SureStore Optical 40fx device error

[Eric_62]

Hi,
I recently found an optical 40fx device in storage and need some help installing the device. I currently have an Adaptec AHA-2944u pci scsi adapter (updated bios) and the 40fx is hooked up. The device is found during boot, but Windows 98 calls this an unknown device and asks for a driver. The strange part is My Computer shows two new removable devices, yet they are inaccessible.
Do I need a driver? or am I missing a step?

Thanks,

Eric

[Marino Meloni_1 · Accepted solution]

hi
ususaly as all the Optical Jukebox, you need a dedicated software to manage it,
you will see two or more devices because one is the robot controller, the other are the optical drives

bye

marino

[Eric_62]

Thanks Meloni


Can you suggest a dedicated software to manage the 40fx?


Eric

[Eric_62]

I forgot to ask this in the last reply, but what exactly is Windows 98 needing in order to get the device working. It seems to be asking for a device driver yet i can't find any drivers for the 40fx.


Eric

[Jan Klier]

There are no device drivers for the optical changer for Windows 95/98/ME.

Most 3rd party software will communicate with the device via a protocol that is called 'SCSI passthrough' - in the case of Win98 most likely via the ASPI interface.

However, Win98 is not aware of this. You can simply ignore the message from Windows by selecting 'Cancel'.

[Eric_62]

Thanks so much for your reply Jan. When you say 3rd party management software what might be some examples that you could recommend to me.


Thanks again,

Eric

[Jan Klier]

Check out the following URL http://www.hp.com/products1/storage/products/archivalprod/sol_finder/index.html. It should have resources for ther various software packages available for optical storage.