MSO5000, DS7000 and MSO8000 Alternative Factory Reset and Firmware Upgrade

Posted on: December 16th, 2020 by Doug Lovell

To reset or upgrading the firmware on the MSO5000, DS7000 and MSO8000 series of oscilloscope without using the instrument’s Utility menu:

1) Power cycle the instrument
2) During the boot sequence, quickly and repeatedly press the Single button in the upper right hand corner of the instrument.