Aha, so on my board I have a DB9 connector that is an RS232 port. I'm guessing then that the pins with the A,B,GND and VOD are the 485? Which means I connect the USB to my computer, and then the R-/R+ pins from my VFD to the A/B pins on my converter board. Sound about right? Thanks for the help guys This is the one I have:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/PC-USB-to-RS232-RS485-UART-TTL-Signal-Converter-/360850506092?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item54045dc16c

Yes, A&B and Grd are the 485 and they connect to the VFD.
Let me know how that little converter works out.

Richard

Aha, so on my board I have a DB9 connector that is an RS232 port. I'm guessing then that the pins with the A,B,GND and VOD are the 485? Which means I connect the USB to my computer, and then the R-/R+ pins from my VFD to the A/B pins on my converter board. Sound about right? Thanks for the help guys This is the one I have:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/PC-USB-to-RS232-RS485-UART-TTL-Signal-Converter-/360850506092?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item54045dc16c

Be sure to set your jumpers to 485 on the USB to 485 converter.

Richard

Aha, so on my board I have a DB9 connector that is an RS232 port. I'm guessing then that the pins with the A,B,GND and VOD are the 485? Which means I connect the USB to my computer, and then the R-/R+ pins from my VFD to the A/B pins on my converter board. Sound about right? Thanks for the help guys This is the one I have:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/PC-USB-to-RS232-RS485-UART-TTL-Signal-Converter-/360850506092?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item54045dc16c

good call. Is it obvious what the jumper configuration is? It didn't come with a manual.

There is a transmit and a receive section of the jumpers. I'm guessing that if I'm using USB -> converter -> VFD  I should have the receive jumper set to 232, and the transmit jumper to 485? Thanks again for the help guys.

Both go to  the 485 jumper pins.

I have been running the HangyangVFD plugin by Matty Zee on my CNC for the past year without any problems. I recently had a (Blue Screen of Death) from my Windows XP operating system and had to completely reinstall everything. I got everything working again but cannot get the Hangyang driver to be recognized by the Mach3 software. I get the following errors when I load Mach:

Plugin DLL Defective. Reload.

Then

HuanyangVFD.dll-Defective Plugin found..ignoring..

I cannot see the plugin at the Mach plugin config screen. I tried re-downloading the driver and erasing the old one but no dice... Anyone know how I can fix this???

I am running Mach3 version: R3.043.022
I am current on Windows XP service packs and all updates.

Thanks in advance on assistance. Need to figure this out fast as I have a couple jobs on hold because of this issue.

Did you happen to remember to download the VC 2008 redistributables?
http://www.microsoft.com/fr-fr/download/details.aspx?id=5582

Richard

Did you happen to remember to download the VC 2008 redistributables?
http://www.microsoft.com/fr-fr/download/details.aspx?id=5582

Richard

Yes, I reloaded these.

How did you make out with the 485 converter and the VFD?

There is a transmit and a receive section of the jumpers. I'm guessing that if I'm using USB -> converter -> VFD  I should have the receive jumper set to 232, and the transmit jumper to 485? Thanks again for the help guys.