title: Can't read the Fairbank scale weight properly
body: <p>I tried to connect the scale and retrieve the weight from visual studio 2013, but it's wire that sometimes I can get the exacted weight and sometimes I couldn't. I was not sure what's wrong with the code. Can someone help? My code is listed below </p>
  
  <pre><code>using System;
  using System.IO.Ports;
  using System.Collections.Generic;
  using System.ComponentModel;
  using System.Data;
  using System.Text;
  using System.Windows;
  using System.Data.SqlClient;
  using System.Collections;
  using System.Threading;
  
  namespace PortDataReceived
  {
      class PortData
      {
          public static void Main(string[] args)
          {
              try
              {
                  string lineOne = "One";
                  string lineTwo = "Two";
                  char CarriageReturn = (char)0x0D;
                  string final = lineOne + CarriageReturn.ToString() + lineTwo + CarriageReturn.ToString();// define the hexvalues to the printer
                  SerialPort mySerialPort = new SerialPort("COM3");//initiate the new object and tell that we r using COM1
  
                  mySerialPort.BaudRate = 9600;
                  //mySerialPort.Parity = Parity.Odd;
                  //mySerialPort.StopBits = StopBits.Two;
                  //mySerialPort.DataBits = 7;
                  mySerialPort.Parity = Parity.Odd;
                  mySerialPort.StopBits = StopBits.Two;
                  mySerialPort.DataBits = 7;
                  mySerialPort.Handshake = Handshake.None;
                  mySerialPort.ReadTimeout = 20;
                  mySerialPort.WriteTimeout = 50;
                  mySerialPort.DtrEnable = true;
                  mySerialPort.RtsEnable = true;
                  //those r all the setting based on the scale requirement
  
                  /*foreach (string port in System.IO.Ports.SerialPort.GetPortNames())
                  {
                      Console.WriteLine(port);
                  }*/
                  while (true)
                  {
                      mySerialPort.Open();
                      mySerialPort.Write(final);
                      mySerialPort.DataReceived += new SerialDataReceivedEventHandler(DataReceivedHandler);
  
  
                      Console.WriteLine("Press any key to continue...");
                      Console.WriteLine();
                      Console.ReadKey();
                  }
                  //mySerialPort.Close();
              }
              catch (System.IO.IOException e)
              {
                  if (e.Source != null)
                      Console.WriteLine("IOException source: {0}", e.Source);
                  throw;
              }
          }
  
          private static void DataReceivedHandler(
                              object sender,
                              SerialDataReceivedEventArgs e)
          {
              SerialPort sp = (SerialPort)sender;
              string indata = sp.ReadExisting();
              Console.WriteLine("Data Received:");
              Console.Write(indata);
              Console.ReadKey();
          }
      }
  }
  </code></pre>