User:Thijshijsijsjss/Pen Plotting Panache/Roland DXY-1100

Yes, it is true, another heist took place, and I am the culprit. Here is a timeline:

Tuesday, July 14
    09:51 - Rosa to Thijs on Signal: a plotter is available for free on Marktplaats
    11:01 - Thijs to Rosa on Signal: :O
    11:24 - Thijs on Markplaats: reply to the plotter posting
    12:22 - Alessia to Thijs and Victor on Whatsapp: the plotter police got us. We must return our HP7475A's
    15:17 - Simon to XPUB on Zulip: a plotter is available for free on Marktplaats
    16:33 - Claudio to XPUB on Zulip: XPUB is interested. Can someone pick it up?
    17:16 - Sevgi to XPUB on Zulip: replied to the plotter posting
    18:56 - Seller to Thijs on Marktplaats: the Machine works. Will let you know availability for pickup later.
    19:15 - Seller to Thijs on Marktplaats: available for pickup tomorrow afternoon.
    19:24 - Thijs to seller on Marktplaats: confirms pickup for tomorrow.
    19:29 - Fred to XPUB on Zulip: I can pick it up.
Wednesday, July 15
    13:10 - Thijs takes the train.
    14:31 - Thijs arrives in Amsterdam.
    14:43 - Thijs walks out of the building with an inconspicuous package.
    16:06 - Thijs to Joak on Signal: talk about new plotter. 
    16:06 - Joak to Thijs on Signal: tips on how not to let the capacitor explode.
    16:25 - Thijs arrives home. Inspection of plotter commences.
    17:09 - Thijs finishes demo plot. Plotter confirmed working.
    17:25 - Thijs on the wiki: 
            Thijs has not yet announced to XPUB that they were the culprit.
            Thijs worries: this was never meant to be a race.
            Thijs hopes XPUB is happy -- Thijs is happy to share for XPUBious purposes.
            Thijs considers it serendipitous that the plotter police and a new plotter heist occurred simultaneously. 
    17:55 - Thijs on the wiki: publish this page.

Unboxing

Demo

To access the demo on the Roland DXY-1100, perform the following steps:

1. make sure the plotter is turned off
2. hold the 'Enter' button while turning the plotter on with the power button on the side
3. wait for the plotter to initialize (pen holder will move to the upper right) -- the 'pause' LED should be lit
4. press the 'pause' button to unpause 

Note that the demo uses all 8 pen slots.

TODO List

■ Plot manually to confirm plotter functionality
■ Run demo to confirm plotter functionality
□ Connect to laptop
    □ Get DB25 to DB9 connector
        ■ Contact Joak
    □ Get DB9 to USB-A connector
    □ Investigate driver 
    □ Plot?