Does anyone have any resources that may give specifics about the RS232 protocol from an Ishida DACS-CW? I'm going to most likely use a Comtrl DeviceMaster to read the raw ASCII data from the Ishida and have it sent over Ethernet/IP to a PLC.
I think I have a good handle on how to receive the data and use it with the PLC, but in order for me to actually create a working code, I need to know which pieces of the ASCII data to extract (e.g. product weight is IshidaDATA.[17]-IshidaDATA.[25]). From my understanding the Comtrl can transmit a ASCII string up to 128 characters. Without having the machine to test with is there any documentation that may tell me what part of the 128 char string contains the weight data?
I'm certain I'll still have to change some things when I test with the actual machine, but if I can get close enough to where I just have to change a few tag names around would be awesome.
For the record I have contacted manufactures. They have to have this information but I've always gotten either no reply or not the answer I'm looking for.
Thanks for any help!
I think I have a good handle on how to receive the data and use it with the PLC, but in order for me to actually create a working code, I need to know which pieces of the ASCII data to extract (e.g. product weight is IshidaDATA.[17]-IshidaDATA.[25]). From my understanding the Comtrl can transmit a ASCII string up to 128 characters. Without having the machine to test with is there any documentation that may tell me what part of the 128 char string contains the weight data?
I'm certain I'll still have to change some things when I test with the actual machine, but if I can get close enough to where I just have to change a few tag names around would be awesome.
For the record I have contacted manufactures. They have to have this information but I've always gotten either no reply or not the answer I'm looking for.
Thanks for any help!