importing data from serial port

[Jeff]

Does anyone have code to import a few columns of text from a device through
the serial port? I'd like to fill an Access table with data from the serial
port.

 

[Peter]

http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&q=serial+port+vba

General information on interfacing with the serial port:
http://www.beyondlogic.org/serial/serial.htm

A third-party ActiveX component that can probably be used in VBA
http://franson.biz/serialtools/guide.asp?section=VBSetup&platform=win32

Interesting thread about reading serial data into Access:
http://www.control.com/1026199424/index_html

Free RS232 Serial Instrumentation Software:
http://www.windmill.co.uk/

A book about the serial port:
http://www.lvr.com/spc.htm

An article about using VB.NET to interface with the serial port.
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;823179&Product=vb6
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...ca-e4f1-4846-912c-b4ed37a1578b&DisplayLang=en

hth,

-Peter