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How to Configure SCSI Scanning With ImageControls
ImageControls uses a third party SCSI scanning interface from a company called Pixel Translations to enable us to talk to SCSI scanners. This scanner toolkit and API is called ISIS. Pixel Translations supplies Kofax with all the SCSI drivers to talk to the various low-end SCSI scanners. To access a SCSI scanner through ImageControls, you need to purchase the appropriate SCSI software capture 'engine'. Under ImageControls 2.0 this is called the "Adrenaline Capture Engine"; under ImageControls 1.0 this was called the KF-920.
Step 1 - Install and configure a SCSI Card.
ISIS currently supports two Adaptec SCSI cards, the AHA-1542 ISA and the AHA-2940 PCI cards.
Installing a 1542 - Some models of the 1542 arc plug and play and some are not. The ones that arc not plug and play contain a bank of 8 DIP switches on the board. Most of the cards have a sticker on the back of the board that describe the various DIP switch settings. To set a switch OFF, the switch should be up (OPEN), to turn a switch ON, the switch should be down (towards the board). SW 1 should always be on to enable termination. Switch 2,3,4 should be set to a port that is not in use by another card in your system (the factory default of 330 is usually a good choice). Switch 5 should always be on to disable the floppy controller. Switch 6,7,8 determines the address that the BIOS is mapped into (the factory default of DCOO is usually a good choice).
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Installing a plug and play 1542 or 2940 - The plug and play boards are easier to configure; basically find an empty slot and install the card.
After installing the 1542 or 2940 you may need to change or make note of additional settings for the board. You can use the on-board BIOS to configure these additional settings. When your PC is booting, a message will be displayed by the SCSI card giving the card type and saying press CtrI+A to configure device. While this message is displayed hit CtrI+A to display the BIOS configuration program. This will allow you to change the I/0 port, IRQ and DMA channel used by the board. For most systems using the default settings will work fine. Just make a note of the IRQ , port and DMA channel the board is configured to use. You may need to enter these settings when configuring the card in Windows 95 or NT.
Step 2 - Does SCSI card recognize the scanner?
After installing the SCSI card, the first step to see if it's working properly is to hook up a scanner to the card. Turn the scanner on, and power up the PC. During the boot sequence the SCSI card should display the scanner id and SCSI ID of the scanner on the screen. If this doesn't happen then your card is not configured properly or it is conflicting with another card in your system. Some of the SCSI scanners won't report a scanner id including the Kodak 923 and 500. See troubleshooting section below to resolve conflicts.
Step 3 - Configure Operating System to use SCSI card and Scanner
Only after steps 1 & 2 are completed are you ready to configure the operating system software.
Windows 95
Windows 95 should automatically recognize the 2940 as a plug and play PCI card and will install the Adaptec VXD for you. You just need to have access to the Windows 95 CD-ROM. If you are using a non plug and play AHA-1542 or for some reason Windows 95 doesn't recognize your card, then you will need to install the VXD yourself. Do this by opening the control panel and selecting the "Add New Hardware" icon. When prompted to let Windows search for new hardware, select No. Select SCSI devices then select the proper Adaptec board; most likely, the AH 154X SCSI Host Adapter or AU294X PCI SCSI Controller. After installing the VXD you can examine its settings by going into the device manager by selecting the System icon from the control panel and then selecting the device manager tab and then the SCSI devices from the list. Your Adaptec board should be listed. Just double click on this and select resource to display the IRQ/DMA settings. If these settings are not what was displayed when you configured the board under the BIOS setup, then change them to those settings. You will have to reboot your PC in order for these changes to take affect.
Windows NT
Windows NT is a non plug and play OS. To configure the SCSI card under NT you must be logged in under the Administrator account. After logging in, open the control panel and select the SCSI icon. Select drivers and then click add. Select the proper driver for the SCSI card you have installed. The latest version of ISIS also requires APS132. The adrenaline capture engine distributes an ASPI32 installer and puts it in your windows\pixtran directory (substitute windows with your windows NT directory).
Windows 3.1
To configure windows 3.1 you need to add the following line to your config.sys file:
- device=c:\aspi4dos.sys
This will install the ASPI driver for DOS, this is only needed for Windows 3. 1. If you are not using the default swings for the port and IRQ, you will need to add additional parameters to the aspi4dos driver. To select port 230 for example use the following syntax.
- device=c:\aspi4dos.sys /p230
Step 4- Install Image Controls Adrenaline Capture Engine
Follow instructions from the Kofax ACE manual on how to install this software. You need to install the ACE as well as the ISIS drivers. Once installed you need to configure a source for SCSI scanning using KSM. Open the control panel and run KSM and create a software scan engine source. Select the proper scanner you are using. Run VCDEMO and select the source. If VCDEMO doesn't complain, then you are done. If there are problems, see the troubleshooting section below.
Trouble Shooting
Card doesn't recognize scanner
Try a Fujitsu 3096, 3097, 3093 because these all return proper scanner id's. If this doesn't work, then your SCSI card is conflicting with another card in your system. A common problem is a Kofax card. Many Kofax cards use IRQ 11 which can conflict with the default IRQ for the Adaptec board. Start by removing all Kofax cards and other non essential cards like sound boards etc. until you can get the SCSI card to recognize the scanner.
Card recognizes scanner but I can't select the source in VCDEMO. Is the VXD properly configured ?
Do the settings under device manager for the SCSI card match the settings under the BIOS configuration utility ? Under device manager properties for SCSI devices, is your scanner a device on the SCSI bus ? If not, the card and or VXD is not configured properly. Are you loading a ASPI4DOS driver in your config.sys ? This is only needed for Windows 3.1 and can screw up Windows 95. Did you try using a Fujitsu 3096 ? This scanner works the best in most cases. Is your SCSI bus terminated ?
When selecting source, I get 'ASPI not loaded' error message.
Under Windows 3.1 this means you didn't add the ASPI4DOS.SYS device driver to your config.sys file. Under Windows NT this means you didn't install ASPI32. See instructions above for how to install these components.
Installing an Adrenaline Software Engine under Windows NT
After installing an Adrenaline software engine under Windows NT, you must change to the WinNT\pixtran directory and run the ASPI32.exe executable.
This allows scanning with the Adaptec controllers. Without doing this, you will encounter the following error: "Unable to locate ASPI driver, Please check to see the driver loads on bootup"
The Kofax Adrenaline Technical Support group is skilled in all aspects of PC hardware compatibility, including Kofax controllers and drivers, SCSI and video scanner interfaces, and ISIS and TWAIN drivers.
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