carolinatc 0 Posted June 28, 2009 I'm getting ready to hook up my new Copam 2500 with signcut 2x, should I use the USB or the 25 pin parallel port cable? There is a 9 pin serial port cable male receptacle, but I did not receive a serial cable. I'm a newbe, so any help would be appreciated. Thanks, Tom Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BannerJohn 1,324 Posted June 29, 2009 try the USB and see what happens. It can often be problematic. You should have gotten a serial cable with the cutter. Usually serial is just plug and play. Parallel should be OK too but you will need to chose the right port in the settings. I worked with one customer who couldn't get it to work with ANY method except Parallel. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
carolinatc 0 Posted June 29, 2009 try the USB and see what happens. It can often be problematic. You should have gotten a serial cable with the cutter. Usually serial is just plug and play. Parallel should be OK too but you will need to chose the right port in the settings. I worked with one customer who couldn't get it to work with ANY method except Parallel. double checked, no 9 pin cable. when you say choose the right setting, is that in my control panel or the signcut software? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BannerJohn 1,324 Posted June 29, 2009 try the USB and see what happens. It can often be problematic. You should have gotten a serial cable with the cutter. Usually serial is just plug and play. Parallel should be OK too but you will need to chose the right port in the settings. I worked with one customer who couldn't get it to work with ANY method except Parallel. double checked, no 9 pin cable. when you say choose the right setting, is that in my control panel or the signcut software? In the signcut software. UNder port...chose LPT1 for the parallel cable. When I got my refine...the serial and LPT were one cable,just had both ends. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted June 29, 2009 A lot of people have issues when they try to use the parallel cable. If John's advice does not get you going then switch to the usb, install the usb driver that I linked to below, check Ports (Com & LPT) section in the Device Manager of Windows to see what Com# was assigned to the device and then go into your cutting software and select that port there. http://support.uscutter.com/index.php?_m=downloads&_a=viewdownload&downloaditemid=32&nav=0,5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
carolinatc 0 Posted July 2, 2009 Thanks guys I'm up and running. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
