On Tue, 15 Jul 1997, Cooper, Ken wrote:
>
> On a PC, if you are using the "print ssbutton.pc" command structure the
> only way I have seen to tell if there is communication is that it takes
> several minutes to complete the process. If you type "print" and enter
> immediately after entering the "print ssbutton.pc", it should show up in
> the print queue. If not, you may have a bad connection.
>
> Ken Cooper
> NASA Rapid Prototyping
> http://nasarp.msfc.nasa.gov
>
I don't know whether the communications are disabled when STOP light
is blinking, but the following helped us to check the communication from a
windows running pc to the 1650:
. Run the 'Terminal' software in the accessories group
. Communications settings should be:
Baud : 9600
Data Bits : 7
Stop Bits : 1
Parity : Even
Flow Control : Hardware
Connector : (The relevant port)
Parity Radio Button : On
Carrier Detect Button : Off
. Type 'OA' at the terminal screen, 1650 should send the current
x-y coordinates of the head in microsteps. An 'OZ' would send the
the z-stage coordinate.
Best,
Atif Yardimci
Manufacturing Processes Laboratory +1-312-355-0478 / +1-312-413-7408 [voice]
Mechanical Engineering Department +1-312-413-0447 [fax]
University of Illinois at Chicago e-mail: ayardi1@uic.edu
http://guceri1.me.uic.edu/kok/atif/
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