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This provides for hardware (rts/cts) handshake. Software flowcontrol may be OK but the cutter manual suggests overrun may occur. | This provides for hardware (rts/cts) handshake. Software flowcontrol may be OK but the cutter manual suggests overrun may occur. | ||
Quick setup guide : | |||
* Set inkscape to hpgl output | |||
* draw figure and print to a file | |||
* set serial port to 9600 8n1, crtscts. | |||
* connect blue cable (a 9-pin gender-changer is needed at the PC end) | |||
* load vinyl, switch cutter on. cutter should park at right hand side | |||
* press Setup, cutter parks at left. Move cutter if necessary with cursor buttons, press Origin Set to mark lower right corner of drawing | |||
* cat the inkscape output file to the serial port | |||
It should be possible to enable the serial port as a printer and print direct to it, but I found this produced cutter errors (flashing power light) and no cut. | |||
The following file was generated by inkskape for a star shape. This almost works : the first leg is replaced by a poorly cut arc. May imply a need for some sort of initialisation data. | |||
IN;SP1;PU3999,6429;PD2693,5186;PD929,5557;PD1707,3932;PD809,2369;PD2596,2 | |||
606;PD3805,1269;PD4131,3042;PD5776,3778;PD4191,4636;PD3999,6429;PD3999,6429; | |||
==Pledges== | ==Pledges== | ||
