-
I want to thank all the members that have upgraded your accounts. I truly appreciate your support of the site monetarily. Supporting the site keeps this site up and running as a lot of work daily goes on behind the scenes. Click to Support Signs101 ...
Need Help Getting a Legacy Plotter to Communicate in Windows 11
- Thread starter JulieS
- Start date
Smoke_Jaguar
Man who touches printers inappropriately.
Might need a USB adapter with a more modern chipset or manually install the adapter drivers.
Does device manager still see your com port?
what port is it!
it has been so many years I have to read the manual to remember the settings
open device manager & when you unplug usb from the pc & reconnect a second or 2later you should see it resort/redraw the list of devices
be sure to plug it back into the same port (at this time)
open ports see if it is com 3 (or 5 or 8 or whatever) right click on the port choose properties
remember if you draw an imaginary dividing your adapter in half the usb end is a plug & play device (assuming the driver loads correctly in windows 11) but the db9 or db25 end is a dumb static device.
default setting
9600 baud
8 data bits
1 stop bit
no parity bit
X on/x off flow control
what port is it!
it has been so many years I have to read the manual to remember the settings
open device manager & when you unplug usb from the pc & reconnect a second or 2later you should see it resort/redraw the list of devices
be sure to plug it back into the same port (at this time)
open ports see if it is com 3 (or 5 or 8 or whatever) right click on the port choose properties
remember if you draw an imaginary dividing your adapter in half the usb end is a plug & play device (assuming the driver loads correctly in windows 11) but the db9 or db25 end is a dumb static device.
default setting
9600 baud
8 data bits
1 stop bit
no parity bit
X on/x off flow control
A good guess is the driver forvthe adapter is not loading in windows 11
you will probably end up needing a windows 11compatible adapter but let’s check if the comport exists and toggles when you unplug the usb
I have a gs15 in my storage unit. I will grab it tomorrow & plug it into a windows 11 pc to refresh my memory
you will probably end up needing a windows 11compatible adapter but let’s check if the comport exists and toggles when you unplug the usb
I have a gs15 in my storage unit. I will grab it tomorrow & plug it into a windows 11 pc to refresh my memory
JBurton
Signtologist
I wholly thought this was some vinyl warehouse plotter, and was preparing to run you through the wringer for calling a Gerber plotter a knockoff.
WildWestDesigns
Active Member
Driver issues? I know a few that deal with compatibility issues due to certificates related to drivers etc. How COM parts are handled in the manager as well.
Boy, I'm all around glad that I don't have to deal with Windows anymore except as IT for my dad on occasion. I have those blocked on my house LAN as well (both Windows and Mac actually).
WildWestDesigns
Active Member
Just like MS Office for mac didn't need certificates to keep working, but yet here we are.
Given that MS has "AI" just about every nook and cranny, any and all systems have that that vector for compromise.