redsail m500

[cropwell]

No idea, I steer clear of Win8, but in Win7 it is Control Panel/Folder options under the view tab.

[calida]

I don't seem to be able to find anything that works in control panel....i mean to load files i don't see?
Any other ideas...
Thanks in advance guys
Calida

[EddyCurrent]

. . .Any other ideas...
Thanks in advance guys
Calida

I don't think there are any other ideas, if you need the usb drivers installed then that's what you need. You'll have to spend some time getting to grips with Windows

[calida]

Do you think is a windows 8.1 thing? Finally got to download those drivers, or at least it said done.... Still no change when I attempt to open laserworks. Says communication failure.

[cropwell]

I meant that you should make sure that no files are hidden by the system.

From what I have seen of Win8, it is going away from the system engineers dream of something that is understandable, and can be patched if it don't do what you want.

When I was a programmer in the 60's, I could patch programs by stopping them, altering bytes in memory and then setting it running again. Up until Win98 I could do much the same. I started to lose interest with XP and now with Win7 I don't give a flying f**k. My attitude to Win8 is another step in the same direction.

[cropwell]

Can you look in the system (Control Panel/System/Device Manager) to see that there are no Yellow question marks or other warnings ? If none then I would start to suspect a board failure in the laser machine. Windows should detect the device by Hardware Id and load the drivers off t'interweb if they are properly registered.

But I am starting to run out of ideas on this one.

[calida]

Yeah it comes up in devices and then has the yellow warning. It searches but finds nothing online. It doesn't recognise the drivers I've downloaded. Seems real strange. The board I imagine is ok, as the lcd screen is fine and can fire and move etc. Redsail being fecking useless are... Well....useless

[cropwell]

Looks as tho you still have the wrong drivers

[calida]

Yup. Lol, no idea where to get the buggers. I've exhausted everything online. Let's hope redsail get back to me. Bloody thing is still under warranty but I don't have sales reciepts

[Want2build1]

Hi
I'd 1st try a different PC with XP on it. Beg/borrow etc !
Until you can get the driver properly loaded on something, you can't tel if the controller works or not.

Mine isn't redsail.
I us XP and network cable, so haven't tried the usb driver.
Mine is RDWorks, with an RD controller.

I haven't swapped my controller , and I believe some boards use different stepper motors

I know someone, who uses CNC drivers and Mach3 to control his laser, so it can be done, if all else fails :-)

Regards
Rich