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- Genius scanner driver
- GENIUS.EXE
-
-
- The Genius scanner driver is a Revision 6 scanner driver (see REV6.DOC for
- more information) providing black and white, gray scale and 24 bit color
- scanning for the current ZSoft products.
-
- The GENIUS.EXE driver REQUIRES that the scanner hardware be
- set up for interrupts. This has NOT been the case for previous
- ZSoft scanner drivers.
-
- You can run GENIUS.EXE from your CONFIG.SYS, AUTOEXEC.BAT, or
- other batch file. To manually add the device driver to your
- CONFIG.SYS, use a text editor to type the entry as it appears
- below. Be sure to include a path if the scanner driver is not
- in your root directory. Remember to include additional parameters
- when necessary.
-
- CONFIG.SYS Entry
- -----------------
- device=GENIUS.EXE
-
- You may also need to add an application code parameter to the
- CONFIG.SYS entry, depending on which program you are using.
- If the parameter is omitted, the application will still work,
- but may be missing some features. PhotoFinish, Publisher's
- Paintbrush version 2.02, and PC Paintbrush 5+ do not require
- an application code.
-
- If you are using ...add this parameter
- this ZSoft program... to your CONFIG.SYS entry.
-
- PC Paintbrush Plus (DOS) /C1
- PC Paintbrush Plus (Windows) /C2
- PC Paintbrush IV Plus (DOS) /C3
- Publisher's Paintbrush (Windows) /C4
-
- The commands provided by the Genius scanner driver are listed below
- in the example of the /H parameter.
-
- ZSoft Scanner Driver, version 6.00
- Copyright(C) ZSoft Corp. 1991. All rights reserved.
-
- Valid commands:
-
- /Bxxx = interrupt Buffer size (in K)
- /Cx = application Code (1-4)
- /Dx = DMA channel (1,3,5,6)
- /H = display this Help text
- /? = display this help text
- /Ixx = IRQ number (2,5,10,11)
- /Oxxx = I/O port (hex value)
- /Px = I/O Port (0-3)
- /U = Unload driver
- /V = Verbose messages and status displays
-
- Defaults
- ========
-
- DMA = 5
- IRQ = 10
- Port = 270h
-
-
- /P values
- =========
-
- /P0 = 270h
- /P1 = 2E0h
- /P2 = 370h
- /P3 = 3E0h
-
-
- Genius Messages
- ===============
-
- 'Supporting: KYE/Genius, color hand scanner'
-
- This message is displayed upon successful initialization of the Genius
- scanner.
-
-
- Genius Error Messages
- ======================
-
- 'Scanner hardware not found at specified address'
-
- This message is displayed at initialization time if the scanner
- driver cannot successfully communicate with the scanner.
-
-
- 'Invalid DMA/IRQ combination!'
-
- 'IRQ 2 & 5 must be paired with DMA 1 & 3'
- 'IRQ 10 & 11 must be paired with DMA 5 & 6'
-
- This message is displayed when an attempt is made to use an
- invalid combination of DMA and IRQ values. Jumper "DM" on the
- scanner board selects 8 bit or 16 bit modes and the DMA and
- IRQ values must both be either 8 bit or 16 bit values.
-
- NOTE: At the time of this writing (3/13/92) the hardware would
- only function in 16 bit modes, thus requiring the board
- to be placed in a 16 bit slot.
-