Onyx 10.2 and VideoNet Driver

[Ditchmiester]

I'm trying to hook up a ColorSpan 72UVR and I cannot get the VideoNet driver to work. I have downloaded and installed the protocol but when I hook the printer to the computer via the LAN port I have dedicated to the VideoNet protocol I get nothing. In Onyx it tells me the port data is bad and to reconfigure it. Any help would be great.

Thanks,

Ditch

 

[Ditchmiester]

Bump

 

[Ditchmiester]

Does anyone know where I can get the cable that would have come with the printer and is the actual videonet cable?

Thanks.

 

[eye4clr]

Contact Mike at California Media Services (CMS). These guys have this stuff wired. There is a specific Intel network card that's 10/100, not 1000, that works best.

I don't remember whether it needs a crossover cable or not. Mike will know.

 

[Ditchmiester]

Well I finally figured it out. In Onyx 10.2 they discontinued support of the video net protocol. I had to downgrade to 10.1 and it works like a dream.

 

[eforer]

Just for future reference, they do need crossover cables. Don't have a UVR anymore but printed with one for years. It's still alive and kicking in MO at another shop. Good, underrated machines and money makers with coro and foam core.

 

[Ditchmiester]

Yeah. That was my first problem. Just using a regular patch cable. Man I tell you this video net crap is the most sensitive printer protocol I have ever seen. Thank god it was only for ColorSpan. I'm glad I'm able to print sellable signs on this printer now. Hopefully I can learn enough between now and SGIA to know what I should be looking at for an upgrade.