You can connect your MDA directly to a PC using the USB-B port at the back of the MDA. This way you can directly sketch images made in the TactileView software onto the MDA (File menu, Sketch with MDA, Sketch button). Note that this option bypasses the MDA interface completely and should not be used in parallel with the MDA interface. When the MDA interface is used in parallel with TactileView, and a sketch command is …
The MDA interface is equipped with WIFI hotspot functionality. The default WIFI functionality for the MDA is as a WIFI hotspot. By default the WIFI hotspot is broadcasting under the default WIFI network name (network SSID) mda-hotspot. This name might have been changed to something different. If so, look for the new WIFI hotspot name when trying to connect to the hotspot. With a PC, Mac, tablet or smartphone, you can search for this WIFI network …
The MDA has built in capabilities for LAN connections through wired ethernet or WIFI Ethernet. Wired Ethernet connections can be created by plugging in an Ethernet cable that is connected to your network to the MDA’s Ethernet port. Upon switching on the MDA, the MDA will configure itself for your network, assuming that your router acts as a DHCP server (which is the default). WIFI connections can be established trough the MDA interface. Navigate to …
The MDA has the possibility to mount two different MDA directories directly to a PC, Mac or tablet. The first directory is the MDA-upload directory. Any SVG image that you copy into this directory will appear on the upload page in the MDA interface. The second directory is the MDA-autosketch directory. Any SVG image or GPX formatted file derived from an SVG image will be sketched automatically on the MDA. In order to mount a …
The MDA interface and supporting tools will be updated when new developments or bug-fixes are available. In addition, when new example images are available, those images will also be automatically downloaded to the Example directory of the MDA. These updates will happen automatically when the MDA is switched on, and the MDA is connected to the internet. The update process can take up to two or three minutes, depending on the speed of your internet …
The MDA can sketch images based on the SVG format. SVG stands for Scalable Vector Graphics and has an extensive set of commands to create images, with basic shapes like lines, rectangles, circles, etc. that can be assigned properties like solid, dashed, colours, filled shapes, etc., etc. As you might understand, for images to be sketched on the MDA, only a limited subset of these SVG properties can and will be used. Although the MDA …
SVG images can be sketched from the MDA interface, from the following four pages: Uploads, images can be uploaded to this page by yourself USB-stick, images from an inserted USB-stick MyImages, images requested by you, made by designers from the MyImages community Examples, images from the various example categories present on the MDA In every case the way to start sketching the image is with a simple mouse click (or a different method for “clicking” …
Sometimes it might be necessary to sketch the same design multiple times. This can easily be done through the interface. The interface remembers the last design it sketched and displays this design at the top of every sketch page where it can simply be selected to repeat that sketch. If you’re connecting to the MDA through the interface and try to start a new sketch while the MDA is still sketching, you’ll notice that the …
The MDA has the possibility to automatically start sketching an image. Any SVG image file (or an MDA G-code file) that is copied or uploaded into the MDA-autosketch directory will be sketched automatically. See chapter 7.04 on how to mount this directory to your PC, Mac, tablet or smartphone. The TactileView software also has the possibility to generate MDA G-code files, and with a single command you can send this file to the MDA-autosketch directory. …