Bob Estes wrote:
I have my plotter, but I now need to get it hooked up as it didn't
come with any cables. I have a power cable, but the data cable is a
special RS-232 NULL modem cable. (See the attached file HP-17255D
Cable.pdf.) I found various new and used cables on the internet for
prices ranging from around $35 to $75, but it has a 25 pin connector
on each end, and my computer has a 9 pin serial port. Also, the
factory cable is too short for my installation. This leaves me with
three options:
1. Buy the HP cable, a RS-232 extension cable, and a 25 pin to 9 pin
adapter. This would be an expensive kluge, and it would be my last
choice.
2. Buy a custom made cable that includes all of the features of the
three items in choice one. (See the attached file HP7475A
Interconnect Cable.pdf.) I found a company on the internet that will
build a ten foot cable for about $35.
3. Buy the components and assemble the cable myself. The same
company that would build the cable for option two (Showmecables.com)
has real good prices on components. I can get all of the components
including a 100 foot spool of cable for about $35. Buying just 10
feet of cable would reduce the price to about $17. The cable is a lot
more expensive by the foot instead of by the spool.
Right now I'm leaning toward option three. Of course, I would also
need to buy a couple of tools which I have been wanting for some time
anyway. One of the tools is a Panavise #381
(http://www.panavise.com/index.html?pageID=1&page=full&--eqskudatarq=6)
which I have already ordered. The other tool is a heat gun
(http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=66098)
which is an excellent tool for shrinking heat shrink tubing. I'm also
leaning toward the 100 foot spool of cable. This would leave me about
90 feet of cable for some other project.
I can't order anything more until May, but I think I'll have enough to
get everything.
Bob: Did you send this to the wrong list by mistake? It doesn't seem to
have anything to do with OpenOffice. (Unless I'm really missing something.)
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