#ofxMH871

This openFrameworks addon drives the MH871-MKII Pen Plotter and Vinyl Cutter. The MH871-MKII supports the HPGL (Hewlett-Packard Graphics Language) and uses a limited subset of the HPGL standard:

1. Initialize - IN;
2. Pen Up command - PU
3. Pen Down command - PD
4. Pen Absolute to an X,Y point - PAX,Y

HOW TO SETUP

Connecting to the device

Connect to the MH871-MKII Pen Plotter via the COM port. This will require a USB to Serial device.

Power on the Plotter

Press the Setup Button

Change the Serial BaudRate to 19200

On your Mac or Linux Terminal

bash$ ls /dev/tty.*

Copy the name for your USB to Serial Device for when you setup the ofxMH871 object

plotter.setup(string serialPort)

Please look in /manuals for the MH871 manual and how to setup the Mk2 on OSX.