It looks like it speaks the same protocol as the MAS345 which is supported by Sigrok if you want to just use it under Linux. https://sigrok.org/wiki/MASTECH_MAS345
On Wed, Dec 6, 2017 at 2:34 PM Russell Senior <russ...@personaltelco.net> wrote: > I guess we should establish what you want to use this for? I may be > presuming wrongly. My bias is usually towards capture into handy > formats I can manipulate easily with unix shell tools. Maybe that's > not at all what you want to do. > > On Wed, Dec 6, 2017 at 2:29 PM, Denis Heidtmann > <denis.heidtm...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I have found this: > > Protocol > > > > The protocol is (partially) documented in the vendor software's "Help" > > window (seems to apply to MAS343, MAS344, and MAS345; the M9803R protocol > > is different). > > > > See Multimeter_ICs#Metex_14-byte_ASCII for the DMM IC protocol. > > > > I looked in the software's help window, but with the sw I have there is > no > > discussion of protocol. Maybe the note above is referring to other > > software. The MAS344 is not a current instrument. > > > > > > On Wed, Dec 6, 2017 at 2:15 PM, Russell Senior < > russ...@personaltelco.net> > > wrote: > > > >> Have you googled at all about the protocol? You might be able to just > >> talk ASCII at it from Linux and get what you need. > >> > >> On Wed, Dec 6, 2017 at 1:22 PM, Denis Heidtmann > >> <denis.heidtm...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > I want to use a DMM with a serial connection. The sw for the DMM is > for > >> > windows. It runs under Win2k (guest) on the desktop which has a serial > >> > port. Is it possible to get it to run under Win2k (guest) on the > laptop > >> > which does not have a serial port? I purchased a Sabrent usb to > serial > >> > adapter that I hoped to use for this. > >> > > >> > I expect the problem is that I cannot get VB to pass the virtual com > port > >> > data from the guest to the usb port in the host (ubuntu). If this is > >> > impossible or too difficult to be practical I will pursue linux sw for > >> the > >> > DMM, although I may run into a similar problem. The DMM is Mastech > >> MAS-344. > >> > > >> > Thanks for any clues. > >> > > >> > -Denis > >> > _______________________________________________ > >> > PLUG mailing list > >> > PLUG@pdxlinux.org > >> > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > >> _______________________________________________ > >> PLUG mailing list > >> PLUG@pdxlinux.org > >> http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > >> > > _______________________________________________ > > PLUG mailing list > > PLUG@pdxlinux.org > > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > PLUG@pdxlinux.org > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list PLUG@pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
