I have an electronic digital caliper made by Fowler Instruments. It is attached to a serial cable.
On a PC, you can connect this device to a serial port and it will input data directly to an ASCII file. You push a button on the caliper and the current value on the caliper is written to a file. VERY convenient, especially when you are doing repetitive measurement tasks. No stopping to write.
I have a Keyspan serial-to-USB cable, and I have installed the appropriate Keyspan driver (version 1.8). Still, when I press the button on the caliper, no data is input to a text file.
I emailed Fowler and they said, in essence, "we don't do Macs, and neither does our whole industry". Is there any way to make this work?
On a PC, you can connect this device to a serial port and it will input data directly to an ASCII file. You push a button on the caliper and the current value on the caliper is written to a file. VERY convenient, especially when you are doing repetitive measurement tasks. No stopping to write.
I have a Keyspan serial-to-USB cable, and I have installed the appropriate Keyspan driver (version 1.8). Still, when I press the button on the caliper, no data is input to a text file.
I emailed Fowler and they said, in essence, "we don't do Macs, and neither does our whole industry". Is there any way to make this work?
