Viewing, Writing, and Copying Files
Use My Computer or Windows Explorer to gain access to the files contained on your flash cards. When the CameraConnect Pro is installed, it is assigned a drive letter like any other disk drive in your system. You may write to and copy files from your ATA Flash Cards, Compact Flash Cards, and SmartMedia Devices using standard Win- dows
Menu based commands and drive utilities like Scandisk work with the CameraCon- nect Pro in the same way as with any other drive that appears in My Computer. Remember, however, that the CameraConnect Pro will not detect a card placed in one of the slots until you access the device through its drive letter. Once the Camera- Connect Pro is accessed, it will read the information on the card and display the files on screen. It will not automatically detect a card when one is inserted or removed. In this way, the CameraConnect Pro behaves in much the same way as your floppy disk drive.
Because it does not remain in its active state all the time, the CameraConnect Pro to coexist with other peripherals on the parallel port. See “Using the CameraConnect Pro with Other Parallel Port Devices” for help.
Using The CameraConnect Pro With Other Parallel Port Devices
The CameraConnect Pro’s driver and utility program allow it to share the system printer port with other devices. However, this does not mean that the other devices can or will share the printer port. Granted, the parallel port is designed for printers and there is usually only one printer installed at a time. With this in mind, printer manufacturers usually are not concerned with any additional,
Printers
The CameraConnect Pro will coexist with most printers available on the market today. This is also true of older, outdated printers like
Figure 8: Windows Taskbar
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