Fernando2
Well-known
Actually I also use a PowerMac G4 (Mac OS X 10.2.8) with the scanner (more frequently than the Windows machine)
It has an Adaptec 2906 on board. Zero issues with CT and CQ.
It has an Adaptec 2906 on board. Zero issues with CT and CQ.
meloV8
Established
I'm looking for a Color Trio for mac. Someone could retrieve? 
Fernando2
Well-known
Hello,
someone wrote me asking where to buy (in EU) a replacement PMT for a ScanMate 5000.
Jack, I seem to remember you found a source?
Thanks anyone!
Fernando
someone wrote me asking where to buy (in EU) a replacement PMT for a ScanMate 5000.
Jack, I seem to remember you found a source?
Thanks anyone!
Fernando
jzagaja
Well-known
I only know someone from Czech Republic who had SM5000 for sale around 700 eur. Can provide his email - send me PM.
Kamph
Established
Jack, is that SM5000 in working condition?
I recently got into 4x5 and that's more than my P120 can handle, and so I was considering a cheap drum scanner. I'm a student so my budget is somewhat limited, and while the scans you guys get from the SM1100 looks phenomenal (of course your skill as operators plays a big part too!) it's outside my budget which led me to look after a SM5000 instead. Do you have any experience with the 5000? Is it comparable to the SM11000 apart from the resolution?
I hope I'm not too OT.
Cheers!
I recently got into 4x5 and that's more than my P120 can handle, and so I was considering a cheap drum scanner. I'm a student so my budget is somewhat limited, and while the scans you guys get from the SM1100 looks phenomenal (of course your skill as operators plays a big part too!) it's outside my budget which led me to look after a SM5000 instead. Do you have any experience with the 5000? Is it comparable to the SM11000 apart from the resolution?
I hope I'm not too OT.
Cheers!
brbo
Well-known
Hi! Jack got me in touch with the seller of SM5000 and the seller told me that SM5000 is sold.
jzagaja
Well-known
I wll be having sm5000 so possibly expect some pics vs. 11000.
Fernando2
Well-known
Excellent, Jack!
I'm very curious. The SM5000 sounds very interesting, and should be easier to find.
I'm very curious. The SM5000 sounds very interesting, and should be easier to find.
Kamph
Established
I'll be looking forward to your comparison, Jack! I guess 5000 dpi should be sufficient for my large format needs
Well, it was a good price!
Well, it was a good price!
jzagaja
Well-known
SM5000 does not have pattern in shadows (my sample) known from 11000, register error is typical for Scanmates (bearing?) and slight red cast in shadows (correctable in post).
sdzsdz
Newbie
Can someone email or send me on an other way the monitor program for the scanmate? I have to realign light source to scanning head and I want to calibrate the apertures. I would also need the maintenance manual.
Waht else do I need to communicate to the scanner for maintenance? Some special cables? I read somwhere, that I need to make me a cable but can´t find instructions.
Thank you all and best regards,
Sebastian
Waht else do I need to communicate to the scanner for maintenance? Some special cables? I read somwhere, that I need to make me a cable but can´t find instructions.
Thank you all and best regards,
Sebastian
jzagaja
Well-known
No one has because it is in the scanner firmware. Just make cable and connect with hyperterminal or putty:
http://rangefinderforum.com/forums/showpost.php?p=2276171&postcount=404
http://rangefinderforum.com/forums/showpost.php?p=2276171&postcount=404
sdzsdz
Newbie
Thank you Jack! But HAHA, don´t beleive what I found in my cellar. A matching cable.
But I need the manual please!
Best regards, Sebastian
But I need the manual please!
Best regards, Sebastian
jzagaja
Well-known
sdzsdz
Newbie
No, I mean the maintenance manual of the scanner.
And could you tell me, how to connect with an terminal under Mac 0S 9.2?
I found ZTerm but thats extremely complicated. Don´t have a clue what to do now.
Any help?
And could you tell me, how to connect with an terminal under Mac 0S 9.2?
I found ZTerm but thats extremely complicated. Don´t have a clue what to do now.
Any help?
jzagaja
Well-known
I have no idea - I use my Mac Mini only as remote control of an old laptop that drives the scanner under XP.
sdzsdz
Newbie
Could you describe me the exact workflow that you use?
jzagaja
Well-known
Scanmate -> Adaptec 1480 -> Centrino laptop with COM port PCMCIA and wifi -> Mac Mini 2010 with VMware Fusion -> Photoshop with my NegInverter plugin
Very comfortable but wifi on laptop is slow - have to find solution for quicker file transfer. USB wifi card doesn't work (broken connections). Maybe better take fanless mainboard with pci riser and pcmcia-pci host (Ricoh) or pci-e SCSI card from Adaptec (low profile) - tested and works.
Very comfortable but wifi on laptop is slow - have to find solution for quicker file transfer. USB wifi card doesn't work (broken connections). Maybe better take fanless mainboard with pci riser and pcmcia-pci host (Ricoh) or pci-e SCSI card from Adaptec (low profile) - tested and works.
sdzsdz
Newbie
Scanmate 11000 monitor program and maintenance
Scanmate 11000 monitor program and maintenance
Hello Guys!
Thank you for all your help. Jack send me the manual and after a lot of trying with different computers I found out how to make a connection to the scanner, so I want to write a short explanation for everyone:
I did not get it to work under Windows 7 and also not under Mac OS 9.2, don´t know why.
I finally did it under Mac OSX 10.6.8 with an ordinary Mac Book. Others report that it is also very easy to do under Windows XP but I have no XP here.
First of all, one has to make a cable. I found one with RJ45 on the one end, and RS232 on the other laying arround in my cellar, but after all it had not the right PIN connections.
Everything we need to make a cable is an ordinary Cad5e network cable and a separate RS232 connector. We can buy these things in an ordinary store for electric parts.
After that, the network cable has to be cut on one end. The leads have to be identified and then have to be soft soldered to the RS232 connector following this pattern Jack wrote in an other post:
RJ45 ------------ RS232
2 (orange)------- 3
3 (white-green)-- 2
4 (blue)--------- 5
What we also need is an USB to Serial adaptor and the drivers.
Now we can start:
- Connect the USB to Serial adaptor to the computer/Mac
- Install the drivers
- Restart the Mac
- Connect the selfmade cable to the scanner and the adaptor. The scanner has to be turned OFF!
- Load from the internet this little program (goSerial):
http://www.furrysoft.de/?page=goserial
- Start goSerial, tick the marked button and select the displayed values. You also have to select the USB to Serial connector you use under "Serial port". If this does not show up, there is most probably a problem with the driver:
- Select "Ok"
- Tick the button in the left upper corner right next to the button we used before. Now a red cross is shown over this button.
- Now turn on the scanner with the thumbwheel for the SCSI selector on position "8".
- There we are, now we can speek to the scanners firmware.
- To understand what to do we need the manual. Email me, if you need it.
I found an other instruction for Windows XP in the Yahoo scanner group:
Scanmate 11000 monitor program and maintenance
Hello Guys!
Thank you for all your help. Jack send me the manual and after a lot of trying with different computers I found out how to make a connection to the scanner, so I want to write a short explanation for everyone:
I did not get it to work under Windows 7 and also not under Mac OS 9.2, don´t know why.
I finally did it under Mac OSX 10.6.8 with an ordinary Mac Book. Others report that it is also very easy to do under Windows XP but I have no XP here.
First of all, one has to make a cable. I found one with RJ45 on the one end, and RS232 on the other laying arround in my cellar, but after all it had not the right PIN connections.
Everything we need to make a cable is an ordinary Cad5e network cable and a separate RS232 connector. We can buy these things in an ordinary store for electric parts.
After that, the network cable has to be cut on one end. The leads have to be identified and then have to be soft soldered to the RS232 connector following this pattern Jack wrote in an other post:
RJ45 ------------ RS232
2 (orange)------- 3
3 (white-green)-- 2
4 (blue)--------- 5
What we also need is an USB to Serial adaptor and the drivers.
Now we can start:
- Connect the USB to Serial adaptor to the computer/Mac
- Install the drivers
- Restart the Mac
- Connect the selfmade cable to the scanner and the adaptor. The scanner has to be turned OFF!
- Load from the internet this little program (goSerial):
http://www.furrysoft.de/?page=goserial
- Start goSerial, tick the marked button and select the displayed values. You also have to select the USB to Serial connector you use under "Serial port". If this does not show up, there is most probably a problem with the driver:
- Select "Ok"
- Tick the button in the left upper corner right next to the button we used before. Now a red cross is shown over this button.
- Now turn on the scanner with the thumbwheel for the SCSI selector on position "8".
- There we are, now we can speek to the scanners firmware.
- To understand what to do we need the manual. Email me, if you need it.
I found an other instruction for Windows XP in the Yahoo scanner group:
Attachments
sdzsdz
Newbie
Big Problem, fibre optic cable
Big Problem, fibre optic cable
Hello everybody!
I have now a really big problem! I wanted to purchase new fibre optic cables from Sensor head to PMT and from transmission bulb to light tube. ABC-Scan told me they have enough to sell me some. When I removed the long one for transmission, I destroyed it, unfortunately. And now ABC tells me, they can´t find any more cables.
Now my scanner is useless! This is a BIG PROBLEM for me. Has anybody an Idea where I can find a new cable or a company that will make me one for a price that does not get into thousands of euros?
Any help and suggestion is very much appreciated
Big Problem, fibre optic cable
Hello everybody!
I have now a really big problem! I wanted to purchase new fibre optic cables from Sensor head to PMT and from transmission bulb to light tube. ABC-Scan told me they have enough to sell me some. When I removed the long one for transmission, I destroyed it, unfortunately. And now ABC tells me, they can´t find any more cables.
Now my scanner is useless! This is a BIG PROBLEM for me. Has anybody an Idea where I can find a new cable or a company that will make me one for a price that does not get into thousands of euros?
Any help and suggestion is very much appreciated