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Writing Your Own Software to Communicate with iLoad Digital USB Load Cells

From Loadstar Sensors, Inc.
 

 

Since the iLoad Digital USB Load cells present themselves to Windows as COM ports, it is very easy to write your own program to read the load cells loads. Simply open the COM port from your application and send the string O0W1. Then read the returned string back in millipounds.

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Loadstar Sensors, Inc. - iLoad TR Digital Load Cell
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Loadstar Sensors, Inc. - Load Cells - Plug and Sense Simplicity
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Loadstar Sensors, Inc. - Digital Weight Measurement Kit
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Loadstar Sensors, Inc. - Analog Load Cell - iLoad Pro
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Topics of Interest
Insert the LoadVUE CD-ROM into your drive. The installation Wizard should start up automatically. If it does not, click Start...Run.... and use the Browse button to select X:\setup.exe where X: stands... (Read More)
Insert the iLoad Digital USB Driver CD OR the LoadVUE or LoadVUE Lite CD into your computer's drive. If you have downloaded the driver files from our web site onto a location in your hard disk,... (Read More)
RS-232 is the most known serial port used in transmitting the data in communication and interface. Even though a serial port is harder to program than the parallel port, this is the most effective... (Read More)
The iLoad Mini is shipped with a cable that terminates in a male USB Mini-B 5-pin connector that plugs in to a Loadstar Sensors's DQ1000 family Frequency Converter interface. If you wish to use the... (Read More)
The most common type of data you will use when writing programs is the string type, which consists of a string of characters. Strings can carry an assortment of data, most of which is coming in from... (Read More)
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