[ENG SUB]How to Use Hioki GENNECT CROSS with DT4261 Wireless DMM- Tutorial & Review (Part 2/3)

Hello everyone! In this video I shared a tutorial on how to use the Hioki GENNECT CROSS App, and made a review about it at the same time. I used my Hioki DT4261 Wireless True RMS Digital Multimeter with the Z3210 Wireless Adapter. The Gennect Cross app is an electrical measurement app that communicates with Hioki's range of wireless equipment through Bluetooth. I found it to be a solid, intuitive and capable app, although not without reasons for further improvement. The video is 30 minutes long so please use the chapter timestamps below to jump between topics of interest. This is the 2nd part in my 3-part series on the Hioki DT4261. The others are linked below. If you like this, please consider subscribing. Thanks for your support!
(Part 1/3) Here's the related video on the Direct to Excel Spreadsheet Function of the DT4261 with the Z3210:
• [ENG SUB]HIOKI DT4261 ...
(Part 3/3) Functional Testing DT4261
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Disclosure: Many thanks to Hioki Singapore for sending me these products for an independent review. I declare that I received no monetary compensation, and the editorial content of the video is entirely my own.
Links for further info (reference only)
Learn more about GENNECT CROSS:
www.gennect.net/en/cross/index
Learn more about DT4261:
www.hioki.com/sg-en/products/...
www.hioki.com/sg-en/download/...
Learn more about the Z3210 Wireless Adapter:
www.hioki.com.sg/specialized-...
www.hioki.com.sg/wp-content/u...
Official Philippine Distributor (I'm not affiliated with them) for local inquiries:
www.accessfrontier.net/
Chapter Timestamps
00:10 Intro
00:55 What is Gennect Cross
01:40 A note on Bluetooth App regional availability
02:19 Installing the App
02:37 Getting the DT4261 DMM ready
04:43 Opening the App
05:52 Pairing the App with the DT4261
06:33 The HOME Screen
07:22 Making electrical measurements
07:40 Option to include map with coordinates
08:19 Logging & recording
10:30 Waveform FFT display
11:23 Harmonics analysis
14:48 The DATA Screen/ Sharing data files
16:06 Quick data management tip/ List Button
16:31 The PDF report creator
17:20 The PDF Report Screen
17:48 Sample PDF Report
19:57 The OTHERS Screen
20:26 The built-in User Manual
20:57 Likes
22:30 Dislikes
29:53 Closing thoughts

[@stiaankruger2699]

Nice review, In the home screen you can tap on "display settings" and select or hide the functions not applicable to your meter like battery tester or vector ect. The app will then show only the functions you select this declutter the home tab and is a fantastic idea from hioki

[@ramschannelreviews]

I didn't know this, thanks for the tip! The Gennect Cross home screen is cleaner now. Great idea!

[@stiaankruger2699]

Glad to be of assistance. Hioki puts alot of tought into how a meter will be used, Flukes are also nice but i replaced my fluke 28ii with this cm4271 and my 393 fc clamp with the Hioki cm 4372 and my fluke MFT with a Metrel 3155 Eurotester, simply because fluke fell behind the times their meters work well but are very dated. The 11X line and the 87V and 28ii is almost 20years old

[@ramschannelreviews]

@@stiaankruger2699 Those were impressive Fluke meters you had. When I was still with the electric utility Fluke handhelds were the predominant testers, although Hioki already made inroads (insulation testers). When I discovered the innovation of Hioki I bought some of their test equipment for my own use out of my pocket. Worth every bit of my hard earned money. I even have 2 3288-20 when amazon dropped its price LOL. The national grid on the other hand, as far as I know, was already using the Hioki PQ monitoring equipment PQA 3198. Fluke has a more established marketing channel than Hioki for now. But I think Hioki is catching up. Thanks for your insights. I appreciate it!

[@stiaankruger2699]

@@ramschannelreviews i still have, maintain and use all the fluke meters i just dont prefer them, example the 28ii has no visible continuity indication this is a problem when in an industrial noisy environment not only is it noisy, earplugs is mandatory PPE, rendering the function useless, one would think that Fluke who boasts 'industrial' meter would have identified such an issue and evolved the feature into the design but as sed Fluke is slow to evolve, also if you look at the 1664 MFT it looks like a dinosaur with an lcd display against the Metrel 3155.

[@calypsopiter]

Veery food walkthrough 👍👍👍 Now all 4261 owners want to get Z3210 too :)

[@ramschannelreviews]

Thanks for your comments!

[@joey24698]

or maybe a usb Bluetooth dongle will work

[@DragonlordSVS]

​@@joey24698highly unlikely

[@directsystems2225]

In DC reading do we get the waveform in App

[@ramschannelreviews]

@@directsystems2225 If you mean was the waveform function disabled in the app for DC? No, it isn't. It's still there. You'll just get a straight line for a constant voltage DC source. If you have a half wave rectified AC current it will show the waveform like a DC offset. But I have no fast changing purely DC source so I can't tell for certain how the app will graphically display it.

[@directsystems2225]

@@ramschannelreviews i mean, i want to see any glitches in DC signal (like oscilloscope) and voltage checking on coil sides on laptop motherboard.

[@ramschannelreviews]

​@@directsystems2225 I think I know what you mean. I'd be interested to know as well. I just don't have the testing setup for it. Sorry about that.

[@joey24698]

can you just install a Bluetooth adapter into the slot, it would be cheaper, have you tried it

[@ramschannelreviews]

I haven't tried it. Interesting idea though. Thanks for watching.

[@oliverlison]

would I be able to detect voltage drops that only happen for few miliseconds? The usual DMM is too slow to detect any voltage drops.

[@ramschannelreviews]

Thanks for watching. Yes it can, on its MIN-MAX Function. I tested the Hioki DT4261 & Fluke 116 on the voltage drop caused by startup of my split type ACU. Almost identical speed, and result. Here's a link to that:
ua-cam.com/users/shortsGxh8BmznASk?feature=share

[@oliverlison]

@@ramschannelreviews Oh great thank you so much. It helped me out a lot.