Vantage will not support USB, however I use Mettler Toledo scales and
all of them have both USB AND Serial connections. You need to make
certain that you set the port settings on the host PC to match the
Vantage port settings exactly. Go to your PC Device Manager/Ports and
look at the Properties of COM1. I have mine set as follows:
Bits Per Second: 9600
Data Bits: 7
Parity: Even
Stop Bits: 2
Flow Control: None
Make sure you set Vantage port settings up exactly the same way and your
scale should work.
Keep in mind that you only get the weight from the scale OR manually
enter the weight, you do not have the option to do both. My shipping
people were complaining that Vantage didn't grab the scale weight. I
spent hours getting my scale working and once I did I had to immediately
turn it off because the shipping people hated not being able to key in
the weight manually.
Todd
From:
vantage@yahoogroups.com [mailto:
vantage@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf
Of Bob Sanders
Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2008 11:00 AM
To:
vantage@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Vantage] USB scales on Vantage?
We learned that Vantage is only configured to read scales that are
connected via Serial Port. All of our scales are USB. Is there a way
to modify Vantage so that it will accept a USB connected scale at our
Insite Manifest station. We have Mettler Toledo scales, and we tested
yesterday thru a COM port, but Vantage did not recognize the connection
so no data was transferred.
Bob Sanders
Manager Information Technology
KERUSSO
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Berryville, AR 72616
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