Mitutoyo mux-10, Digimatic indicator + Labview6.0

[Kevin VdG]

Hello,

I'm having troubles communicating between my Mitutoyo Mux-10 and Labview 6.0 through the com port.

I have connected 3 Mitutoyo Digimatic indicators to the Mux-10 and I want to read and log the measurements.

Labview 6.0 has two example vi's that communicate with the com port. 

With "serial.vi", I can read the measurements of all 3 digimatic indicators at the same time, but I want to read the measurements of each digimatic indicator at a different time.

With "serial communication.vi", you can write a request string to one of the 3 indicators/channels that you want to read from. The problem is: I don't know that request string. I haven't got a data cheat of the Mux-10.

Does someone know this request string or does someone has a data cheat of the Mitutoyo Mux-10? That would be very helpfull.

Kind regards,

Kevin Van de Gaer

[GerdW]

Hi Kevin,

have you tried to ask Mitutoyo directly? They have an English website...

[EESniguy]

I was able to find a copy of the MUX-10 manual, but it is not very descriptive.  Mitutoyo has little support for this product (even on their Japanese website) presumably because there are newer devices available. 

However the command set is quite simple - send a "1" followed by a carriage return to return the current reading from gage 1.  Similarly 2<CR> reads gage 2 and so on.  These are "polled" commands; the unit can also be triggered by the foot switch or front panel switch. 

The DIP switches on the back panel set the baud rate; the highest rate available is 1200 baud (1200,NP,8,1S) 

Hope this is helpful. 

[Mitutoyo]

The manual is still available. Part numbers are 4211 or 99MBE019B depending on the generation.

ASCII commands:
1 CR = channel 1
2 CR = channel 2
3 CR = channel 3
A CR = all channels 1,2,3
B CR = channels 1,2
C CR = channels 1,3
D CR = channels 2,3

[SANGPHAM]

CAN YOU GIVE ME YOUR SAMPLE PROGRAM ? I HAVE TRYED MANY WAYS BUT CANNOT READ DATA FROM MUX-10F. THANK YOU