Hardware issue with 3205

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DKeiler
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Hardware issue with 3205

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Hi,

the device worked fine for years.
Now a 3V-digital signal on channel A exceeds the view when the channel
has been set to +/- 20V (with a red mark !)

A sine wave of ca 1,5Vss is displayed as 24Vss.

When channel B is activated, it shows the same wave as channel A
though its input is left open!

Since last month the signal generator doesn't output anything.

I don't use the power supply, the device is powered by a XP-machine or
in turn by a vista machine (which was fine up to now).

Do you know the problem?
Is there something I can do here (firmware download etc.) ?

Regards
Detlef

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Post by Robin »

Hi

I'm sorry to hear that you are having problems.

Did the scope just stop working or did the problems start after changing something?

Robin

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Post by DKeiler »

Hi Robin,

I didn't use it as a scope for quite a time now, say, two months.
I tried the signal generator lately, but it had no output.
Last thing I remember was checking the new software 6.2.1.4 and
playing with math functions.

I checked the scope again this morning. Attached please find the
waveform. It was a clean 1kHz square wave with 200mVpp on
channel A only. Channel B followed without any probe attached.

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Detlef

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Post by Robin »

Hi Detlef

We did have a bug in one of the beta versions that caused channel A to be displayed on channel B with some 3000s.

First thing to try is either the latest beta or full release.

Robin

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Post by DKeiler »

Hi Robin,

I checked version 6.2.0.18 now with no difference.
During installation there was an issue like " cannot find 3000.dll ".
Do you have a firmware download for the scope itself ?
BTW: A signal on channel B input is not displayed.

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Detlef

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Detlef

There is no firmware to download.

It sounds as if your scope could be faulty. Please email your contact details to support@picotech.com and we can arrange to have it back for repair.

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Robin

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Post by DKeiler »

Hi Robin,

there's no chance that my playing with maths functions and channels could
have caused some permanent changes?

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Detlef

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Post by Robin »

Hi

No. The maths channels are a feature of PicoScope 6 and do not affect the scope or drivers.

Robin

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