DS1074Z resetting - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / testgear

author: leafi
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: February 17, 2014, 03:32:26 pm
content: Hey everyoneDoes anyone's Rigol DS1074Z spontaneously resets itself once in awhile?Mine doesn't do a full reboot, the relays click a few times and the screen switches to a Rigol screen and then the scope screen comes back up. It is rather quick and I am assuming it was a reset of some sort. The scope is just sitting there next to me in Stop mode. I have the 1074ZS.Thanks

author: jadew
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: February 17, 2014, 03:53:01 pm
content: Hey,I have a DS1104Z (had it for about a month already) and haven't experienced that issue so far.

author: cybermaus
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: February 17, 2014, 04:00:24 pm
content: Have same DS1074Z-S for 3 months now, did not experience any such thing.

author: Dave Turner
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: February 17, 2014, 04:16:27 pm
content: My DS1074Z-S has been fine.

author: leafi
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: February 17, 2014, 05:12:18 pm
content: Thanks for the feedback..Does your DS1074 feel slow acquiring? I have a DS2072 and it just feels faster. Anyone have the same experience?

author: electronics man
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: February 17, 2014, 05:19:01 pm
content: No mine is just fine too mabe yours is faulty and may I ask how long do you have yours on for before it resets

author: cybermaus
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: February 17, 2014, 05:31:48 pm
content: Can't compare acquiring, as the only other scope I have is a 20 year old analog CRO. So I am not entirely sure to the norm on DSOI find it fast enough if it has a clear trigger. but if the trigger is too weak or unclear, it appears to get slow as it rejects many frames, especially if the trigger point is inside the displayed voltages.If that happens I sometimes move the trigger point way above the voltages, so it goes into auto-sweep and manually try to find a roughly similar timebase (using the fine control).Also, when you are doing math the GUI sometimes gets a bit laggy. I guess it could have benefited from a faster CPU. Maybe we should ask Marmad, AndersAnd and the other guru for an overclock patchBut as mentioned, no resetting. You probably want to claim warranty or something.

author: leafi
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: February 17, 2014, 07:09:08 pm
content: The unit is normally on a while sitting there maybe a few hours. I just had it reset for the second time today about 20 min ago. There is warm air coming out of the back but not too hot. I turned the scope on at around 10am today and it is now 1:50 pm so the first reset was about 2 hours after power on. I have also been away from my desk so who knows if it reset while I was away.Mine just feels really sluggish. For example expanding the time scale out to 50 ms / div it takes like 5 seconds to capture the data and display with 1 channel on 24Mpts 20Ms/s. The capture duration is only 1.2 seconds worth of data but it takes awhile to display it. The 2072 feels quicker. (and heavier)What is the latest FW? Is there a link on this forum? I have 00.02.01.SP1.Has anyone noticed or is there a way to have it not do this. When you manually set the mem depth to 24 Mpts and start expanding the time base out when I go from 500 us to 1ms the sample rate drops yet only part of the waveform is displayed on the screen. (not the entire waveform). 1ms time base with 12 divisions on the screen is 12ms @ 1Gsps that is only 12Mpts yet it drops the sample rate to 500Msps. (only CH1 is on) I can not expand the waveform to take up the entire screen and it stays in the zoomed view. I guess in the end it was a pretty inexpensive scope for what it is and does.

author: Dave Turner
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: February 17, 2014, 11:59:50 pm
content: As mentioned in other threads the DS1074 et al is particularly slow when performing the more complicated maths functions, FFT in particular. However standard 'analogue equivalent' modes seem fine at least to my eyes.