RS232 Software - Connect Instruments RS232 Interface to Excel or any Software Program
 “Compared to other RS232 software we evaluated, Collect was by far the best solution” - Pharmaceutical R&D
Collect is a high-quality, feature-rich, RS232 software program that connects and controls any instrument with an RS232 communications port, extracts only the required data from the raw output, and sends the data directly to Excel®, databases, local or network files or into any open Windows® software.
What makes Collect the first and best choice for automating data collection from instruments with RS232 ports?
• Exclusive DIRECT-XL™ technology, the most advanced RS232 to Excel® interface available.
• A Library of pre-configured interfaces with over 500 instruments to choose from.
• Connect multiple instruments simultaneously.
• Floating instrument toolbar and hotkey support gives easy access send commands.
• Built-in macro editors for enhanced automation capabilities.
 • Install in either English, French, German, Italian, Spanish or Japanese.
• Plus many other out-of-the-box features included…
Collect is the perfect solution for automating your balances,scales, pH, DO meters, calipers, force gages, gas analyzers, photometers, density meters or any other instruments that have an RS232 port!
Direct RS232 interface with Excel®
More than a simple RS232 software ‘wedge’, the Collect software uses DIRECT-XL™ technology to connect RS232 instruments directly with Excel®, simply and easily.
Unlike older ‘wedge’ technology, DIRECT-XL™ does not rely on the cursor location for placing data in Excel®. This ensures that data from the instrument is always placed in the correct location in your Excel® spreadsheet. This frees you up to work in other applications during data collection or even automatically collect data while the computer is locked.
Collect’s DIRECT-XL™ interface is so smart, that if data already exists in a cell, it will skip over that data and transfer the reading to the next available cell.
DIRECT-XL™ ensures that data is collected correctly every time.
 RS232 Interface to Excel
Library of Pre-configured Instrument Interfaces and Excel® templates
Collect is supplied with an Instrument Library containing over 500 instruments. This pre-configured library eliminates the need for you to configure the instruments port settings and commands.
Simply select your instrument from the list and you’re ready to start collecting data.
The Instrument Library includes interfaces for manufacturers like Sartorius, Mettler, Ohaus, Denver Instruments, Adam Equipment, A&D, Thermo (Orion) Fisher, Jenway, Dillon, Weigh-Tronix, AccuLab, Anton Paar, Labconco, Scientech, Shimadzu, YSI and others.
View Collect’s Instrument Library
Collect also comes with a Library of Excel® templates for many common applications (“Methods”). Many of these Excel® templates contain special macros and equations; Charting, calculations, limit check flags, statistics, name the file by Date and customized views are just some examples that you are free to use for your own applications.
View Collect’s Method Library
Connect Multiple Instruments and Devices at the same time
With a single mouse click, Collect will automatically open your data destination program (eg. Excel®), initialize all instrument interfaces and start collecting data.
From a single computer, Collect can interface up to 99 instruments at the same time.
View Collect's Main Screen:
English French German
Italian
Spanish
Japanese
Connect with:
• Balances
• Scales
• pH, ISE, EC meters
• Spectrophotmeters
• Plate Readers
• Phone/PBX Systems
• Force Gauges
• Dissolved O2 (DO) meters
• GPS
• Point of Care/Vital Signs
• Phone/Security monitors
• Point of Sale/Cash Registers
• Thermometers
• Fridges/Freezers
• Monitors
• Meters
...any serial or
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Send directly to to:
• Excel®
• Word®
• Access®
• Files
• Database application clients
• Web Client Applications
• QC/SPC Programs
• Electronic notebooks
• Calibration management
• Inventory/Asset management
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Floating Toolbar and RS232 Command Control
 At run-time, every instrument gets its own button on the toolbar which floats over top of the program that Collect is transferring data into. Collect makes it easy to add custom commands for any instrument.
Collect can send commands automatically on a timed interval basis.
Use any keyboard key as a hotkey to send a command.
Multiple instruments can share the same hotkey allowing you to send a command to all instruments at the same time.
The Collect toolbar makes it easy for you to send commands to the instruments.
Collect Provides Superior Performance
Labtronics introduced Collect in 1989 as the World’s first
RS232 data collection software. Over the years Labtronics
has gained a tremendous amount of experience interfacing
instruments and it has used this knowledge to keep Collect
at the forefront of technology. Continued innovations, such as DIRECT-XL™, ensures that the product meets your needs today and in the future.
Collect’s many out-the-box features include:
Connect any RS232 instrument to any program: Directly to Excel® using DIRECT-XL™ technology, write directly to files, databases, or ‘wedge’ into any Windows® program.
Instrument Library: Pre-configured interfaces for over 500 different instrument models.
Hotkey Commands: Start and stop instrument commands using any keyboard key.
Method Library: Pre-configured Methods including Excel® templates for many common applications.
Speedy processing: Send commands at a rate of 10 per second, receive and process incoming data at rate of over 20 per second.
Extra information for readings: Add Date, Time, Milliseconds and User ID meta-data to instrument readings.
Timed interval data collection setting: Collect data at a defined frequency with option to stop after a number of readings.
Multiple instrument support: Connect and run multiple instruments interfaces simultaneously.
Filter and Discard data options: Filter incoming data to convert characters to strings or strings to characters or discard unwanted or erroneous outputs.
Powerful Parser: Easy to setup parser handles simple to complex raw data outputs to extract only required readings.
Communication protocols: Support connecting slave devices using Modbus or clinical analyzers with ASTM 1381.
Free RS232-to-TCP/IP software utility: Connect remote instruments directly to any computer with Collect installed, over your network.
TCP/IP Ethernet data collector: Connect instruments or converters TCP/IP Ethernet port directly to any computer with Collect installed.
SAX Basic editor: Ability to add VBA like macros directly within Collect’s instrument interface setups and Method setups to further enhance its many out-of-the box features.
Multi-lingual editions available on same CD: Install in either English, French, German, Italian, Spanish or Japanese.
View Collect’s Full List of Features
Who Uses Collect
Collect is used by thousands of customers around the World, across a wide range of industries, to interface and automate many different types of instruments and their applications.
Whether the need was to automate data collection in QA/QC, R&D, Production lines, Field Research, Clinical, Healthcare, Telecommunications or Plant / Facility monitoring, Collect can deliver the right solution for the job.
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Technical Support Included
The software comes complete with free technical support for 1 year including telephone, e-mail and internet services. Using our WebEx account we can host remote meetings to view and/or control your Collect computers desktop over the internet to help troubleshoot any communication problems you might be having with the instrument.
How to Order
To order, simply download the Order Form for pricing and ordering information. The Collect software includes a 100% money back guarantee. If you are not completely satisfied with Collect, return it to us within 30 days for a full refund.
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