Re: MSComm Control

From: Dick Grier (dick_grierNOSPAM_at_msn.com)
Date: 03/25/04 

Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2004 08:29:31 -0700

Hi,

>>
I then tried another Telnet client - ZOC and that one
worked. I can't figure it out.
<<

Telnet isn't an issue, unless you are doing this remotely. The Weigh-tronix
scales that I have seen are quite simple. You just connect the cable,
configure the serial port (including RTS), and enable OnComm receive by
setting RThreshold = 1. Data are delimited by a vbCRLF, so receiving each
message is straight forward. You append it to a buffer and display the
result in a text box -- you can parse the results as soon as the CFLF have
been received.

I'd have to suspect that you have a configuration problem, but without more
information, or hands-on with the scale, it is hard for me to suggest
anything else.

*** 

-- 
Richard Grier  (Microsoft Visual Basic MVP)
See www.hardandsoftware.net for contact information.
Author of Visual Basic Programmer's Guide to Serial Communications, 3rd
Edition ISBN 1-890422-27-4 (391 pages) published February 2002.
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