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Hello Dave,
Thanks for the reply. I've managed to get the DIP switch settings for the 880 from a chap called Bill, the 880 settings are not the same as the 800. I'm sure that the 880 talks HPGL or something close as I have had it running from AutoCad some while ago, using a 7475A driver, wrong orientation and size but it did run.

I am wanting to use the serial interface as the software I want to use will only send plotter type output to a serial port, not a parallel, things are more complicated as I'm wanting to get this running under Vista with a hardware port card so I've not got the port functionality I'd have with earlier versions of Windows. I guess I'm a masochist. :-)

Pens i have not yet looked into but I am looking forward to challenges.
Thanks again,

David



--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "Dave Sage" <davesage12@...> wrote:
>
> The title of this topic is DXY800 / 880 which are different plotters. The
> DXY800 is more like the DXY101 (and the manual says so).
> 
> In any case the DIP switches on the DXY800 are for setting the serial
> interface - Hopefully you aren't still using that. (Rather than the parallel
> interface.)
> 
> In any case, for the DXY800 the switches are as follows:
> 
> 1          300 Baud
> 
> 2          600 "
> 
> 3          1200 "
> 
> 4          2400 "
> 
> 5          9600 "
> 
> 7          Parity check ON:Odd OFF:Even
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> 8          Data Bit ON:7bit OFF:8bit
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> 9          Stop Bit ON:1bit OFF:2bit
> 
> 10         Parity Check ON:Yes OFF:No
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> 
> Notes:
> 
> The dip switch must match the specs of the computer side (parity, top,baud
> etc)
> 
> For Baud switches be sure only one is on. Also when switching, first turn
> all switches OFF then turn the switch for desired baud rate ON.
> 
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> 
> Another point of interest is, if you press and hold the pen up and home
> switches together while powering up it will do a self test of grabbing each
> pen and doing a little dance with each pen in the pen up position. If you
> press the pen up switch one more time it will do the same with the pens down
> (On paper).
> 
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> 
> There isn't much more of interest in the manual. Just a description of each
> command and some example programs to draw something by sending commands
> manually.
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> 
> Someone here also mentioned that the plotters accept HPGL. This is
> definitely not true for the 800. This is why I was forced to stop using it
> because Windows programs had no drivers for it. The 800 accepts command more
> resembling G-code (but not).
> 
> BUT I have found out recently that EAGLE PCB supports these old plotters. I
> haven't tried it but they're in the output setup choices.
> 
> I found cleaning pens and all the problems with them skipping and not making
> lines thin enough etc.,  was more trouble than doing the toner transfer
> process.
> 
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> Sage
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