hi experienced LabVIEWers,
I would like to do a baby step in our production.
Normally, people use a Digital Multimeter (DMM),
Steps
1. Move the two red and black probes around, position the probes at test points.
2. Make sure have good contacts at probe's sites.
3. Visually Take the reading
4. record it on paper (called test data sheet).
To automate this without re-design the whole process, (just want a baby step)
I can have PC connected to a DMM with serial port or USB.
keep step 1, 2, 3 above the same, because sometimes the positioning of the probes making a significant difference in reading
in step 4, I need to look for a DMM which has a "send" button so the users can send the reading to the PC.
Does anybody see such a DMM or has a better way to do this.
normally, I see the traffic is in the other direction, the pc sends a command to the DMM requesting DMM's data.
but how do you know when the probes are in stable position to request the measured data, instead of unreliable measured data?
I know that this is not a 100 percent automation, but I can save a lot of money, by using the pc to automate the process
of testing for the data - in limit range , writing error and forget to write down /skipping one measurement etc...
need to show some good results for buying decisions.
