[chiplotle-discuss] HP ColorPro Plotter supported?

[Anthony Fink]

Hey there, I'm trying to get Chiplotle going with my HP ColorPro plotter.
This plotter was one of the only HP plotters not given an official
designation number, but it's informally known as the HP 7440. Right now I
can't get Chiplotle to recognize it properly. I know it's completely HPGL
compatible and should just use the regular command set as well as the HP
graphics extensions for curves etc. I also have the complete user manual
with proper dipswitch and cabling diagrams, and have made sure my baud
rate, parity, bits (this plotter uses 7, not 8) , etc. all match and my
cable is wired correctly. Any ideas?

Just FYI, the output from Chiplotle under my current setup looks like this:


  +-----------------------+
  |   Chiplotle! v.0.3.1  |
  +-----------------------+

Scanning serial ports...
Found ports:
  /dev/ttyS0

Sniffing for plotters in all serial ports...
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<string>", line 1, in <module>
  File
"/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/Chiplotle-0.3.1-py2.7.egg/chiplotle/tools/plottertools/instantiate_plotters.py",
line 20, in instantiate_plotters
    result = search_and_instantiate_plotters( )
  File
"/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/Chiplotle-0.3.1-py2.7.egg/chiplotle/tools/plottertools/search_and_instantiate_plotters.py",
line 25, in search_and_instantiate_plotters
    plotters_found = sniff_ports_for_plotters(ports)
  File
"/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/Chiplotle-0.3.1-py2.7.egg/chiplotle/tools/serialtools/sniff_ports_for_plotters.py",
line 11, in sniff_ports_for_plotters
    plotter_name = what_plotter_in_port(port)
  File
"/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/Chiplotle-0.3.1-py2.7.egg/chiplotle/tools/serialtools/what_plotter_in_port.py",
line 29, in what_plotter_in_port
    id = ser.readline(eol='\r').strip('\r')
TypeError: readline() takes no keyword arguments
chiplotle>

Thanks in advance for your help.
-Tony Fink
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