PCE-HDM10 ( AKA CEM DT-989 ) Bluetooth multimeter review, teardown and giveaway - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: mikeselectricstuff
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 31, 2018, 09:57:44 pm
content: Giveaway at end.

author: bitseeker
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 31, 2018, 10:54:42 pm
content: Excellent review, Mike. Quite a toss up. Some things on the meter are pretty well done, others not so much.It's the first time I've heard of that company. Interesting that they even rebadge Uni-T.

author: Muttley Snickers
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: February 01, 2018, 12:01:55 am
content: On a side note, PCE Instruments have a nice little voltage calibrator which I looked into purchasing a few years ago but could not find a proper review on them anywhere, perhaps they would be so kind as to send you one of those for evaluation as well. The model was a PCE-123.

author: mikeselectricstuff
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 01, 2018, 12:11:46 am
content: Quote from: Muttley Snickers on February 01, 2018, 12:01:55 amYes I noticed that.Let's see how they react to the DMM one...!

author: imidis
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: February 01, 2018, 12:23:09 am
content: I would think they could set an item in there to make the screen sleep. Did you try and retrieve logged data off of the meter?

author: mikeselectricstuff
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 01, 2018, 12:27:12 am
content: Quote from: imidis on February 01, 2018, 12:23:09 amAs far as i can tell the only way to access the log is onscreen. My guess is there may be a way to do it over BT but the app doesn't support it. ISTR reading some comments in the 121GW thread about it being problematic to download large-ish amounts of data over BLE, as it's not really designed for it.

author: Mr.B
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: February 01, 2018, 12:34:38 am
content: Thanks for the review Mike.Interesting meter.At 7:52 does it really sayewCrapon the screen...

author: mikeselectricstuff
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 01, 2018, 12:40:44 am
content: Quote from: Mr.B on February 01, 2018, 12:34:38 amI think that's a G

author: mikeselectricstuff
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 01, 2018, 09:45:31 am
content: Quote from: wilfred on February 01, 2018, 02:05:49 amYes but some companies have unrealistic expectations - I get a lot of stuff offered, most of which I turn down as it's not something I'd normally use, or they want to impose conditions.

author: Kalin
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: February 01, 2018, 04:05:34 pm
content: Thanks so much for doing these reviews. I work as an electrician, primarily in industrial, and I see devices like this and can't justify buying them to try them out and find out they don't do what I need. For example frequency graphing over time which you pointed out it doesn't do, would be very very valuable for troubleshooting drives and control systems. Thanks for doing what you do Sent from my SM-G930W8 using Tapatalk

author: Gcs190
author_rank: Newbie
timestamp: April 07, 2018, 09:29:36 am
content: Good reviewI bought it and I am very satisfied with the purchase.The best software to view and control the dmm using bluetooth is Meterbox pro (CEM), available on iphone and android, android version 1.9.4 of the store does not work, however the previous one (1.9.3) works very well.This software is more complete and allows to change the configuration and settings remotely, displays all the information on the screen, shows a simultaneous graph and allows recording.Best RegardsEDIT: Version 1.9.4 of "Peaktech meter app" works somewhat better.