User`s guide

User’s Guide SC-PRO Cutting Plotter

CHAPTER 8: TROUBLESHOOTING

AP-75280 – Rev. 1.2

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 then press <ENTER>

Notes

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The command above will change your computer’s serial communication settings to match the cutter’s

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.

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

( If your cutter is connected to COMx )

copy TEST.PLT LPT1

( If your cutter is connected with the parallel printer port )

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.