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Revision as of 22:32, 29 August 2012
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| Description | Vinyl Cutting Plotter |
| Make | Wild |
| Model | TA-10 |
| Operational Status | Functional |
| Super Users | User:Justa |
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| Acquisition Details | |
| Owner | TechInc |
Contents
Wild TA-10 Vinyl Cutting Plotter
Status
We need to repair some smaller kinks and figure out how to talk to it.
We got it to move! Using the Windoes program EuroCUT Basic 7.
Specifications
Manual
Plans
Once we figured out how to work it,
Protocol
- Calcomp is mentioned as the protocol used. Unfortunately, usable information and especially software is scarce.
There is some CalComp documentation available on http://bitsavers.org/pdf/calcomp
But it's unclear how that matches with the serial interface of this plotter, and if it applies to it at all. The best thing is probably to find a program that can actually talk to the plotter and sniff the serial port.
Resources
Software that lists these plotters explicitly as supported:
- SignTools 4 - an add-on for CorelDraw, Demo Version available
- Some references (eBay auctions et al) list HPGL (overview) as a way to talk to it. But often together with some interface box so this might not work for ours.
More info (from old page)
WildHeerbrugg TA10
this is our 'snijplotter'. it weighs 350kg+
please do not use this machine without training
Technical Information
Plotting area double plottin head 1000 x 1210 mm
Plotting area quad plotting head 1000 x 1145 mm
MWK 977 x 1145 mm
Dimensions (W x D x H) 1580 x (1060 - 1830) x 780 mm
Weight 321 kg
Maximum speed 250 mm/s
Acceleration 2 m/s²
Resolution 0.01 mm
Addressable resolution 0.02 mm
Static repeatability ± 0.02 mm
Software-interface ASCII / binary
Basis Plotter Software (Calcomp plotting routines)
Hardware-interface RS 232C 9600 bps, 8,n,1 hardware flow control needs to be on, otherwise it will loose data
Input-Buffer 512 Bytes
Mains connection 220V AC ± 10% optinal (100,115,125,200,235,250 VAC ±10%)50/60 Hz
Power consumption 660 VA without optional equipment
Interface
Need to look at which protocols we can use to communicate and the data format it uses to print/plot with
External Links to information
http://www.mucad.com/cmsmultilanguage/index.php?page=wild-ta-10&hl=en
http://www.mucad-sky.com/id6.html
http://www.mucad.com/cmsmultilanguage/uploads/data/verbrauchsmaterial/Wild_UWK_Englisch.pdf - external cutting heads you can buy
http://www.mucad-sky.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/ta100s100bxldataspec.jpg
