Fluke 2640 Netdaq Remote Command Set ?

[tridac]

Have searched for the docs describing the network or serial remote command set for the 2640, with no result. Need to write my own network based app to drive this, so does anyone know where the remote command set documentation can be found ?. The similar function HP34972 uses a SCPI command set, and is well documented, but can't find the command set the 2640, in any of the existing manuals for the product.

Thanks...

[alm]

Looks like the LabVIEW driver was also using the DLLs that came with the DAQ software. So I guess it's a binary protocol rather than something common like SCPI. If you manage to find a (trial) version of the software and a computer / virtual machine to run it on, you might be able to intercept the network traffic using a tool like Wireshark and reverse-engineer if you have the time and motivation.

If you need results quickly, I'd look at better documented solutions like the HP instrument or something like the Labjack. In this reddit post someone was also looking for alternatives because they could not control the Fluke DAQ without using its software.

[tridac]

Thanks, more or less what I found. Their software was pretty underwhelming, from memory, and the lack of docs for the remote command set makes it unusable here. Picked up an HP 34972a a while back, 6.5 digit and extensively documented. Fluke are usually pretty good, so why this blatant market control ploy ?. If I buy an instrument, expect to be able to use all it's functions, not just a subset, nor be forced to buy their expensive bloatware apps to use it. Still, HP Benchlink is not ideal either, windows centric, bloatware install, several packages needed, at vast expense. Better to write your own if you can...