Firmware Upgrade for the SDS scopes ?
While checking the Owon site for firmware updates I happened to notice that the RAR file for the 3.2 & 3.3 patch was slightly longer than the one I had downloaded some time ago. In addition, the date of the upgrade had changed to a later date. Knowing that Owon is a little unorthodox in the way they name and issue new releases, I went ahead and downloaded the file (took more than 15 minutes) and installed the patch.
As far as my scope is concerned, this is a different and improved firmware release even though it still has the same patch number that was released quite a while ago.
One thing I noticed is that the functionality of the LAN interface is better, I can again transfer images, a functionality that hadn't work for me for quite sometime now. The high memory depth transfer works most of the time up to 1M acquire length. However, my scope still freezes if I attempt a 10M transfer.
I also noticed that the firmware version on the About screen displays 3.2. I installed the patch a second time to see if would change to 3.3 but it didn't.
The last thing I noticed is that the "SCPI Command Line" button on the Remote Control Panel appears to be functional. I didn't try any commands, but it no longer emits an error message when you click it.
While at the Owon site I also downloaded the latest SDS manual. This is also a newer manual (V1.6.3). A quick look revealed that they have added the SDS7072 to the manual. They have also added and rearranged to the information for the PC software and LAN interface.