On Tue, May 10, 2022 at 8:28 AM gene heskett <ghesk...@shentel.net> wrote:
> > > No worries. The DRO puts out 1.5VDC through the Vpos and Vneg lines. > > I'm not plugging the scale into a PC or anything like that. The scale > > is plugged into the DRO-350. All I'm trying to do is cobble a cable to > > go from the DRO to new scale which has the mini USB connector on it > > rather than the old four strip connector in it. I'm figuring the mini > > USB will probably be a much better connection than the old one could > > ever be. > > > > Mark > > Thats debatable Mark. I have an older Nikon D-100 Coolpix camera with one > of the many variations of the mini-usb socket, and discovered quite early > in its history that If I wanted to get pix out of it with digikam, that > it had to be standing on the face of its lens with the data cable hanging > straight down off the edge of the desktop if I wanted a connection. > > Cheers, Gene Heskett. > Gene, If you'd seen the really cheesy cable connector that goes into the old style Chinese scales, the mini USB connector it a vast improvement. The nice thing about the cable into the scales is they rarely get disconnected so once in place, there's virtually no wear and tear on the connectors. Mark _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
