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8.1 CHECKING THE COMMUNICATION SETTINGS
Communication problems are the most frequent errors, which occur. Therefore we have included a step-
by-step procedure to check out your configuration's communication settings and assure that your cutter is
working fine.
8.1.1
For serial cable connections
Step 1 :
Boot-up your computer.
Step 2 :
Switch on the cutter.
Step 3 :
After the initialization routine is finished, install a knife or pen in the head, select the proper tool
and load a sheet of media, which is at least 12 x 12 centimetres.
Step 4 :
Make sure that the cutter shuffles the media and verify that the cutter is ready.
Step 5 :
On the host computer go to the DOS-prompt (c:\> ).
If another environment (for example: windows) is automatically loaded after booting up, reboot.
Step 6 :
Check with which of the host computer's communication ports your cutter is connected (COM1,
COM2, LPT1,) to.
Step 7 :
If your computer and cutter are linked with a serial interface (COMx) or USB interface (COMx) or
Ethernet (COMx) type following command.
MODE COMx: 96,n,8,1,p
Notes
The command above will change your computer's serial communication settings to match the cutter's
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factory default communication settings.
These settings are: 9600 BAUD, NONE parity, 8 data-bits, and 1 stop bit.
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Be sure that the program step is set to 0.010 mm.
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Step 8 :
Using any text editor, create a file called TEST.PLT with the following contents:
(To start the DOS editor you can type: edit TEST.PLT <ENTER>)
IN;
PA0,0;
PD0,10000,10000,10000,10000,0,0,0;
PU5000,5000;
CI5000;
Step 9 :
Save this file on your hard-disk.
Step 10 : Exit the text editor and return to the DOS-prompt.
Step 11 : Make sure you are in the directory where the file is located.
Step 12 : Type following command :
copy TEST.PLT COMx
copy TEST.PLT LPT1
Step 13 : Then press <ENTER>.
The file you have created will now be sent to the cutter, causing it to cut/draw a square of 10 by
10 cm. And a circle with a radius of 5 cm.
then press <ENTER>
( If your cutter is connected to COMx )
( If your cutter is connected with the parallel printer port )
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User's Guide SC-PRO Cutting Plotter
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