PDDemulator.py is producing files for pairs of 1K block. The KH950i (which has a 62256 32Kx8 static ram chip in it) has 32K of memory, and writes its memory...
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Davi Post
ayargh
Apr 11, 2012 7:44 am
I've modified img2track to handle a 32K memory, and write 32 sectors of data files. I'd like to take a look at sample data from the KH-950i to see if there are...
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Kevin Blain
jb_ussu
Apr 11, 2012 8:15 am
Cool - sounds good. I'll try and remember to upload some memory images this evening. Yes: 32K on the 950i front, and yes: 200 wide by 998 rows. My partner ...
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CobiCreations
cobicreations52
Apr 11, 2012 12:21 pm
Hi Kevin and Steve especially...as I am hoping that maybe you can help me. I purchased a KH970 awhile back from a dealer to use with DAK as my KH930 as you...
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Kevin
jb_ussu
Apr 11, 2012 5:51 pm
4 files uploaded. Kevin...
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Davi Post
ayargh
Apr 12, 2012 4:48 am
Thanks Kevin. Interesting, your data has some values I have not seen in the KH-930 test data. How did you produce these files? What I'm looking for is data...
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Davi Post
ayargh
Apr 12, 2012 6:46 am
Those of you who have delved into the internals of the Electroknit memory format may be interested in some progress I made in deciphering some critical...
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Kevin Blain
jb_ussu
Apr 12, 2012 8:13 am
There's no input button on the 950i. It's got a mylar sheet reader; it 'scans' in pattens on sheets which are drawn at 60 stitches wide by 150 rows high. You...
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Davi Post
ayargh
Apr 12, 2012 6:15 pm
Sorry, I had no idea the 950i was such a different machine. I'm looking at the manual for it, I see it has more complex options for the pattern selector and...
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Steve Conklin
ysconklin
Apr 16, 2012 12:44 pm
Davi, This is great news. I'd like to get this into the documentation - could you send me a diff to my document, or better yet send a pull request for the...
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Steve Conklin
ysconklin
Apr 16, 2012 1:39 pm
Cobi (and list), Sorry to take so long to respond - First my disclaimers - I know nothing about the KH970, but am basing this upon what I know about the KH930...
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Kevin Blain
jb_ussu
Apr 16, 2012 4:15 pm
Cobi, Steve, et al. My findings over the weekend were that the KH970 / CB1 use a slightly different set of rules for talking to the FB100 as per the 930, for...
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bart_930
Apr 17, 2012 1:58 am
Hi all, Have been working on trying to hack my Brother 930 knitting machine. We had a spare old computer sitting around our house, which I reformatted and did...
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Steve Conklin
ysconklin
Apr 17, 2012 2:21 am
I've never seen this before. The emulator is only reading 861 bytes when it is expecting 1024. Here's what I think is happening, but it's only a guess. I think...
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John R. Hogerhuis
jhogerhuis
Apr 17, 2012 2:53 am
Hi, Hard time believing that the KM can overrun Windows XP. It should be able to keep up with our old tech, easy peasy. Another possibility is flaky serial...
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bart_930
Apr 17, 2012 3:08 am
Thanks for the reply Steve. I jimmied up my FTDI cable as per the instructions at http://www.ladyada.net/learn/electroknit/ftdicable.html so hopefully they are...
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CobiCreations
cobicreations52
Apr 17, 2012 9:38 pm
Thank you both for answering, and maybe there will be an answer in all of this that makes for solutions for others as well. All the techno is beyond me!...
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bart_930
Apr 18, 2012 3:53 am
Thanks for your reply too John. Update - since I have a computer designated specifically for use with the knitting machine (oh the joys of having room mates...
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John R. Hogerhuis
jhogerhuis
Apr 18, 2012 4:06 am
Indicates to me that it's not a hardware problem so it is either a Python-Windows platform issue or a driver issue. Not a big believer in the flow control...
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Kevin
jb_ussu
Apr 19, 2012 11:50 am
So I've been working on talking to the KH-950i machine using software based on Steve's package for the KH-930 and things are looking good. Over the weekend, I...
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Steve Conklin
ysconklin
Apr 19, 2012 12:25 pm
This is all really great information! I think it's time to create some tables showing which machines have compatible formats and what the other differences...
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Kevin Blain
jb_ussu
Apr 19, 2012 12:31 pm
I would, but I can't create an account on the wiki... Kevin...
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M.D.
mdaugul
Apr 19, 2012 12:40 pm
As a rather silent lurker to all the discussion I thought I might jump in. I could be wrong, but as a long time machine knitter, I would throw out the idea...
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Kevin Blain
jb_ussu
Apr 19, 2012 1:21 pm
Totally agree! Among all that stuff I mentioned in my other email, I (we) also picked up a ribber and a garter carriage (slightly faulty, but easily fixable)...
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M.D.
mdaugul
Apr 19, 2012 7:35 pm
Sound good! Let me know when I can get that all wrapped up in a nice hardware/software package! Pegi Sent from my iPhone...
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CobiCreations
cobicreations52
Apr 20, 2012 1:55 pm
Hi, I can feel the excitement in the posts, so I AM trying to grasp what is "happening", but the computer language eludes me..... Like Pegi though, I am that...
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CobiCreations
cobicreations52
Apr 20, 2012 2:00 pm
I forgot to mention.... the higher up models such as 940-970 are supposed to be able to read the lower model's patterns, but if saved in a 970 format for...
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Steve Conklin
ysconklin
Apr 20, 2012 2:44 pm
I think that the general interest for actually knitting is not multi-color or anything fancy. But for the non-software hackers, hopefully I can explain why...
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Steve Conklin
ysconklin
Apr 20, 2012 2:45 pm
Cobi, this is the sort of information gem that could really help a lot. I didn't know this. Thanks Steve On Fri, Apr 20, 2012 at 8:59 AM, CobiCreations...
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Steve Conklin
ysconklin
Apr 20, 2012 2:48 pm
Wow, that's a major screw up and it's been there forever. Sorry about that. I fixed the wiki and you can now create an account, which will be reviewed and...
