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GW Instek · Multimeter

GW Instek GDM-8300 series digital multimeter

BenchMesh controls the GW Instek GDM-8300 series 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
GDM8342Awaiting confirmation
GDM8341Awaiting confirmation
GDM8351Awaiting confirmation

What you can do from BenchMesh

Multimeter panel 1 channel

Live readings

  • MEAS
  • MODE
  • OVERLOAD
  • RANGE

Settings you can change

  • Mode
  • Range
  • Rate
  • Temp scale
  • Temp sensor

Connections

USB-serial / RS-232
115200 baud, 8N1. Plug in the USB cable (or a USB-RS-232 adapter); BenchMesh finds the port.
USB-TMC
USB Test & Measurement Class (USB id 2184). No vendor driver needed on Linux; on Windows BenchMesh installs Microsoft’s WinUSB driver with one click.

Sources

The definition was written from these documents (definition gwinstek_gdm8300 v0.1.0).

  • GDM-8342 User Manual EN Ver D (covers 8341/8342), pages 103 USB CDC, 110-111 terminators, 117-120 CONFigure, 128-130 DETector:RATE/UNIT, 135 VAL1?, 139-141 SYSTem/*IDN? (printed)
  • GDM-8351 User Manual EN Ver B1, pages 94-95 USB TMC/CDC + RS-232, 110-111 CONFigure, 124 DETector:RATE, 128 VAL1?, 136 *IDN? (printed)

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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