Steve, feel free to use my info to revise your documentation. I'm busy working on the software, and hope to have more discoveries to contribute in coming...
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jackpups@...
jackpups...
Apr 23, 2012 6:35 pm
I am running into the same problem, its only reading 865bytes. But using the FTDI cable with DAK7 and trying to make a backup everything is ok. So i think...
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Steve Conklin
ysconklin
Apr 23, 2012 7:29 pm
Are you using hardware flow control, or just using the PDDemulate software as it is? I'd really like for someone who is having this problem to try using ...
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jackpups@...
jackpups...
Apr 24, 2012 10:37 am
I do use Flow Control, but it doesn t solve the error....
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Steve Conklin
ysconklin
Apr 24, 2012 3:40 pm
I don't really have any good ideas about what the problem could be, if it's not a flow control issue. It could possibly be a difference in the way pyserial...
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John R. Hogerhuis
jhogerhuis
Apr 24, 2012 4:01 pm
... I'm betting on a problem with pyserial and how it sets up the serial DCB structure or some plain old bug in interaction with the windows api. It sure...
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Steve Conklin
ysconklin
Apr 24, 2012 4:16 pm
For hardware sniffing, this unit works for me: http://www.saleae.com/logic It's 5V only input, but it has protocol analyzers for async serial and a lot of...
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andy.caslaw
May 6, 2012 4:43 pm
Bart and others, I was having the exact same error on XP, "Error, write of N bytes when expecting 1024", with N around 900 from multiple attempts. I found that...
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Zack Santoro
zdknits
Jun 6, 2012 6:16 pm
This has got to be a hijacked email address. This pleas is a variation of a very common email scam & although I don't know her personally, I know Cobi from a...
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John R. Hogerhuis
jhogerhuis
Jun 6, 2012 10:35 pm
I've sent Cobi an email and disabled her posting privileges for for now. Hopefully she can get her email situation rectified soon. Apologies to all for the...
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Adele
adeleleo
Jun 6, 2012 10:50 pm
Recently there has been a surge in spam among the Yahoo knitting groups. Not all the knitting groups, but quite a few. My own yahoo email was hacked, I had to...
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Adele
adeleleo
Jun 28, 2012 6:25 pm
But before I do, did I read there was a way to not have to splice together the red and green wire. I would really love not to have to do this, just removing...
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freecycletc
Jun 28, 2012 8:11 pm
Hi Adele, It's true!!! I've done it. You can simply use the cable programming software to reverse the RTS signal. I have to get the specifics from someone...
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Adele
adeleleo
Jun 28, 2012 8:49 pm
Tanya!!! Thank you, thank you, thank you, I will patiently stand by! Thank you, Adele...
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Davi Post
ayargh
Jun 28, 2012 10:36 pm
Hi Adele -- As I explained in this post on an Adafruit forum<http://forums.adafruit.com/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=18693&p=139070#p138351>, there is no need to solder...
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Adele
adeleleo
Jun 29, 2012 3:10 am
Davi, thank you so much! So let me make sure I understand what you are saying. All I have to do is connect the red wire to pin number 3, and tape up the green...
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Davi Post
ayargh
Jun 29, 2012 6:30 am
You do have to program the cable to invert the TXD and RXD signals, if this has not been done already. I think some people may have gotten the hack working in...
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Adele
adeleleo
Jun 29, 2012 11:31 am
Hi Davi, Yes I already programmed the cable to invert the TXD and the RXD signals, no small feat for me, but if it doesn't work, at least I can say I did that....
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rosy.goat
Sep 11, 2012 6:07 pm
Does any one have any experience with a SR 840? Currently, you have to have it connected to DAK in order to get a pattern out of it. I'd like to be able to...
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Sally
s_kentfield
Sep 24, 2012 6:49 pm
I've been doing more testing with the code that Kevin edited, and we are pretty happy that the edited code is stable with various different sizes of pattern....
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debbyshanahan
Dec 15, 2012 8:35 pm
Find a used EC-1. They run about $200-350. If you have a charting device, or don't like them, then you won't need DAK. The EC-1 uses mylar graphs to enter...
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debbyshanahan
Dec 15, 2012 8:38 pm
Has anybody examined the cables that you have to buy for DAK to find out why they're so expensive. It would be nice if they could be "home made." Debby...
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John R. Hogerhuis
jhogerhuis
Dec 15, 2012 8:50 pm
... There are electronics in a PC to TPDD cable to do level shifting using power from the flow control lines. If you can get hold of TRS-80 TPDD cable (either...
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piano1923
Dec 23, 2012 2:01 pm
Good Morning Hope 2013 brings us all some great things. Am new to Brother Electronics - found a reasonably priced HK270 and am wanting to take art from my...
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Davi Post
ayargh
Dec 25, 2012 2:25 am
Hi folks -- We've finally released a MacOSX app version of img2track, my knitting machine software. It has a graphical user interface, and is easy to install....
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John R. Hogerhuis
jhogerhuis
Dec 25, 2012 2:53 am
Congratulations on the release Davi! ... Cheers, -- John....
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rita27612
Dec 26, 2012 11:41 pm
While poking around looking at DAK cables I found a new gadget, at least new to me, the Brother Super Cartridge for brother machines which use the cartridge...
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Fasote@...
piano1923
Dec 27, 2012 12:21 am
Good Evening The cartridge is old news now, that was clearly 1990 technology--- sorry to say. There are cables from Canada that are 45.00 for the cable.. R ......
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ILIA KADASHEVICH
kadash1972
Dec 27, 2012 9:56 pm
Good evening Hi R ;) can you share this link? to provider in Canada? Thanks in advance, Ilja (Magdeburg,Germany) Gesendet: Donnerstag, 27. Dezember 2012 um...
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Andrea Bolldorf
andriko07
Jan 3, 2013 4:28 pm
Hi R, nice to know that there are cheaper cables on the market. May you please also inform about the storage and needed software? Where to find and what the...