Reading serial data transmitted from coating thickness meter

[bideshm]

Hi All,

Pardon me if I am asking the below question in incorrect forum.

Please find the previous topic on the same question on...
http://www.ccsinfo.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=40208

I was trying from few days to read the data transmitted from a coating thickness meter connected to a pc on COM1 port using RS232 protocol.

There is a windows software who collects data correctly from the device mentioned above. Please look at the image...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/41767017@N04/4003447639/

I was trying to read the same data using a windows software written by me but failed. I thought the problem is of configuration settings of COM1 port of my software like baud rate, data bits, parity, stop bits. So I tried to do a prob using a dos command MODE COMm.

The steps followed mentioned below.

1) I started the windows software(supplied with the device) and collects some data while probing different test foils.

2) I run the command MODE COM1 in cmd(you can run cmd applicaiton from start->run of windows) to get the configuration the windows software(supplied with the device) is using.

3) It displayed the following strings

Status for device COM1:
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Baud: 2400
Parity: None
Data Bits: 8
Stop Bits: 1
Timeout: OFF
XON/XOFF: OFF
CTS handshaking: OFF
DSR handshaking: OFF
DSR sensitivity: OFF
DTR circuit: ON
RTS circuit: ON

Please look at the image...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/41767017@N04/4003447731/

4) So I sets the same configuration in my windows software. And tried to read data from COM1 port, but I get a > character i.e. ascii value of the character is 16. That character is displayed whatever test foil I use to probe. Please look at the image...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/41767017@N04/4003447699/

Please advice me where I am wrong.
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Bidesh Mukherjee
Software Engineer
Kolkata

[PCM programmer]

[bideshm]

Hi PCM programmer,

Thanks for the suggestion.

I would remember that in future.

Thanks and Regards,
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Bidesh Mukherjee
Software Engineer
Kolkata