Hi All,
First, thanks for all the hard work you folks have done on this forum to enhance the SSA3021X+. I recently got one to further debug ham radios like the Icom 7000 on the bench now. It is amazing using SAs over oscilloscopes … I wish I did not wait this long to get one as the decoding features are powerful. Anyway, after reading a ton here, I am looking to also enhance mine, but in a way not many seem to have gone.
I read thru the full threads for the process for taking it to a SVA and feel I could get there, but I am not sure I want to quite go to the SVA. Mainly due to the loss of serial number, developer mode stuff, and the challenge of reflashing the nand back if I wanted to undo it.
At this point, I'm comfortable adding the additional feature sets via option codes as well as opening it up to 3.2Ghz (Kind of like what I did to my SDS2352X-E). Unfortunately, I did not see a lot of folks going this direction so after this intensive research I started to trailblaze this path.
I have gone as far as:
- Nand backups
- Telnet enabled via the SPCI commands (I have version 3.2.2.4.0)
- Exporting Aladdin and dissecting it with various developer/debugging tools
- Exporting and investigating config files
- Investigating SSA file system
- Limited GDB debugging on Aladdin (I am not the best here)
I believe I have found the hash key in Aladdin, (funny the coincidences… 😉) and have tried to modify the python script used for SDS models without success. I did try many combinations for model and feature sets (using the NSP_sn_bandwidth.xml values). I went even as far as writing code to list all possibilities in order to match the TG licenses found in that file as the reference. No Joy.
This is where I come to you folks for any guidance you may have.
- Has anyone successfully gone my preferred route of increasing the BW to 3.2Ghz and adding all the features? Any clues to the proper model and or feature “codes”?
- Anyone gotten the SVA conversion to retain their SN and remove the developer stuff? (If I can’t go about it my preferred way)
- Is reverting from SVA as scarry as the nand write could be?
Sorry for the long post, but truly value your collective input.
John