Kodak CR 7400 Installation Manual

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KODAK CR 7400 Digital

Radiography System

Installation Guide

INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS

Carestream Health, Inc.
Dental Business
150 Verona St.
Rochester, NY 14608
Exclusive manufacturer of Kodak dental systems.

© Carestream Health, Inc., 2007
The Kodak trademark and trade dress are used under license from Kodak
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KODAK CR 7400 Digital Radiography System Installation Manual

Document Part Number: 6H4130-00

Copyright Carestream Health, Inc., 2007
All rights reserved. No part of this manual may be reproduced or copied in any form by any means — graphic,

electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, typing, or information retrieval systems — without written
permission of Carestream Health, Inc.

Use of Manual

The Kodak CR 7400 digital radiography system is designed to meet international safety and performance standards.
Personnel operating the unit must have a thorough understanding of the proper operation of the system. This manual
has been prepared to aid medical and technical personnel to understand and operate the system. Do not operate the
system before reading this manual and gaining a clear understanding of the operation of the system. If any part of
this manual is not clear, please contact a representative for clarification.

US and Canada: Toll-free: 1-800-944-6365

www.kodakdental.com

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Table of Contents

Description Page

Safety. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5

Laser Safety Instructions

CR7400 System Requirements

Installing the User Interface Software of the KODAK CR 7400 system

Installing Microsoft.NET
Installing the Kodak CR 7400 driver for the WINDOWS Vista Operating System
Installing the Kodak CR 7400 driver for WINDOWS 2000 and WINDOW XP Operating

Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

KODAK CR 7400 System Setup

Initial setup
Selecting and Naming Rooms
Selecting Intraoral and Extraoral Preferences
Fine Tuning the CR7400

Items Required

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Unit Setup
Intraoral Gain Verification
Extraoral Gain Verification
Gain Tuning Procedure

Appendix A: Tuning Process Results Form

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Section 1: Safety

Caution

LIFTING HAZARD

• The Kodak CR 7400 unit weighs 18Kg (39.6lbs).

• Lifting heavy equipment may result in serious injury to personnel and/or damage to equipment. Do not try to lift
the unit by yourself.

CautionCaution

The Kodak CR 7400 digital radiography unit is a CLASS 1 Laser product.

• Do not remove the unit cover.

• Cover removal should be done only by authorized service personnel.

Laser Safety Instructions

During normal operation, the unit should always be enclosed in its protective cover to pr event the su rr oundin g a rea
from being exposed to the laser.

Cover removal should be performed for service purposes only and by an authorized technician.

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Section 2: CR7400 System Requirements

The system requirements for the CR7400 System is as follows:

• Intel pentium IV 3.2 GHZ or faster

•I GB RAM

• 80 GB hard drive

• CD-ROM drive

• Ethernet 10/100/1000 Network Card

• Standard CRT/LCD monitor with a minimum 1024 x 768 screen resolution

• 64MB graphic adapter (no graphics on board)

You can install the CR700 system on the following operating systems:

• Windows 2000 Professional SP4

• Windows XP Professional SP2

• Windows Vista Business 32-bit

Before installing the software, please review the system requirements at http://www.kodakdental.com/
documentation/sysReqs/KDSIS.pdf.

Important

Plug the CR7400 unit into a USB connector on the back of the PC. If you experience a data-transfer problem, install
an additional PCI-USB2 card. We recommend the D-Link DUB-2 card. When installing the card, leave at least 2 PCI­slots empty between the PCI card and any graphic card you have installed. If using a laptop and experience
problems, install a PCMCIA-USB2 card. We recommend the Belkin USB 2.0 Notebook card.

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Section 3: Installing the User Interface Sof tware of the KODAK CR

7400 system

Important

Before installing the software, please review the system requirements at http://www.kodakdental.com/
documentation/sysReqs/KDSIS.pdf.

CautionCaution

Do not connect the CR7400 USB cable to your computer while installing the software.

After installing the Kodak dental imaging software (version 6.6.3 and up), proceed to the steps below.

• Microsoft.NET installation. This may already be installed on the computer, in which case it is automatically
skipped.

• User interface installation

• WIBU-Key installation (Microsoft Windows 2000 and XP operating system users skip this step)

• Continuation of installation

[1] Insert the user interface software CD for the Kodak CR 7400 system into the computer disk drive.

The installation begins automatically.

Note

If the installation does not begin automatically:

• Click My Computer.

• Click CD RW drive.

• Double-click the autorun.exe file.

When the installation begins, the Kodak CR7 400 System Installation screen appears:

Starting Installation

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Installing Microsoft.NET

[1] Click Install.

Allow the setup screens to start the procedure automatically.

• If Microsoft.NET has already been installed on the computer, the setup automatically skips ahead.

• If Microsoft.NET has not yet been installed, a Setup window is displayed, then the Microsoft.NET license
agreement appears.

[2] Click I agree, then click Install.The Installing Compo nen ts screen appears. When the installation is complete,

a Setup message is displayed.

[3] Click OK.

The installation continues and the following screens appear:

User interface installation continuing

[4] The InstallShield Wizard opens. Do one of the following:

• If you are installing the software on the Windows Vista operating system, the WIBU-KEY installation begins
and the WIBU-KEY Setup welcome screen appears. Complete steps 5

• If you are installing the software on the Windows 2000 through Windows XP operating systems, skip to step

12

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[5] Click Next to continue. The WIBU-KEY tools are installed. A setup message appears.
[6] Click Yes to create a folder.
[7] Click Next to continue. A list of components to be installed appears.
[8] Click Next to install the components. A list of component to be installed appear s.
[9] Click Next to install the components. The WIBU-KEY Setup Complete screen appears.

[10] Uncheck Yes, I want to view the Readme text now, then click Finish. A successful installation message

appears.

[11] Click OK to complete the WIBU-KEY installation.
[12] Click Next. The Kodak CR7400 Install Shield Wizard appears.
[13] Click Continue. The Destination Folder screen appears.

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through 10.

[14] To install the software and images in the C:\Program files\Kodak\KodakQC folder, click Next; to change the

location of the program file or image folder click Change and enter the new destination.

Note

It is recommended that you install the software and images in the C:\Program files\Kodak\KodakQC folder.
The Ready to Install the Program screen appears:

Ready to Install the Program screen
[15] Click Install to begin installation. The software is installed.
[16] When the process is complete, click Finish to complete the installation.

The following screen confirms the installation of the user interface for Windows 2000 and Window XP users:

KODAK QC screen showing successful installation

The first part of the installation is completed.

[17] Continue to the next section, “Installing the Kodak CR 7400 Driver.”

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Installing the Kodak CR 7400 driver for the WINDOWS Vista Operating
System

After you install the software, keep the user interface software CD-ROM in the computer disk drive and install the
Kodak CR 7400 driver as described below:

[1] Connect the power cable to the back of the Kodak CR 7400 unit.

USB connection

Fuse for erase lamps
On/off switch
Power cable connection and main fuse

Back view of unit

[2] Connect the power cable to the main outlet.
[3] Power on the unit by turning the on/off switch to “on.”
[4] Connect the USB2 cable from the unit to the computer. The Update Drive Software - Unknown Device screen

appears.

[5] Select Browse my computer for drive software. The Found New Hardware - Unknown Device screen

appears.

[6] Select Browse my computer for driver software (advanced). Indicate where to search for the software,

usually E:\Driver (where E: is the CD drive), and click Next. The driver software is installed.

[7] When the installation is complete, click Close. This completes the software installation for the Kodak CR 7400

unit. Proceed to the KODAK CR 7400 System Setup.

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Installing the Kodak CR 7400 driver for WINDOWS 2000 and WINDOW XP
Operating Systems

After you install the software, keep the user interface software CD-ROM in the computer disk drive and install the
Kodak CR 7400 driver as described below:

[1] Connect the power cable to the back of the Kodak CR 7400 unit.

USB connection

Fuse for erase lamps
On/off switch
Power cable connection and main fuse

Back view of unit

[2] Connect the power cable to the main outlet.
[3] Power on the unit by turning the on/off switch to “on.”
[4] Connect the USB2 cable from the unit to the computer. The Found New Hardware Wizard appears.

Found New Hardware Wizard

[5] Select No, not this time and click Next. The following screen appears:

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New Hardware Wizard software search screen

[6] Select Install from a list or specific location and click Next. The following screen appears:

Software search location screen

[7] Indicate where to search for the software, usually E:\Driver\ (where E: is the CD drive), and click Next. When

the hardware is found, the following screen appears:

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Windows Logo warning

[8] Click Continue Anyway. An installation complete screen appears.
[9] Click Finish. This completes the software installation for the Kodak CR 7400 unit. Proceed to the KODAK CR

7400 System Setup.

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Section 4: KODAK CR 7400 System Setup

During all phases of Kodak CR 7400 system setup, the unit must be turned on and the USB cable connected between
the unit and the computer.

Initial setup

[1] Click on the Kodak Dental Software icon on the computer desktop.
[2] Select a patient and click “imaging” to access the imaging window.
[3] Click the CR icon.

The user interface screen appears:

Info/setup
button

User interface screen

To start scanning, choose and set your preferences as follows:

[4] Click the Info/Setup button.
[5] Select Technician Settings. The login screen appears:

[6] Enter the password “1331” in the password field, and click Login.

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The Technician (level 1) screen appears with the Anatomical tab open:

Anatomical tab

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Selecting and Naming Rooms

In the Room Configuration area, select which rooms (up to four rooms) you want to make available on the Main
Screen. You may also change the names of the rooms.

[1]

[2]

Room Configuration area of Anatomical tab

[1] Select a room, then type over the existing name to change to the room name that you want.
[2] Choose whether to show or hide the room on the Main Screen.
[3] Click Apply to save your settings and continue to another tab.
[4] When you are finished making changes, click OK to save the settings and return to the Main Screen.

The Main Screen appears with your selections applied. The names and their show/hide preferences may be
changed at any time.

Main Screen with selections applied

Room name you assigned
Active room

Room 4 hidden because
“hide” was selected

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Selecting Intraoral and Extraoral Preferences

[1] On the Main screen, click the Info/Setup button and log in as before.
[2] Select the Setup tab.

The Setup tab appears:

Plate configuration area

Setup tab

[3] In the Plate Configuration area of the Setup tab, select the pla tes you want to make ava ilable to each r oom.

Only the plates you select will appear on the Main Screen. Each room may have either intraoral or extraoral
plates, or both. You may change the settings at any time.

Select a room

Select an examination procedure

Selecting plate configuration

[4] Select a room from the Configuration Set drop-down menu.
[5] Select Intraoral or Extraoral from the Image type drop-down menu.

A list of available holders appears in the holders field on the left side:

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Available holders

Selecting plate configuration (continued)

[6] Select a holder, then click Add.

The holder moves from the list of available holders on the left to the list of selected holders on the right.

[7] Click Apply on the bottom of the Setup tab to save and apply your selection.
[8] Perform steps 3–6 to configure intraoral, extraoral, or both image types as you wish them to be associated with

the particular room.

[9] Click OK to return to the Main Screen.

Fine Tuning the CR7400

All Kodak CR 7400 systems pass calibration and tuning procedures before leaving the factory. Perform the following
procedures in the clinic after installation to verify unit calibration.

Items Required

• System: Kodak dental imaging software, version 6.6 or later, and Kodak CR7400 digital radiography system
user interface software, version 2.1 or later.

• Extraoral cassette with Kodak plate

• Intraoral holder for size 0-2 plate

• Intraoral plate size #2

• Intraoral tuning tool: square AL plate, 6-mm thick; part number SK-14009, SPBD681, SKU-CR140097, or
CAT #1817469

• Panoramic tuning tool: square AL plate, 15-mm thick; part number SK-0 00005, SKU00 0005, or SPCX05 0.

Unit Setup

[1] In the Acquisition window, click .
[2] Select Technician Settings, type 1331, and click Login.
[3] Click the Setup tab, and in the Diagnostic section check Load image viewer after scan.
[4] Click Apply, and click OK.

Note

After you tune the unit, repeat these steps and uncheck Load image viewer after scan.

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Intraoral Gain Verification

[1] In the Acquisition window, set the button to Intraoral.
[2] Select High Speed scanning mode and select holder size 0-2.
[3] Type the x-r ay setting used in your practice for adult p atient s. See “

Tune the CR7400 unit.” on Page 27 for the factory setting for tuning a unit in production.

[4] Place an intraoral size #2 plate behind the 6mm phantom, aligned to the field center.

Table 1: Factory X-ray Parameters Used to

Gain Tuning Exposure

[5] Make an x-ray exposure. Wait 2 minutes after exposing the plate.
[6] Load the intraoral plate to the holder on slot #3 and click Scan. As the scan is completed, the image viewer

appears.

[7] Verify that No-Correction is selected in the Data correction method field.
[8] Place the cursor in the center of the image and read the pixel value.
[9] Verify the pixel value reaches 2900+

100.

[10] If the pixel value is within specifications, click Exit.

Important

If the pixel value is outside the range of 2900+100, perform the “Gain Tuning Procedure” on Page 25.

[11] Uncheck Load image viewer after scan.

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Extraoral Gain Ve r ification

[1] In the Acquisition window, set the button to Extraoral.
[2] Select High Speed scanning mode.
[3] Type the x-ray setting used in your practice for adu lt patient s. See Table 1 for the factory setting for tuning a unit

in production.

[4] Load a freshly erased plate into the cassette.
[5] Do one of the following:

• If using cephalometric imaging mode, attach 6mm-thick AL phan tom on the center of the cassette and insert
it into the cassette slot on the ceph x-ray machine.

Note

Using masking tape to secure the phantom.
If using panoramic imaging mode, attache 15mm-thick AL phantom on the secondary collimator slot of
the panoramic x-ray machine and the panoramic cassette into the cassette slot as detailed in the
following diagram.

[6] Make an x-ray exposure, and wait 2 minutes after exposing the plate.
[7] Load the plate into the CR7400 drum and click Scan. As the scan is completed, the image is displayed in the

image diagnostic viewer.
[8] Verify that No-Correction is selected in the Data correction method field.
[9] Do one of the following:

• If using cephalometric imaging mode, measure the pixel value in the center of the image.

• If using panoramic mode, measure the pixel value at the end quarters.

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Image Viewer Window
[10] Verify that the pixel value reaches 2900+

100.

[11] If the pixel value is within specifications, the procedure is complete.

• Exit the image viewer.

• Click the Setup tab and deselect Load image viewer after scan.

• Click OK.

Important

If the pixel value is outside the range of 2900+100, perform the “Gain Tuning Procedure” on Page 25.

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Gain Tuning Procedure

[1] If the pixel value needs adjustment, proceed as follows:

• To increase the pixel value, type a value in the Simulate PM Gain box lower than the value that appears
in the Scanned PM Gain box.

• To decrease the pixel value, type a value in the Simulate PM Gain box higher than the value that appears
in the Scanned PM Gain box.

[2] Click the Process button, and check the pixel value in the center of the image.

Enter new values here

Pixel Value

Gain setting section of Image Viewer screen

[3] Repeat steps 1 and 2 until the target pixel value is obtained.
[4] Record the simulated PM gain, and click Exit.
[5] Launch the CR Acquisition window setup and click the Anatomical tab on the Scanner setup screen.
[6] Type the recorded simulated PM gain from step 4 in the PM in the Room Configuration section of the screen,

and select the correct room.

[7] If the pixel value is correct, click Accept and Exit.

Important

If the pixel value is not correct perform either the “Intraoral Gain Verification” on Page 22 or “Extraoral Gain

Verification” on Page 23

[8] Uncheck Load image viewer after scan.

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Section 5: Appendix A: Tuning Process Results Form

Table 1: Factory X-ray Parameters Used to Tune the CR7400 unit.

IMAGING MODE X-RAY TUBE SID EXPOSURE TIME

Intraoral 70kV, 8mA 12” 0.16s

cephalometric 70kV, 10mA 150cm 0.17s

Panoramic 70kV, 8mA 45.5cm 12s

Tuning Process Results

Machine Serial Number:
Software version:
Date:
Tested by:
Signature:

X-ray Exposure Conditions:

Intraoral cephalometric Panoramic

Parameter

Units

Factory Actual Factory Actual Factory Actual

X-ray tube voltage
and current

Exposure time 0.16 0.75 12 sec.
FSFD 12 in. 150 cm 45.5 cm Data C3
Screen identification Data C4
Screen format 31 x 41 Ceph Pan mm x mm

70; 8 70; 10 70; 8 kVp; mA

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Tuning Results

Pixel value

Intraoral cephalometric c

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Extraoral

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Required Measured Required Measured Required Measured

Required 2900±100 2900±100 2900±100
PM gain set at

>40 >40 >40
the end of tuning
process

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