[Techtoolslist] Fluke 9100A monitor output & more....

[Andrew Welburn]

No, Andre, he really does mean that sincerely...

The system is vast and complicated, and you would be asking questions every five minutes :)

Spend a few evenings reading all of the manuals cover to cover... Sooo many things will become clear :)

Andrew Welburn (mobile)
www.andys-arcade.com

On 9 Nov 2012, at 22:23, Andre Huijts <a.huijts at upcmail.nl> wrote:


> Mmmm, sorry for asking questions, I thought that that was what a forum is about.....

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> Op 9 nov. 2012, om 22:58 heeft Martin White <martin at guddler.co.uk> het volgende geschreven:

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>> Would also like to add something that you’ll probably not want to hear!!

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>> Read through the manuals and understand them. Seriously. It’s a serious slog through all of those thick tomes but there is a huge amount of invaluable information in there. I tell anyone that comes onto forums asking about 9010’s or 9100’s the same thing. 99% of their questions wouldn’t need to be answered if they’d already worked their way through the menus ��

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>> Nobody likes to do it - including me, but in the case of these instruments they’re essential reading.

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>> Oh, also, unlike Andy I started writing programs from day one. But not really what I should have been writing them for. All I ever did was write programs that pretty much emulated what the 9010 did, ie, automated a lot of what you can do from the keypad functions. I guess it’s a valid use of the programs but It’s not really what the 9100 programs are all about though.

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>> Proper programs come later when you start to get into exercising circuits using the parallel and vector I/O modules and reading the results with the clips or probe, plus the GFI / UFI that Andy’s talking about.

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>> The 9100 can do soooo much, I suspect only a handful of hobby users will really ever scratch the surface. And I’m probably not likely to be one of them.

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>> From: Andrew Welburn

>> Sent: ‎09‎ ‎November‎ ‎2012 ‎21‎:‎51

>> To: Technical Tools Mail List

>> Subject: Re: [Techtoolslist] Fluke 9100A monitor output & more....

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>> I'd like to add... The editor is a very slow, frustrating and not user-friendly interface. You will use the editor to write custom programs, but I can tell you that you will need to learn how the system works through the operators keypad first.

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>> I used my 9100 only from the operators keypad for the first 5 years, partly because I didn't have the videocard, but it's a steep learning curve and I think you'd do well to properly understand the functions of the system through the operators display and keypad first. Until you get further int