Hello,
I bought a Fluke 287 DMM used from UK real cheap and in great condition, but it's firmware is the original one and I wanted to update it and maybe try to get some logging data to my computer, since the original Fluke cable seems to be just an ordinary USB to IR cable with a custom mounting, and the it's price is like 60€ (way to much for something that simple).
So I bought a normal USB-IrDA cable from eBay to check it, but since my PC fried couple months ago I'm stuck with a Mac I got for free and of course the firmware update isn't available for Mac, I tried updating it with Win 7 in VirtualBox but I can't get it to show the IrDA as a serial port (the updater asks to select the (virtual) serial port the DMM is connected to) and it's impossible to get Win 98 (IrDA is shown as a serial port by default) working on the virtual machine since there is no driver support.
So I was wondering if someone has been able to communicate with meter using an ordinary USB to IrDA cable, just aligned with the DMMs port, with any version of Windows. Somewhere I had seen (before buying the meter) someone that had made the cable for another Fluke meter but I can't seem to find it anymore.
Thanks in advance
Oscar