[andrew lamb]

Thanks every one for the help. i managed to get it working again don’t know if it was some dust or out of line but the sensor is working fine now
thanks again .
Andy

[andrew lamb]

Phil its a graphtec cutting pro fc5100-130 this is what happens when i switch cutter on.
v1.31hl 1920k OK then load media & initial menu appears (i then load vinyl) & close rollers then i get the option roll 1 roll 2 or sheet if i press any of them the cutter head moves to the right stops and the travels very slowly to the far left and alarms.
if menu is pressed in auto pre feed press f4 menu changes to DISABLE/ENABLE
initial feed speed – options are NORMAL/SLOW
interface options are RS232C/comand
i am using the usb port
is there any way to restore the factory settings

[andrew lamb]

Phil the disc arrived to-day thanks a million
starting to get somewhere now The vinyl master pro is some software ?
my cutter cost just a bit more than the price of the software
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[andrew lamb]

Thanks Nigel
your package arrived to-day.
Phil is going to send the drivers for the cutter. so i wont be far away
from cutting my first bit of vinyl

[andrew lamb]

Phil did you get my email address???

[andrew lamb]

Hi Phil
The page is telling me that if you use usb (which I am) you must install a usb driver for your fc5 100 from ops 628 folder in the fc5 100 cdrom I didn’t get anything with the cutter regarding software
please advise

[andrew lamb]

Thanks Alan I bought the cutter with loads of vinyl and no software the place went into liquidation and has been turned upside down with every one savaging for things (someone even stole the blade out the cutter) i have since replaced that so I am now trying to gather the bits and pieces that I require to use the cutter with my home PC

Nigel thanks for that i will do that now.
sorry for being a bit of a dim wit but this is a whole new ball game for me
Thanks Folks

[andrew lamb]

sorry Peter i will try and answer your questions
1/ I would like to try and teach myself(with some help)to cut vinyl
2/I have very limited skills in graphics/ pc /art
3/ as for” LIFE” Peter i have done not to bad.
all i am trying to do is find a hobby

[andrew lamb]

peter what is the cable that i need is it for usb/parallel/rs-232c are graphtec the only folk that do it or can i get it from maplin etc?
do you have a contact no for graphtec ta