HighWater Signatured PCI Plugin README
HighWater Signatured Plugin Installer April 2006
Installation
Make sure there are no other applications running, and no MS-DOS
command windows open. Insert the HighWater PrePress Solutions CD into the
drive.
If you have an Internet Web browser:
After a short delay your default web browser should automatically open
a home page from the CD. Follow the instructions for installation. If
your default web browser does not open automatically, follow the
instructions below for installing without a web browser.
If you do not have an Internet Web browser:
Read the "INSTALLING FROM A WEB BROWSER?" section of the Readme.txt file
at the top level of the CD, and follow the instructions, to start the
HighWater Imager installer.
NOTE: Installation of these plugins on Windows 2000, XP or Server 2003
platforms requires the Windows 2000 HighWater PCI Driver. The Windows
2000 Driver is available on the HighWater Designs Pre-Press Solutions CD.
Contents
Supported Devices
Information
Limitations
Known Problems
Revision History Plugins
Revision History (Personality libraries)
Revision History ECRM (HW970/HW770)
Revision History Linotronic/Linotronic 630/Scangraphic LI2/LI5 (HW972/HW772)
Revision History Scangraphic FPI (HW773)
Revision History Ultre/Exxtra/Maxxima (HW774/HW775)
Revision History Agfa (HW976/HW776)
Revision History Scitex Dolev (HW978/HW778)
Revision History (Low-level Driver)
RBF files - Version Information
Configuration File Changes
Revision History Linotronic630 Configuration Tool - Config630
Technical Support
Supported Devices
Where a reduced set of devices supported by the full plugin are supported by this plugin,
these sets are listed below. If no sets are listed for an interface type, the full range
of devices is supported. Refer to PCI Technical Bulletin #1 for further information.
ECRM (HW970/HW770)
- Non-serial devices.
- VR series devices.
- Knockout series devices.
Linotronic/Scangraphic LI2/LI5 (HW972/HW772)
- Linotronic 200 series devices.
- Linotronic 300 series devices.
- Linotronic 500 series devices.
- Linotronic 630.
- Scangraphic LI2/LI5 based devices.
- Scantext LI2/LI5 based devices.
Scangraphic FPI (HW773)
- Scangraphic FPI based devices.
Ultre/Exxtra (HW774)
- Ultre 72 series devices.
- Ultre 94 series devices.
- Ultre 300/400 devices.
- Ultre 3000/4000 devices.
- Exxtra 300 series devices.
Exxtra Maxxima (HW775)
Agfa (HW976/HW776)
- Proset series devices.
- Accuset series devices.
- Selectset series devices.
- Avantra series devices.
Scitex Dolev (HW978/HW778)
- Dolev 100/200/250/400/450 devices.
- Dolev 800/800V devices.
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Information
Version: 5.1.0s
Date: April 2006
Platforms: 2000 / XP / Server 2003 INTEL
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Limitations
- The plugin currently supports film punching control for ECRM and
Agfa imagesetters, where appropriate, if serial comms is enabled.
For other imagesetters the User must configure the imagesetter directly
to perform this operation when required if the option is available.
- Scangraphic engines must have the LI2/LI5 interface available on the
engine in order that we may drive them using the HW972/HW772 hardware and
software. It is our understanding that this interface is optional on
the Scangraphic Largo/Othello/Tempo/Apollo engines.
- There is currently no support provided for punch or exposure control,
feed or cut features of Scangraphic engines through the LI2/LI5
interface. This is a limitation of the LI5 interface in the engine, not
the HighWater software or hardware.
- Paper feed around page is only available for devices which support host
serial control over feed and feed length. For devices such as non-serial
ECRMs this feature will have no effect.
- The HighWater plugin provides no support for exposure control or feed or
cut features of Scangraphic engines through the HW773 FPI interface card.
This is a limitation of the FPI interface in the engine, not the HighWater
software or hardware.
- The Plugin provides no support for custom resolutions or colour
separation mode features of the Ultre imagesetters.
- The HighWater plugin has no control over Scitex Dolev
100/200/250/400/450 device punching. The engine punches automatically if a
punch is fitted.
- There is no support for media feed or cut features on Scitex Dolev
devices.
- HW778/978 interface does not support independent slow scan and fast
scan resolutions for Scitex Dolev devices.
- When using a HW773 Scangraphic FPI plugin & interface, the engine must
be fully booted and in FPI interface mode before running the RIP.
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Known Problems
ECRM imagesetters
- The Plugin will not function in serial mode with ECRM VR/Oasis/Knockout
engines with firmware revisions of 2.1.1 or earlier. This is due to a
bug in the imagesetter firmware. Users should upgrade their ECRM
firmware to 2.2.1 or later and ensure that the imagesetter is configured
in 'Serial' mode.
Linotronic/Scangraphic imagesetters
- Linotronic/Scangraphic imagesetters do not support host control over
feed amount, hence any feeds performed by the RIP will amount to a fixed
length feed as defined on the imagesetter.
- Error reporting (such as no take-up cassette/no input cassette/image too
big) is unreliable since the engine does not always report the current
status correctly.
Agfa imagesetters
- Some of the older Agfa imagesetters do not correctly report error
conditions such as no output cassette or no media until they start
imaging. This can cause jobs which should fail immediately to take a few
minutes to fail and to fail with an error which does not reflect the
true cause of the problem.
Scangraphic FPI imagesetters
- Scangraphic FPI imagesetters do not support host control over feed or
cut features, hence any feeds/cuts set on the RIP will have no effect
on the imagesetter. These options should be controlled from the
imagesetter control panel.
General
- On some imagesetters the advance amounts are not accurate. In some cases
this can be caused by other devices connected to the imagesetters, such
as Online Processors or media buffering devices.
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Revision History (Plugins)
Release 5.1.0s April 2006
- First release of consolidated Signatured plugin.
- Added support for HW97x series interface cards.
- Added support for HWx70 interface card and ECRM devices.
- Added support for Scitex 800/800V devices.
Release 3.5.5s March 2005
- First release of v5.x.x plugins supporting the HW97X PCI interface cards.
Release 3.5.4s August 2004
- First official release of Signatured PCI plugin.
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Revision History (Personality libraries)
ECRM
HW970 Release 5.0.7 November 2005
- We now ignore the connected signal when configured for an Autologic III 3850 device.
- Improved error report when an out of media condition is detected on ECRM devices.
- Fixed bug causing media feed operations to always advance the media by the engines
current feed distance, rather than the requested feed distance.
HW970 Release 5.0.5 June 2005
- First release of HW970.dll with Signatured Rip plugin.
HW770 Release 5.0.7 November 2005
- We now ignore the connected signal when configured for an Autologic III 3850 device.
- Improved error report when an out of media condition is detected on ECRM devices.
- Fixed bug affecting invert video operation on HW770 interface cards.
- Fixed bug causing media feed operations to always advance the media by the engines
current feed distance, rather than the requested feed distance.
HW770 Release 5.0.5 June 2005
- First release of HW770.dll with Signatured Rip plugin.
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Linotronic/Linotronic 630/Scangraphic LI2/LI5
HW972 Release 5.1.1 November 2005
- Fixed issue which randomly caused cropped image output on Linotronic imagesetters.
- Improved retry behaviour of Linotronic 630 device software download.
HW972 Release 5.0.9 June 2005
- First release of HW972.dll with Signatured Rip plugin.
HW772 Release 5.1.1 November 2005
- Fixed issue which randomly caused cropped image output on Linotronic imagesetters.
- Improved retry behaviour of Linotronic 630 device software download.
HW772 Release 5.0.3 July 2005
- Fix problem causing output failure of all but first job when used with v5.x or later plugin.
HW772 Release 5.0.2 November 2002
- First release of HW772.dll with Signatured Rip plugin.
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Scangraphic FPI
HW773 Release 5.0.4 July 2005
- First release of HW773.dll with Signatured Rip plugin.
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Ultre/Exxtra/Maxxima
HW774 Release 5.0.1 July 2005
- Fix problem causing output failure of all but first job when used with v5.x or later plugin.
HW774 Release 5.0 January 2002
- First release of HW774.dll with Signatured Rip plugin.
HW775 Release 5.0.1 July 2005
- Fix problem causing output failure of all but first job when used with v5.x or later plugin.
HW775 Release 5.0 November 2002
- First release of HW775.dll with Signatured Rip plugin.
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Agfa
HW976 Release 5.7 June 2005
- First release of HW976.dll with Signatured Rip plugin.
HW776 Release 5.7 July 2005
- Bumped version to match HW976 interface.
- Fix for cassette selection issues.
HW776 Release 5.3 November 2002
- First release of HW776.dll with Signatured Rip plugin.
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Scitex Dolev
HW978 Release 5.0.7.2 April 2006
- Unsolicited message support.
- Fixes relating to testing interaction with other HighWater products.
HW978 Release 5.04 June 2005
- First release of HW978.dll.
- Support more than one interface card in same PC.
HW778 Release 5.0.7.2 April 2006
- Unsolicited message support.
- Fixes relating to testing interaction with other HighWater products.
HW778 Release 5.0.4 July 2005
- First release of HW778.dll supporting multiple cards in the same PC.
HW778 Release 1.8 July 2005
- Fix problem causing output failure of all but first job when used with v5.x or later plugin.
HW778 Release 1.7 March 2005
- Fix to failure to output image data to Type 1 engines.
HW778 Release 1.6 November 2004
- Fix FIFO empty error outputting to Dolev800V.
- Various fixes to obtaining and displaying punch system information for type 2 devices.
- Add ability to control engine spinner speed.
HW778 Release 1.3.6 March 2003
- First release of HW778.dll with Signatured Rip plugin.
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Revision History Linotronic 630 Configuration Tool - Config630
Release 1.0 November 2001
- First release of the Linotronic630 configuration tool.
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Revision History (Low-level Driver)
This installer does not install the low-level PnP driver. The v5.x.x driver is installed
using the Install New Hardware wizard that runs when the PC is booted after first installing
the interface card(s) or on reboot after moving at least one card to a different slot from
which it was originally installed.
Release 5.2.6 15th February 2006
- Fixed occasional failure to begin output of image data affecting only HW9xx interface cards. In some circumstances the software would reach the point where imaging would normally begin, but imaging would never actually start. In these cases, the job would typically fail after 3 minutes and report a 'Data Transfer Timeout' error. The log file for the job would show a DMA status register value containing 0x...408. This issue was caused by a timing flaw resulting in corruption of some critical control registers in the interface firmware, thereby preventing image output. Subsequent jobs may/may not have output normally.
Release 5.2.5 24th January 2006
- Fixed returning of UART status, required only when analysing communication/output failures. Normal operation was unaffected by this issue.
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Fixed returning PCI configuration space contents, required only when debugging PCI related issues with the interface card(s). Normal operation was unaffected by this issue.
Release 5.2.4 13th September 2005
- Add support for 98X cards - .inf file change only.
- Fixed failure to output image data affecting only the HW976 interface card. Output of the first job from power on would complete normally, but all subsequent outputs would reach the point where imaging would normally begin, but imaging would never actually start. In these cases, the job would typically fail after 3 minutes with a 'Data Transfer Timeout' error. No further output would be possible until a system restart.
Release 5.2.3 14th April 2005
- Add support for 97X cards - .inf file change only.
- Fix 97X serial comms using 19200 baud rate.
Release 5.2.2 1st April 2005
- Fix failure to output serial comms when using CTS-RTS flow control setup.
Release 5.2.1 1st January 2005
- First release of HighWater PCI interface card PnP driver.
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RBF files - Version Information
This installer installs the following RBF files
| RBF file name | Version number | Checksum
| HW970_10_0001.rbf | 0x1 | 0x145733
| HW972_10_0003.rbf | 0x4 | 0x12BF32
| HW972_20_0003.rbf | 0x4 | 0x12BF32
| HW976_20_0001.rbf | 0x1 | 0x12AFEE
| HW978_10_0003.rbf | 0x1 | 0x11C7DF
| |
HW770.rbf | 0x9 | 0x0E4D34
| HW770_40_0001.rbf | 0x9 | 0x0E4D34
| HW770_80_0001.rbf | 0xC | 0x15789A
| |
HW772_20_0001.rbf | 0x9 | 0x14A256
| HW772_20_0002.rbf | 0x9 | 0x14F7F8
| HW772_30_0001.rbf | 0x9 | 0x14A256
| HW772_30_0002.rbf | 0x9 | 0x14F7F8
| HW772_40_0001.rbf | 0x9 | 0x14A256
| HW772_40_0002.rbf | 0x9 | 0x14F7F8
| |
HW773.rbf | 0x3 | 0x15F811
| HW773_20_0001.rbf | 0x3 | 0x15F811
| HW773_30_0001.rbf | 0x3 | 0x15F811
| HW773_40_0001.rbf | 0x3 | 0x15F811
| |
HW774_20_0003.rbf | 0xA | 0x171CEF
| HW774_30_0003.rbf | 0xA | 0x171CEF
| |
HW775_10_0001.rbf | 0x9 | 0x17EE2F
| HW775_20_0001.rbf | 0x9 | 0x17EE2F
| |
HW776.rbf | 0x4 | 0x0D65DB
| HW776_20_0001.rbf | 0x4 | 0x0D65DB
| HW776_30_0001.rbf | 0x4 | 0x0D65DB
| |
HW778.rbf | No ver | 0x0DD398
| HW778_20_0001.rbf | 0x2 | 0x0D75D1
| HW778_20_0003.rbf | 0x4 | 0x0D30D6
| HW778_30_0003.rbf | 0x4 | 0x0D30D6
| HW778_40_0003.rbf | 0x4 | 0x0D30D6
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Configuration File Changes
- Corrected preload entry in all Dolev....4x8 configuration files.
- For all Dolev....4x8 configuration files remove unrequired byteorder entry.
- For Dolev type 1 devices added control for setting spinner speed.
- For all Dolev engines and 978 cards add entry to control amount of data preloaded onto card before starting engine output.
- For all Dolev engines and 978 cards add entry to control bit order.
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Technical Support
For technical support please contact your support representative.
This page last updated: 12th April 2006
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