PicoScope 7 Software
Available on Windows, Mac and Linux
First test drive: Bugs and Crashes
First test drive: Bugs and Crashes
I got my brand new Picoscope 2205A MSO yesterday, and started analyzing a DB9 RS232 connection right away. 
I used a Laptop running Linux to capture the data on the go (with the latest Picoscope software using the apt-get method) and ran into the first problem: I was unable to restart a recording run after stopping it (it worked once, I believe, but I'm not sure because that was somewhere at the start): It just did nothing when I pressed the little green button on the lower left after pressing the little red one. Is this normal? Or is it a bug?
I ended up with closing and restarting Picoscope every time I wanted to start capturing data. Not very funny, but it worked. 
Then I wanted to analyze the captured (and saved) data using my big Windows machine at home and that didn't work at all: The latest "stable" Picoscope 6.12.5 crashed several times doing different things (flipping forward or backwards through display pages, zooming etc. - The application asked me twice to file crash reports
). And what was shown wasn't shown right when zooming: The data lines get truncated on the right until they're like 2 centimeters in width, and the rest of the (data lines) window is empty. 
I put the psdata file here, so you can see for yourself.
I used a Laptop running Linux to capture the data on the go (with the latest Picoscope software using the apt-get method) and ran into the first problem: I was unable to restart a recording run after stopping it (it worked once, I believe, but I'm not sure because that was somewhere at the start): It just did nothing when I pressed the little green button on the lower left after pressing the little red one. Is this normal? Or is it a bug?
I ended up with closing and restarting Picoscope every time I wanted to start capturing data. Not very funny, but it worked. Then I wanted to analyze the captured (and saved) data using my big Windows machine at home and that didn't work at all: The latest "stable" Picoscope 6.12.5 crashed several times doing different things (flipping forward or backwards through display pages, zooming etc. - The application asked me twice to file crash reports
). And what was shown wasn't shown right when zooming: The data lines get truncated on the right until they're like 2 centimeters in width, and the rest of the (data lines) window is empty. I put the psdata file here, so you can see for yourself.
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Hitesh
Re: First test drive: Bugs and Crashes
Hi Joghurt,
Thank you for your feedback on the first run with the PicoScope 2205A MSO.
We are aware of an issue where the application cannot be restarted after stopping a capture so I have updated an existing bug report.
With regards to the crashes on Windows, that sounds like an issue that I have come across via another Customer - can you please e-mail support@picotech.com attaching the zip files along with a description of the steps so that we can investigate further?
I've taken a look at the data file but could not see a zoom applied. Are you capturing data on the analogue and digital inputs and then applying a zoom during the capture or after the capture has stopped?
Regards,
Thank you for your feedback on the first run with the PicoScope 2205A MSO.
We are aware of an issue where the application cannot be restarted after stopping a capture so I have updated an existing bug report.
With regards to the crashes on Windows, that sounds like an issue that I have come across via another Customer - can you please e-mail support@picotech.com attaching the zip files along with a description of the steps so that we can investigate further?
I've taken a look at the data file but could not see a zoom applied. Are you capturing data on the analogue and digital inputs and then applying a zoom during the capture or after the capture has stopped?
Regards,