Setting up Auto Import

Select Auto Import Setup from the Capture menu. The Auto Import Setup dialog box will be displayed. The settings you make on this dialog box apply to any AI batches created within the specified auto import location (watch folder)
Select Start Auto Import when application is launched to automatically begin watching your auto import "watch folders" when the software is launched.
Enter a name for this auto import setup. The name is just a user-friendly reference and does not refer to a folder name or any other specific reference.
Select a location for the auto import “watch folder” associated with this auto import configuration. Auto import will monitor this folder for the creation of new AI batch folders within it and will process the AI batch after the timeout interval has expired.

There are several conditions that apply to the watch folder.

The watch folder must have Read / Write access to any user running the software.
The watch folder needs to be writeable from any intended image source. If it will be accessed from a network, the local administrator needs to confirm that network sharing is setup to allow Write access from any users, network scanners or other devices which copy files into the watch folder.
The software will not attempt to configure any file share or set user access privileges on the watch folder. Configuration and file sharing is the responsibility of the local administrator.
The watch folder must be a local or mapped drive.

Select an auto import timeout interval. This interval should be based on the maximum delay expected from any source which sends files to the watch folder. This can vary a great deal depending on the operation. For example:

Network Scanner — a user has set up a Scan Station 500 to send images directly to a watch folder over a network. The operation consists of scanning a stack of paper, removing it from the scanner, picking up the next stack, and resuming the scan operation. There is a 60-second delay required to make this transition. The watch folder has been configured with a 120-second delay in order to allow the user to pick up the next stack without timing out and closing the AI batch.
Copy images from network folder — a user has a set of files that were captured using another scanner (or another input source). Transferring them to the workstation running the software for auto import requires a “copy” operation. The local network delivers images at one-second intervals. The timeout interval is set at 10 seconds.

Select or create a job setup to be associated with this watch folder.
Select or create a page setup to be associated with this watch folder.
Select Backup the files to and specify a backup location if you want to archive the contents of the AI batch when auto import is complete.

Archive will copy the entire content of an AI batch to the specified archive location including any unprocessed files (such as spreadsheets or word processing documents) in their original form along with the original image files.
A single archive location can be used for multiple watch folders.
You do not have to create a unique archive folder for every auto import setup.
The archive location must be a local or mapped drive.

Select Separation Options to select batch and document separation options for the auto import folder and any subfolders it may contain. You may also choose to create a new document for each file. This option is useful if each file contains a multi-page document.
Specify the number of errors that are allowed before auto import processing is interrupted. Errors occur when an image file cannot be properly read. These errors do not apply to indexing errors or anything else other than the ability to open and read the contents of a supported image file. If the value in Maximum allowed errors is exceeded, processing will stop and a dialog box will be displayed allowing the user to retry the bad image, ignore the bad image, or abort the auto import.
Specify a location for unreadable files to be copied to. During auto import processing, if a supported file cannot be opened, a "place holder" image will be substituted and the erroneous image will be copied into the error cache.

The error cache location must be a local or mapped drive.