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UNI-T UT61E Multimeter teardown photos.
Rick Law:
--- Quote from: iloveelectronics on February 16, 2013, 05:54:42 am ---Not all usb/rs232 converters work with the 61E. I have tried a few different ones. The cheapest ones usually won't work.
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Another trouble is, you can't really choose the chip-set. Even if I want to go for the more expensive ones, there is no telling if it is just more expensive for the same or if it is really better. So basically it is a gamble. I have a Belkin. It worked with modems, PDA... but not with the UT61E.
Anyone here with experience with the UTD04 cable? I like to find out if it requires drivers and how well that worked out for you.
Thanks
Rick
Wytnucls:
The UTD-04 USB cable works fine with the UT61E.
One just needs to install the logging software that came on a disk supplied with the meter. There is no need for extra drivers (Win 7 machine here).
It works with the UNI-T 61E logging software (Ver 4.01). I haven't tried it with any third party logging software.
It doesn't work with the UT-71B/D logging applications, while connected to the 61E.
Rick Law:
--- Quote from: Wytnucls on February 20, 2013, 07:01:55 pm ---The UTD-04 USB cable works fine with the UT61E.....It works with the UNI-T 61E logging software. I haven't tried it with any third party logging software.
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Interesting. Do you mind check to see if it creates a standard serial port of some sort in the hardware lists?
I was planning on writing something to copy RS232 port data to disk - not to complex a job. If it doesn't create some kind of port and use proprietary interface method, for me, this would be opening another can of worm.
Thanks
Rick
Wytnucls:
The cable creates a standard 'USB to serial' interface. I don't see any proprietary interface.
Rick Law:
--- Quote from: Wytnucls on February 20, 2013, 08:10:30 pm ---The cable creates a standard 'USB to serial' interface. I don't see any proprietary interface.
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Sorry, my question was poorly worded - let me try again: When it is connected, does it create a COM port in the device manager's device list?
If it does, that means any 3rd party can write some code to read the COM port (or capture directly to file). And a COM port would mean 3rd party stuff like Ultra-DMM should have no problem with it.
On the other hand, it may be like the Palm Pilot's USB-Serial (for Palm VII). It doesn't create any COM port, but the Palm Desktop software knows how to talk to it. Third party would have a much harder time trying to talk to the Palm VII.
Thanks...
Rick
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