[TowerTalk] remote reading multimeter
Grant Saviers
grants2 at pacbell.net
Mon Jul 26 13:37:59 EDT 2021
Probably others have or would like to have what I am searching for:
A multimeter with a couple hundred feet remote readout. Best if the
readout was on my android phone, but a pc would be acceptable. The need
is troubleshooting stuff happening at the tower/up the tower at the end
of cables, etc. when manipulating stuff at the station.
The are infinite cheap (<$40) digital meters available, a lot of
searching found one with bluetooth on amazon:
Tekpower TP4000ZC PC Based USB Interfaced Auto Ranging Digital Multimeter
Seems it has sketchy software support. Then the bluetooth range is
inadequate so a range extender of some sort is needed. (at both ends?).
wifi seems like the better technology for direct range and battery size
in a handheld isn't much of a constraint.
Any solutions out there being used or created?
Given the competition <$40 in the VOM market, I would think a wifi
enabled meter would find a niche.
Grant KZ1W
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