>Well I have pretty much started over on this and it looks a little better. I am not consistently getting the correct data, but at least I am getting some data. I guess my big question is what is the framing error. I receive this when getting input from the scale. I still have data in the input buffer, so I am almost satisfied, but I would like to know more about this framing error. Thanks for the help.

Check the cables, comm port and others for a bad connection. Also you can hook up an O-Scope on the line and watch the signals to see if they are coming out of the scale correctly.