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Upgraded/jailbreaked(?) Rigol scope - updating software/firmware safe?...
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.RC.:
If a manufacturer sells a product whereby the end user can click a setting with the already installed software that enables something that the product already has installed would be nothing wrong with that.  They cannot come around with the SWAT team bash the door down screaming software infringement as you did not install anything like pirated software on the device.  All you did was essentially change a setting in the software.  You were doodling around and tapped a random string of charactors you thought up into the device and it seemed to do something.

Now if the change required new software to be installed that had to be bought from the supplier and you did not buy it but rather "found" a copy.   Then that is copyright infringement.
Fungus:

--- Quote from: Rax on May 15, 2023, 03:29:12 am ---....interestingly, installing the driver and other software components for the scope seems to rely on some "compliance package" from NI. Is there some known affiliation between Rigol and National Instruments? I wasn't aware this is the case. Does sound potentially quite a bit more... enforcey. At least in the US.

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Oh, no... you didn't install that NI junk did you? It's absolutely not needed.
Rax:

--- Quote from: Fungus on May 15, 2023, 04:59:28 am ---It's absolutely not needed.

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The scope driver, at least in its current iteration, would refuse to install without the NI components.
Fungus:

--- Quote from: Rax on May 15, 2023, 05:01:09 am ---
--- Quote from: Fungus on May 15, 2023, 04:59:28 am ---It's absolutely not needed.

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The scope driver, at least in its current iteration, would refuse to install without the NI components.

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Why exactly do you need a "driver"?
coromonadalix:
I think you should have stayed in the already made threads about rigols models hacks, 

Your OP harvest thing ??? 

I still dont know where you're going to ??   Useless post ...


I have some Rigols at my job,  Rigols do have some softwares ..  And they mostly work without adding the NI stuff since they have some in them
they are Hacked / Upgraded  and they still work with Rigol softwares, absolutely no problems.


You should do some reading about your driver thing


From NI:

NI-VISA provides support for customers using Ethernet, GPIB, serial, USB, and other types of instruments.

NI-VISA is an NI instrument driver that is an implementation of the Virtual Instrument Software Architecture (VISA) I/O standard. VISA is a standard for configuring, programming, and troubleshooting instrumentation systems comprising GPIB, VXI, PXI, serial (RS232/RS485), Ethernet/LXI, and/or USB interfaces. NI-VISA includes utilities, low-level control features, and examples to help you create your application.

VISA allows for the development of programs to be bus independent ....

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