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HELP, I am out of Ideas. When I originally setup this cutter I had trouble with the USB connection (my settings were goofed) so I ordered a PCI card with a 9 pin serail cable. I installed it and have been printing with no problems using the serial connection. This weekend, it will not work I get the device error failure to initialize message. I can hook it up with a USB cable and it cuts fine, but nothing with the serial. THe ports are set the same in signblazer and device manager. I have tried both hardware and Xon Xoff setting, and I am NOT using the cut manager. My machine is running Vista SP1. Can you give me any ideas on how to troubleshoot or what I might be doing wrong? I have even removed the PCI card and reinstalled it and its drivers to see if that was the issue, but no change. Also a Sigblazer question. Does it remain neccesary to start and use it as a trial, or is there now a way to activate it properly? Thanks Todd 912-247-8960

Update: Problem solved, uninstalled SB software and drivers, deleted folders, reinstalled and made 2 decals - SWEEEEEEEET. Only issue now is the blade holder, to adjust it like the forum article shows, the threaded barrell is about to fall off, and the holder cannot be pushed all the way down in the carriage, I must be missing something, or the blade shanks are to long. Thanks to all for the help

Carriage returns to the left hand side about 1/3rd of the way across, and the display says online

This thing is beating me down. I have a new Dell computer with no Serial port, thus I am forced to use the USB. I loaded SignBlazer, plugged up the USB cable to a port on the back of the machine (no hubs), I loaded the USB Driver from the blue disk, went to device manager, the usb com port said Port_#0004.Hub_#0001 on the USB Serial convertor tab, the Com port is set to COM4. Went to the cut setup tab in signblazer and set the com port to COM 4 which now says Blazer COM4 -USB Serial Port. I click cut and cut tile and it gives Cannot open the output device error initializing file I have tried a different cable, different ports, renaming ports, unpluging replugging uninstalling and reinstalling drivers. Baud rate is 9600 on machine and software. all I can cut is a small rectangle using the pause button with the unit offline. Ok computer wizards, somebody make me look stupid! it has to be a simple mistake, but I cannot see it Thanks for your help