Weigh Scale to Measure Rate of Flow

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Jitu Shah

Dear all,

I have one 0-300Kg weigh scale having RS232 port. I wish to place a drum on the platform and fill the drum with water through a hose pipe. I wish to find the rate of filling using the RS232 port of the scale connecting with my notebook PC, write/use a software (I don't know how to write software) so that it will read the rate of water falling in the drum.
Could some one advise/help how to go about?

Thanks.
Jitu.
 
First you need to talk to the scale supplier. They have already solved that problem and may even have the necessary software.
 
You may have to contact the manufacturer, or refer to their operating manual.

At some point the RS-232 interface is described.

Reading RS-232 from weigh-belt feeders was commonly done 40 years ago, you can still code an interface, but you will have sort out what you need and how to pull it into a working code..

> Pl note that the local supplier can not give the software.
 
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