CompUguide

[Neil WyattModerator @neilwyatt]

I'm editing an article and the author reports having problems with horizontal, rather than vertical, capacitative ('Chinese&#39 scales using compuguide.

This seems odd to me as both types use the same data protocol and I wonder if they were just unlucky?

Has anyone else had a similar problem?

Neil

[Neil WyattModerator @neilwyatt]

[Neil WyattModerator @neilwyatt]

No comments?

[Les Jones 1Participant @lesjones1]

Hi Neil,
I have not heard of "compuguide" and can't find anyting that seems relevent with Google. Do you have any more information on them ?

Les.

[Neil WyattModerator @neilwyatt]

Strange, I have no trouble finding it, it is Compucut's 'guided manual' system.

http://www.compucutters.co.uk/accessories/compuguide/compuguideDRO01.html

They are supposed to work with the usual 'chinese scales' but the author couldn't get them to work.

Hasn't anyone here ever used one?

Neil

[Les Jones 1Participant @lesjones1]

Hi Neil,
Thanks for the quick reply. This is the first information I have seen on this product so I can't offer any help. One question I would ask is in the test was it just one sample of each scale or was it several samples. Since the original 2 x 24 bit protocol scales came out there are scales that use other protocols. BIN6, BCD7. There is also a variation in the timming of the BIN6 protocol from different suppliers. I can post you some details of the other protocols so the author can look at them on an oscilloscpe and see which protocol they look like.

Les.

[Michael GilliganParticipant @michaelgilligan61133]

There were a couple of articles by Richard Bartlett, in MEW 86 & 89

… There may be something relevant within.

I remember being intrigued by his 'Rodent Rules' but those connect direct to the PC.

MichaelG.

Edited By Michael Gilligan on 13/01/2016 10:52:00

[David Clark 13Participant @davidclark13]

If one scale works has the user changed leads over to each other to see if the scales still work the same or are reversed?

[Neil WyattModerator @neilwyatt]

The scales worked normally when wired to off the shelf stand alone displays, possibly an example of things operating at the extremes of their tolerances?

I suspect it was just 'one of those things'.

Neil

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