Connecting CT EC1000 with RTC4 libraries

[Francesco Perrucci]

Hello,

I'm trying to connect my CT EC1000 ( find it into the supported hardware
page ) with the RTC library, but i'm not able to do it.

I found this into the EC1000 RTC Emulation readme file:

*The emulation is made possible by substituting the RTC4DLL.dll file in
your application directory with a series of DLLs including a CTI version of
RTC4DLL.dll. This collection of DLLs enable the translation of your
application’s RTC commands intoEC1000 native commands. *

There's a software called RTC emulation loader that ask me to browse into
the application's folder that contains the RTC4DLL.dll in order to replace
it, but i can't find this file into the OpenAPC folders.

In addition to this, into the scanner section of the project proprieties of
BeamConstruct I can't find the EC1000 entry. It seems that the software
doesn't support it.

Someone can help me? I'm not an expert.

Francesco

[OpenAPC Project Group]

Francesco,

let me answer this in reverse order:
> In addition to this, into the scanner section of the project proprieties of
> BeamConstruct I can't find the EC1000 entry. It seems that the software
> doesn't support it.

When you are using CTIs RTC emulation you needto select RTC4 in scanner
controller settings. For BeamConstruct it acts like a RTC4, conversion to EC1000
is done by the emulation layer.
> There's a software called RTC emulation loader that ask me to browse into
> the application's folder that contains the RTC4DLL.dll in order to replace
> it, but i can't find this file into the OpenAPC folders.

RTC4DL is a 3rd party software and therefore not delivered with OpenAPC package.
You can download it at
http://www.scanlab.de/en/-/products/control_boards/RTC_PC_interface#21065

I'd recommend to put RTC4DLL somewhere into Windows/System32 or Windows/SysWOW64
(depending if you are using a 32 or 64 bit Windows).

Jim
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[Francesco Perrucci]

Dear Jim,

thank you for the rapid answer.

Now I understand that RTC4 work as a conversion for EC1000.
But I've still difficulties to make the connection with this card.

First I would ask to you if it's needed an USB connection. Because now I
can only connect the EC1000 through wi-fi or ethernet connection. Looking
the electronic board I find a usb pin, so I think I could use it if
necessary.

I've already the RTC4DL file by the installation package of Cambridge
Technology. I put this file into the Windows/SysWOW64 and then I follow the
instruction of RTC emulation loader ( CTI installation package ) as you can
see in the attached pdf

Then into BeamConstruct I select RTC4 in scanner controller settings and
then into the configuration panel the sofware ask me for the correction and
firmware files.

So there's the problem. Into the zip dowloaded through your link, I can
find the ctb (correction) and the hex (firmware) files, but I think they
are related to Scanlab RTC4 controller.

I need this file for my EC1000 controller, it is right? Into the CTI
installation directory I've only .xml file both for correction than for
firmware files, so i can't select them.

Hope you can help me!!

Thank you very much
Francesco

2014-11-18 6:59 GMT+01:00 Jim Hart :
> Francesco,
>
> let me answer this in reverse order:
> > In addition to this, into the scanner section of the project proprieties
>
> of
> > BeamConstruct I can't find the EC1000 entry. It seems that the software
> > doesn't support it.
>
> When you are using CTIs RTC emulation you needto select RTC4 in scanner
> controller settings. For BeamConstruct it acts like a RTC4, conversion to
> EC1000
> is done by the emulation layer.
> > There's a software called RTC emulation loader that ask me to browse into
> > the application's folder that contains the RTC4DLL.dll in order to
>
> replace
> > it, but i can't find this file into the OpenAPC folders.
>
> RTC4DL is a 3rd party software and therefore not delivered with OpenAPC
> package.
> You can download it at
> http://www.scanlab.de/en/-/products/control_boards/RTC_PC_interface#21065
>
> I'd recommend to put RTC4DLL somewhere into Windows/System32 or
> Windows/SysWOW64
> (depending if you are using a 32 or 64 bit Windows).
>
> Jim
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> > [e-mail]
> > https://lists.fedorahosted.org/mailman/listinfo/openapc
>
> --
> Kind regards
>
> Jim Hart
>
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