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The good news is that the whole setup so far is less than $30, not including the cable. Working all this out took me the better part of 2 full days, so I wanted to make sure other people were able to get the benfit of time spent. Not having DNC is a pain, but I'm going to partially address that in the next post. I like being able to transfer files straight from my Mac, because it means there's no need to have extra computers hanging about the shop and also minimizes the number of times you have to shuffle files around. I'll talk about this more in the next post. Unfortunately CoolTerm cannot drip feed the machine, basically because it does not understand the DC1/DC3 control characters that the Fadal sends to control data flow. Then on your computer go to 'Connection' -> 'Send Textfile', choose your gcode file and hit ok.ДЄnd that's it! The file should send over without any issues. Type in the command 'TA,1' (Load from Tape, default options) Press the 'Manual' button until you see the 'Enter Next Command' prompt. (it will look something like 'Repleo-PL2303-000012FD'). Then select the USB-Serial adapter from the list. If you want to transfer a file to the machine memory there is a great solution that's also FREE called 'CoolTerm':Дownload CoolTerm, create a new 'connection' with the correct settings (7 data bits, 1 stop bit, even parity, match baud rate with machine).

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With the updated 3rd part driver all of a sudden my data was coming across cleanly. Their driver costs some money, but the price is pretty reasonable at around $15 or so.

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After thinking the adapter was about to be added to the electronics graveyard I stumbled across a 3rd party that makes drivers for the chipset in this adapter: They were adamant in their literature about how good their drivers were, but alas experimentation proved that the driver does not correctly output parity bits (at least not in 7 bit mode) and this causes the Fadal to throw 'parity errors' like crazy. I bought an adapter from 'Plugable' that has the Prolific PL2303HXD chipset:

So far I've only been partially sucessful but I figured this information might be useful for other!

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I'm also pretty cheap so I wanted to come up with a low cost Mac OSX DNC solution. I've read multiple places that USB-Serial adapters can be trouble, but I'm a foolish man and decided not to pay heed! Luckily I'm also persistent so I was able to muddle through and sort out a system that works.

USB port вЂ“ Use the USB port for inserting a compatible USB flash drives.I recently got my 'new' Fadal up and running, and I wanted to be able to send programs to it straight from my Macbook.

When your device is loading a virtual floppy disk, the green indicator will be flashing or it will be lit on constantly.

Green Indicator ( Status LED ) вЂ“ The Green Indicator is placed above the selection buttons.

LED display вЂ“ LED display shows the number of current virtual floppy disk.

The selected file will boot from the USB flash drive.

Selection buttons вЂ“ Use the selection buttons to set the number of the virtual floppy disk.

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Bundle вЂ“ USB flash drive, Software, Manual and free Technical support.

User Friendly вЂ“ Instant visual management of the current virtual disk.

Data Security вЂ“ Keep your data save in reliable USB flash drive.

Premium and Durable Design вЂ“ Stainless steel front panel, laser etched.

Better Storage Capacity вЂ“ 100 floppy disks in a single USB stick.

Compatibility вЂ“ Same Size and Connectors.

Configurable Hardware Interface вЂ“ Support almost all floppy drive interfaces.

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