Software options or interface specs for the Multicomp Pro bench DMM?

There's a software download on the product page: https://nl.farnell.com/multicomp-pro/mp730424-eu-uk/digital-multimeter-bench-3-7-lcd/dp/3358484#anchorTechnicalDOCS

There is a User guide on Farnell's website that tells you its RS232 and SCPI.

There doesn't seem to be a list of supported commands or explanation of how the commands work.

Since SCPI is not a tight standard you might need to do a lot of trial and error to do anything exotic

(like downloading data from memory). If in doubt try the simplest method for a an HP/Agilent/Keysight

DMM !

There is a 20Mbyte zip file to download on Farnell, which contains the same guide and some Windows software.

You have to download and install NI VISA which would put me off it but others have different opinions.

Farnell should be able to supply a proper SCPI manual for the instrument.

For me, since Linux and Mac both support Python and GCC and serial ports - you don't need more software

MK

Thanks Jan, I had checked that but it only contains a copy of DMM Easy Control which appears to be a MS Windows app.

Thanks Michael, I hadn't noticed the mention of SCPI, it's not a protocol I've ever used before but looks very promising.  Hopefully someone from Farnell might be able to comment.

You can do a test on your mac or linux:

Create a serial session from your preferred terminal utility with these settings

Then enter this command and press enter (you will not see what you type because SCPI does not echo):

*IDN?

You should get an ID string back from your device.

Thanks for the suggestion Jan.  I haven't actually purchased the unit yet, but the ability to interface with the meter from a non-Windows PC is a reasonably important requirement for me.  Given that it supports SCPI and there appear to be plenty of SCPI libraries across a range of languages I think I can tick off this requirmenet as met.  I don't mind doing some experimenting but it would be a bonus if there is an official device specific SCPI manual or spec from Farnell.

It looks to work with sigrok.

libsigrok/src/hardware/scpi-dmm/api.c

add these lines at line 314

    {
        "multicomp pro", "MP730889",
        1, 5, cmdset_owon, ARRAY_AND_SIZE(mqopts_owon_xdm2041),
        scpi_dmm_get_meas_gwinstek,
        ARRAY_AND_SIZE(devopts_generic),
        0, 0, 0, 1e9, TRUE,
        NULL, NULL, NULL,
    },