Temperature Gun

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Kim D

I have a Raytek Raynger MX temperature gun and I am trying to get it work
with a Pocket PC app I am writing. I am new to .NET CF but I am a seasoned
VB6 developer.

The temperature gun plugs into the bottom port of my Intermec Pocket PC but
is the considered the serial port? What serial port would it be? I download
a sample terminal program but it will not connect no matter what ports/baud
I set it to.

I am really stuck so any help would be much appreciated.

Thanks In Advance

Kim
 
Further to my post when I try to connect I get a "Port already is in use or
is not available" no matter what ports I pick.

help!!!!!
 
You're going to need to talk to Intermec to get a real answer. Likely, it's
COM1:, but, even if so, that port is generally going to be set up to connect
to ActiveSync, not to a random external device. Intermec should know, if
the know anything about that device, what you need to do to get
communication working.

If you want to see what ports the device has, use the Remote Registry Editor
and browse the registry path HKLM/Drivers/Active. Each entry represents one
device. For each COM port, for example, there will be an entry, and you can
look at the values under each key to see what's there.

Paul T.
 
Thanks for your reply. Where do I get the "Remote Registry Editor" from? I
have Pocket PC 2002

Thanks.
 
Hi,

To use the internal serial port, you must make sure that it is not used by
ActiveSync. You can do this using the ActiveSync tools on the PPC. I
haven't used the Intermec device, but I assume that it is Com1 (as it is on
all PPCs that I have used, including Symbol's industrial devices).

Dick

--
Richard Grier (Microsoft Visual Basic MVP)

See www.hardandsoftware.net for contact information.

Author of Visual Basic Programmer's Guide to Serial Communications, 4th
Edition ISBN 1-890422-28-2 (391 pages) published July 2004.
 
It's in the eMbedded Visual C++ environment, which you can download from
Microsoft. In this case, you want eVC 3.0, not eVC 4, since you're talking
to a Windows CE 3.0-based device, PPC2002.

Paul T.
 
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