Even the cheapie calipers have a serial port like the $16 one I got from Harbor Freight a few weeks ago. The manual doesn't even mention it but you can pop off a little cover opposite the battery compartment and there it is. There are a number of websites that document the protocol that is apparently used by most if not all the Chinese calipers. Since I don't have an immediate use for it I haven't tried it yet but it's cool knowing it's there.
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ We are like tenant farmers chopping down the fence around our house for fuel when we should be using Nature's inexhaustible sources of energy -- sun, wind and tide. ... I'd put my money on the sun and solar energy. What a source of power! I hope we don't have to wait until oil and coal run out before we tackle that. -Thomas Edison, inventor (1847-1931) >________________________________ > From: gene heskett <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Sent: Monday, May 7, 2012 7:01 PM >Subject: Re: [Emc-users] hal 'net' command puzzler > >On Monday, May 07, 2012 07:58:43 PM andy pugh did opine: > >> On 7 May 2012 22:26, gene heskett <[email protected]> wrote: >> > Something like that, I've been measuring the diameter and dividing by >> > 2, writing that down in case I need to tweak it, and entering it. >> >> If you are in G7 then there is no need to divide by 2 if you do it the >> way I do it. >> >Lathe mode seems to default to G8, that is something I've not tweaked. >Another man page to read... > >> If I want 10mm dia then I turn to 10.5 dia, G0 X10.5, measure the real >> diameter and then type in the number on the calliper. (And wouldn't an >> SPC connection directly into the touch-off box be nice? > >I assume SPC means the data port on a better digital caliper? > >Thanks Andy. > >Cheers, Gene >-- >"There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: >soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." >-Ed Howdershelt (Author) >My web page: <http://coyoteden.dyndns-free.com:85/gene> > Cum tacent, clamant. When they are silent, they shout. -Cicero > >------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >Live Security Virtual Conference >Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and >threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions >will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware >threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ >_______________________________________________ >Emc-users mailing list >[email protected] >https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
