Thanks for the update, but I do not see a green update flag.
May it is because my Pro Trial DMM App has expired?
The pro trial should not have any affect on the ability to see and download the update. Let me know if you still aren't seeing the update as it's been a few days since it has been published.
I doubt very much I could use it as all of my equipment that is HP branded is more than 15 years old with the majority more than 25. It would be hard to justify new Keysight equipment for my hobby use. Are you planning to support other 3rd party equipment in the future?
Joeqsmith, tools are a personal choice. BenchVue is an option has a valuable place in the market, the choice is yours if we are offering what you want or need. Feedback like this forum is valuable to us so that we can continue to pursue new capabilities and offer what users want. All of this interaction is helping us build a better product and this helps to develop a product that users want. I think that we have a good start. I appreciate your interest and if today's BenchVue doesn't meet your needs, please keep us on your radar as we continue to develop and offer new capabilities, pricing, and bundle options. All are on the table for the BenchVue team and we are continuing to work to ensure that we provide value for our customers and the company.
As of 3.0 we are not supporting third party instruments. I can't publicly commit on future release features but we do hear this feedback quite a bit.
And thank you Keysight them for acknowledging the current performance issues. I'd love to see you get the support from corporate to break away from .Net and reinvent the application as part of a 4.0 or 5.0 release. The overhead of .Net really makes BenchVue painful to use. I don't regard that issue as a team failure. I see that as a management issue.
Resources are always an issue whether you are a hobbyist or a development team. The BenchVue team does what we can with our limited resources, it might take a while for us to deliver everything that every customer wants. However, that is not going to stop us from trying to deliver a good product that will help you do your job. Thank you for your support!
OK, here is a question. Can you get rid of the stupid warning about the clock jumping forward? It makes the product unusable. I run Benchvue under a Virtual PC, as I have a Mac, so every time I reload the Virtual PC, the clock jumps forward a few hours or even days. I then get told I am trying to trick the licence software, and should put my clock back if I am not to get into trouble. This is a real pain.
hi ralphrmartin! We are aware of this behavior and its something that we hope to change in future builds. LabSpokane is correct in that the license manager is causing the alert. Of course, its all Keysight software and we need to work internally to ensure that users don't have these types of experiences. Your use case and feedback has been captured and I hope to see a positive fix for this issue in future releases.
~David