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HP / Agilent 34401A digital multimeter

BenchMesh controls the HP / Agilent 34401A digital multimeter from your PC: live readings on a multimeter panel, every setting within reach, and every value recordable on one timeline with the rest of your bench.

Models

ModelStatus
34401AAwaiting confirmation

What you can do from BenchMesh

Multimeter panel 1 channel

Live readings

  • MEAS
  • MODE
  • OVERLOAD
  • RANGE

Settings you can change

  • Mode
  • Range
  • Rate

Connections

USB-serial / RS-232
9600 baud, 8N2. Plug in the USB cable (or a USB-RS-232 adapter); BenchMesh finds the port.

Sources

The definition was written from these documents (definition agilent_34401a v0.1.0).

  • HP 34401A User's Guide, pages 59, 90, 94, 106-121, 148-153, 159
  • Migrating 34401A RS-232 programs to the 34461A (5992-1455)

Have one on your bench?

Connect it, press Detect, try the controls - then tell us how it went. Every confirmation moves a model from “Awaiting” to “Community-confirmed” for everyone.