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tv84:

--- Quote from: optotester on June 25, 2024, 06:36:28 pm ---I do agree that there is a high chance people may brick their scope, but at the same time, I think that everyone is responsible for their choices. I have been hesitating a bit if I should or should not release it, but at the end, I thought it was better to work as a community to try bringing more features, even if people will for sure do mistakes.

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I understand but that's where I disagree.

As you most probably know, I've been doing (all subtypes of) .ADS packages for many years, some of them at the request of users in the forum. All were supervised or filtered by me. I try my very best to not let people (un)willingly brick their devices in all the things I share.

Martin72:

--- Quote ---I try my very best to not let people (un)willingly brick their devices in all the things I share.
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This cannot be emphasized enough to pay tribute to it. :-+

optotester:

--- Quote from: egonotto on June 25, 2024, 05:01:11 pm ---Hello,

thanks, I installed Miniconda but that also gave errors.
Downloading adstoolkit_standalone.zip was also difficult. Also the execution was prevented at the beginning.
At the end there was an error message:
"SUCCESS: ADS file successfully extracted.
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Users\m\AppData\Local\Temp\ONEFIL~1\adstoolkit.py", line 157, in <module>
NameError: name 'exit' is not defined"

Here is the opinion of VirusTotal.

Best regards
egonotto

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I removed the packaged version and released the python source code at the end. The 3 files must be extracted in the same folder. It seems that all Python packager (pyinstaller or nuitka) will trigger tons of false-positive on VirusTotal as it is extensively used to pack malware too.

You will see that even now, 7za.exe is detected as a malware by some random antivirus, even if it is the official version downloaded from https://www.7-zip.org/a/7z2407-extra.7z (you can compare checksums).

Bicurico:
I agree with tv84.

There are (non-public) *.ADS tools, as well as, keygens for Siglent.

Two reasons they were not published:

1) To not harm Siglent: their products are actively being sold and Siglent makes money from activating the options.
2) To prevent users from bricking their devices.

A keygen was, meanwhile, published by someone and so far Siglent did not complain - this can change in future (i.e. new devices using a new key mechanism).
Now a *.ADS file was published - let's wait if people come asking for advise to unbrick their devices.

TomKatt:

--- Quote from: Bicurico on June 26, 2024, 01:34:18 pm ---I agree with tv84.

There are (non-public) *.ADS tools, as well as, keygens for Siglent.

Two reasons they were not published:

1) To not harm Siglent: their products are actively being sold and Siglent makes money from activating the options.
2) To prevent users from bricking their devices.

A keygen was, meanwhile, published by someone and so far Siglent did not complain - this can change in future (i.e. new devices using a new key mechanism).
Now a *.ADS file was published - let's wait if people come asking for advise to unbrick their devices.

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This is the same reason I did not repeat the Utility->Debug pw when I inquired about the Debug menu options on my SDS800X HD...  There's nothing in that menu that's useful for the average user and a lot of potential to either brick the scope or delete it's calibration data (rendering it useless).  I'm sure that many others here are just as curious as I am, but when it's suggested to me to leave something alone by people I respect then I figure it's in my best interest to do so.  The minute Siglent incurs a massive increase in support requests by people who accidentally damaged their scope because they were in locked service menus is probably the time Siglent rethinks their stance on the whole 'hacking' topic.  And I for one am grateful that they continue to allow this as they do.

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