DrawingMaster RS232 serial cabling
Configuring the Plotters (CalComp)
Setting Custom Properties (CalComp)
Specifies configurations for configure a Pacesetter plotter.
To connect the Pacesetter plotter, use either a Centronics parallel port or a straight-through RS-232 cable, then use the following configuration. See the Pacesetter documentation for instructions about how to change or inspect the plotter's configuration.
| Parameter | Setting |
|---|---|
| Plot mode | Final plot |
| Velocity | 350 mmps 13ips |
| Acceleration | 0.7g |
| Orientation | Auto |
| Scale | [1/1] |
| Pen grouping | Off |
| Plot limits | Normal |
| Plot Manager | No |
| Port Type | RS-232C |
| Protocol | PCI |
| Baud rate | 9600 |
| #of bits, parity | 7, even |
| Handshake | XON/XOFF |
| Sync # EOM CHK | A : 22 2 13 ON |
| EOP timer | 30 seconds |
| Language | English |
| Internal plot | Off |
| Clear plot data | No |
| Save as user | Yes |
For all other CalComp pen plotters, set the plotter controller for 9600 baud, even parity, 7 data bits, 1 stop bit, no hardware handshake, and checksum on. Set the end-of-message character to 13 decimal, double sync on, and set the sync to 22 decimal.