Using a non generic Prolific USB-to-Serial Comm Port

[spoonaroo]

For the sake of saving time look at my stackoverflow question for overview

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/64686285/why-is-my-array-not-populating-when-reading-the-serial-port-confirmed-communica

Essentially what's happening is that this code has worked well for other scales we used, but this scale is having issues. The only difference in setup is the physical cable connection. I have confirmed through 2 serial monitors that the data is coming through, and I am able to write commands to the device.

I decided against buying a $150+ proprietary serial to usb, and instead went with the DB9 serial connection, and bought a DB9 Serial to USB cable to connect to the same USB Hub that is feeding data to the server (php files in link are running locally on server). https://www.usbgear.com/CA-232-1MB.html#:~:text=The%20PL%2D2303%20Prolific%20serial,plug%20on%20the%20other%20end.

If this script is still being supported, any leads would help tremendously on getting this to work.