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B&K Precision · LCR meter

B&K Precision 894/895 LCR meter

BenchMesh controls the B&K Precision 894/895 LCR meter from your PC: live readings on a lcr meter panel, every setting within reach, and every value recordable on one timeline with the rest of your bench.

Models

ModelStatus
894Awaiting confirmation
895Awaiting confirmation

What you can do from BenchMesh

LCR meter panel 1 channel

Live readings

  • BIAS
  • BIAS ON
  • CIRCUIT
  • FREQ
  • FUNC
  • LEVEL
  • OVERLOAD
  • PRIMARY
  • RANGE
  • SECONDARY
  • SPEED

Settings you can change

  • Bias
  • Bias output
  • Correction
  • Frequency
  • Function
  • Level
  • Open correction
  • Range
  • Short correction
  • Speed
  • Trigger
  • Trigger source

Connections

USB-serial / RS-232
9600 baud, 8N1. Plug in the USB cable (or a USB-RS-232 adapter); BenchMesh finds the port.
USB-TMC
USB Test & Measurement Class. No vendor driver needed on Linux; on Windows BenchMesh installs Microsoft’s WinUSB driver with one click.
LAN (VXI-11 / LXI)
Discovered through the portmapper, no port to enter. Enter the instrument’s IP address.

Notes

  • To confirm on first contactLAN works through VXI-11 only (manual p.76): supported, not yet confirmed on hardware.

Sources

The definition was written from these documents (definition bk_894 v0.1.0).

  • 894_895_programming_manual.pdf (BenchMeshDOC/bk_894), pages 6-7 (interfaces), 9 (*IDN?), 14-43 (SCPI)

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.

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