I'm in process of repairing an old TDS420 oscilloscope and have been searching in vain for the Field Calibration Software for this scope. I have the cal sw for the 500, 600, and 700 series but not for the 400 series.... yes I have contacted Tek they claim to not have it and I only found one site that claims to have it at a cost of almost $10,000.00 <<== that is way more than the scope even costs new. I've managed to backup all the firmware and NVRAM I've also done many FTP searches for it too, Tektronix FTP site used to have all this stuff but since they were bought out they have wiped the FTP clean :(((( any help is appreciated TIA
Tektronix field adjust software TDS400A
Started by ●April 19, 2015
Reply by ●April 19, 20152015-04-19
On 4/19/2015 5:17 PM, lonewolf5556@gmail.com wrote:> I'm in process of repairing an old TDS420 oscilloscope and have been > searching in vain for the Field Calibration Software for this scope.Do you have a filename?> I have the cal sw for the 500, 600, and 700 series but not for the 400 > series....I'd appreciate a copy of the SW for the 700 series -- if you're feeling generous...> yes I have contacted Tek they claim to not have it and I only found one site > that claims to have it at a cost of almost $10,000.00 <<== that is way more > than the scope even costs new. > > I've managed to backup all the firmware and NVRAM > > I've also done many FTP searches for it too, Tektronix FTP site used to have > all this stuff but since they were bought out they have wiped the FTP clean > :(((( > > any help is appreciated
Reply by ●April 20, 20152015-04-20
On Sunday, April 19, 2015 at 5:17:27 PM UTC-7, lonewo...@gmail.com wrote:> I'm in process of repairing an old TDS420 oscilloscope and have been searching in vain for the Field Calibration Software for this scope. > > I have the cal sw for the 500, 600, and 700 series > but not for the 400 series....Check with TekScopes on Yahoo Groups. -- john, KE5FX
Reply by ●April 20, 20152015-04-20
On 4/19/2015 7:25 PM, Don Y wrote:> On 4/19/2015 5:17 PM, lonewolf5556@gmail.com wrote: >> I'm in process of repairing an old TDS420 oscilloscope and have been >> searching in vain for the Field Calibration Software for this scope. > > Do you have a filename? > >> I have the cal sw for the 500, 600, and 700 series but not for the 400 >> series.... > > I'd appreciate a copy of the SW for the 700 series -- if you're feeling > generous...Cancel that. I've discovered I already have it (unfortunately, most of the filenames in my Tek archive aren;t very descriptive -- e.g. 12345.zip -- and I've never had the motivation to rename them more appropriately :< )
Reply by ●April 20, 20152015-04-20
On Sunday, April 19, 2015 at 7:17:27 PM UTC-5, lonewo...@gmail.com wrote:> I'm in process of repairing an old TDS420 oscilloscope and have been searching in vain for the Field Calibration Software for this scope. > > I have the cal sw for the 500, 600, and 700 series > but not for the 400 series.... > > yes I have contacted Tek they claim to not have it and I only found one site that claims to have it at a cost of almost $10,000.00 <<== that is way more than the scope even costs new. > > I've managed to backup all the firmware and NVRAM > > I've also done many FTP searches for it too, Tektronix FTP site used to have all this stuff but since they were bought out they have wiped the FTP clean :(((( > > any help is appreciated > > TIAwell I can't seem to get into Tek Scopes Group on yahoo, I already tried that route.. my old yahoo has been de-activated due to non use and to sign up for a new acct you need to give them a Mobile number, sorry I don't use cell phones and it will not allow me to use other phone numbers... ne way you can find the 700 series Field Adjustment SW at http://www.ko4bb.com/manuals/index.php?dir=Tektronix go to bottom of page all versions are there... for what it's worth :) Thanx for all the Replies :)
Reply by ●April 20, 20152015-04-20
On 20/04/2015 15:57, John Miles, KE5FX wrote:> On Sunday, April 19, 2015 at 5:17:27 PM UTC-7, lonewo...@gmail.com wrote: >> I'm in process of repairing an old TDS420 oscilloscope and have been searching in vain for the Field Calibration Software for this scope. >> >> I have the cal sw for the 500, 600, and 700 series >> but not for the 400 series.... > > > Check with TekScopes on Yahoo Groups.When Yahoo decides the Groups are unprofitable and deletes them, we are screwed - a lot of test equipment info is there but nowhere on the open web. I hope someone is archiving them but I suspect perhaps not. Chris
Reply by ●April 21, 20152015-04-21
On Sun, 19 Apr 2015 23:41:42 -0700 (PDT) lonewolf5556@gmail.com wrote in Message id: <6d738e00-cea6-4364-a839-628de5fe990f@googlegroups.com>:>On Sunday, April 19, 2015 at 7:17:27 PM UTC-5, lonewo...@gmail.com wrote: >> I'm in process of repairing an old TDS420 oscilloscope and have been searching in vain for the Field Calibration Software for this scope. >> >> I have the cal sw for the 500, 600, and 700 series >> but not for the 400 series.... >> >> yes I have contacted Tek they claim to not have it and I only found one site that claims to have it at a cost of almost $10,000.00 <<== that is way more than the scope even costs new. >> >> I've managed to backup all the firmware and NVRAM >> >> I've also done many FTP searches for it too, Tektronix FTP site used to have all this stuff but since they were bought out they have wiped the FTP clean :(((( >> >> any help is appreciated >> >> TIA > >well I can't seem to get into Tek Scopes Group on yahoo, I already tried that route.. my old yahoo has been de-activated due to non use and to sign up for a new acct you need to give them a Mobile number, sorry I don't use cell phones and it will not allow me to use other phone numbers... > >ne way you can find the 700 series Field Adjustment SW at http://www.ko4bb.com/manuals/index.php?dir=Tektronix >go to bottom of page all versions are there... for what it's worth :) > >Thanx for all the Replies :)Try Eevblog as well. http://www.eevblog.com/forum/testgear/
Reply by ●February 7, 20182018-02-07
Am Montag, 20. April 2015 02:17:27 UTC+2 schrieb lonewo...@gmail.com:> I'm in process of repairing an old TDS420 oscilloscope and have been searching in vain for the Field Calibration Software for this scope. > > I have the cal sw for the 500, 600, and 700 series > but not for the 400 series.... > > yes I have contacted Tek they claim to not have it and I only found one site that claims to have it at a cost of almost $10,000.00 <<== that is way more than the scope even costs new. > > I've managed to backup all the firmware and NVRAM > > I've also done many FTP searches for it too, Tektronix FTP site used to have all this stuff but since they were bought out they have wiped the FTP clean :(((( > > any help is appreciated > > TIADid you find the Files i clould not find them and all the groups moved and the Files are not longer there THank you
