Denver Instrument TP-12 Balance with VISA in LV 2013

Hello!
I am having some issues with a Denver Instrument TP-12 analytical balance.
I have set up the balance and made sure that all the VISA settings match in LabVIEW.
I do manage to read accurate weight from the balance, and the read buffer works correctly, but every 30 seconds or so the read buffer gets filled with gibberish (random non-numeric characters) and so the numeric data (after converting from String to Numeric) is read as 0.
I contacted Denver Instrument (now Sartorius) and was told that the problem probably lies in LV.
Attached is the VI that I am using as well as screenshots of the read buffer when it reads the gibberish.
Any advice as to why I am having these weird reading and what I can do to either prevent them or a method to have the numeric data ignore the spikes in the reading would be GREAT!
Thanks-in-advance,
4Strings
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