Victor 70C is a Digital Multimeter (DMM) made by Shenzhen Victor Hi-Tech Co., Ltd. It is also distributed as OEM by different companies. For example, in Brazil, it is sold as EZA EZ-735 (see the following picture).
Unfortunately, there is no open source software available to access this DMM in Linux.
This software uses HIDAPI to access the USB interface on Linux. Since HIDAPI is a multi-platform library, this software may also work with Windows and OS X (Although it has not been tested yet).
So, the first step is download and build HIDAPI:
git clone git://github.com/signal11/hidapi.git
cd hidapi/linux
make
Download, build and install the victor70C app:
git clone git://github.com/mvneves/victor70c
cd victor70c
# edit the right HIDAPI path in the Makefile
make
make install
Example of how to read AC Amps for 5 seconds:
$ victor70c 5
1334180272.776843 0.001 A AC
1334180272.880754 0.001 A AC
1334180273.472806 0.001 A AC
1334180274.048828 0.001 A AC
1334180274.592822 0.001 A AC
1334180275.200768 0.002 A AC
1334180275.776835 0.001 A AC
1334180276.320831 0.001 A AC
1334180276.896835 0.001 A AC
1334180277.440811 0.001 A AC
1334180278.080847 0.001 A AC
- A USB interface for Victor 86B Digital Multimeter using HIDAPI: http://code.google.com/p/victor86b-usb-interface
- A closed-source DDM app for Victor 86B and 86C: http://homepage.ntlworld.com/green_bean/coffee/roastlogger/dmmdetails.html
- Victor 86C multimeter USB encoding for linux: http://www.daveansell.co.uk/?q=node/44