VT DSO-2810F Manual Rev. 2.1 Virtins Technology VT DSO-2810F Manual This product is designed to be used by those who have some basic electronics and electrical knowledge. It is absolutely dangerous to connect an unknown external voltage to the VT DSO-2810F unit. Be sure that the voltage to be measured is less than the maximum allowed input voltage. Note: VIRTINS TECHNOLOGY reserves the right to make modifications to this manual at any time without notice. This manual may contain typographical errors. www.virtins.com 1 Copyright © 2008-2009 Virtins Technology VT DSO-2810F Manual Rev. 2.1 Virtins Technology TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 INSTALLATION AND QUICK START GUIDE ..........................................................................................3 1.1 PACKAGE CONTENTS ....................................................................................................................................3 1.2 MULTI-INSTRUMENT SOFTWARE INSTALLATION ..........................................................................................4 1.3 HARDWARE DRIVER INSTALLATION .............................................................................................................4 1.3.1 Installation Procedure .........................................................................................................................4 1.3.2 Installation Verification .......................................................................................................................6 1.4 START MULTI-INSTRUMENT SOFTWARE.......................................................................................................9 1.5 ZEROING.......................................................................................................................................................9 1.6 HARD RESET.................................................................................................................................................9 2 SPECIFICATIONS .........................................................................................................................................10 2.1 VT DSO-2810F HARDWARE SPECIFICATIONS............................................................................................10 2.2 PK-8040 OSCILLOSCOPE PROBE HARDWARE SPECIFICATIONS...................................................................10 2.3 MULTI-INSTRUMENT SOFTWARE SPECIFICATIONS......................................................................................11 2.4 SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT INTERFACE SPECIFICATIONS ............................................................................17 3 MULTI-INSTRUMENT SOFTWARE LICENSE INFORMATION.........................................................17 3.1 LICENSE TYPES...........................................................................................................................................17 3.2 LICENSE UPGRADE FROM ONE LEVEL TO ANOTHER ....................................................................................18 3.3 SOFTWARE UPGRADE IN THE SAME LEVEL..................................................................................................18 4 EXTENDED USE OF MULTI-INSTRUMENT SOFTWARE ...................................................................18 5 MEASUREMENT EXAMPLES ....................................................................................................................19 6 SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS............................................................................................................................22 7 WARRANTY...................................................................................................................................................22 8 DISCLAIMER.................................................................................................................................................22 www.virtins.com 2 Copyright © 2008-2009 Virtins Technology VT DSO-2810F Manual Rev. 2.1 Virtins Technology 1 Installation and Quick Start Guide 1.1 Package Contents A standard VT DSO-2810F Package contains the following items: 1) VT DSO-2810F unit with a hardware bundled Multi-Instrument Standard Software License 2) 2 40MHz Oscilloscope Probe PK-8040 with two switchable positions: 1, 10 3) USB cable (1.5 m) 4) CD (contains the copy-protected Multi-Instrument Software and VT DSO-2810F driver) www.virtins.com 3 Copyright © 2008-2009 Virtins Technology VT DSO-2810F Manual Rev. 2.1 Virtins Technology 1.2 Multi-Instrument Software Installation Insert the installation CD into your computer’s CD-ROM drive and follow the instruction on the screen to install the Multi-Instrument software. 1.3 Hardware Driver Installation 1.3.1 Installation Procedure Connect one end of the USB cable to the VT DSO-2810F unit and then plug the other end of the USB cable to a USB port of your computer. For Windows XP and Vista: 1) Wait for the “Found New Hardware Wizard” dialog pops up. And then select “Install the software automatically (Recommended)” and click “Next”. 2) Click “Continue Anyway”. www.virtins.com 4 Copyright © 2008-2009 Virtins Technology VT DSO-2810F Manual Rev. 2.1 Virtins Technology 3) Click “Finish”. For Windows 98SE, ME, 2000 The installation procedure is very similar as the one described above. The driver is located in the Drivers directory in the CD: Drivers\VTDSOF1\32bit\WIN2K_XP (for Windows 2000, XP, Vista, or above) www.virtins.com 5 Copyright © 2008-2009 Virtins Technology VT DSO-2810F Manual Rev. 2.1 Virtins Technology Drivers\VTDSOF1\32bit\WIN98_ME (for Windows 98, ME) Drivers\VTDSOF1\64bit (for Windows XP, Vista, 7 or above) When you install the Multi-Instrument software, a copy of the respective driver will also be installed in the directory ..\Drivers\VTDSOF1. Note: (1) For 64-bit Windows, you may have to disable the Windows Driver Signature Enforcement before you can install the 64-bit driver of the DSO. There are three methods to disable the Driver Signature Enforcement: Method 1 Switch on or Reboot the computer, and press F8 key before Windows starts, the Advanced Boot Options screen will be shown. Choose “Disable Driver Signature Enforcement”. This method always works, but the drawback is that the setting does not persist, and you will need to do the same thing each time when you reboot your computer, in order to use the DSO. Method 2 Run Disable_Integrity_Checks.bat as administrator, and then reboot the system. The file is in the directory: ..\Drivers\VTDSOF1\64bit. This method works for some early version of 64-bit Windows Vista. The setting will persist. Method 3 Choose some third party software to help to disable the Driver Signature Enforcement, such as ReadyDriver Plus (www.citadelindustries.net/readydriverplus)，Driver Signature Enforcement Overrider (www.ngohq.com),etc.. Be careful about the limitation of these softwares. (2) You may need to re-install the driver if you change to use another USB port of your computer for the VT DSO-2810F unit. However, the installation CD is not required during driver re-installation. To avoid driver re-installation, stick to a fixed USB port of your computer for the VT DSO-2810F unit. 1.3.2 Installation Verification After hardware driver installation, you can follow the steps in the next section to start the Multi-Instrument software. If the software starts in licensed mode (do not plug out the VT DSO-2810F unit), that means that the driver has been installed successfully. Otherwise, please open the Windows Device Manager via [Start]>[Control Panel]>[System]>[Hardware]>[Device Manager] on your Windows desktop, you should see VT DSO F1 USB Port (COMx) under the Ports (COM & LPT) category. If not, then re- installation of the hardware driver is required. www.virtins.com 6 Copyright © 2008-2009 Virtins Technology VT DSO-2810F Manual Rev. 2.1 Virtins Technology Note that “COMx” must be in the range of “COM1~COM9”, otherwise, you should right click on it to open its “Properties” window, and select “Port Settings”. www.virtins.com 7 Copyright © 2008-2009 Virtins Technology VT DSO-2810F Manual Rev. 2.1 Virtins Technology Then click “Advanced”. Select an unused COM Port Number within 1~9 for the VT DSO-2810F unit. www.virtins.com 8 Copyright © 2008-2009 Virtins Technology VT DSO-2810F Manual Rev. 2.1 Virtins Technology 1.4 Start Multi-Instrument Software To start Multi-Instrument software, on the Windows desktop, select [Start]>[All Programs]>[Multi-Instrument]>[VIRTINS Multi-Instrument]. 1.5 Zeroing Connect the oscilloscope probe tip to its ground lead for both channels, and switch the Trigger Mode to “Auto” (see the figure above). With the oscilloscope running, you should see a horizontal line at 0V in the Oscilloscope. If not, you should click “ ”和“ ”in the toolbar and choose “Yes” to compensate the ground levels of both channels to zero. You may need to do this every time after you change your sampling parameters. 1.6 Hard Reset A hard reset can be done via disconnecting the VT DSO-2810 unit from your computer and then re-connect it to the computer again. You can only do this with the Multi-Instrument software closed. www.virtins.com 9 Copyright © 2008-2009 Virtins Technology VT DSO-2810F Manual Rev. 2.1 Virtins Technology 2 Specifications 2.1 VT DSO-2810F Hardware Specifications Sampling Frequency 100MHz, 50MHz, 20MHz, 10MHz, 5MHz, 2MHz, 1MHz, 500kHz, 200kHz, 100kHz, 50kHz, 20kHz Roll Mode, trigger condition not applicable 10KHz, 5kHz, 2kHz, 1kHz, 500Hz, 200Hz, 100Hz, 50Hz, 20Hz, 10Hz, 5Hz, 2Hz Analog Bandwidth 40MHz Number of Input Channels