Re: Old RS Meter with Serial Port

["Bob La Londe" <none@xxxxxxxxxx>]

"ABLE1" <someone@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> On 4/19/2016 11:59 AM, Bob La Londe wrote:
>> Ages ago I had a Radio Shack meter with a serial port I used for data
>> logging to a laptop when customer power was in question.  It saved me
>> more
>> than one headache with the power company or other power and equipment
>> vendors.  It has long since wandered away, and as near as I can tell RS
>> no
>> longer sells it.  It was modestly affordable back in the day.  I think
>> they
>> sold for around $70.  Much less than any Fluke or Tripplets meter.  So...
>> anybody know of a modern day replacement with spending a mega buck on a
>> meter?
>>
>>
>>
>
> Hey Bob,
>
> I actually have one of these(or last years model)
> http://www.amazon.com/TekPower-TP4000ZC-RS232-Interfaced-Ranging-Multimeter/dp/B000OPDFLM
>
> Didn't get it thru Amazon. At this time I think TekPower.com website is
> having trouble.
>
> I only got it for one project some years ago and it worked ok. Except that
> I could not run a long term test due to the battery life.
>
> I am presently having trouble remembering where the stuff is at as well as
> what laptop I have the software loaded on.
>
> Maybe it will fit you needs.
>
> Good luck!!
>
> Les

I just used a standard terminal program to continuously read the output from
the meter.  Then I would save it as a text file and do some find/replace
operations to convert it to something I could import into Lotus to make
pretty graphs.