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It's an undocumented feature-- you'll need to look through the firmware to see how that works. There isn't a whole lot of storage space there, but enough for a couple of small files. The USB port on the EBB is a "USB device" port, not a "USB host" p…
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After following up by e-mail, it turns out that this was _not_ actually an AxiDraw V2, but a poorly made knock-off. This level of "performance" is typical for those machines-- we've seen it now several times.
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To do that, you would actually need to work at a deeper level, and alter the programming of the EBB itself, since it presently does not have any facility to work from an off-board stored file. It is certainly possible to reprogram the EBB-- its sour…
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This appears to be quite broken-- like something is physically loose on the machine. See if you can identify what the cause is, in case it is something that you might be able to screw down. If not, please contact customer service directly so that we…
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Which model of AxiDraw?
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I presume by "machine language" in this case that you mean the set of serial commands that are sent to the AxiDraw over USB. You could potentially modify the script to save a copy of each command sent to a file, but that does require that you note e…
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Saw this page today, which shows off counterfeit FTDI chips on an adapter that looks just like yours: https://syonyk.blogspot.com/2017/03/fixing-fake-ftdi-ft232rl-adapters-ssop.html
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Hard to say for sure. An issue with the Peggy (for example an incomplete solder joint or backwards component somewhere) can sometimes create a programming error, even when everything else is working properly. Did your adapter come with any documenta…
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I've added a feature to support this ("documentation layers") in the newest revision of the AxiDraw software. It's available for manual installation from our github repository, and you can read about it here: http://wiki.evilmadscientist.com/AxiDraw…
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It was (1). We noted the problem recently, but weren't conclusively able to track down all of the orders that shipped this way. We're very sorry for the trouble; Please contact customer support-- we can send you replacement kits.
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I would second both of those. Another thing that you could do would be to edit the axidraw control script on your computer and suppress the error message. (I can point the way if you would like to do that.) Another approach would be to add some "out…
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It is unfortunate that the program is not more responsive, especially with large numbers of stipples. I have sometimes thought of trying to rewrite it from scratch, perhaps in OpenFrameworks, or some similar setup. But yes, excellent tip. I haven't…
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Processing is wonderful; I imagine that you'll very much prefer being able to tweak the code directly, too.
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I can confirm this behavior, on both Inkscape 0.91 and 0.92. This behavior it is known to the Inkscape team, but I don't know if this is regarded as a "bug" or not-- it may be considered a predictable artifact of the rendering method that is used.…
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Cncserver and robopaint are intended to use the coordinate system as one normally does with AxiDraw: (0,0) is the upper left corner of the page, and there is no explicit entry of the page size. The only significant difference is that there is not au…
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Perhaps you have an old version of RoboPaint/cncserver?
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The example app at localhost:4242 is a WaterColorBot control example; it is not an API.You can check whether the API is in AxiDraw mode by browsing to: http://localhost:4242/v1/settings/global . If it is still in WaterColorBot mode (and the fact tha…
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Cool-- glad to hear that you've got it working. Neat application, too.
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It sounds like you haven't yet set the botType variable, and it probably is in WaterColorBot mode. Use "axidraw" mode instead.
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Great-- glad that you were able to find the issue. (And yes, we'll send you a replacement if you contact customer service.)
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Ah-- I see. You were looking at the board layout picture, rather than a schematic. The crosshairs there ("+") is where the center of the hole is drilled. I do see how that could be confusing.
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I'm not sure what "outboard" means in this case. I'm looking at the schematic diagram now, and I don't see anything that is inconsistent with the actual circuit board. If you think that there is, please specify exactly what diagram you are looking a…
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Running on 12 V is pushing the limits of the device quite a bit more than it would to run it at a lower voltage. 125 mA at 12 V gives P = I * V = 1.5 W of power, and since there aren't any direct routes around the device from +12 to ground, that is …
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Yes, the 5 V center pin is there to provide power to the servo motor, which does require 5 V. The signal pin is a "3.3 V" logic signal.
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They are used to communicate with neighbors, for synchronization of the IR signals, which can avoid false positives. You can include them or not.
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There are quite a few different solutions. The right one for you will depend upon factors including the speed that you require, the current carrying capacity, and so forth. Depending on your application, you might be able to just use a transistor in…
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There are several different "2.0" versions-- please make sure that you are using the latest, "v2.0.0 Beta 3". Can you also say which platform (Mac? Windows?) you are using?
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All of our source code is open source; you are welcome to look through our documentation pages and find the specific resources that you are looking for.
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I'm not sure exactly what you're asking for. We don't have any example code for things like using voice control on the AxiDraw.
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Yes, that would be best practice.
