# Rice Lakes 720i **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [March 26, 2026, 2:54pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/rice-lakes-720i/114698 "2026-03-26T14:54:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Nathan\_Higgins1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/8797f3/32.png) [@Nathan\_Higgins1](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Nathan_Higgins1)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2026, 2:54pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/rice-lakes-720i/114698/1 "2026-03-26T14:54:08Z")
I am trying to read the weight from a Rice Lakes 720i scale using a TCP driver. The message is reading strange data. Has anybody done this before? ---
**Author:** ![ryan.white](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/ryan.white/32/73193_2.png) [@ryan.white](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/ryan.white)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2026, 3:43pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/rice-lakes-720i/114698/2 "2026-03-26T15:43:36Z")
Show how the device/device connection is configured and show an example of the data you are getting and the data that you expect to receive. ---
**Author:** ![Nathan\_Higgins1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/8797f3/32.png) [@Nathan\_Higgins1](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Nathan_Higgins1)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2026, 4:06pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/rice-lakes-720i/114698/3 "2026-03-26T16:06:45Z")
The device is connected through a TCP driver. It is reading an array of ASCII characters, but it varies in length between 17 and 19 bytes. I believe the weight is the 3 spaces and 2 0s between the letters. ![Screenshot 2026-03-26 120546](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/7/3/734bf815c466cb82fc51da22522a152638a25c2c.png) ![Screenshot 2026-03-26 120512](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/c/8/c89fea6c9b161017d7e80f76c38e5c09b00bb9f2.png) ![Screenshot 2026-03-26 120452](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/6/7/67b08b6195edd7b19a1a0724b571ae6247ca3ad9.png) ---
**Author:** ![ryan.white](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/ryan.white/32/73193_2.png) [@ryan.white](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/ryan.white)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2026, 4:08pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/rice-lakes-720i/114698/4 "2026-03-26T16:08:56Z")
Show the TCP driver configuration for this connection. Based on the first image it looks like the driver is not capturing the end of a message correctly, which is likely a config error. ---
**Author:** ![pturmel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/pturmel/32/3295_2.png) [@pturmel](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pturmel)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2026, 4:10pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/rice-lakes-720i/114698/5 "2026-03-26T16:10:14Z")
If the length varies, you **must** configure a delimiter in both your scale and Ignition. ---
**Author:** ![Nathan\_Higgins1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/8797f3/32.png) [@Nathan\_Higgins1](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Nathan_Higgins1)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2026, 4:10pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/rice-lakes-720i/114698/6 "2026-03-26T16:10:44Z")
Here is the driver ![Screenshot 2026-03-26 121004](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/0/d/0d6de1554a77992d3c53987ba043f311ecd62f8f.png) ![Screenshot 2026-03-26 120939](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/9/8/98d2d41022c38ea3f40193fe46d94941ee46e009.png) ---
**Author:** ![ryan.white](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/ryan.white/32/73193_2.png) [@ryan.white](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/ryan.white)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2026, 4:16pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/rice-lakes-720i/114698/7 "2026-03-26T16:16:41Z")
Do as pturmel said above, configure a delimiter. Check to see if the scale is using a delimiter by default, and add that to the `Message Delimiter` field in the driver config, and change it to be character based for the delimiter type. Is this scale going through a serial to ethernet converter or is it using an onboard ethernet connection? ---
**Author:** ![Nathan\_Higgins1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/8797f3/32.png) [@Nathan\_Higgins1](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Nathan_Higgins1)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2026, 5:02pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/rice-lakes-720i/114698/8 "2026-03-26T17:02:13Z")
I got the delimiter to work, thank you guys.