Hi everybody,
I have been reading this thread and decided to order a Siglent SSA3021. It came with the tracking generator license and the 1.2.9.2.a firmware installed.
I managed to get all the options enable, using knowledge from this thread everything looks fine, apart from the license number which is XXXXXXX as I knew it would be when hacking it.
My question is; have anybody tried the TekBox EMCView pre-compliance software (Link) with a hacked Siglent? They state the software will be locked to the SSA's serial number, but wil this work with a hacked unit?
I have the original S/N, but I suppose the unit reports "XXXXXXXX" back to the software?!?
Hope someone can help me out here.
The Tekbox Software is bound to your analyzer. You will have to provide your SA serial number at the purchase. They are then creating a license file you need to run the software and it will not work with different analyzer (though in case of a defective unit, where you have to exchange the hardware, they ensured me, that they will create a new license file). Thus it all comes down to the question, if the real serial number will be available through the SCPI command
*IDN?If you only get "xxxxxxx", then the software would not work.......... mmmmh - idea: you may try to purchase the Tekbox software by providing them the serial # "xxxxxxx"
This Tekbox software is a very useful tool. I recently made a pre compliance check with one of my customers hardware with one of Texbox' TEM Cells. Report of this one measurement is attached (printed from EMCView).
These Tekbox TEM cells and also their software are worth every cent. They are paying themselves at the first usage (though the customer will have to pay for a pre-compliance check of his hardware).
Btw: I am doing another group-buy at Tekbox shortly - this will save you money! So if you are interested in some discount of the Tekbox LISN / TEM Cell / software, just drop me a PM.