Vinyl cutting

[nhjansen (Neil Jansen)]

The plotter cutter page indicates that there’s a raspberry pi to connect to so that you can print over WiFi.

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Browser-based control

Plug the computer end of the USB cable into the Raspberry Pi Zero W taped under the cutter, and ensure that the board is powered and a green light is visible.
Then you can upload an HPGL file from any device connected to the SLMS WiFi by visiting http://slmsvinyl.ddns.net/

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I think this is now incorrect, so direct cable from computer is only way to go via USB.

Has anyone done this recently? Would love to use it for some stuff!

[asander1 (Andy Sanderson)]

Pi should still be there, @Kyle mounted it inside the cutter with a loopback.

It is possible the dynamic dns has failed…

[nhjansen (Neil Jansen)]

K great! Yeah there’s something inside, no longer taped under. Will update tool page.

[james-c]

I used it (via the Pi) about a month ago but it may have stopped working since. You need to plug the USB of the PI into the vinyl cutter so it’s powered and then wait a min for it to start responding to requests to http://slmsvinyl.ddns.net/

[nhjansen (Neil Jansen)]

Have updated that little section! Thanks all.

[Kyle (Kyle Barker)]

Thanks all for jumping in! I moved off a dynamic dns provider in November but missed the tool page update. I’ve now fixed that. Can you try http://vinyl.space.southlondonmakerspace.org/ a couple minutes after plugging in the pi?

Easy Vinyl Cutting

There was a problem with the dynamic DNS service we were using. We still can’t reconfigure our internal router so I have created a public A record for http://vinyl.space.southlondonmakerspace.org and configured the pi to use an static IP. I have tested it and its working!

[ed_o (Edward Owen)]

To confirm / for those like me who have come to this page as part of trying to use the vinyl cutter - when you have turned the machine on, and the USB cable coming out of the slot on the right is plugged IN to the USB Type B 2.8 female connector right next to where the cable emerges (photo below) (and it has been in this state for > 120 seconds), going to the http:/ vinyl… link shared above should result in seeing something other than shown in the below screenshot!

[ed_o (Edward Owen)]

Other thread from semi-recent usage attempts: Vinyl Cutter I've never used it

I checked, and the microcontroller is getting power from the USB port.

[Niall_Casey]

I had to leave the other night, did you have any luck getting it to work?

[ed_o (Edward Owen)]

Alas, I did not. Next thing to investigate would be what someone talks about doing in a linked thread of sending data across using the serial port. Bit beyond me right now!