Brymen BM869s data logger not working - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / testgear

author: buvikingen
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: May 05, 2020, 01:55:38 pm
content: Hi Eevblog forumI have the Brymen BM869s and just got the Bs86x cable and software. However when I try to connect the multimeter to my pc (trying to link the multimeter in the Bs86x Data Logging System Express software) I get the error code E9015 and states: USB adapter cable not found.I am running windows 10 and the the cable comes up in my driver settings as: Superior DMM, and if you go into the driver it says that it both is a USB-input device and a HID device.Have any one tried this before or know what I am doing wrong?Please say if you need more informationKind regards

author: _Wim_
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 05, 2020, 08:42:29 pm
content: I will give this a try tomorrow with my cable and bm869s. Used it once before and did not experience any issue then, but it is too long ago to remember exactly how it looked like when the connection was ok.

author: MikeLud
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: May 05, 2020, 08:50:22 pm
content: buvikingen,You can try the below software my Brymen BM869s works well with it.https://www.eevblog.com/forum/testgear/program-that-can-log-from-many-multimeters/

author: BILLPOD
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: May 05, 2020, 08:56:47 pm
content: Buvikingen, just in the last couple weeks got the BU-86X cable & software kit for my Brymen BM869S. It downloaded and works beautifully on my Windows 10 system. Do you have the meter on and measuring anything while trying the software?Also, in the last couple of days have discovered a program by fellow forum member HJK. His open source logging program works with many DMMs. It works on my BM869S and Fluke 189, although it sometimes acts strange for me, but it may be something on my end. Look in the 'Test Equipment' section for an entry titled 'Program for many multimeters', or something like that, (sorry I didn't get the link to post here).(when I went to post this reply I got a message that others are telling you the same, andMikeLud got that link for you. I was going to delete my reply, but I already typed it out. Let us know what you discover.)

author: nez
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: May 05, 2020, 09:11:46 pm
content: You may be missing the Brymen specific driver. If you haven't already, try getting the zip file for "BUA2303-DriverInstaller-Win10-8-7" on the website:http://brymen.com/product-html/Download1.htmlBy chance, I recently tried various things like selecting "Superior DMM" drivers from the list while trying to get Sigrok to work with this DMM, but it didn't work and wasn't needed (also stopped the Brymen logging software from connecting either). The Brymen-supplied drivers should be fine.With my working setup, the physical Brymen adapter gets added in Device Manager as "USB Input Device" when I plug it in to any port and I do not need to manually select a driver from the list.I did have to undo my mistakes by removing the wrong driver from each USB port where I incorrectly selected a specific driver.Quote from: MikeLud on May 05, 2020, 08:50:22 pmThat software looks interesting! I'll try it out too -- the Brymen data logging software has truly horrible UI!

author: buvikingen
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: May 06, 2020, 11:13:28 am
content: Hi AllThank you so much for your answers!I really appreciate it.I will check the software out MikeLud, since it looks much better than the gui that Brymen provides.Maybe my computer is using a wrong driver for the cable, I will try and make it as USB input Device as nez has. And I will try to install the BUA2303 driver! I will give some feedback when I try the things out after work.Again thanks for the help!

author: buvikingen
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: May 06, 2020, 12:21:51 pm
content: Hi againI make it work or well you guys help me to make it work hehe.Was a combi of installing the driver and after I used the program suggested the Brymen tool also work, my guess is that I didn't have Java installed and the brymen tool might also use it.Well it works like a charm now and I prefer the tool that was suggested so going to play with that!Thanks for your great help all

author: _Wim_
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 06, 2020, 05:37:51 pm
content: Quote from: MikeLud on May 05, 2020, 08:50:22 pmThanks for this. Works excellent. Indeed better than the Brymen software!@buvikingen, glad to see you got it to work!

author: garlicbread
author_rank: Newbie
timestamp: June 09, 2022, 03:14:18 pm
content: Recently ran into this problem myself with the USB adapter for the BM869sAnother alternative option is smuview (since that doesn't require java)https://github.com/knarfS/smuview/releases/tag/continuousI think this uses sigrok under the hoodSo far I've managed to get the alternative logging software mentioned above working, so that confirms it's not a driver issue(it's written in java but it does work)For the default Brymen software couldn't get this to work even though it shouldTried a few different compatibility options, run as administrator etc but no joy maybe a windows update or something else I've got installed stopped it from workingmy guess is the bryman app is a bit too old since it was written in 2012For the USB AdapterThe USB Adapter is labled as the BU-86XThe GUI software (not a driver) for it is underhttp://www.brymen.com/Download1.html"Bs86x-V6003s-use-BC86X"Now I think in the past they may have had an older style adapter which presented itself as a COM portusing the PL2303 USB to serial IC, this I think is what the "BUA2303-DriverInstaller-Win10-8-7" driver is forsince it's just an older version of the windows driver for the PL2303HxDV1140However the new adapter instead I think doesn't need this driverit shows itself as a HID device and not a COM Portwith a VID of 820 and a PID 01, with the description of "Superior DMM"The pdf in the Brymen software that shows the protocolactually shows that it tries to connect to the HID device with the same vendor / product idThere's also a greyed out option for selecting HID vs Com port