A few suggestions for Siglent based on initial use of tho 3045x. First is I would like leading zeros suppressed to make it easier to read. Second, I would like either control over unit of measure, or in the alternate, favor units of measure that put numbers to the left of the decimal. For example, 700 uv rather than .7 mv.
I confess I have not gone through the meter manual in complete detail, so if I missed some visual options, I apologize. I am aware there is a lot of depth to this product that I have only begun to explore. It's interesting for me to recall that as a child in the 1960s/70s I had a micronta type 20,000 ohms per volt multimeter, and its fun to be able to get gear that is far more accurate today. I think my first digital dmm was a fluke 37 I got new in I think the 1980s, I recall how cool I thought the auto-ranging was...
Amending my original post--I was hearing a relay clicking maybe once a second. I thought it was stuck in some error state, but now I think it was due to being in dual mode and the meter was switching back in forth as I might expect.
I want to compliment siglent on the easy and intuitive process for upgrading the firmware--sort of the same as with motherboard firmware. One of my meters was at the 16 level and I upgraded it.
For Siglent's information, I chose the 3045x over the 3055/65 because I didn't really need the precision--would have paid for it for the fun of it, but the fan in the 3055 deterred me from getting that model. I have lots of noisy fans in my test equipment, and I didn't want more.
To change the subject again, and if this is off topic, I can edit the post, but for the fun of it I put both meters on my lab network switch and got easydmm going. From what I can see of the documentation, I do not have an option to see multiple meter displays on the computer at the same time. There appears to be some sort of logging or sampling mode that will cycle through the meters at intervals and save the results in a log/tabular format, but a visual real time (alternating updates) multi-display would be nice. That naturally lead to my next question--whether there is more functional software able to read meter data and show a more sophisticated display.
I will also note that at this point I am right on the cusp of going beyond functional needs and into collector status, as my appetite for test equipment seems unslaked--I am looking into an older fluke that does have dual display capability... Is collecting simply an early stage of hoarding by one in denial?