#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:
- Initialize - IN;
- Pen Up command - PU
- Pen Down command - PD
- 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.