Cutting Problems using Vinylmaster with Foison C24

[Clubtek 0]

I am trying to use Vinylmaster Ltr 4.0 software with the Foison C24 cutter and am getting nowhere!

When I attempt to cut the vinyl the cutter moves all the way to one side of the vinyl, stops there and crashes the machine.  The vinyl never moves at all. 

But if I try to do a calibration test cut it works fine.

Anyone have any experience of either of these software or cutter?  I could do with some help!

[Wildgoose 4,200]

Sounds like you have the wrong driver within the VM program. I am unfamiliar with Foison C24 but you might be able to run it under a different name. A search on google sounds like the Foison are also called Black Cat cutters. Not much fresh info available for your cutter. Chinese import. Have you contacted the actual tech support for VM? 

[VinylMaster 148]

That cutter must be set as Direct COM, please see this guide:

Direct COM

[K's Prioductions 0]

How you doing Gentlemen? I have few problems myself with vinylmaster. Please excuse me for cutting corners but when I type a word in vinylmaster and I sometimes copy and paste the same word over again for fast editing but when I select and edit the word it just goes crazy like if I am typing the word vinyl this is what it types for me vnilvniyvniclin .and when I try to deleted  but  its just keeps going lol so I had to deselect the word or just delete the word and I just use the type tool. Any idea whats and where is this problem occurring from Sir.

[Wildgoose 4,200]

6 hours ago, K's Prioductions said:

How you doing Gentlemen? I have few problems myself with vinylmaster. Please excuse me for cutting corners but when I type a word in vinylmaster and I sometimes copy and paste the same word over again for fast editing but when I select and edit the word it just goes crazy like if I am typing the word vinyl this is what it types for me vnilvniyvniclin .and when I try to deleted  but  its just keeps going lol so I had to deselect the word or just delete the word and I just use the type tool. Any idea whats and where is this problem occurring from Sir.

Start a new thread please. Things get jumbled enough and your question might serve others better if it is searchable on it's own.

[Clubtek 0]

Thanks for your response.

I have been through the settings - trying each variant of the emulations
that are supported by the cutter and checking all the COM port settings.

The weird thing is that it seems to work on all setup and calibration cuts, but
will not cut the actual design.

If I reinstall the cutter with the wizard, it appears to be responding correctly
with X and Y movements, with three successful tests and then installs the
drivers.

If I do the cutter scale option in the vinyl spooler window, the cutter makes
a nice precise square.

However, I have a design that consists of only one letter. When chosen in
the list in Vinyl Spooler, the preview tab shows what is expected but pressing
Cut Now sends the blade all the way across to the opposite side of the cutter
which then crashes.

I have also tried it on one of VM designs (Sample Sign 01.vDoc) with the
same result.
Stelvio

 

[signyouup 178]

Have you set your origin(zero) on the cutter?

[Clubtek 0]

13 hours ago, signyouup said:

Have you set your origin(zero) on the cutter?

Yes, thanks. As I say, the calibration and test cuts work fine. 

When I try to cut from a design, the blade hurtles across to the other side and the cutter crashes. After turning it off and back on, I put the blade back to the beginning and reset the origin on the cutter. 

I have tried area test as well to check that it wants to cut from a sensible place - which fitted properly into the vinyl.

However, I have just found a possible route to a workaround. Selecting Autofit stops it from crashing but I now need to do some testing to ensure that I can make it come out the right size.

[VinylMaster 148]

Please see this guide for scaling:

My artwork is cutting at the Wrong Size?

[Clubtek 0]

Going through these instructions has led to a solution.

We experimented with changing the settings as described in Large Scale Errors.

We changed the Device Units Per Inch to a much smaller number. This cut a sample but too small. When we changed the Device Units Per Inch to the original value, the design cut the right size and the error was gone.

Perhaps there was an invisible character in the field, or something stored elsewhere, but resetting these values manually has resolved the problem.

Thanks for your help.

[Guest waseem]

hello plaese can any one to help me i lost driver usp my foison cutter plotter