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ckambiselis:
Hello,

I bought a Fluke 287 DMM used from UK real cheap and in great condition, but it's firmware is the original one and I wanted to update it and maybe try to get some logging data to my computer, since the original Fluke cable seems to be just an ordinary USB to IR cable with a custom mounting, and the it's price is like 60€ (way to much for something that simple).

So I bought a normal USB-IrDA cable from eBay to check it, but since my PC fried couple months ago I'm stuck with a Mac I got for free and of course the firmware update isn't available for Mac, I tried updating it with Win 7 in VirtualBox but I can't get it to show the IrDA as a serial port (the updater asks to select the (virtual) serial port the DMM is connected to) and it's impossible to get Win 98 (IrDA is shown as a serial port by default) working on the virtual machine since there is no driver support.

So I was wondering if someone has been able to communicate with meter using an ordinary USB to IrDA cable, just aligned with the DMMs port, with any version of Windows. Somewhere I had seen (before buying the meter) someone that had made the cable for another Fluke meter but I can't seem to find it anymore.

Thanks in advance
Oscar

quarros:
Thanks for the information. I did not know that. I have a Fluke 289 and an old USB infra adapter so if I have time I will check it at the weekend.

BravoV:
http://bbs.38hot.net/thread-17883-1-1.html

Photo of diy adapter made by other member in this thread -> fluke-287-289-firmware-update-version-1-16-now-posted

ckambiselis:

--- Quote from: BravoV on November 15, 2013, 01:29:25 am ---http://bbs.38hot.net/thread-17883-1-1.html

Photo of diy adapter made by other member in this thread -> fluke-287-289-firmware-update-version-1-16-now-posted



--- End quote ---

Thanks BravoV, didn't seem to come up as a search result when I was searching for "Fluke USB IR cable" on the forum, gonna check with the poster if it works on Win 7.

shailesh3t:
Hi guys,
am in the process of building an IR cable to USb for data logging purposes from a fluke 287,the cable from fluke is a bit too expensive  so am trying to build one

i would like to know with reference to the picture attached which one is the Infrared receiver and transmitter,
i have goggled a bit, and it seems that the black part 2 (DS1) is a receiver and the part 1 is a transmitter.
can someone who has a fluke 287 and the USB cable confirm which one is the receiver and transmitter
else this is the link for the FTDI and Infrared RX and TX
http://bbs.38hot.net/thread-17883-1-1.html 

thanks and regards
shailesh

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