digital caliper to a palm

Archived from groups: comp.sys.palmtops (More info?)

"Barret Bonden" <arthur@networks-cc.com> wrote in message news:<2ua0vuF27l3mvU1@uni-berlin.de>...
> I want to connect a digital caliper to a palm ; the caliper has a 4 pint SPC
> data port. I can buy a spc interface adaptor that ends in a 9 pin
> connection. Is there a palm that has a standard serial port ?

The older Palms use a serial cable, that can be used together with an
null-modem connector to communicate with other serial devices. If you
are using a USB Palm device, the serial comm leads are in the cradle,
and can be brought out to an extra connector. Details can be found
here:

http://www.gpskabel.de/info/cradlemode.htm

> I have attempted to do this with a proprietary interface and a five pin
> digital caliper. It has not worked ( Nsbasic and other high level languages'
> serial calls do not read incoming data, and the caliper "data" button
> simply initiates a hotsync , and no data transfer.) I am thus abandoning
> the Dataget port and looking for any other method of getting serial data
> into a Palm.

I have used both HotPaw Basic and HB++ for serial comm applications,
with good results in both cases.

Have fun,
RE

Archived from groups: comp.sys.palmtops (More info?)

See www.dataget.com

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"Barret Bonden" <arthur@networks-cc.com> wrote in message
news:2ua0vuF27l3mvU1@uni-berlin.de...
> I want to connect a digital caliper to a palm ; the caliper has a 4 pint
SPC
> data port. I can buy a spc interface adaptor that ends in a 9 pin
> connection. Is there a palm that has a standard serial port ?
>
> I have attempted to do this with a proprietary interface and a five
pin
> digital caliper. It has not worked ( Nsbasic and other high level
languages'
> serial calls do not read incoming data, and the caliper "data" button
> simply initiates a hotsync , and no data transfer.) I am thus abandoning
> the Dataget port and looking for any other method of getting serial data
> into a Palm.
>
> Any advice on any of these issues is gratefully welcomed
>
>