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WAITING FOR DSR
I have SIGNLAB and a PCUT plotter, both cost a lot of money. I cannot get Signlab to communicate with the plotter. When I press "cut" I get the message "waiting for DSR". This is SO annoying, I got several people to look at it, nobody can fix it. Does anybody know how to solve this problem? Please advise. I am ready to start business from home. Please leave a message if you have the same problem. ANY advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks…
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7 Replies
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hi patrick
sorry i cannot help mate but i would advise to do some searches on the uksb search fascility based on pcut issues. "there are losts"
signlab is a great software, i use it also… reputable suppliers of the pcut in the uk is alan flynn of flynn signs and signwizard uk, although signwizard will only offer support for their own customers. -
As Robert says, many users PCut users have encountered initial setup problems. This link seems to cover the issue you are having – good luck.
Dawn
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It may be that you are not set on the right port? can you say a bit more about your setup?
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Patrick,
I just had a look for drivers for the pcut on cadlinks site, what driver if any have you installed in signlab? there is not one listed from signlab for a pcut, so perhaps you need to use a generic driver? Give your signlab supplier a call, or try the cadlink website forum they are usually more than helpful
Peter -
DSR – Data Set Ready i would presume.
i am presuming this is a serial port and not usb cable… something on the comms side or bad cable.
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Waiting for DSR means "Waiting for Data Set Ready"
It probably means the cable you are using is a custom cable that doesnt wire the DSR/DTR pins.If you have Signlab 7, goto Cut/Plotting Default/Setup.
Go to the PORTS tab.
Put a check in EDIT in the "Current Comm Settings"
Then under FLOW CONTROL, change it to CTS ONLY or to Xon/Xoff
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If you have an older version of Signlab.
Go to Windows/DeviceManager/Port (Com and LPT)
Double click on the correct Comm Port.
Go to the Port Settings Tab
Change the Flow Control to Xon/Xoff
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Or get a proper NULL MODEM cable.
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Hope this cures your problem.Frank at Cadlink
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PROBLEM SOLVED! Thanks a million folks for all the help! I spent ages trying to solve this problem but couldn’t. 24 hours after logging onto UKSB I have the problem solved!
Particular thanks to Frank at Cadlink, I followed your advice to the letter and solved the problem in 2 minutes. I must read the manual now and figure out how to use my new PCUT machine. I have plenty experience with Signlab so it shouldn’t take long. Fingers crossed.
Many thanks to each of you.
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