fluke-28x-dmm-util 0.3.4

Utility for interacting with Fluke 289 and 287 Series multimeters.

dmm_util

dmm_util is a utility for interacting with Fluke 289 and 287 Series multimeters. You can:

• download saved measurements
• download saved recordings
• download saved min-max
• download peaks
• set date and time
• set internal data such as company,contact,operator,or site
• display realtime measurements
• set available record names list
• display configuration informations

This is a complete rewrite of Fredrik Valeur dmm_util
Previous one was written in Ruby. This one is written in Python 3.
There are also some changes to the code.

Prerequisites:

Python 3.10+ and pyserial must have been installed before use.

many things have been added as we go along. So the code is not optimal.

Important
All the data displayed are those returned by the multimeter.
None is calculated or processed

How to install it:

1. • Using PyPi (the simplest way)
     Latest release can be installed by typing:
     python -m pip install fluke_28x_dmm_util
     
     
2. • From github (newest version):
     Latest commit can be used by typing:
     git clone https://github.com/N0ury/dmm_util.git
3. • From Github release
     
     Get the latest release and unzip (or gunzip) it
     cd to the folder that has been created and run the utility as shown above.

How to run the utility
Main command is:
python -m fluke_28x_dmm_util -p PORT ...

If you have installed the release (.zip or /tgz), you need to change directory to the one of installation. The directory before running the utility MUST be dmm_util.

If you have installed the PyPi version this is not necessary, and you can run the utility anywhere.

Syntax:

python -m fluke_28x_dmm_util options command

options

{-p|--port} PORT
This is mandatory, it's the port to which the DMM is connected (eg: COM3)

{-s|--separator} SEPARATOR
Separator is optional. Default is TAB

{-t|--timeout} TIMEOUT
Timeout is optional. Default is 0.09 (in seconds)
You need to change this only if timeouts occur.

command
This depends on what you want to do

• get:
  get recordings {name|index}[,{name|index}...]
  get minmax {name|index}[,{name|index}...]
  get peak {name|index}[,{name|index}...]
  get measurements {name|index}[,{name|index}...]

name is the name used for a recording,index is the number
These informations can be displayed with list command
name can be surrounded by quotes in case it contains spaces
If this parameter contains only digits, it is assumed to be an index. Otherwise it will be taken as a name. Multiple names or indexes are permitted, they must be comma separated.

Example:
get recordings 1,"Record 2",5
get recordings 3

This command displays detailed recordings informations

• set:
  set company value: set DMM company value
  set operator value: set DMM operator value
  set site value: set DMM site value
  set contact value: set DMM contact value
  set datetime: set DMM date and time to those of the PC
  set names index name: set the name of index recording name
  index is a value between 1 and 8. List can be obtained using show names

Example:
set operator N0ury
set name 2 Min_Max

• show
  show names : display available names for recordings
  show info : display DMM configuration
• list
  list recordings : list recording type recordings
  list minmax : list minmax type recordings
  list peak : list peak type recordings
  list all : list all recordings

This command displays general informations about recordings

• display
  Use this to display DMM realtime values.

Common issues

  File "python3_dmm_util.py", line nn
    match len(name):
            ^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax

You are using Python version less than 3.10, consider upgrading.

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "python3_dmm_util.py", line 4, in <module>
    import serial
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'serial'

pyserial module is needed. Install it this way
python -m pip install pyserial

Copyright

Copyright © 2011 Fredrik Valeur.
Copyright © 2017-2022 N0ury.