Command line parser for RS232 Multimeters

This script implements a parser for RS232 Digital Multimeters (Mastech family, among others). To use the script, simply connect the RS232 optical cable to your PC and run:

./dmm-parser.py

Currently supported for Linux and Mac OS X. To use in Windows, simply change the serial port name to whatever COM you are using.

Supported models

The following models are reported to work with this script:

• MS8250B
• MS8226
• MS8226T
• TekPower TP4000ZC
• Voltcraft VC-820

Dependencies

To run, please install the python libraries pyserial and bitarray (try with pip install pyserial bitarray).

Note: Using in Mac OS X? Check here if you're having trouble building bitarray.

Documentation

I based this work on the documents available in the doc folder.