hari@hpsgl1.sgp.HP.COM (Hariram RAMACHANDRAN) (03/15/91)
Lumena-DVI - Howtek Scanmaster II hookup
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I'm in the process of hooking up a Howtek Scanmaster II to our DVI workstation
(ActionMedia 750 Capture and Delivery boards) - unfortunately I'm having a lot
of problems getting the scanner to run with Lumena. I was hoping that
someone out there has been through the process and can spot any oversights in
our installation procedure (which I'll outline below):
1. Set the IO base address to 280H on the GPIB card (this was
recommended by the dealer).
2. Next, I loaded the GPIB software/drivers from the GPIB
distribution disks. The config.sys file was automatically
updated to load the GPIB driver (see copy of config.sys file
later on).
3. I set the GPIB address of the Scanner to 7.
4. I executed the diagnostic program, supplied with the GPIB driver -
IBDIAG, and tested the board functionality for the following
setup:
IO Address: 280H
Interrupts: None
DMA Channel: None
The test came out positive.
(I assumed that the above interrupt and DMA setting were appropriate,
since the GPIB board supplied by the dealer was set to the above
configuration, and they claimed that they had tested the whole set
up before shipping it to us.)
5. I next executed IBCONF to update the GPIB handler to the
configuration above - and executed another test program
IBTEST - no problems were detected.
6. Modified the config.sys file to the dealer recommended
invocation of 386Max:
device=386Max.sys Norom Ram=D000-E000 vidmem=B000-C000
7. I next executed Lumena's "Change" batch file and added in the
Howtek Scanmaster II option.
8. Rebooted the whole system, checked the available conventional RAM
(which came up to around 560K - Lumena requires something like
540K to function). Checked that the Lumena copy protection block
was installed correctly, and tried to run Lumena. The Lumena
introduction text block was displayed and then the system just
hung.
I've included some of the more germane portions of our config.sys file:
Config.sys File
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files=20
BUFFERS=10
device=c:\386Max.sys NoRom Ram=D000-E000 vidmem=B000-C000
device=d:\V\BIN\VRAM.SYS
shell=C:COMMAND.COM /E:1600 /P
device = c:\gpib-pc\gpib.com
If anyone out there has been through the installation process, I'd appreciate
either a posting or a direct e-mail. Thank you.
(BTW, Singapore is neither part of Mongolia or Peru - yes, I've actually
received mail addressed to 'Singapore, Peru') :).
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Hari Ramachandran
Hewlett Packard Singapore
APD R&D
e-mail: hari@hpsglhr.hp.com
Mail: Hewlett Packard Singapore
1150 Depot Road
Singapore 0511
Republic of Singapore