Agilent DSO 2000X - What are these additional software packages?

[danielbriggs]

Hi there,
I've recently purchased an Agilent DSOX2012A with a couple of add on software licences (and it's a superb bit of kit so far); all is working well. 

I wanted to try the RS485+CAN bus protocols before I set down the £££ for both of their respective licences, so I pressed the "Start 30 day trial" button, which seemed to unlock the entire scope for 30 days.

If I press Help -> About, I get a list of all the software packages; the ones I have purchased do not have an asterisk after each package, all the trial licences do (with an expiry date listed for all asterisked ones).

Most of them are fairly self-explanatory, however there are some I can't work out what features they have added, nor if it's worth buying them when they expire.

The "unknown" modules, currently in 30-day trial mode are:
DIS
ASV
RML

Does anyone have any pointers?

Cheers,
Dan

[grego]

Well ASV is the Agilent Spectrum Visualizer software.

Not sure about DIS and RML though.

[neggles]

DIS
ASV
RML

ASV is the spectrum analyser as grego said.

DIS is the demo license set itself, as far as i can tell... (possibly Demo Installer Software)
RML may be some form of remote management/control interface?

[AndyC_772]

The one that puzzled me is that I have the memory upgrade MEMUP, which seems to be the only memory size upgrade available, yet during the trial period it showed MemMax*.

Any idea what, if anything, the difference is? (I have a 3000X).

[danielbriggs]

The one that puzzled me is that I have the memory upgrade MEMUP, which seems to be the only memory size upgrade available, yet during the trial period it showed MemMax*.

I have the exact same thing on mine (2000x). I paid for and installed the DSOX2MEMUP licence widget (100kps -> 1Mkps I think), AFTER I pressed "Start the 30 day trial" button, but before the trial expired. Like yours it didn't appear, but only MEMMAX* is showing with a 30 day expiry.

My hope is, when the trial runs out MEMUP will magically appear, fully licensed. If not I'm going to then reinstall the licence file; and if it still doesn't take... maybe have a quick chin wag with Agilent to resolve.   


Thanks again to all for their replies on the 3x acronyms.

[AndyC_772]

I'd have thought they'd tested this... after all, the idea is that you try out the option, like it, then fork out for the permanent licence key.

I did the same a few weeks ago on the COMP option (RS232/UART decoding); IIRC the * next to COMP disappeared, and when the trials ran out it carried on working just fine.

[djghost]

DIS means "distributor" licence : the complete demo mode including extra demo apps
RML means "Remote Logging" licence, some logging saved on an external device like a USB drive.
Both can't be bought from Agilent/distributors.

MEMUP and Memmax have the same effect. Only Memmax is activated through the DIS licence, and MEMUP is the one that you can buy from Agilent/distributors.

[danielbriggs]

Thanks for the clarification.

[grego]

Speaking of - I just optioned up my X3024A to add MSO .. kind of neat that Agilent also sends a little "MSO Enabled" sticker with the license and probes.