Recommended hardware

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Barcode standards organizations

The following organizations either publish standards for barcode applications or govern the use of barcode numbers in commercial applications. GS1 – Assigns UPC numbers to manufacturers and publishes standards for UPC barcodes (formerly Uniform Code Council in US and EAN International in Europe) Automotive Industry Action Group – Publishes standards for the use of barcodes in the automotive industry

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General converters

Black Box – Industrial computer boards and interface hardware Lawson Labs – Analog to Digital Converters with RS232 output Daytronic Corp – Temperature, Displacement, Frequency, Speed, RPM, Flow, Force, Pressure, Weight and Voltage Sensors with RS232 interface Patton Electronics – General Converters, Serial Line Drivers, Interface Converters, Device Servers, Serial Line Monitors

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HMIs, LIMS, and other software

LabVantage Solutions – LIMS (Laboratory Information Management Systems) Lablite – Laboratory Management Software Confience – LIMS Software (Laboratory Information Management Systems) Ethosoft – Ethosoft offers X-LIMS, a complete web-browser based LIMS, with both traditional and cloud-based solutions for laboratories across all industries.

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Instrument manufacturing companies

These companies produce instruments with RS232 output, including balances, pH/ion meters, moisture analyzers, titrators, densitometers, colorimeters and other instruments. Sartorius – Laboratory balances and filtration equipment Mettler Toledo – Lab. balances, industrial scales and laboratory instruments (pH meters, titrators, etc.) Ohaus – Laboratory Balances & industrial scales Fairbanks Scales – Industrial scales (Phone: 816-471-0231) X-Rite – Densitometers, spectrophotometers and colorimeters (Phone: 800-248-9748) Daytronic Corp – Front-end stand-alone signal conditioning and data acquisition solutions for tough real-world applications Eurotherm – Temperature controls Doran Scales – Electronic scales and balances Penn Scale Mfg. Co. – Industrial scales, digital scales, hanging scales, balances & price computing scales Boeckeler Instruments, Inc – Manufactures video measuring, video marking and precision measuring devices Tensitron – Digital tension meters and measuring instruments Robert Owen Inc. – USB A/D converters that allow DIN rail mounted or surface mounted monitoring of 4-20mA sensor transmitters & voltage signal conditioners. The ROI-USB works extremely well with WinWedge Pro 32. Specifications are available online at roi-instruments.com.

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Manufacturers of RS232 gages and gage to RS232 interfaces

Fred V. Fowler Co. – Measuring tools with RS232 output and converters Advanced Systems and Design, Inc. – Gage converters (Mitutoyo to RS232, etc.) Imada – Force gages Mark-10 – Force gages

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RS232 hardware

Lantronix – MSS1 – RS232 to TCP/IP converters, for use with TCP-Wedge Digi International – Manufacturer of high performance, intelligent and non-intelligent multiport serial I/O adapters and USB to DB-9 Serial Port Adapters Sealevel Systems – Multi port serial boards Comtrol Corp. – Industrial Ethernet Gateways Fred V. Fowler Co. – RS232 multiplexers for gages Ontrack Control Systems Inc – Manufacturer of serial ( RS232, RS485 ) based, data acquisition and control hardware featuring various combinations of A/D, D/A, digital I/O, relay I/O, counters, and interrupts. Data Comm for Business, Inc – Manufactures RS-232-to-ethernet serial servers, multi-port asynchronous multiplexers, wireless modems, and asynchronous frame relay FRADs. Weeder Technologies – Manufacturer of serial multiplexers, digital I/O modules with RS232 interface and custom RS232 engineering solutions. If you need something unusual, they can probably build it for you at a reasonable price. Perle Systems – RS232 Networking and Communications products for smooth integration into a wide variety of connectivity solutions OpenGear – Secure device servers with local and remote RS232 to TCP/IP conversion for use with TCP-Wedge. Also provides secure Remote Desktop, VNC and https access to serial and network connected instruments.

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Specialty sites

Keithley Metrabyte – High speed IEEE488, HPIB, GPIB, analog data acquisition hardware (Phone: 800-615-9885) National Instruments – High speed IEEE488, HPIB, GPIB, analog data acquisition hardware (Phone: 800-258-7019) Looking for a UPC Database? – We are often asked if there is a database that contains assigned UPC’s and corresponding Company information. This might be a good starting point. Interfacing to the PC – A great web site that describes the details of interfacing almost anything to a PC. Includes extensive information on RS232 serial, parallel, USB and keyboard ports. Lots of technical information.

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Statistical analysis software

NorthWest Analytical – Statistical Analysis Software Hertzler Systems Inc. – Statistical Analysis Software Minitab, Inc – Statistical Analysis Software DSP Development Corporation – Graphical Data Analysis Software Microcal – Data Analysis and Technical Graphics PQ Systems – Data Analysis and Gage Calibration Software

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Wireless RS232

Freewave Technologies – Spread spectrum wireless data modems RF IDeas – Provides desktop proximity (RF ID radio frequency) readers which are compatible with over 150 million proximity door access cards and ID badges from HID, Motorola, AWID, Checkpoint and others. These readers may be attached to TALtech’s WinWedge for employee identification purposes. Digi International – Manufacturer of wireless RS232 equipment

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Wireless TCP/IP

TrafInfo Communications, Inc – Wireless telemetry and modems for highway traffic monitoring

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USB

Future Technology Devices – USB chips and USB to serial drivers for device manufacturers. Distributor in the USA: Saelig Co. Inc. Robert Owen Inc. – USB A/D converters that allow DIN rail mounted or surface mounted monitoring of 4-20mA sensor transmitters & voltage signal conditioners. The ROI-USB works extremely well with WinWedge Pro 32. Specifications are available online at: https://www.roi-instruments.com