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Hardware wedges suit Mitutoyo gauge input
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MicroRidge Systems product story
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk editorial team
Jul 4, 2005
Hardware wedges for for Mitutoyo gage input and WedgeLink HW for direct RS232 input are simple to use because they are more like a 'plug and play' device and can be customised.
With the addition of two new hardware wedges, WedgeLink SM for Mitutoyo gage input and WedgeLink HW for direct RS232 input, MicroRidge offers a complete range of hardware and software keyboard wedge solutions in the WedgeLink product line.
WedgeLink Standard and Lite software keyboard wedges from MicroRidge were upgraded to include DDE and expanded data parsing features.
The new WedgeLink hardware wedges are simple to use because they are more like a 'plug and play device'.
The firmware in the hardware wedges can be easily upgraded by users in the field to allow for software enhancement and customization.
The WedgeLink SM supports Mitutoyo or Mitutoyo compatible gages, and with its 'dual personality' can also be used as a gage interface with an RS232 output.
The WedgeLink HW accepts input from any RS232 device such as gage interfaces, flow meters, scales, balances, laboratory instruments, densitometers, GPS receivers, barcode scanners, magnetic stripe readers, etc Some of the more common applications that are used with both hardware wedges include Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Access and Minitab.
Version 2 of the Lite/Standard WedgeLink software keyboard wedges represents a major upgrade making it easier to choose which software keyboard wedge solution is right for your needs.
The advantage of a software keyboard wedge is that it provides greater flexibility in the formatting of data for presentation to the application and control of the target where the data is sent.
The new DDE capability is a much faster and more efficient way to pass large amounts of data to an application than through the keyboard input stream.
With the keyboard input stream method, the application must have the focus.
With DDE, you can run other applications while collecting data into Excel or other Windows applications that support DDE.
The expanded data parsing capabilities will allow users to handle more complex input data that is received from a device.
In addition to transferring the information to the application, the WedgeLink software keyboard wedge can also simultaneously send the information to a disk file.
Hardware and software keyboard wedges are used extensively in data acquisition applications that include statistical programs, spreadsheets, barcode, LIMS, etc Keyboard wedges accept input data from an RS232 serial port, network connections, or Mitutoyo gages and pass it to a Windows application in such a manner that the application thinks the data is actually coming from the keyboard.
Typical instruments used include scales, barcode scanners, gages, balances, laboratory instruments, and many other devices.
Whether you choose a hardware or software keyboard wedge will depend upon the requirements of the application you are using.
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