How to use the Hantek DSO-2100 USB oscilloscope in Linux

Edit Method 1: Hantek official software via Virtual Machine

Using VirtualBox

1. Install VirtualBox binary version
2. Install a version of Windows
3. Download Hantek software in the virtual machine, or get them off your Oscilloscope's driver CD
   • http://www.hantek.com.cn/english/down_list.asp?unid=8
   • mirror: http://www.mediafire.com/?ndinuijdzdt
4. Decompress the software, but don't install it yet. Its a rar file so you need to install a decompression program, such as Winrar, or AlZip
5. Shutdown the Windows virtual machine
6. Plug in the USB Oscilloscope
7. Click Settings for the Virtual machine
8. Click USB
9. Check Enable USB Controller
10. Click Add filter from Device
11. Click Unknown device 0547:1006 [0001]
12. Boot the virtual machine
13. Install the software, and drivers
    • This should turn one the oscilloscope (blinking blue LED), but it wont work yet. The driver uploads firmware to the oscilloscope and changes its properties somehow
14. Shutdown the Virtual machine, the oscilloscope's LED should still be blinking.
15. Add another USB Filter
    1. Click Settings for the Virtual machine
    2. Click USB
    3. Check Enable USB Controller
    4. Click Add filter from Device
    5. Click Anchor Chips EZ-USB Device [0001]
16. Boot up the Virtual machine
17. Install the drivers, when it asks
18. run the software and it should work

edit Method 2: HantekDSO (Linux program)

Untested: I haven't gotten this to actually work

1. Install required libraries, you probably have some of these already installed, you will need the devel packages installed as well. HantekDSO requires KDE libraries but you don't have top use it as your Window manager.
   • qt, kdelibs, libusb, mesa, fxload, binutils
     • Gentoo: emerge kde-base/kdelibs dev-libs/libusb media-libs/mesa sys-apps/fxload
     • Other: libusb-devel, qt-devel (version 3.X), mesa-libGL-devel, binutils-devel
2. Download HantekDSO drivers, or get them off your Oscilloscope's driver CD
   • http://www.hantek.com.cn/english/down_list.asp?unid=8
   • mirror: http://www.mediafire.com/?ndinuijdzdt
3. Download software
   • http://hantekdso.sourceforge.net/
4. Decompress software

./configure --with-qt-dir=/opt/qt3/

1. read the README and do what it says, it requires more than the standard ./configure; make; make install

Debugging

• if kde-config is not found
  • Download: http://mirrors.isc.org/pub/kde/stable/3.5.10/src/kdelibs-3.5.10.tar.bz2
  • COnfigure: ./configure --with-qt-dir=/opt/qt3/ --without-arts
  • make; make install
  • make
  • make install

1. • If you don't have Qt Version 3.x installed
     1. Download source: ftp://ftp.qt.nokia.com/qt/source/qt-x11-free-3.3.8.tar.gz
     2. Make install directory: mkdir-p /opt/qt3
     3. Configure: ./configure -prefix /opt -thread
     4. Build: make
     5. Install:

• if you get this error
  • error while loading shared libraries: libqt-mt.so.3: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
  • temporarily copy libqt-mt.so.3 to /usr/lib
  • Execute: cp lib/libqt-mt.so.3.3.8 /usr/lib/libqt-mt.so.3
  • remember to delete it after compiling

edit Method 3: Labview and Hantek Second Design software

untested

• You can use Linux version of Labview

  and

• Hantek DSO2100 USB Second Design software
  • link

edit References

• http://hantekdso.sourceforge.net/
• http://www.hantek.com.cn/english/down_list.asp?unid=8