Trouble connecting VP540

[Morph1]

I am an avid user of flexisign pro but with an older version that I use to print with SP300, flexi 8.6 I believe,
I bought a VP540 and for the life of me I can not print anything...., I know I should be using versaworks, but I do not have a copy of versaworks..
When I send the file in Flexi the software rips the file and comes up with can not connect to port in the rip cue...
I am running windows 7 x64 and I am running Flexi and Scanvec in "Windows XP compatibility mode" it looks like the network adapter connects with the printer,
I got the firewall disabled..., Printer setup on address 192.168.001.230 flexi setup the same way on Port 9100, ip configuration tried both by assigning the specific ip address and also tried auto-detect,
still nothing..., tried to run the same thing on another computer that is connected to my sp300 , it's a windows xp x32 system and no luck either... what am I doing wrong ?
Could my network cable be at fault ? what type of cable do I need some people say cross over some say regular network cable...

any help would be appreciated.

thanks

 

[Ragnabrok]

first up, versaworks licences are tied with the printer, you can get a copy of versaworks from wherever, borrowed or downloaded, it activates as long as a roland printer is connected.

Flexi happily drives printers, as long as the version supports that printer. If you see it in the drop down menu when you add a setup, you are good.

It's not just the IP address, it also needs to be on the same subnet and gateway. hit windows-key + R to bring up "run", and type "cmd", it'll open a command window, type "ipconfig" and hit enter, it'll list the ip address, subnet mask and default gateway of your computer. put those numbers into the printer from menu->system info->network, except have the last group of digits for the IP address different. exit the menu until you see "now processing" on the printer screen, thats when it applies the network settings. should be quick to see after that.

 

[Sign Works]

Already answered your question this morning in another thread. A new thread is not going to change the fact that your model printer was not produced yet When Flexi 8 was released, you need a newer version of Flexi or better yet simply register your printer with Roland and download Versaworks.

 

[Morph1]

Already answered your question this morning in another thread. A new thread is not going to change the fact that your model printer was not produced yet When Flexi 8 was released, you need a newer version of Flexi or better yet simply register your printer with Roland and download Versaworks.

Thanks guys it all got resolved...,
the model of the printer does not matter as you can simply set it up as SP540 and it works fine, they were built with similar components and the same principal single CMYK - x4 DX4 Heads + cutter,
here is the tip for future problem people may get stuck with..., when you connect through a router you need a regular cat5 or cat 6 cable and you will be fine, unfortunately when you have a secondary dedicated network card connecting directly to the printer you need a crossover network cable for both ways communication between your printer and the dedicated network card... I had no room in my router , that's why I bought the additional network card, it will still work I just need to get the cross over cable...

Thanks again !