User manual NIKON AX-1200 QUICK INSTALLATION GUIDE

[. . . ] EA RS FI FASTTRACK FAST TRACK--Scanners A Quick-Start Guide to Installing Your Nikon Scanner --by Nikon Technical Support, European Technical Office Contents Contents Checklist--Before you begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Making the Perfect Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Installing a SCSI adaptor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Installing software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ] There will be a number of scanner drivers (called MAID modules) located in the System folder Preferences, under a folder called Nikon MAID. Modules that are not required may be removed from this folder, to speed up the load time of Nikon Scan. 15 Making the Perfect Installation 4. Connecting your scanner To ensure a successful connection of the scanner to the computer, you should already have installed your SCSI adaptor card if required. Check the cable that came with your scanner and the connector on the back of the SCSI port on your computer. SCSI has at least three types of connector of which the most common are: SCSI 1: A 50-pin D-shaped type with a central "finger" SCSI 2: A 50-pin D-shaped connector with two rows of pins Mac SCSI: A 25 pin D-shaped connector with 13 pins and 12 pins in two rows You should be able to find a combination that allows you to connect the SCSI cable between the computer and the scanner, and to fit a terminator at the scanner end. If there is no free socket on the scanner for the terminator, use a "through" type terminator (has a connector on each end) between the cable and scanner at the scanner end. Your SCSI Set-up As we cannot predict which SCSI card you will be using, and what other devices you have in your system, impossible to advise you on your specific set up. However we have included a number of possible configurations in the Troubleshooting section of this booklet. SCSI 1 SCSI 2 Mac SCSI (also used on some PC SCSI adaptors) 16 Over. . . Making the Perfect Installation The final task is to set the SCSI ID number of the scanner. A single SCSI chain can support up to 7 devices, some of which may be internal (hard disks, CD ROM drives). Each device has a unique identification number to ensure that the SCSI controller can communicate without ambiguity. Although there are no fixed rules for SCSI, the general practice is to put the controller at ID 7, any hard disks at 0 and 1, and a CD ROM drive at 3. This leaves 2, 4, 5 and 6 free for you to assign, unless you have additional devices installed. Note that after changing the ID number, the unit must be switched off and on for the new setting to be registered. Don't forget to remove the last-used slide from a slide scanner before powering on again. Rotary type Scanner SCSI switches Push type 17 Making the Perfect Installation 5. Connected your scanner and terminated the SCSI chain If you have a PC running Windows 95 and power on your system with the scanner connected for the first time, you may see a number of messages from the Windows. Please ignore these messages and click Cancel at the first opportunity. Windows 95 is trying to be helpful. Click Cancel as soon as possible when confronted with dialogs like these. Your system and scanner are ready to run. Nikon Technical Support 18 Troubleshooting Troubleshooting When things go wrong. . . We're very sorry that you have arrived at this page as it means that things have not gone completely to plan!Please bear in mind that if you have installed your system according to the instructions in this booklet, if your scanner is working correctly and if your system is "clean"--meaning that it has no conflicting programs, devices or drivers loaded--then everything WILL work. Please reread this manual and check through the steps of testing the scanner before it has been connected to the computer, verifying that your SCSI adaptor (if fitted) has been correctly installed and is of a type compatible with Nikon Scanners. If you have completed the above suggested action, then our recommendation is to try the following: 1. De-install all Nikon software (see the appropriate procedure for your platform in the troubleshooting section. [. . . ] SCSI Tips Nikon strongly recommend the use of high quality SCSI cables wherever possible. Generally speaking, the thicker the cable the better, as a thick cable is likely to have better shielding against interference than a thin one. It is also recommended that the shortest possible cable length is used. Although when running at lowest speed (5Mbytes/sec), a total cable length of 8 metres is permissible, this figure drops to half as the SCSI speed is doubled. 26 Troubleshooting Computer SCSI type Product AX-110 AX-210 Connector Usual cable on scanner in package Mac SCSI and SCSI-1 Mac SCSI SCSI-1 Connect the SCSI-1 end to the computer and the Mac SCSI end to the scanner. [. . . ]