ofxAddons
WIP openFrameworks addon to drive the US Cutter MH871 MKII and similar HPGL serial plotters
Forks
Forks pushed to more recently than danzeeeman/ofxMH871 itself, plus any admin-confirmed fork with commits of its own — worth checking if you're hitting issues with the original.
README
ofxMH871
This openFrameworks addon drives the MH871-MKII Pen Plotter and Vinyl Cutter. The MH871-MKII supports the HPGL (Hewlett-Packard Graphics Language) and uses a limited subset of the HPGL standard:
1. Initialize - IN; 2. Pen Up command - PU 2. Pen Down command - PD 3. Pen Absolute to an X,Y point - PAX,Y
HOW TO SETUP
Connecting to the device
Connect to the MH871-MKII Pen Plotter via the COM port. This will require a USB to Serial device.
Power on the Plotter
Press the Setup Button
Change the Serial BaudRate to 19200
On your Mac or Linux Terminal
bash$ ls /dev/tty.*
Copy the name for your USB to Serial Device for when you setup the ofxMH871 object
plotter.setup(string serialPort)
Please look in /manuals for the MH871 manual and how to setup the Mk2 on OSX.