2.6. TWAIN, SCSI ID and I/O Address
Depending on the contents of your documents,
basically, we can classify them into three image types.
2.6.1 TWAIN
TWAIN defines a standard software protocol
and API (Application Programming Interface) for communication between application
software and image acquisition devices (including scanner). TWAIN was developed
to meet the need of consistency in application software or devices. TWAIN-compliant
are those follow the basic TWAIN requirements.
2.6.2 SCSI ID
SCSI is the abbreviation for Small Computer
System Interface. The primary objective of the interface is to provide
most computers with device independence within a class of devices. Thus,
different devices can be chained and added to the host computers without
requiring modifications to system hardware or software. Each SCSI device
occupies one address on the SCSI bus. The address (0 through 7) is used
to select one of the devices to communicate with and is called the SCSI
ID. The SCSI ID is 2 by factory default. You can change it later if there
is a SCSI ID conflict in your environment.
2.6.3 I/O Address
The I/O address is what a scanner driver
uses to communicate with interface card. The MiraScan TWAIN driver performs
an automatic configuration to find the I/O address. You can also adjust
it by manual adjustment function.