[PLUG] fluke IR189USB support?

[Jason Martin]

On 02 Sep 2006 00:11:03 -0700, Russell Senior <russell at personaltelco.net> wrote:
> As usual, I discovered some under-reported things in the process.  The
> IR link is not some TV-remote like thing, that can beam data across
> the room as I had expected.  I wondered how multiple DMMs would be
> discriminated in such an environment.  Instead, the Fluke 189 has a
> little jig that holds the IR part of the cable directly against the
> top of the meter, meaning one-cable/one-fluke189.

Okay, maybe I'm missing something, but exactly what advantage does
using IR give you when the IR has to be attached to the meter?

Jason