HighWater Signatured PCI Plugin README
HighWater Signatured Plugin Installer September 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 installer.
NOTE: Installation of these plugins on Windows 2000, XP or Server 2003 platforms requires
v5.2.7 or later of HighWater PCI device driver (hwplot.sys) to be installed. The HighWater PCI
device driver is available on the HighWater Designs Pre-Press Solutions CD.
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Current Version Information
HighWater PCI interface cards supported by this version
Linotronic 630 Installation notes
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
Linotronic630 Configuration Program Changes
Technical Support
Current Version Information
Version: 5.1.1s
Date: September 2006
Platforms: Windows 2000 / Windows XP / Windows 2003 Server INTEL* (32-bit editions only)
Harlequin RIP: Compatible with Torrent RIP version 5.5r0 or later
*Note: Windows NT Operating System is no longer supported
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HighWater PCI interface cards supported by this version:
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.
Note: The HighWater HW97x series cards are not compatible with the v4.x.x HighWater PCI device driver.
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Linotronic 630 Installation notes
If you are installing for a Linotronic 630 imagesetter, please
read the following section carefully:
INSTALLATION OF LINOTRONIC 630 CONFIGURATION UTILITY
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Before you begin the installation, make sure you have either the
original MS-DOS 'Heidelberg LTC630 Device Software' disk, or the
disk created by the backup facility in your previous RIP. Refer
to your Configuration Utility User Manual for instructions on how
to obtain this in PC format. You will also need to access the
serial number of your Linotronic 630 imagesetter. This information
is vital to the installation. During setup you will be asked to
insert your RIP50 backup disk (or the Heidelberg LTC630 disk) into
drive A.
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Limitations
- The plugin 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, if available, when required.
- The plugin provides no support for the punch, exposure control, feed or cut features of Scangraphic engines through either the
HW773 FPI or HW772/HW972 LI2/LI5 interface. This is a limitation of the relevant interface in the engine, not the HighWater
software or hardware.
- The plugin does not support for custom resolutions or colour separation mode features of the Ultre imagesetters.
- The plugin does not support the media feed or cut features on Scitex Dolev Type1 or Type 2 devices.
- The plugin has no control over automatically punching on Scitex Dolev Type 1 devices if a punch is fitted in the engine.
- The plugin supports multiple Scangraphic FPI interface card in the same system but has not been tested and hence is not
currently recommended.
- 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.
- Scangraphic engines must have the LI2/LI5 interface available on the engine in order that we may drive them using the HWx72 interfaces.
It is our understanding that this interface is optional on the Scangraphic Largo/Othello/Tempo/Apollo engines.
- The HW778/978 Dolev interface does not support independent slow scan and fast scan resolutions for Type1 or Type2 devices.
- Use of the HW773 Scangaphic FPI interface with other HighWater PCI interface cards in the same platform has not been tested
and hence is not currently recommended.
- Currently the engine must be fully booted and set to 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 or 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
- When re-outputting jobs which have a punch specified after restarting the RIP, the plugin will only select the correct punch
if the FPI device was the currently selected device (via the 3rd pull-down menu from the main menu bar) when the RIP was
shutdown last. This will be addressed in a later release.
- 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 5.1.1s September 2006
- Added fix for punch related problem affecting only HW97x interface cards, where
when punching was selected on plugin device configuration dialog, the output
media would not be punched.
- Added fix for image bit ordering on HW978 interface cards.
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.
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Revision History (Personality libraries)
ECRM
HW770/HW970 Release 5.0.7 November 2005
- When configured for an Autologic III 3850 device, we now ignore the connected signal as
some engines drop this signal during output causing the job to fail with a 'device not connected' error.
- 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/HW970 Release 5.0.5 June 2005
- First release of HWx70.dll with Signatured Rip plugin.
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Linotronic/Linotronic 630/Scangraphic LI2/LI5
HW772/HW972 Release 5.1.1 November 2005
- Fix occassional crash/failure due to data incompatibility with user of DLL.
- 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 5.0.3 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 5.2 June 2006
- Improve reporting of engine errors e.g. media jam.
- Fix outputting huge margins.
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.
- Get extended information from engine where possible (Ultre3000/4000).
HW774 Release 5.0 January 2002
- Fixed so that extended machine information is only read for suitable machines.
- Added support for separate data handling for multiple processes accessing the same DLL.
HW774 Release 5.0 January 2002
- First release of HW774.dll with Signatured Rip plugin.
HW775 Release 5.1 June 2006
- Improve reporting of engine errors e.g. media jam.
- Fix outputting huge margins.
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.
- Fix loading of FPGA for 775 driving a Maxxima.
HW775 Release 5.0 November 2002
- First release of HW775.dll with Signatured Rip plugin.
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Agfa
HW776/HW976 Release 5.7.3 September 2006
- Improved serial comms reliability.
- Fix serial comms failure due to NULL characters in the data stream.
- Fix returning valid but incorrect engine parameters when serial request fails.
- Implementational fixes related to addition of HW976 interface card.
- Improved error reporting.
HW976 Release 5.7 June 2005
- First release of HW976.dll with Signatured Rip plugin.
HW776 Release 5.3.1 July 2005
- Fix problem causing output failure of all but first job when used with v5.x or later plugin.
- Fix occassional serial comms failure after sending initial message.
HW776 Release 5.3 November 2002
- First release of HW776.dll with Signatured Rip plugin.
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Scitex Dolev
HW778/HW978 Release 5.0.7.4 September 2006
- Fix to Type 2 device identification.
- Fixes to image to punch positioning logic.
- Fix serial error on repeated attempts to gain serial control of the engine before imaging starts.
- Fix serial error prior to start of imaging due to asynchronous message from engine.
- Improve responsiveness of user interface while performing serial comms before and after image output.
- Fix incorrect number of punch systems being reported resulting in garbled punch system on punch selection droplist.
HW778/HW978 Release 5.0.7.2 April 2006
- Unsolicited message support.
- Fixes relating to testing interaction with other HighWater products.
HW978 Release 5.04 July 2005
- First release of HW978.dll with Signatured Rip plugin.
HW778 Release 5.04 July 2005
- First release of HW778.dll supporting multiple cards in same PC.
- Add support for centering image on head/side punch on 4PressV/4Press*.
HW778 Release 1.3.6 March 2003
- First release of HW778.dll with Signatured Rip plugin.
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Revision History (Low-level Driver)
For Windows2000, XP and Server2003 this installer does not install the low-level driver.
A new plug-and-play driver v5.x.x 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 5.2.7 September 2006
- Fixed intermittent problem causing image output to stall indefinitely (usually at the very start
of an output rather than part way throgh). This problem affected all interface cards.
- 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.
- Fixed returning of UART status, required only when analysing communication/output failures. Normal
operation was unaffected by this issue.
- 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.
- 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 for use with the Signatured Plugin.
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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 | 4 | 14AF78
| HW972_10_0003.rbf | 5 | 12BF10
| HW972_20_0003.rbf | 5 | 12BF10
| HW976_20_0001.rbf | 4 | 134F4F
| HW978_10_0003.rbf | 6 | 119304
| HW978_20_0003.rbf | 6 | 119304
| |
HW770.rbf | 9 | E4D34
| HW770_40_0001.rbf | 9 | E4D34
| HW770_80_0001.rbf | 12 | 15789A
| |
HW772_20_0001.rbf | 9 | 14A256
| HW772_20_0002.rbf | 9 | 14F7F8
| HW772_30_0001.rbf | 9 | 14A256
| HW772_30_0002.rbf | 9 | 14F7F8
| HW772_40_0001.rbf | 9 | 14A256
| HW772_40_0002.rbf | 9 | 14F7F8
| |
HW773.rbf | 3 | 15F811
| HW773_20_0001.rbf | 3 | 15F811
| HW773_30_0001.rbf | 3 | 15F811
| HW773_40_0001.rbf | 3 | 15F811
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HW774_20_0003.rbf | 10 | 171CEF
| HW774_30_0003.rbf | 10 | 171CEF
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HW775_10_0001.rbf | 9 | 17EE2F
| HW775_20_0001.rbf | 9 | 17EE2F
| |
HW776.rbf | 4 | D65DB
| HW776_20_0001.rbf | 4 | D65DB
| HW776_30_0001.rbf | 4 | D65DB
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HW778.rbf | No ver | DD398
| HW778_20_0001.rbf | 2 | D75D1
| HW778_20_0003.rbf | 4 | D30D6
| HW778_30_0003.rbf | 4 | D30D6
| HW778_40_0003.rbf | 4 | D30D6
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Configuration File Changes
September 2006
- For all Dolev 800 series engines - corrected setter size limit entries.
June 2006
- For all Dolev engines - corrected preload entry.
- For all Dolev engines - removed unrequired byteorder entry.
- For all Dolev engines - added control for specifying amount of data preloaded onto card
before starting engine output when used with HW978 cards.
- For all Dolev engines - added control for bit order selection when used with HW978 cards.
- For all Dolev type 1 engines - added control for setting spinner speed.
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Revision History Linotronic 630 Configuration Tool - Config630
Release 1.0 November 2001
- First release of the Linotronic 630 configuration tool.
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Technical Support
For technical support please contact your support representative.
This page last updated: 4th October 2006
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