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1-2. Layout

AC Adapter jack

Power LED (Green)

Fig. 1 shows the front side layout of the FR1SX. 

Power LED 

light-on

state indicates the FR1SX is powered. If this LED is NOT lit, an optional AC
adapter is needed. 

Refer to Chapter 8 regarding optional items

.

High-Density 50 pin
SCSI connector

Fig. 2 shows the back side layout of the FR1SX. The FR1SX has a High-
Density 50 pin SCSI male connector. If you have a SCSI device with a different
type such as High-Density 68 pin, Centronics 50 pin or D-Sub 25 pin, you can
use an optional adapter. In such a case,

 refer to Chapter 8

.

Fig. 1 Front Side

Fig. 2 Back Side

6 pin FireWire
(IEEE1394) port

Summary of Contents for Converter

Page 1: ...FireWire Ultra SCSI Converter FR1SX User s Guide Dec 2006 Rev 5 0 ...

Page 2: ...X to a SCSI device 5 2 2 Repeater function 8 3 How to check if device is working 9 3 1 Windows System 10 3 1 1 Mass Storage Device 11 3 1 2 Scanner device Tape drive CD DVD burner etc 12 3 2 Mac OS X 17 3 2 1 Mass Storage Device 17 3 2 2 Scanner device Tape drive CD DVD burner etc 18 3 3 Mac OS 9 19 3 2 1 Mass Storage Device 19 3 2 2 B s Crew SIM Driver 20 ...

Page 3: ...Mac OS 9 32 4 5 Examples of configuration settings 35 5 Firmware Update 36 5 1 Updating firmware on Windows 36 5 2 Updating firmware on Mac OS X 38 5 3 Updating firmware on Mac OS 9 40 5 4 Specific firmware revision for specific SCSI device 42 6 Format Utility Windows Only 43 6 1 HowtouseFRFMTW9XonWindowsMe 98SE 43 6 2 How to use FRFMTW2K on Windows XP 2000 46 ...

Page 4: ...7 6 Wrong device icon appears in My Computer 53 7 7 When Version Conflict message appears 55 7 8 Write error happens woth an old Castlewood ORB 56 7 9 CastlewoodORBcannotberecognizedwhenyoustartyour computerwithORBconnected 56 7 10 CD R RW writing software can not recognize the CD R RW driveconnectedtotheFR1SX eventhoughtheMacOSrecognizes theCD R RW 56 8 Optional items 57 9 Registration and Tech S...

Page 5: ...e the FR1SX README file in the CD ROM may include the newer information For the latest information go to http www ratocsystems com English 1 1 Package Contents FR1SX FireWire Ultra SCSI Converter FR1SX CD ROM IEEE1394 6pin 6pin cable Quick installation guide Software LicenseAgreement If any of these items are missing contact the supplier immediately NOTE ...

Page 6: ...to Chapter 8 regarding optional items High Density 50 pin SCSI connector Fig 2 shows the back side layout of the FR1SX The FR1SX has a High Density 50 pin SCSI male connector If you have a SCSI device with a different type such as High Density 68 pin Centronics 50 pin or D Sub 25 pin you can use an optional adapter In such a case refer to Chapter 8 Fig 1 Front Side Fig 2 Back Side 6 pin FireWire I...

Page 7: ...onnector on a SCSI device If the SCSI connector type is different refer to Chapter 8 Term Power output capability Caution As FR1SX gets electric power from Term Power on SCSI bus this output capability is required If Term Power output is not available at your SCSI device such as iomega zip drive optional AC adapter is needed Refer to Chapter 8 Terminator must be attached to the SCSI device properl...

Page 8: ... Booting system from a SCSI device through the FR1SX is not supported because of Windows system limitation For Mac Users Only If the system has a built in firewire port the system can be booted up from the SCSI device ie HDD through the FR1SX Some times firmware update for Mac may be required Regarding firmware update for Mac go to http www apple com NOTE Apple Firmware doesn t support boot up fro...

Page 9: ...necting the FR1SX to a SCSI device 1 Make sure if the SCSI device is turned OFF before connecting the FR1SX Connect the FR1SX to a SCSI device as Fig 3 shows If the SCSI connector is different you can use an optional adapter Regarding optional adapters refer to Chapter 8 Terminator Fig 3 ...

Page 10: ... s manual 3 Attach an active terminator to the SCSI device as Fig 3 shows If the SCSI device has an internal terminator instead of external terminator it must be enabled 4 Turn ON the SCSI device and check if the green LED on the FR1SX is lit If the green LED is not lit the SCSI device doesn t have Term Power output capability If the SCSI device doesn t have this capability an optional AC Adapter ...

Page 11: ...ewire cable to firewire port of the FR1SX and the computer as Fig 4 shows In most cases the SCSI device will be recognized automatically and ready to go If the SCSI device is not recognized go to Chapter 3 1394 port 1394 cable Fig 4 ...

Page 12: ...s a Firewire repeater as Fig 5 shows It extends the distance between one Firewire device and another Firewire device up to 9m 30 feet In this case an optional AC adapter is required to supply power Regarding optional items refer to Chapter 8 2 2 Repeater function ...

Page 13: ...s possible as you can If it is difficult turn on the SCSI device first 5 After self initialization of the SCSI device plug the firewire cable to the FR1SX or the computer 6 Wait about 5 seconds for recognition by the system and see if the SCSI device is recognized If the SCSI device is not recognized Double check followings 1 Is green LED on the FR1SX lit If not refer to Chapter 8 2 Is terminator ...

Page 14: ... Mac OS X system go to Chapter 3 2 If you are using Mac OS 9 system go to Chapter 3 3 3 1 Windows system If the SCSI device is a mass storage device like a hard drive or a removable drive go to Chapter 3 1 1 If the SCSI device is not a mass storage device like a scanner device or a tape drive go to Chapter 3 1 2 ...

Page 15: ...nized by the system automatically On the device manager the hard drive with the FR1SX is recog nized as follows If the hard drive or the media in the removable drive is formatted properly it will be mounted It can be seen in MY Computer If the hard drive is still not recognized by the system refer to Chapter 4 ...

Page 16: ...etc If the device driver of the SCSI device ie scanner tape drive etc is not in cluded in Windows or sometimes even if the driver is included the New Hardware Wizard requires the device driver for RATOC System_Inc IEEE1394 SCSI 3 IEEE1394 SBP2 Device ...

Page 17: ...is a yellow point on RATOC System_Inc IEEE1394 SCSI 3 IEEE1394 SBP2 Device on the Device Manager the driver of the SCSI device needs to be installed To open the device manager Go to Start Right click on My Computer Properties Hardware Device Manager button ...

Page 18: ...ice manager 1 Double click on RATOC System_Inc IEEE1394 SCSI 3 IEEE1394 SBP2 Device to open Properties 2 Click on Update Driver button on the Driver tab New Hardware Wizard will appear B On the New Hardware Wizard 3 Select Install from a list or specific location and click Next button 4 Select Don t search I will choose the driver to install and click Next 5 If the device is a scanner device selec...

Page 19: ...model number of the SCSI device should be listed Select proper device and click Next If there is no driver on the list specify the location of the driver with using Have disk button If the SCSI device is still not recognized by the system refer to Chapter 4 ...

Page 20: ... Microsoft web site This component improves 1394 stor age performance and also installs a Safely Removal Utility on the task bar To find the update 1 Click Start menu on the TaskBar 2 Select Windows Update http v4 windowsupdate microsoft com en default asp 3 Click Scan for updates and find Storage Supplement Update for Windows 98 Second Edition ...

Page 21: ...orage Device ie hard drive removable drive Mass storage device with the FR1SX should be recognized by the system automatically If the device is a fixed hard drive and it is formatted properly it will be mounted on the desktop If the device is a removable disk and the media is formatted properly the media will be mounted on the desktop Fixed drive Removable media If the SCSI device is still not rec...

Page 22: ...oftware Note Even if the device is recognized by the system if the software doesn t support firewire interface or doesn t support the device itself the device will not work On Mac OS X we currently recommend following softwares For Scanner VueScan Hamrick Software For Tape drive Retrospect 5 or above EMC Dantz BRU TOLIS Group For CD burner Toast 5 or above Roxio If the software which comes with th...

Page 23: ...oftware for CD burner doesn t support Firewire 4 The device driver for the SCSI device supports only SCSI interface 3 3 1 Mass Storage Device ie hard drive removable drive Mass storage device with the FR1SX should be recognized by the system automatically If the device is a fixed hard drive and it is formatted properly it will be mounted on the desktop If the device is a removable disk and the med...

Page 24: ...SCSI device or the software which comes with the SCSI device supports only SCSI API SCSI interface you can use B sCrew SIM driver B sCrew SIM driver works as shown above Note that the B sCrew SIM driver runs on MacOS 9 only It doesn t work on MacOS X ...

Page 25: ...il ity refer to Chapter X 2 The SIM driver doesn t support Firewire Plug and Play Hot Swapping because the original SCSI API doesn t include these features 3 As the SIM driver hooks the standard SCSI APIs and substitute for Firewire API some SCSI applications or drivers which don t use standard SCSI APIs may not work properly 4 The SIM driver doesn t support system boot from a SCSI device connecte...

Page 26: ...st ratocsystems com english and click Web for User and select B s Crew SIM driver 2 After downloading double click it and follow the instructions 3 When message screen says install was successful click Restart 4 B sCrew SIM FireREX1 is copied in the Extensions folder If the B sCrew SIM FireREX1 is not needed you can disable it from the Extensions Man ager If the SCSI device is not recognized by th...

Page 27: ...r mode Default is enabled It is only for MacOS 9 Transfer Mode Speed SCSI Default value is 20MB s You can select 20 10 5MB s and Async Delay time between power on and SCSI bus reset sec You can set the delay time for some SCSI devices which hang up if SCSI bus reset is issued right after the FR1SX gets powered Delay time between SCSI bus reset and SCSI command sec You can set the delay time for so...

Page 28: ...t is enabled If it is enabled SCSI bus reset is issued If disabled SCSI bus reset is not issued Enable START UNIT command Start Stop UNIT command Default is disabled Some SCSI devices don t spin up if Start Stop unit command is not issued Enable parity check Default is enabled If the SCSI device doesn t have parity check function it should be disabled Target SCSI ID Default value is AUTO You can s...

Page 29: ...ity remove the SCSI device with the FR1SX from the system and unplug the firewire cable from the FR1SX or the computer 2 Put the CD ROM in the CD drive 3 Installer should be launched automatically If not double click Setup exe and follow the instructions 4 After the installation FR Configuration and FR Format utility will ap pear in the RATOC Firewire Utility in the list of Programs Refer to Chap ...

Page 30: ...ity and then FR Configuration 2 If the message box says reconnect the 1394 cable unplug the firewire cable from the FR1SX or the computer and wait a few seconds If the FR1SX is not connected the message says Can t find FireREX1 FR1SX connect FireRex1 FR1SX now Then connect the firewire cable to the FR1SX or the computer and click OK ...

Page 31: ... Next and then click Finish at the last dialog Click Yes when the message says Do you want to restart your computer now Restart your the computer After the computer being restarted launch the FR Configuration again 4 Make sure Setting was successful is shown as follows 5 Click Config Utility To quit FR configuration Utility click EXIT ...

Page 32: ... will appear Default Default settings will be loaded Write Click Write button to write settings You can go back to the previous Window by clicking Back button 6 After changing the configuration settings restart the computer to take effect the change ...

Page 33: ...Macintosh 29 You can go back to the previous Window by clicking Back button There are some examples of configuration settings Refer to Chapter 4 5 ...

Page 34: ...ed installation You can directly launch it from CD ROM Before using this utility it must be enabled Caution If the utility is enabled all the firewire devices connected to thesystemWILLNOTWORKtemporally IftheMacOSXisbooted fromfirewireharddrive donotenabletheFR1Utility ...

Page 35: ... read from the FR1SX Default button loads default settings To write the settings click Start Configuration setting button Before quitting the utility it must be disabled to make all the firewire devices work properly Click Disable FR1 Utility button There are some examples of configuration settings Refer to Chapter 4 5 ...

Page 36: ... Manager and select Mac OS Base from selected set and click Duplicate Set 2 Name the setting like FR1SX CONFIGURATION and click OK Then disable following drivers Authoring Support FireWire Authoring Support Disc Banner Extension 3 Put the CD ROM in the CD drive 4 Launch FR1 Installer E in the FRUTY folder in the FR1SX for OS 9 Follow the instruction and restart the computer ...

Page 37: ...lowing window will appear Click OK 6 Select Config Utility from File menu The window below appears Advanced The advanced window in the next page will appear Default Default settings will be loaded Write Click Write button to write settings To quit the utility select Quit from File menu Exit button just close this window ...

Page 38: ...d change selected set from FR1SX CONFIGURA TION to the previous settings you used Then restart the computer To go back to the previous window click Back For more information about each configuration setting refer to Chapter 4 1 There are some examples of configuration settings Refer to Chapter 4 5 ...

Page 39: ...ween power on and SCSI bus reset HP ScanJet4c Set 15 at Delay time between power on and SCSI bus reset Microtek Artiscan100 Polaroid SprintScan 4000 Set 40 at Delay time between power on and SCSI bus reset MO drive FUJITSU MO M2512A M2513A Set 10MB sec at Transfer Mode Speed If the SCSI device is still not recognized contact our tech support http www ratocsystems com english contact support html ...

Page 40: ...lity Refer to Chapter 4 regarding Configuration settings 5 1 UpdatingfirmwareonWindows Refer to Chapter 4 2 for installation of the utility 1 Go to Start and select FR Configuration in the RATOC FireWire Utility in the list of Programs Then click Firmware update Utility ...

Page 41: ...lish 4 After selecting the firmware click Write 5 When the update is completed successfully the message box will appears Click OK click Back to go back to the main menu and click EXIT 6 Restart the computer to take effect 2 Following window will appear The top row indicates the firmware data you are about to write The bottom row indicates current firmware version on the FR1SX ...

Page 42: ...tion If the utility is enabled all the firewire devices connected to thesystemWILLNOTWORKtemporally IftheMacOSXisbooted fromfirewireharddrive donotenabletheFR1Utility 1 Click Enable FR1 Utility button and restart the system 2 Click a small button at the left of Select firmware data Specify the firmware data on the next window and click Open 3 Click Start Firmware update but ton ...

Page 43: ...e quitting the utility it must be disabled to make all the firewire devices work properly Click Disable FR1 Utility button and restart the computer There are some SCSI devices that work better with a specific firmware Refer to Chapter 5 4 for more detail ...

Page 44: ...the following two drivers are enabled in the Extensions Man ager FireREX1APIDriver and FireREXLoaderDriver c Make sure the following three drivers are disabled in the Extensions Man ager Authoring Support FireWire Authoring Support and Disc Burner Extension 2 Open the FRUTY folder and start FR1 Utility 3 Select Firmware update Utility from the File menu Following window will appear Firmware Rev in...

Page 45: ...ous page will appear again Click Write to update the firmware When the message says Updating was successful click OK Click Quit from the File menu After updating firmware revert extensions setting Open the Extensions Manager and change selected set from FR1SX CONFIGURATION to the previous settings you used Then restart the computer ...

Page 46: ...device Printers Fuji Pictrography Series PG3000 PG3500 PG4000 PG4000II PG4500 Firmware 1 23 works better than 1 33 MacOS X only If you have any question about firmware update contact our tech support http www ratocsystems com english contact support html ...

Page 47: ...is not inserted insert a media 3 From the Start menu select Programs RATOC FireWire Utility and then FR Format utility You can format a HDD Jaz MO Zip drive etc with this utility Caution You can not format a CD R CD RW or DVD RAM Refer to Chapter 4 2 for installation of the utility If you use Windows Me 98SE go to Chapter 5 1 If you use Windows XP 2000 go to Chapter 5 2 6 Format Utility Windows On...

Page 48: ...t Then click OK Caution All the devices connected to USB SCSI port on the PC besides 1394 will be shown Be sure to select the drive connected to the FR1SX 5 The following window will appear and select the drive you want to format And click the Select button 6 Following window will appear Select Initialize Format media from the Edit menu ...

Page 49: ... screen below Select File System from the list box and set Partition size using the slider bar Then click OK to create partition If you selected Super FD format at step 7 you will see a screen similar to the following Select File System from the list box 9 You must restart your computer for your information to take effect If you are using a removable media the media will be ejected to take effect ...

Page 50: ... EXE Follow the steps through to do Low Level Format 1 Make sure the SCSI device is connected and powered on 2 If the device is a removable disk and its media is not inserted insert a media 3 From the Start menu select Programs then RATOC FireWire Utility and then FR Format utility 4 The message box appears Click OK 5 The following window will appear Select the drive and click Start 6 After finish...

Page 51: ... adapter is required For purchasing information refer to Chapter 8 T Make sure the FR1SX is firmly connected to your SCSI device T Make sure the 1394 cable is firmly connected to the FR1SX and a 1394 port on your PC or Mac T Make sure you are using the 1394 cable bundled in this package T Make sure the SCSI device has a proper SCSI ID Must be 0 6 T Make sure the SCSI device is powered T Make sure ...

Page 52: ...system sometimes locks up If you use the older FUJITSU MO M2512A M2513A remove the FR1SX from the SCSI device and attached the FR1SX to other SCSI device to set transfer rate to 10MB sec with the SCSI configura tion utility Please note that you can not execute the SCSI configuration utility with the older FUJITSU MO models attached to the FR1SX You have to attach the FR1SX to other SCSI device Ref...

Page 53: ...ormat your HDD and create partition using the format utility FRFMTW9X EXE 2 When you use Windows XP 2000 you can format your HDD and create partition using Disk Management in Windows XP 2000 For more information refer to a Windows XP 2000 help file If a new drive letter will not be assigned yet or you fail to format the HDD after you have done Disk Management you should do Low Level Format using t...

Page 54: ...f above checking was made refer to the user s manual of the SCSI device SCSI specifications require Term Power output capability as an optional but some SCSI devices such as iomega Zip drive may not be implemented this capability If your SCSI device does not have this Term Power output capability you have to connect an OPTIONAL AC adapter sold separately as Fig 7 shows Regarding optional items ref...

Page 55: ...ou use Windows 98 SE you can find a string named IEEE1394 CD ROM IEEE1394 Disk or IEEE1394 Optical Disk under the Storage device When you use Windows Me you can find a string named IEEE1394 CD ROM IEEE1394 Disk IEEE1394 Floppy IEEE1394 Optical Disk or IEEE1394 Tape under the Storage device Double click the wrong drive name string 3 You will see the properties window Click the Driver tab and click ...

Page 56: ...er and model of your hardware device Check Show all hardware and select the right drive name from the list Click Next Update Driver Warning message may appear In such a case just click Yes 7 You will see the next screen saying Windows driver file search for the device Click Next 8 You will see the next screen saying Windows has finished installing the driver you selected for your hardware device C...

Page 57: ...y Computer Change a device from To Icon in My Computer CD ROM CD R RW HDD Jaz Zip drive CD ROM HDD Jaz Zip drive CD ROM CD R RW Removable Follow these steps through to update driver so that you can resolve this issue 1 Right click on My Computer and select Properties 2 You will see System Properties windows Click the Hardware tab 3 Click the Device Manager button You will see the screen in the sho...

Page 58: ...EEE1394 SBP2 Device string under the DVD CD ROM drives If you have changed from a Removable disk or HDD to a CD ROM or CD R RW you can find a RATOC Systems_Inc IEEE1394 SCSI 3 IEEE1394 SBP2 Device string under the Disk drives Double click on the RATOC Systems_Inc IEEE1394 SCSI 3 IEEE1394 SBP2 Device string to show its property ...

Page 59: ...window will appear Uncheck all the options at Optional Search locations Click Next 9 Driver Files Search Results window will appear Click Next 10 Completing the Upgrade Device Driver Wizard window will appear Click Finish Open My Computer to see if the right icon appears in My Computer 7 7 When Version Conflict message appears Win98SE When you use Windows 98 SE you may see a screen similar to the ...

Page 60: ...7 10 CD R RW writing software can not recognize the CD R RW drive with the FR1SX even though the Mac OS recognizes the CD R RW drive The software you are using may not be able to support Firewire interface 7 9 Castlewood ORB can not be recognized when you start your computer with an old ORB Set 2 seconds at Delay time between power on and SCSI bus reset with the SCSI configuration utility For more...

Page 61: ...density 50 pin connector If the connector type of the SCSI device is different you can use adapter between the FR1SX and the SCSI device RCL 3005 HD50F CN50M adapter For the device with Centronics 50 pin female connector RCL 3068 HD50F HD68M adapter For the device with High density 68 pin female connector RCL 3025 HD50F DB25M adapter For the device with DSub 25 pin female connector If you have any...

Page 62: ...from our web site Technical Support If you have any question please feel free to contact to our tech support Open 9 30AM 5 00PM PST Mon Fri except holidays RATOC Systems International Inc Tech support Address 2000 Wyatt drive Suite 9 Santa Clara CA 95054 TEL 408 986 9040 FAX 408 986 9042 E mail http www ratocsystems com english contact support html Home Page http www ratocsystems com english Pleas...

Page 63: ... When you connect a SCSI 2 device Max asynchronous transfer 6MBytes sec FireWire 100 200 400Mbps SCSI connector High Density 50 pin male SCSI 2 connector x 1 1394 FireWire connector 6pin x 2 Size 58 mm W x 66 mm D x 22mm H Weight 70 g Power Requirements DC 4 25V to 5 25V SCSI Termination Power is required Optional AC Adapter Input AC100 240V Output DC 5V 2A Polarity ...

Page 64: ...ause harmful interference to radio communications However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures 1 Reorient or re...

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