Re: I need Fluke 187 & 189 DMM RS-232 commands

On 17 Jul 2006 13:44:34 -0700, itsme.ultimate@xxxxxxxxx put finger to
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Hello,

could someone provide or help me locate additional command set for the
Fluke 180 series DMM? These multimeters are dual display and are
capable of exporting the value of both displays as well as the minimum,
maximum and average value at every interval when you use the Fluke
provided software.

There is a documentation here
http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/~thunter/manuals/RemoteSpec89_18X.htm but it
only provides the "QM" command that displays what's on the primary
display.

If there is no resource, how difficult would it be to intercept the
RS-232 communication between the meter and the computer and sniff the
commands?

Could you connect the Tx output of COMx to the Rx input of COMy and
then use a comms app such as HyperTerminal to capture the data to a
text file?

Could you view the contents of Fluke's .exe files with a hex editor?
Look for text strings in the vicinity of known commands such as QM.

For example, in Win98SE you can view a file, in a DOS box, as follows:

edit /r /64 filename

The "/r" indicates read-only mode.

When you find new commands, use HyperTerminal to send them to the
meter.

If the files aren't too large, you are welcome to email them to me.

- Franc Zabkar
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