken,the GB receiver is a function block of the RTC.
--- End quote ---
those damn GB receivers whatever they are or wherever they are located.
I built a caddy for my scope and made a ssd drive but I got stuck at those GB receiver errors (ch1,2 and ch3,4)
and I could not get rid of it no matter what
myhobo:
Who has all the installation packages before RTO firmware version 3.7?
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