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INSTRUCTION MANUAL

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X-Y

PLOTTER

(A3 Size)

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Summary of Contents for SPL-450

Page 1: ...INSTRUCTION MANUAL FOR X Y PLOTTER A3 Size ...

Page 2: ...For correct operation please read the Instruction Manual CONTENTS 1 Standard Accessories 2 Precautions on Operation 3 Names and Functions of Each Part 4 Preparation for plotting Interface 6 Example with Computer Communication RS 232C 7 Command 8 Specifications 17 21 23 27 ...

Page 3: ...rs per set 4 Magnet 5 Soft cover 6 Instruction manual I pc I pc I set 1 pc I pc 1copy Magnet 4 is not furnished to Electrostatic Paper Holding type DX Yplotter main unit Magnet 2 Power cord Fiber pen water type 8colors per set b Soft cover 6 Instruction munual If any of the aboveitems is rnissingor damaged pleaseinform your dealer of this fact immedeately 2 ...

Page 4: ...drying of the pen point After operation remove the pen from the pen arm and cap it 10 Don t lubricate mechanical parts This may cause problems 11 Use alcohol to remove ink stains from the paper setting table Neveruse an organic solventsuch as a thinner Special cautions for Electrostatic Paper Holding type I Electrostatic absorption plate is fitted with electrodes So sharp or edged devices should n...

Page 5: ...er holder Cover 2 Guide seal Table j Tray 3 Magnet standard accessory B Control panel Format table Slide arm B Pen holder Pen No l DDip switch Pen No 8 RS 232C connector Power switch b Ground terminal 0 8 bitparallel Centronics connector DPower cord plug Fig 3 l Names of each part 4 ...

Page 6: ...lder for plotting by movingon a sheet of paper 7 Tray This is used to store caps removed from pens 8 Control panel This is used for manual external operation 9 8 bit parallel Centronics connector 10 RS 232C connector These are the interface connectorsfor external input Il Dip switch This is used for setting serial communicationformat and character font 12 Format table This is used for setting the ...

Page 7: ...control panel and confirm if lamp is on This light showsthat the function of electro static paperholdworks effectively Paper should be so set that its left edge shall fit to the leftend of the plate and its bottom edge to the guide seal In this case a binding margin of approx 12mm width is reserved on the left edge of paper and this marginal spaceis free from the effectofelectrostatic absorption I...

Page 8: ...of paper Therefore setthe same paper size as the paper to be used Table 4 3 shows the relationship between the size of paper set selected and the plotting area Dip Switch setting SWI 8 9 ON ON ON OFF OFF ON OFF OFF Paper size selected ANSI A inches ANSI B 17x 11 inches ISO A4 297x210 mm ISO A3 mm Plotting area 266 800 x 199 050 416 000 x 260 200 277 000 x 193 000 404 000 x 277 000 mm mm mm mm Tabl...

Page 9: ...e paper Origin of coordinates Fig 4 4Coordinate origin and plotting area for ANSI A size paper ANSI B size paper o o o O o o o Origin of coordinates 416 000 mm Fig 4 5Coordinateorigin and plotting area for ANSI B size paper 8 ...

Page 10: ...er 193 000mm Origin of coordinates 0 0 Fig 4 6Coordinate origin and plotting area for ISO A4size paper ISO A3 size paper Origin of coordinate 404 000 mm Fig 4 7Coordinate origin and plotting area for ISO A3 size paper ...

Page 11: ... and insert the flange into the pen arm slit If the pen is inerrorly set the pen can t be exchanged or the pen point may be damaged slit Pen cap X Remove the cap Correct setting Fig 4 8Pen setting Pen arm Pen flange 2 Insert the pen point 3 Insert the pen flange into into the pen cap the pen arm slit O x b Incorrect setting The removed cap should be stored or put in the tray so it is not lost When...

Page 12: ...rror with the ALARMlamp flashingred on the control panel If this conditon occurs return the pen to the unused pen arm and turn on the poweragain 4 Whenthe powerswitchis turned ON thePOWERlamp is lit on the control panel and the pen holder moves until detecting the limit positionsin the X and Y directions 5 The operation can be checkedfrom the control panel Details are described in the next section...

Page 13: ...TER PEN8 PEN6 PEN3 PENI Electrostatic Paper Holding type PENT PEN5 PEN4 PEN2 PENI UP DOWN PEN8 PEN6 PEN3 Magnetic Paper Holding type PEN o UP DOW PEN UP DOWNkey and lamp Whenthis key is pressed the pen state up or down is inverted Whenthis key is pressed during program execution the same effect as execution of a PU or PD command can be obtained The lamp flashes green when the pen is moveddown 12 ...

Page 14: ...e coordinate system is rotated900 When the key is pressed together with the key all functions are reset to the initial state PI P2Key When the or key is pressed the pen rises and movesto the scaling point PI or P2set then Whenthe key is pressed togetherwith the or key the current pen positionis set as a newscalingpoint PI or P2 These four keys are used to movethe pen within the plotting limit The ...

Page 15: ...HOLD Pushing this key turns on the PAPER HOLDlamp and puts electrosta tic paper hold into operation Push ingthis again turns offthe PAPER HOLD lamp and releases electrostatic paper hold P HOLD lamp While this lamp is on electrostatic paper hold works Pushing the key turns on this lamp and pushing the key again turns it off Pen selection While the plotter is not in operation a pen can be selected b...

Page 16: ... upper side is ON the lower side is OFF and the left side is No 1 The settingdetails are as shownbelow At shipping Switch No Item 1 3 Baudrate setting ON OFF See below from factor 9 600 baud 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Baudrate 150 300 600 1200 2400 4800 Stop bit Parity Buffer size Paper size Unused No l ON OFF ON OFF ON OFF ON 2 Yes Even 5Kbytes ANSI US No 3 ON ON ON ON OFF OFF OFF 1 No Odd 1Kbyte ISO MET A3 ...

Page 17: ...hes inches This switch is used to select ISO MET Usedto selectA3 Bor A4 Aofthe four paper sizes listed above No 8 Refer to page 7 Unused Font ANSI ASCII JIS ASCII katakana ISO IRV ISO Swedish ISOSwedish For Names ISO Norway Version 1 ISOGerman No l ON OFF ON OFF ON OFF ON OFF No 2 ON ON OFF OFF ON ON OFF OFF No 3 ON ON ON ON OFF OFF OFF OFF No 4 ON ON ON ON ON ON ON ON Set 34 ISO French Set 35 ISO...

Page 18: ... the poweris turned on is selected 2 8 bitparallel interface conformableto Centronics O Control signal ST B BUSY ACK ERROR Input output circuit configuration and input output condition Input output logic level 4 7k Q DATA 1 74 HC 132 STB o o 1 35v 1000 1500 PF Output logic level 4 7kQ 7406 BUSY ACK ERROR Timing chart 0vsor more DATA STB 0 1 or less BUSY ACK 0 5gs or more Data holding time 0 5gsor ...

Page 19: ...tput Ou tpu t Output Function Strobe pulse Pulse width of0 5 LS is required Usually HIGH in input and takes in the data at the trainling edge 8 bit data signal HIGH levelat logical 1 and LOW at 0 Acknowledgeoutput Pulse width is about 0 5gs This indicates that the data has been received Whenthis signal is HIGH it indicates that the plotter can t receivea signal This signal is HIGH in the following...

Page 20: ...dd or no parity Stop bit 1or 2bits Buffermemory size 1024bytes 5120 bytes Convertibleby DipSwitch D Input output circuitconfiguration and input output characteristics 75189 ON SPACE O OFF MARK 5 12V 75188 ON SPACE OFF MARK 12V D Input output connector Cable side EIA standard 25 pin plugtype JAE DB 25Por theequivalent Plotter side EIA standard 25 pin sockettype JAB DB25Sor the equivalent 19 ...

Page 21: ...for DTR control Handshake mode The plotter sends the data on buffer capacityto the computer for preventing omission of data due to overflowof the buffer The data transmission is available in the followingfour methods that are switched by the software Hard wire handshake DTR handshake The computer monitors the output level at pin 20 DTR of the RS 232C connector DTR signal Function ON Enough buffer ...

Page 22: ...te stopbit and parity ofRS 232C Refer to 4 8 Dip switch setting 6 Example with Computer Connection RS 232C I The following machine is shown here as an example IBMPC XT AT 2 Cable used and itsconnection For connecting with IBMPC XT Connect as follows using CABLEA as in the figure IBM PC XT CABLE A PLOTTER For connecting with IBMAT Connect as follows using CABLE A and B as in the figure IBM AT CABLE...

Page 23: ...ecuted and characters are normally plotted communicationverificationis completet 10 OPEN COM 1 AS 1 20 PRINT 1 1000 30 PRINT 1 LBCONNECTION ALL RIGHT CHR 3 40 PRINT 50 END Running the aboveprogram causes the plotter to write CONNECTION ALL RIGHT If you want to use any softwareavailableon the market or your own software to operate the plotter you must set up the plotter s communi cating condition t...

Page 24: ...ternate This sets an auxiliary character set Circle Character plot set This describes a circle This moves the pen by the spoeci fied number ofcharacters Designate standard This sets the standard character set Degitize clear Set default values Absolute direction Degitizepoint Relative direction Definelabel terminator Edge rectangle absolute Edge rectangle relative set This ends the digitize mode Th...

Page 25: ...es of scaling points PI and P2 This sets the window This prints a character string Designate line type This sets the line type and repeat and length length Output actual This outputs the current physical position position Output commanded This outputs the current logical position Output Degitize point Output error Output factor Output hard clip limits Output identifi cation Output options Output P...

Page 26: ... Scale Function This outputs a status byte This outputs the coordinates of window This moves the pen by absolute coordinates This moves down the pen This moves the pen by relative coordinates This changes the paper size This sets the painting space accordingto the pen thickness This moves the pen up This hatches in the specifiedsquare by absolute coordinates This rotates the coordinate system 90 0...

Page 27: ...character Select velocity Shade wedge X axis tick Y axistick Function This describes a character at each plotting point This selects a desired pen This sets the character size by a relative value This selectsthe standard character set This specifiesthe coordinate axis scale length This describes the user defined character This sets the pen speed This hatches in a sector This describes the X axissc...

Page 28: ... 7 sec in each axis 0 025mm 0 001 less than of plotteddistance or 0 Imm 0 004 which ever higher less than 0 Imm 0 004 less than 0 2mm 0 008 8 ISO A 3 297mm X420mm or smaller ANSI B 11 smaller 5 0 C to 35 0 C 40 0F to 95 0F 35 to Voltage ACIOOto or AC220 to Power consumption 60VA max 610mm W 455mm D X 125mm H 24 H 6 5kg 14 61bs BothCENTRONICS PARALLEL and RS 232CSERIAL are installed as standard Aut...

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