Application Note

6 Fluke Corporation Event recording (or logging) with a Fluke 287/289 Digital Multimeter
Session names are avail-
able in several categories and
use self-incrementing numbers
for each session in a selected
type. The meter can record four
session types: Measurement,
Min Max, Peak, and Record-
ing. You can store sessions in
any one of the Name categories
you choose, although it’s gen-
erally a good idea to use the
Measurement name category
for individual measurement
saves and the Recording name
for long logging sessions, just
to keep things organized.
Wrapping it up
This is only a brief description
of Event Recording using the
Fluke 289, and the added power
provided by the companion PC
software, FlukeView Forms.
In our example, we used
only 405 readings to capture
the current used by a refrig-
erator over nearly 42 hours of
recording, yet, the meter was
Figure 10.
able to detect 239 instances
of unusual events, down to
the second they occurred,
for our later inspection.
This step-by-step example
following one recording ses-
sion from the meter recording
process into TrendCapture
and then FlukeView Forms is
intended as an introduction to
the power of Event Recording
in the Fluke 289. We recom-
mend further exploring these
features at your leisure.
Screen Shots from the meter
With the introduction of version 3.4 of FlukeView Forms, it
is now possible to save screen shots from a connected Fluke
287/289 digital multimeter.
The procedure for saving a screen shot is as follows:
1. On the meter, select the screen to be saved as the current
meter display.
2. In FlukeView Forms (connected) click the Meter icon.
3. In the upper left-hand corner of the 289/287 import win-
dow select Meter Display.
4. On the right hand side of the active display window,
select the Get Screen Shot button. The Fluke 289/287
Screen Shot save window will appear. Select the folder
and specify a file name for the file to be saved. The file
saved will be a zip file with an extension .bmp. The
screen shot can then be unzipped as a JPG or other file
format and placed on a FlukeView Forms Bitmap object in
your chosen form. It may also be used in other software
applications, or emailed if desired.
Changing or adding data to the meter from
FlukeView Forms
There have been several additions to the ability to upload
information to the meter from FlukeView Forms.
From the menu, select Meter-Change Meter Setup.
The window that appears shows everything that may be
changed in the meter. (To change a name in the meter’s
#Name list, click on the Edit Name List button at the bottom
of the window.)
Changing FlukeView Form items to accept
information
When you have uploaded Operator Name information from
FlukeView Forms to the meter (to be viewed on the meter
using Setup-Meter Info), the added Operator Name will be
appear in FlukeView Forms when you download data from
the meter. It will appear in the FlukeView Meter Infor-
mation form item. If you’re using one of the sample forms
delivered with the software, this item may be shown on
your form with the Serial No. label. Make sure you expand
this item on the form (using FlukeView Forms Designer) to
display this second line of information. You might also want
to change the label to something more appropriate, such as
“Meter Info”, since the field now displays more than just a
serial no.
Selected recent updates to FlukeView Forms Software (v3.4)