> I have a Umax VistaScan S6E that has 25 pin, 50 pin Centronics and an apple > connection. I am using a 2902E Adaptec scsi pci card (external connection > only). When I boot up and load the sys driver it syas that there is no > termination. The card has the three terminators on it. The card has 25 pin > connection. I did have this device connected to and Adaptec 2940 card on > another computer that had internal hard drives and cd connected. This > situation worked fine. I couldn't get this to work on the 2902e card so I > put in a 1520 card 50 pin mini and the cable I was using on the other pc > that did work and I still could not get it to work. Win98se found the > card(s) and the scanner in both cases but the scanner software says link > failed. Why would Win98se find the stuff but still not have a link? Is there > something I need to do to the cable to terminate it? I am lost.
SCSI needs termination at BOTH ends of the device chain. With just a scanner and a controller card, the ends are - the scanner and the controller card. i.e. You need termination on the card (maybe actual resistor packs, a dip switch/jumper or BIOS setting, depending on the card) and the scanner itself ... (again, may be a dip-switch on the scanner labeled TE or Term. En. ... or you MAY need a actual cable terminator - If the scanner has no other means ot termination, it will have two cable sockets ... you will need to acquire a SCSI terminator to match the unused cable socket (doesn't matter which is which) and install it. The terminator will look like a block of rubber or plastic with a connector on it that matches your scanner's socket ... HTH! aloha, dave - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - 303.777.1938 #!/usr/bin/perl print $i=pack(c5,(41*2),sqrt(7056),(unpack(c,H)-2),oct(115),10);
