Hello everyone!
Sorry that I'm late to the party. I just got a used DSOX2004A and I'm interested in enabling some of the options, in particular the wave generator.
After reading back a few pages starting from the end, I found this extremely helpful post:
Thank You!
Worked perfectly
For others wanting to do this, the Scopes for Dummies version as follows:
Download Phillyflier's patched firmware from post #2167 on page 87
Download Luminax's license patch from post #1529 on page 62
Extract license patch, open cmd window (if using MS Windows), navigate to license patch folder and rename infiniivision.lnk to .txt
Edit infiniivision.txt and replace text in the file with Odessa's modification from post#2197 on page 88
80#infiniivisionLauncher.exe -l DIS -l MSO --perf -l BW20 -l SCPIPS -l CABLE -l VID
Save and rename file back to .lnk
Copy firmware file (rename from .ksx to .cab if current scope fireware is older than v2.41) to FAT32 formatted USB drive
Copy licence files (2x .cab files and .lnk file) to same USB drive
Now go to your scope, turn on and plug in USB drive to front USB port
Press [Utility] > File Explorer, select the firmware file (3000XSeries.02.50.2019022736_patched.cab); then, press Load File, wait for scope to load and reboot.
Check firmware has updated to v2.5, if successful continue
Press [Utility] > File Explorer, select v241_link_install.cab file; then, press Load File, wait for scope to load and reboot.
Check licenses have all been added and if so...
Thank you to all those that made this possible
I did a dry run (download files, edit .lnk file, etc.) but I'm a little bit afraid of actually going ahead with this and bricking my shiny new toy (used, actually, but whatever...) Hence I came to check with you guys, since a few of you have done this so often I imagine it's second nature by now.
First of all, has anyone ever heard of this process bricking any scopes? I know there's no such thing as 0% probability in this case, but if it hasn't happened yet, I'll feel better about trying it.
My scope, like I said, is a DSOX2004A, and is currently at FW version 02.41.2015102200. I understand I can still use the patched images even though they refer to 3000X since, according to another poster here:
Hi,
The 2000 and 3000 are the same firmware. I used the 2.5 firmware posted by phillyflyers to upgrade to 2.5.
Then I created the lnk file using the code I posted and replaced the one in the hack posted by Luminax.
After the scope rebooted I ran the install.cab in Luminax's hack and that's it.
I also unlocked my 2004A using the above and it works perfectly, no nag messages, fully unlocked.
Edit: To answer your question about which firmware I started with, I used official 2.41 but I've flashed modded 2.43 and modded 2.5 whilst trying different things. The scope accepted them all without a problem.
Is that correct? Can I use the instructions above by scribble in my DSOX2004A with 02.41 FW?
Finally, although it appears to be implied, I just wanted to make extra sure no hardware hacks are required, no LAN/VGA modules, etc. Can I do the process above on a bare scope that's never been tinkered with?
If anyone helps me I'd be immensely grateful -- and should you ever stop by Brazil I promise to cook you a marvelous dinner and make some strong caipirinhas!
EDIT: one last question: from the instructions, I shouldn't have to rename the .ksx file to .cab since I'm on FW 02.41 -- if anyone could confirm this is the case I'd also be grateful.