Tektronix · Multimeter

Tektronix DMM4040/DMM4050 digital multimeter

BenchMesh controls the Tektronix DMM4040/DMM4050 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

Model	Status	Note
DMM4050	Awaiting confirmation
DMM4040	Awaiting 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: 9600 baud, 8N1. Plug in the USB cable (or a USB-RS-232 adapter); BenchMesh finds the port.
LAN (SCPI socket): TCP port 3490. Enter the instrument’s IP address.

Sources

The definition was written from these documents (definition tektronix_dmm4000 v0.1.0).

DMM4040 and DMM4050 Programmer Manual 077-0363-00, pages 20-22 (RS-232), 29 (LAN socket 3490), 32 (*IDN?), 42-47 (CONFigure, SENSe, NPLC), 81 (SYSTem:REMote)

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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