Re: Capturing the product's weight sent via RS32 from a balance

From:
"AliR \(VC++ MVP\)" <AliR@online.nospam>
Newsgroups:
microsoft.public.vc.mfc
Date:
Wed, 08 Aug 2007 17:16:02 GMT
Message-ID:
<mTmui.13278$eY.699@newssvr13.news.prodigy.net>
I am assuming you are talking about RS232 (serial port).
If so then you can comunicate with the balace (i think you mean scale) using

CreateFile, and ReadFile.

Here are a couple of examples:
http://www.codeguru.com/cpp/i-n/network/serialcommunications/article.php/c5395/
http://www.flounder.com/serial.htm
http://www.codeproject.com/system/SerialPortComm.asp

AliR.

"AMOS" <am12348@walla.com> wrote in message
news:1186592085.541312.12210@r34g2000hsd.googlegroups.com...

In the factory I'm working for, there is a PC that
is connected to a balance via RS32.

I've to write a program in C that is listening to the balance
and as soon as a signal is accepted from the RS32-
namely the product's weight, it converts it into a numeric
value.

I would like to know if there are appropriate function/s in
C (like inportb/outportb in Borland CPP) that may help such
problem under windows. The functions importb/outportb
are limited to DOS/WIN16.

I'll be grateful, if somebody that encountered a
similar problem, will supply me a code example C
or at least will direct me how to write it.. A reference
to an appropriate site/forum is possible too.

.I need an answer as soon as possible

Thank you in advance
Amos

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