Fluke 8842A GPIB - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: jonpaul
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 10, 2021, 08:07:28 am
content: Fluke 8842A GPIBBonjour à tousHave a fine 8842A within RMS AC but sans GPIB.I have the ProLogix GPIB USB adapter.An ebay Fluke GPIB adapter board is coming but may be for different ROM or year.Please reccomend a free GPIB utility to run on a W10 PC, to test the meter.Also interested to extract the CAL parameters and to log a result for plotting.Many thanks again for your kind assistanceBon SoiréeJon

author: Arhigos
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: April 10, 2021, 12:40:37 pm
content: Have you tried this ?https://www.eevblog.com/forum/metrology/3458a-logging-via-windows-app-revisited/

author: IanJ
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: April 10, 2021, 12:44:18 pm
content: Quote from: Arhigos on April 10, 2021, 12:40:37 pmJon,When you open the app hit NOTEPAD and it will open up a text file with some sample GPIB commands for various test instruments including the 8842A.....albeit I have never tried to extract CAL params from a 8842A.Ian.

author: jonpaul
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 10, 2021, 01:35:56 pm
content: Ian many thanks installed which interface to choose for Prologix GPIB><USB?Will try on a few other devices and wait for the Fluke 8842A GPIB board next week.By the way, just after install, my Opera browser was infected with an obligatory extension "Markup Hero"Could your website or the app have been hacked or backdoored?Kind Regards,Jon

author: IanJ
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: April 10, 2021, 03:34:15 pm
content: Quote from: jonpaul on April 10, 2021, 01:35:56 pmHi,I have checked my Dev PC (Malwarebytes Premium & Kaspersky Anti-vir) and it's clean.I have checked my Webserver with the anti-vir app on there and it's clean.I have replaced the zip files for the app on the forum here as a precaution.With Windows it's entirely possible I had something on my Dev PC at some point in the past, but it's certainly clean at the moment. I would suggest you download the new zip files V3_21b again as a precaution. Uninstall the old V3_21, run a full scan and then install the new one.I've had no other reports of anything similar........hmmmm!Ian.

author: jonpaul
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 10, 2021, 03:53:09 pm
content: Ian its very odd as the extension was popping up JUST after the install. Perhaps the EEV blog site was somehow infected after the server outage?Indeed, my Avast scanning and W10 did not detect anything in your ZIP file.The extension kept popping up and was not quick to uninstall.Anyway many thanks again,Jon

author: IanJ
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: April 10, 2021, 04:07:49 pm
content: Quote from: jonpaul on April 10, 2021, 03:53:09 pmWell, better safe than sorry I guess. I have posted a message to the app thread in the forum as a precaution also.Ian.

author: jonpaul
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 10, 2021, 04:15:18 pm
content: Ian the suspicions extension installed to Opera browser was "Markup Hero"This is the page that popped up after:https://markuphero.com/Its possible that it was from some other cause.Jon