Not detecting AxiDraw device

[JanWerder]

I would be great if saxi would work on Windows as well

[nornagon]

I'm not aware of any issues on Windows. What problem are you running into?

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[JanWerder]

I installed saxi over npm, but it goes into simulation mode as soon as I run the command.

[nornagon]

Ah, I see. Is the AxiDraw plugged in when you start saxi?

If saxi still enters simulation mode on startup even if the AxiDraw is connected, can you try running this and paste the output:

$ node -e "require('serialport').list().then((ps) => console.log(JSON.stringify(ps)))"

[JanWerder]

Okay, it says:
Error: Cannot find module 'serialport'
After installing serialport via npm, saxy still doesn't find the Axidraw, but I can give you the output of the serial port listing:

[{"comName":"COM1","manufacturer":"(Standardanschlusstypen)","pnpId":"ACPI\\PNP0501\\0"},{"comName":"COM6","manufacturer":"SchmalzHaus LLC","serialNumber":"7&195cdef5&0&3","pnpId":"USB\\VID_04D8&PID_FD92\\7&195CDEF5&0&3","locationId":"Port_#0003.Hub_#0003","vendorId":"04D8","productId":"FD92"}]

[nornagon]

Try running:

saxi -d COM6

It looks like the manufacturer on your board is slightly different from mine, which is interfering with the detection: https://github.com/nornagon/saxi/blob/master/src/ebb.ts#L17

[JanWerder]

Thanks, that fixed the detection. 😊
PS. Is the fix automatically pushed to npm?

[nornagon]

Nope, it's not automatic. I'll push a new release in the next day or two though!

[nornagon]

(in case you didn't already see, v0.5.0 should have the fix. happy plotting!)

[Makio64]

It should be good to add it to the documentation or enable auto-detection on other COM, personnaly it works for me with windows "saxi -d COM5"
Thanks for this tool!

[nornagon]

@Makio64 Is autodetection not working for you? Can you run the command in #18 (comment) and paste the output here?

[Makio64]

The autodetection didnt work, windows 10 razer pro 17" :
Here the output :
[{"path":"COM5","manufacturer":"Microsoft","serialNumber":"5&68c6c1f&0&1","pnpId":"USB\\VID_04D8&PID_FD92\\5&68C6C1F&0&1","locationId":"Port_#0001.Hub_#0002","vendorId":"04D8","productId":"FD92"}]

[nornagon]

Oh hm. Are you using a USB hub? It's weird that the manufacturer name doesn't show up for you.

It looks like the vendor id / product id are showing up though, which is how the axidraw cli finds the device I guess. I'll add that logic in to saxi!

[nornagon]

Should be fixed by f89cb55, I'll make a release later today.

[Jip-Hop]

Looking forward to the next release :) Installed from NPM today but it wouldn't find the connected AxiDraw. saxi -d COM3 works though.

[nornagon]

@Jip-Hop can you try the steps in this comment? #18 (comment)

[Jip-Hop]

[{"path":"COM1","manufacturer":"(Standaardpoorttypen)","pnpId":"ACPI\\PNP0501\\1"},{"path":"COM3","manufacturer":"Microsoft","serialNumber":"6&1ba46697&0&5","pnpId":"USB\\VID_04D8&PID_FD92\\6&1BA46697&0&5","locationId":"Port_#0005.Hub_#0004","vendorId":"04D8","productId":"FD92"}]

I connected the AxiDraw directly to a USB port on the back of my Dell Optiplex 990 PC. So no external USB hub is used.

[nornagon]

@Jip-Hop great, thanks! It looks like 67429df will fix this issue for you :) I thought I'd already released that, but it looks like I haven't! Will get to a release soon.

[nornagon]

@Jip-Hop v0.10.0 was just released which should include this fix.

[Jip-Hop]

Confirmed working :)