As many here know, I recently invested in the full shebang temperature monitoring gear for machines and also my roaster- when it arrives...
The gear consists of:
[*]Scace device[*]Fluke 54-II thermometer- said to be the most accurate in the business[*]Flukeview forms software which ships with a serial IR receiver- used to send data to a laptop or similar
All up cost was well over $1k for the lot....All should have been good...but nope...
Not having an antique computer, all of ours have only usb ports....No problem you think, just get a converter. Check on the US Fluke website which says yep, we have one. Our USB receiver ships with usb-serial converter software which (in theory) will let the usb port communicate....So I shell out another $90...
Fluke and Scace work brilliantly!
Yesterday I finally got round to installing everything on an XP notebook...and...no cigar. The notebook doesnt see the Fluke...
I write to the company I purchased the Fluke USB receiver and get: "Sorry, it only works with our multimeters". No mention anywhere in the US Fluke site that this is the case....
Punch line is does anyone here have any bright ideas- or alternately, a small cheap XP notebook (with serial port) that you want to get rid of?
Chris
The gear consists of:
[*]Scace device[*]Fluke 54-II thermometer- said to be the most accurate in the business[*]Flukeview forms software which ships with a serial IR receiver- used to send data to a laptop or similar
All up cost was well over $1k for the lot....All should have been good...but nope...
Not having an antique computer, all of ours have only usb ports....No problem you think, just get a converter. Check on the US Fluke website which says yep, we have one. Our USB receiver ships with usb-serial converter software which (in theory) will let the usb port communicate....So I shell out another $90...
Fluke and Scace work brilliantly!
Yesterday I finally got round to installing everything on an XP notebook...and...no cigar. The notebook doesnt see the Fluke...
I write to the company I purchased the Fluke USB receiver and get: "Sorry, it only works with our multimeters". No mention anywhere in the US Fluke site that this is the case....
Punch line is does anyone here have any bright ideas- or alternately, a small cheap XP notebook (with serial port) that you want to get rid of?
Chris



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