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Siglent SDS5000X Oscilloscope Hack status - Dec 2021
bdunham7:
--- Quote from: tv84 on January 02, 2022, 02:14:37 pm ---So, for all scopes starting with these versions the public keygen will be worthless, for now. ::)
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I'm not clear on the concept. If the dynamic key system is implemented in firmware using identical hardware, couldn't you just flash in older firmware and upgrade that way?
tv84:
--- Quote from: bdunham7 on January 02, 2022, 08:26:27 pm ---I'm not clear on the concept. If the dynamic key system is implemented in firmware using identical hardware, couldn't you just flash in older firmware and upgrade that way?
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We can do several things that I will not discuss here. But, I would suppose Siglent has prevented downgrades.
This only applies to newer machines. The oldies will continue until...
ozel:
--- Quote from: tv84 on January 02, 2022, 08:46:30 pm ---We can do several things that I will not discuss here. But, I would suppose Siglent has prevented downgrades.
This only applies to newer machines. The oldies will continue until...
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I'm in the market for a SDS6000A. While 1GHz BW would be enough for me at the moment, I am wondering if it would be helpful to have the top-end SDS6204A 2 GHz model as a reference in the community?
tv84:
About Siglent's new licensing scheme, see here.
Spoiler alert: it contains no details about the scheme.
SpacedCowboy:
So, I'm not entirely clear what "We can do several things that I will not discuss here" means, and maybe I don't want to be :)
What I am wondering is if I could purchase the SDS6054A and update it to the SDS6204A. Still after those eye-diagrams, and although my head is saying "it's not worth it", the idea keeps sidling back into my mind when I'm not looking!
The gist of this dynamic key (and if I understand "the public keygen will be worthless, for now"), the answer is "If you get it yesterday, you have a chance of getting the old firmware, and you might be able to hack it, but if you get the new firmware, you're SOL".
Even if you have the old firmware, seems like you'd get locked out of upgrades in future. The cost difference is $2k from SDS6054A (at $8k) to SDS6204A (at $10k). Not sure if anyone is offering any discounts...
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