Multimeter DMM6500

Hello, I want to know if the multimeter DMM6500 can be controlled by a PC application. And if it can work on a LAN network. Where can I find a document with the driving needed to pilot the multimeter via a PC application ? Thanks in advance

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Jan Cumps over 1 year ago +4

I wrote a blog series on element14 about the remote options of the dmm6500: community.element14.com/.../dmm6500 possible place to start: Keithley DMM6500: Software Control Options Pt 1 - TSP Script Builder…
Gough Lui over 1 year ago +3

colegrand said: DMM6500 can be controlled by a PC application Yes, Keithley DMM6500 is a SCPI-compliant DMM, thus you can control it from a PC using SCPI standard commands. Tektronix/Keithley do sell…
Gough Lui over 1 year ago in reply to colporteur +1

It is SCPI (Standard Commands for Programmable Instrumentation) compliant. This means you can use libraries like pyvisa with python to automate with it, you could probably also use anything that supported…

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0 Gough Lui over 1 year ago

colegrand said:
DMM6500 can be controlled by a PC application

Yes, Keithley DMM6500 is a SCPI-compliant DMM, thus you can control it from a PC using SCPI standard commands. Tektronix/Keithley do sell Kickstart 2 which supports the DMM6500. In addition, it also supports TSP scripting and TSP-based remote control. You can use it with NI LabVIEW too.

colegrand said:
work on a LAN network

Yes, it has an Ethernet port on the back.

colegrand said:
document with the driving needed to pilot the multimeter via a PC application ?

Read the full reference manual - https://www.tek.com/en/tektronix-and-keithley-digital-multimeter/dmm6500-manual/model-dmm6500-6-1-2-digit-multimeter-3

- Gough
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0 colegrand over 1 year ago in reply to Gough Lui

Thank you for your quick and efficient answer !
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0 colegrand over 1 year ago in reply to Gough Lui

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