Wake on LAN function on SIGLENT oscilloscopes
July 16, 2025
Introduction of Wake on LAN
Wake-on-LAN (WoL) is an Ethernet standard that allows a computer to be turned on or awakened from sleep mode by a network message, so called magic packet.
The test instruments like oscilloscopes typically consume 40W to 240W power in normal work mode. But in standby mode, it’s merely few Watts. So it would be energy wise to turn on the instruments on demand. Occasionally the instruments may be out of physical reach, so if it is feasible to turn on them via Ethernet.
The SIGLENT SDS7000A oscilloscope adopts a X86 platform which enables WoL. With WoL software, it only takes several minutes to implement this function.
Settings on oscilloscope
SDS7000A series oscilloscope with FW version newer than 1.1.9.1R1 supports WoL function. After the FW update, there are several settings to be performed
1.1 BIOS settings
Connect a keyboard to SDS7000A, press the power button and then press Esc on keyboard (make sure it’s done before the SIGLENT logo appears). Input password ding1234 and press Enter to get in the BIOS interface.
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