title: Serial To Excel VBA without MSCOMM
body: <p>I am trying to pull data from a measurement device with an RS232 output. I am unable to use MSCOMM due to restrictions.  </p>
  
  <p>I have read multiple forums referencing the following two posts:
     1. <a href="http://www.thescarms.com/vbasic/commio.aspx" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://www.thescarms.com/vbasic/commio.aspx</a>
     2. <a href="http://dev.emcelettronica.com/serial-port-communication-in-excel-vba" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://dev.emcelettronica.com/serial-port-communication-in-excel-vba</a></p>
  
  <p>The first link is a little over my head and I am getting errors during the try catch portion when receiving data. </p>
  
  <p>The second link does not seem to work anymore. </p>
  
  <p>Does anyone have a good recommendation? </p>
  
  <p>Thank you. </p>