Dan Waters
dwaters at usinternet.com
Fri Jul 22 11:59:26 CDT 2005
Thanks Marty! This looks like a great start. Dan Waters -----Original Message----- From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of MartyConnelly Sent: Thursday, July 21, 2005 11:05 AM To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving Subject: Re: [AccessD] Micrometer or Caliper Data Direct to Access http://www.taltech.com I have used these products a couple of years ago. Might be a tad expensive, as you can write your own code via mscomm.ocx, which I think is installed or licensed from VB6 . However you may have problems writing code to handle sampling stream rates and line drops and all the possible error conditions that this software covers. If your requirements are really simple you might just get away with using mscomm. Lots of net examples. Input RS232 data directly into Excel, Access, or any Windows application. WinWedge provides real-time data collection from any serial device or instrument. TCP-Wedge software provides data collection from any TCP/IP network. Send and receive RS232 data across a TCP/IP port with TCP/Com serial to TCP/IP converter software. In other words just drop your instrument on the net. Lots of useful test software here like code for a breakout box, there are articles on the site explaining methods. However it appears they dumped one useful example in VB, it was too good. http://www.taltech.com/freesoftware/fs_sw.htm This site also may have good software suggestions and methods National Instruments. http://www.ni.com Dan Waters wrote: >Hello all! > > > >Many hand measuring instruments have an electronic component that is used to >send measurement data to a PC, given the right software. The way this works >is to measure an item, then push a button on the instrument to send the >measurement info to a PC. > > > >I'd like to find out if anyone has experience working with these instruments >and collecting the data in an Access database, and could steer in good >directions and away from poor ones! > > > >Thanks! > >Dan Waters > > > -- Marty Connelly Victoria, B.C. Canada -- AccessD mailing list AccessD at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com