[TowerTalk] remote reading multimeter
Grant Saviers
grants2 at pacbell.net
Mon Jul 26 18:06:23 EDT 2021
Interesting, the serial port shouldn't be too hard to make work. Thanks.
Grant KZ1W
On 7/26/2021 11:41, David Gilbert wrote:
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> This is probably more hassle than you want to bother with, but there are
> some other ideas here as well.
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> https://hackaday.com/2015/02/01/give-your-multimeter-a-wireless-remote-display/
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> 73,
> Dave AB7E
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> On 7/26/2021 10:37 AM, Grant Saviers wrote:
>> Probably others have or would like to have what I am searching for:
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>> 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
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>> 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.
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>> Any solutions out there being used or created?
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>> 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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