finderbee Posted March 11, 2011 Report Share Posted March 11, 2011 Hi All, We bought a used APEX 30 through auction recently. Unfortunately, the hard-disk of the Lenovo workstation was wiped out and a card in the pci slot is missing (empty with the back filler removed). So, I was wondering if you could help me with some advice for the following: 1. Does the APEX workstation use any dongle at all? If yes, would that be in the form of a PCI card? 2. I googled for the software and found two packages: APEX 4.0 and also KPK. Are they same? If not which one do I need for running a basic photo printing booth? 3. Do I need to purchase a new license for the software or just the media? What would be the costs and where can we get them? We are in Sydney Australia. Advice and pointer will be much appreciated. Many thanks in advance. Regards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pskaro Posted March 11, 2011 Report Share Posted March 11, 2011 1. no dongle 2. APEX 4.0 (KPK is for kiosk) 3. No, just the media (APEX V4.X) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aussiecameras Posted March 12, 2011 Report Share Posted March 12, 2011 Have you had a chat to Australian Photo Supplies who could sell you the consumables for the APEX. Phone 1800 619 319. It would be in their interests to get it going! They have a roadshow in your city next week I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finderbee Posted March 13, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 13, 2011 Thanks for your advice, pskaro and aussiecameras. So, I will be looking for the APEX 4.0 media and shall talk to Aus Photo Supplies about the media and supplies. Meanwhile, regarding APEX 4.0: is this a software package running on top of a OS (Windows/Mac/Linux) or itself a OS? Thanks. Regards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pskaro Posted March 14, 2011 Report Share Posted March 14, 2011 It is rununing on top off the OS, also beside the application DVD there is OS Recovery disc, and it would be wise to ask for that also in case off needs to recover from scrath Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
photocare Posted March 18, 2011 Report Share Posted March 18, 2011 One option could be to use recovery software on the hard drive, might just get lucky and restore the whole system, depending on how it's been formatted. Cheers, Tim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shahab Shahami Posted April 15, 2011 Report Share Posted April 15, 2011 No doongel needed, you need Apex ver 4.xx and just the media, Call back to kodak and with you K#(you can find it on your Apex buddy) and order a new H.D.D , it will come with s/w preloaded. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finderbee Posted April 23, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 23, 2011 Thanks Shahab and Photocare. Update: A month later, the APEX 4.01 DVD (Upgrade) from Kodak arrived. So, I gave it a go. Tried installing as follows: - Partition the HDD on the Lenovo into C: drive and E: drive - Load Windows XP Pro SP3 on the C: drive - Install all the components under the COMMON folder in the APEX 4.01 DVD, some went into E: mostly to C: (default) - Install the APEX Application under the APEX folder in the DVD. Results: Windows XP has a new user called dls_operator. Found out that the password for this user is "dls" without the quotes. The APEX application is not started/working. What I've gathered: - APEX needs to run on top of a version of Windows Embedded. - Way out is either: (a) OS Disc or OS Recovery Disc; ( Ghost Image of an APEX system; and © A pre-loaded HDD as suggested by Shahab. Hope: Slowly getting there. Advice and help will be much appreciated. Especially, if you can help me with a copy of the ghost image or a recovery cd. Many thanks in advance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
photocare Posted May 28, 2011 Report Share Posted May 28, 2011 How did you get on with getting a copy of the APEX software? From what I can tell there is no OS Disc or OS Recovery Disc available (don't know what the engineers get though). Getting a ghost image is likely to be difficult (not many people would take the HDD out and ghost image it, even though it's a really good idea to have a ghost image (I have ghost image of my Kodak Kiosks and Konica Minolta R2 just incase they fail) The pre loaded HDD may end up as your only (expensive) option. Don't forget to make a ghost copy of it if you do end up getting one. Cheers, Tim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeanPaul Posted June 10, 2011 Report Share Posted June 10, 2011 As someone said before, just call the Kodak distributer in Australia. The Sydney guy is Paul Ribas on 0423 450 790 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
horaizon Posted July 7, 2011 Report Share Posted July 7, 2011 wowww that great 8) 8) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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