Although it's still sold nowadays, its bundling software comes from the past, clearly before the advent of Windows 10. That means that installing its device drivers on Windows 10 is not straightforward and is quite far from trivial. Here I'll explain how I managed to install them on the Windows 10 - based PC of my lab.
I'll start assuming that you already have the mini CD ROM with the software. If not, here I'll provide for you.
The first step is to execute the program "Setup.EXE" that comes with the bundle. This will install all the software for interacting with the oscilloscope but the device drivers. As a proof, after installing it, try to connect the oscilloscope and display some signals. You will end up with a message like: "Instrument not found. Possible causes are: driver is not found; instrument not connected to USB".
It turns out that the device drivers have not been installed.
The problem is Windows 10 contains a feature called "driver signature enforcement," i.e. it requires device drivers to be signed by the manufacturer.
Here, the manufacturer, TENMA, doesn't provide any driver signature, so... what?
The alternative for having signed drivers is to turn off the driver signature enforcement feature in Windows 10. Just follow these steps.
1) Restart Windows 10 in safe mode
Shift + Click on Restart
2) Choose the option Troubleshoot
3) Choose Advanced options
4) Choose Startup Settings
5) Click on Restart
6) At restart, press 7 to disable driver signature enforcement
7) Update driver software
Now you are in Windows 10. Open the "Computer Management" window (you can do it either by searching Computer Management or by running compmgmt.msc in run window). Chances are you will face a situation like the following:
Right click on T72-10165 and choose "Update Driver Software".
Then select "Browse my computer for driver software". Now navigate to the folder "Driver" on the mini CD ROM.
8) Restart
The oscilloscope's device drivers have now been installed.
