For those who are upgrading their Rigol and are wondering what the mew 2.04 SP1 firmware offers over previous firmware versions ....
I 'spoke' with RigolNA regarding the supply of 2.04SP1 prior to it's release on this forum and Chris Armstrong provided the following response:
"Hello, thanks for contacting us. Your scope should have 02.04 on it. We have recently heard that 2.04 SP1 is being released, but I don't yet have a file for it. In general, I don't expect there to be major feature changes, just a little housekeeping and a tweak to the PictBridge Identification. If there is a particular capability you are looking for please let me know. If you are just looking to stay as up to date as possible that is OK too. Either way we do not yet have an update file for 2.04 SP1. When we do, it will be posted on
www.rigolna.com. "
I found that a friendly and encouraging response, so credit to Chris for that.
It would appear that 2.04SP1 does have some minor upgrade to the PictBridge capability but the comment regarding "Housekeping" did make me smile
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I presume that relates to the Hardware 58 changes. Chris infers that no major changes will be in the release. The 1052E has been round a long time now so I suppose it's reasonable to expect any future firmware releases to only address Rigols concerns regarding the upgrade hack and any minor hardware changes. It was interesting to read elsewhere on this forum that MCS (UK) are clearing out the current stocks of Rigol kit ready for "new inventory" The 1052E isn't mentioned but I wonder how long before they retire our model and replace it with a new one that cannot be upgraded by the user ? If you haven't already, get one while you still can
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