Hello Guys, I'm new to the forum
Just bought My Rigol DS2072A 70MHz Scope about 3 days ago
Recently Discovered that i can upgrade My Scope to 200MHz, Possibly even 300MHz.
I have read the entire threads Post's (Wow, to say the least), I've noticed that a lot of info is everywhere.
i would love to thank Cybernet for all his Hard Work
i would Like to thank Dave from EEV Blog
and everyone else that contributed to the reverse engineering of this.
Now. FOR EVERYONE IN MY POSITION WHO OWNS A RIGOL DS2037A
I'll Sum it up for you
1. I don't have an Actual Solution Just yet
2. this is what you need to do step by step
1. Buy the Scope
2. Ensure you have the latest Firmware Installed
3. Obtain Your Scopes Firmware Details by doing the following (And Post it to the forum if you need to ask a question
in your scope Press the "UTILITY" Button that is located at the top of the scope
Now.. Select the "SYSTEM" option by pressing the button to the right of the word "SYSTEM"
Now. Select "SYSTEM INFO" but pressing the button to the right of the option.
My Sceen output is as follows
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Manufacturer : RIGOL TECHNOLOGIES
Model : DS2072A
Serial : DS2D1XXXXXXXX (this is your serial number, You'll need it Later)
Software Version : 00.02.01
Hardware Version : 2.0
(THIS NEXT PART WONT SHOW UP BUY DEFAULT), if you want to see it there is a way to do it, but i forgot how)
FPGA Version: SPU 03.01.09
WPU 00.07.01
CCU 12.29.00
MCU 00.005
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Now that you have your System information handy...
You'll need to know how to input the Unlock key, when the time comes.
Here is how you get to the menu to input the unlock key..
in your scope Press the "UTILITY" Button that is located at the top of the scope
Now.. Select the "OPTIONS" option by pressing the button to the right of the word "OPTIONS" (if you can't see "OPTIONS" find the very bottom blue arrow buttons and scroll down to get the option "OPTIONS")
at this stage you have the option to select "INSTALLED" (if you do, this will show you What options are Trial version and how much time is remaining on them.
this is the section that you want to come back to you , later, to confirm that the upgrade worked
FOR NOW
Select "SETUP"
NOW.. on this screen the top option will be called "EDITOR" if Editor is OFF (Switch it on, by Pressing the button to the right of EDITOR)
NOTE: if at any point the Menu Bar dissappears, You can make it re appear by Pressing the BLUE "MENU" Button at the top of all the other buttons on the right side of the screen
and just a quickie (if the menu thing gets annoying, you can set the time at which the menu will dissapear by selecting..
"DISPLAY" Button at the top
"MENU DISPLAY"
Select the Amount of "S" (Seconds you wish) or "Infinite"
NOW, back to the point
Under Utility/Options/Setup
Use the "Intensity" Knob, that is located at the very top of the Scope, next to the Blue "MENU" button
turn it to select your character that you need to input
Push the knob in until you get a click, this will select your character
THIS IS THE AREA WHERE YOU INSERT YOUR UNLOCK KEY
Now.. Your first need to get the unlock key
You will need to do this first
1. Plug your scope into Windows (I'm using Windows 7 Ultimate)
2. Go to Device Manager, You will notice that Windows will require a Driver for your Scope
(Emona did not bother to supply a disk, instead they said to download it from rigol's site, Which honestly , is a frickin headache)
You really need to download Just 2 Things
1. Rigol's Ultra Sigma Software (it's a big download, about 500 MB or so)
here's the link for the Rigol 2072A
http://www.rigolna.com/products/digital-oscilloscopes/ds2000a/ds2072a/You will need to scroll down the page to the part that says "
Software Applications"
you will see a bunch of PDF's that dont look to be of much relevance (BUT THEY ARE)
2. go to the PDF that Says "Ultra Sigma" and open it
You will come to a stupid looking page that looks like you hit a speed hump
you will see this
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Download
Thank You For your request
Please click the link below to open/download your chosen resource.
If you see an Error below please hit Refresh.
THEN IN BIG LETTERS under that you will see
ULTRA SIGMA (you need to click on the Word "ULTRA SIGMA"
Apparently someone at Emona thought this was "Obviously" a Hyperlink LOL
if your download does not start, You need to register for a free account (it's pretty quick and easy)
after you do that, come back to the download page and repeat the process
Now.. make a cup of coffee and pray to god that if you download the file , that it actually isn't corrupted
i had to try 5 Times, Downloading (yes i have a stable and fast internet connection)
When i went to extract the file the last 2 Archives appeared to be corrupted and i had to re download the whole bloody thing
it will happen eventually,
Since the File is a .zip file, you will need Winzip to Extract it
My advise is.. Make a New folder, Place the file in that folder and extract it, to that folder
This software now needs to be installed
upon download it will be called Ultra Sigma(PC)Installer_00.01.05.10
when you open it, there will be an application file called "Setup"
Obviously, Run this file as Administrator and install, as you would any other application.
it takes a while
at about 15 % or so, you will notice that it will install the Driver package (so you don't have to do that seperately)
Once it's all installed
You will have 2 New Icons on your desktop
Ni Max and
Ultra Sigma
if you open Ultra Sigma
Select USB-TMC
and double click on your Scope's Name
this will bring up a "SCPI" Command
(now, i'm not sure what to enter here, but.. i do know this part is relevant to the solution)
NOW, THIS IS WHERE I'M UP TO
You need 3 Things to get your Scope Unlocked
1. You serial Number, as stated above (or.. it's on the sticker on the bottom of your scope)
2. You need to know the OPTIONS Key that you need to use
Here they are (Choose what you wish to unlock)
DS2000 device options:
first character: D = official, V = trial
DSAB - Advanced Triggers
DSAC - I2C, SPI and RS232 Decoders
DSEA - CAN Decoder
DSAE - 56M Memory
DSAJ - 100MHz
DSAS - 200MHz
DSCA - 300MHz
DSHH - all options
You will Most likely want all the options and the highest Bandwidth, therefore
you will want to use "DSHH" (Remember this)
3. now, you need to the "PRIVATE KEY"
go to this site
http://riglol.3owl.com/First Enter the OPTION
Then Your "Serial Number"
Then you need to enter the Private Key (Now. here's the catch)
According to the forum this is the private key
8EEBD4D04C3771 (for this model of Scope)
and the idea is ....
Enter the OPTION
ENTER your serieal Number
Enter the private key
then click GENERATE
a new window will open and it will display a Key (this is the Unlock key you need to enter into your Scope AS DESCRIBED ABOVE
and the result should be, you will find that your Trial Options Are not longer trials but fully licensed and you Bandwidth will either go up to 200 Mhz or 300 MHz (i think it's 300 MHz)
the thing about the private key is ... (it's private) LOL
so, thanks to CYBERNET (READ THIS, IT'S HELPFUL)
http://svn.clifford.at/handicraft/2013/rigol-ds2000-shell/rigol-4in1-keygen.cand this
http://hackaday.com/2013/07/24/a-keygen-for-the-rigol-2000-series-scopes/he has issued us this .txt doc
Rigolkey.c
Now. apparently this .txt doc is supposed to be compiled in some way
and then loaded onto a USB stick
and then inserted into the scope upon bootup
Your supposed to Hold down the HELP button and the press the POWER button
then quickly press the Help button twice
and that's supposed to load the firmware from the Stick to unlock your Scope
the other thing is .. You can apparently just enter the number
NOW.. HERE'S MY PROBLEM
AND IF ANYONE CAN HELP, I WOULD GREATLY APPRECIATE IT
Please Note : I have a Rigol DS2072A Not DS2072
I'm using this
http://riglol.3owl.com/in combination with my Serial Number
and i've tried the following Options
DSA9
DSHH
I've tried the following private keys
8EEBD4D04C3771
there was one other
but.. neither one worked
I keep getting the following message
"License is unavailable" Thus.. it didn't work
Please advise,
what am i doing wrong
What have i overlooked
Thanks ahead of time
Sorry for the length Post
I just thought i would help all the Newbies to the scope out there
and help them overcome the issues i had.
Hope to hear from you guys soon
I would appreciate input from CYBERNET (he seems to be "The Man" at this point.
Be Cool Guys,
All Help is greatly appreciated.