Installing ZIP Drives with CartReady





                                IMPORTANT NOTE:



                  When installing the IOMEGA ZIP DRIVE SYSTEM




If using the SCSI ZIP DRIVES, with the SCSI ZOOM adapter cards:

		Change the IRQ jumper from IRQ #10, to IRQ #9 on the SCSI card.

			This is because if you are using a digital audio card such as
			the CARD-D, it uses IRQ#10, and two cards can't use the same IRQ.


For either the SCSI or Parallel port model, follow the simple step by step installation instructions 
that come from the manufacturer.

		You'll follow their directions for installing the "DOS" drivers.
		The system will make a directory on your hard-drive and
		change your AUTOEXEC and CONFIG files to recognize the drive.

		(if you have a "C" drive, then the ZIP drive will show up as "D")
		(if you have a "C" and a "D" drive, then the ZIP drive will show up as "E" etc.)



BEWARE: 	The SCSI cable looks like it will connect to a DB25 pin female parallel port.
		NEVER DO THIS!!!.  It will connect to the DB25 pin female connector on the
		SCSI ZOOM card.

		To prevent actually connecting a printer to the SCSI port, or the SCSI drive
		to a parallel port, it is VERY important that you put a label above the
		25 pin port on the ZOOM card that CLEARLY says "SCSI" so if anyone in your
		station ever disconnects the ZIP drive, they'll know which port to reconnect it.


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                    Using the ZIP drives for Audio Transfer




Once the ZIP drives are connected to your production and on-air computer, they appear and work 
like 2nd hard-drives.

For example, if your true hard-drive that is inside the computer is "C", then the ZIP drive will 
automatically appear as "D."



When you record (produce) audio on the production computer you are saving (exporting) the audio 
files to the ZIP disk that is inside the ZIP drive.

For example, if you are using a 3rd party editor like SAW, FastEddie, COOL, or any editing system 
that makes *.WAV files, you save them to the ZIP disk, by simply typing the drive letter and the file 
name (usually the cart number).

For example in FastEddie, you hit ALT-F and "S" for save, (or click on save), you then type in 
D:\5000.WAV  (assuming the cart number was 5000).   You'll see the ZIP disk in the ZIP drive light 
up, and in a few seconds the cart file is copied from the hard-drive to the disk.

If you were recording in CartReady, you'd simply have the cart in the Cart Deck Production Deck, 
and hit ALT-E for EXPORT.  Then choose either CartReady to CartReady (if you are bringing it to 
another CartReady computer), or choose Windows *.WAV assuming you were bringing the audio 
file to another editing system.  Similar to FastEddie, we ask for the drive and/or path you want the 
file sent.  Since the ZIP disk is "D", you'd type D: and hit ENTER.

Note:  You can send many files to the disk before bringing the disk over to another system.  It's 
simply a matter of how much space is available on the disk.

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Bringing audio off the ZIP disk works in the opposite fashion.

Once you have audio files you want on the disk, bring the disk to the on-air computer, and insert 
the disk in the ZIP drive connected to that computer.

From the CartReady Cart Deck Production Screen, choose IMPORT (Alt-I) or you can hit LOAD 
(F8) and choose IMPORT from that menu.   Choose whether it came from another CartReady 
computer (CartReady to CartReady), or whether the file came from a Windows editor like Fast 
Eddie (Windows *.WAV uncompressed), then lastly tell us which drive the ZIP drive is (D:).  Our 
system asks you a couple of questions, like ARE YOU SURE, and gives you the opportunity to 
change the name or type in extra information like start and kill dates.  Just follow the screens.

Exporting and Importing is generally 3 to 5 times faster than analog or digital dubs and you get to 
see it happen.   From a maintenance stand-point, the only thing that needs to be done to make the 
disks reusable, is that when the disk(s) comes back to production, (this can be done in the on-air 
computer too), the files on the ZIP disks need to be deleted so new files can be put on the disk.

Note:  While 1 or 2 ZIP disks are used for transfers, many stations buy extra disks at the store to 
use for long-term storage separate from what's stored on the computers.