GolTek Capture -> Rigol DG1022 - Page 1
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author: Chet T16
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: December 04, 2011, 10:48:15 am
content: Could've PM'd Mecha but it might be of interest to othersCan you import GolTek capture saved waveforms into the DG1022 (either direct or via ultrawave)?The ultrawave csv files are different from the sample ones downloaded with goltek so i'm assuming it won't work

author: Mechatrommer
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 04, 2011, 03:07:52 pm
content: can you provide (PM or here) one example csv file compatible with DG1022? i dont have DG1022 so i dont know. but i believe simply editing the file format, eg the tag at the top might make it work. goltek produces ArbExpress csv compatible, ie #CLOCK and #SIZE tag at the top, the rest i think pretty much standard for every csv format.

author: Chet T16
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: December 04, 2011, 03:19:33 pm
content: Heres a saved .csv from Ultrawavehttp://dl.dropbox.com/u/10657741/sine.csvLike i said, its definately different from the sample ones

author: Mechatrommer
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 04, 2011, 03:37:47 pm
content: please verify...Code:Vpp:2.00E01,Period:2.00E-07,Quantify:12,Data Dots:4096,Max Dots:4096,End:4095,Wave:1Vpp=max-min voltage in the data set.Period=1/freqQuantify=? (can be fixed to 12?)can simply set max dots = data dots? and end = data dots-1?Wave=? (can be fixed to 1?)peculiar format at the bottom of the file (refer below)Code:0004095040961005067005010-5?

author: Chet T16
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: December 04, 2011, 04:01:13 pm
content: Hmm, actually, Ultrawave won't open its saved .csv files!Theres an option to save as .txthttp://dl.dropbox.com/u/10657741/sine.txtStill not the same as yoursThis is from the help file which explains some of the header valuesQuote

author: Chet T16
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: December 04, 2011, 06:05:45 pm
content: Quote from: BoredAtWork on December 04, 2011, 05:07:16 pmNot a fan then! Why so? I found peoples experiences quite favourableThanks for the info

author: Mechatrommer
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 04, 2011, 06:56:39 pm
content: here's the quick arbexpress <-> ultrawave converter, based on BAW info. report if any error or if its working with your DG1022... i put default values in the bottom tags (and top's Quantify & Wave), so i think you should edit those to fit your need, except Amplitude, the converter will automatically calculate based on max magnitude found the data set, thats the best guess i think.

author: Chet T16
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: December 04, 2011, 08:26:09 pm
content: Quote from: Mechatrommer on December 04, 2011, 06:56:39 pmNice!I fail to see the purpose of the csv files, ultrawave can't reopen them and the DG1022 can't either! Ultrawave can reopen the exported .txt file as above but not without issues :/The only thing the DG1022 will open is the .rdf files and saving them from ultrawave doesn't seem to work particularly well

author: Mechatrommer
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 04, 2011, 09:49:22 pm
content: its pile of shit then. maybe you should figure out how to upload file to DG1022 well, then we can make "usefull" converter for it.

author: Bored@Work
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 04, 2011, 10:03:24 pm
content: Quote from: Chet T16 on December 04, 2011, 08:26:09 pmUltrawave 1.03 can. But one of the many bugs this PoS has is that it sometimes interprets floating point numbers according to the current locale. If your locale happens to use the comma ',' instead of the period '.' as a decimal fraction separator then Ultrawave likes to vomit all over itself yet again. Try to change the local number format in Windows to use a '.'.And you guessed right, I am really not a fan of the DG1022 pile of shit. Broken driver, broken implementation of the TMCUSB protocol (at least on the old 00.01 hardware), absolutely no support from Rigol (guess how much time it took to reverse engineer their fucking file format and work around their USB bugs ...) Output amplitude is not flat in sweep mode. Clumsy menu system. Pointless build-in help. Firmware (of the 00.01 hardware) is a hack of the DG2000 firmware with many dead DG2000 code remaining in it. And I can go on and on.And of course this Ultrawave PoS with heaps of bugs. Ultrawave 1.03 doesn't run on anything newer than Windows XP. Ultrawave 1.04 doesn't run with the old 00.01 hardware.

author: Mechatrommer
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 04, 2011, 11:47:47 pm
content: if the *.rdf is in binary, it can take sometime to decode it and close observation with the device output is required.

author: Chet T16
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: December 05, 2011, 12:57:43 am
content: According to some random pdf i found on rigolna.com the .csv is for supposedly exporting to spreadsheets but why 1.04 can't import it is beyond meI'll see how limiting the DS1052->DG1022 is before i worry about thisThanks for the effort!