Installing the Kodak Software and Connecting Up the Cables to the Computer

If you want to upload the photographs you have taken directly into your own computer, you must install at least the Mounter software. You will therefore need to borrow the correct cable and the Kodak DC240 Software CD-ROM. When you're done, you may go on to the next step.

You may also wish to view the Camera Guidelines.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Cables to Connect the Kodak DC240 to Your Computer

Choose the correct cable from among the following.
  1. RS-232 serial cable connection for Windows-based computers.
  2. Serial cable for Macintosh computers.
  3. USBUniversal Serial Bus (USB) cable for both Windows 98 computers and iMac computers. Unfortunately, this item is out of stock in Malaysia but we have ordered it and it is "on the way". Hopefully, it will be faster than surgeons who are "on the way".
The USB cable is by far the best option as it is much faster than the serial cable. Choose the serial cable only if you have no choice, i.e. you either do not have a USB port or are running an incompatible OS.
 

Kodak DC240 Software

Members may install the following software from the supplied CD-ROM.
  1. Kodak DC240 Camera Mounter Software (Mounter),
  2. Kodak DC240 Digital Access Software (TWAIN Acquire),
  3. Kodak DC240 Camera Controls Software (Camera Controls), and
  4. Kodak DC240 Border Transfer Application (Border).
Members are reminded that they may not install Kodak Picture Easy Software (Picture Easy).

Frankly, I wouldn't bother to install any of the software except the Mounter. That will be sufficient for you to transfer the image files from the camera to the computer and that's all you really need. The other programs either do not perform particularly useful functions or are so crippled and slow as to be almost useless. The latter is especially true of Picture Easy. Furthermore, many of the functions described in the User's Guide simply do not work!

To install the software, read pages 53 to 57 of the DC240 User's Guide. Some of you may not have been able to install the software from the CD-ROM onto your home computer. This was a known bug. Well, fret no more, help is here. You may now install the software by following this FAQ which I "borrowed" from Kodak.  ++ NEW ++

To connect the cables to the computer and camera, read pages 59 to 62 of the DC240 User's Guide.

Now What?

After you have connected up the cables correctly and installed the relevant software, you may now upload the image files from the camera to your computer.
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

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Created:- 07 July 1999
Last Updated:- 29 May 2000
Author:- nkw