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3.3.3.   Additional Duplication Parameters
3.3.3.1. «Perform low-level erase before duplication»

 

«Perform low-level erase before duplication»

 parameter is applicable in 

«Duplicate Only»

 and 

«Duplicate and 

Verify»

 operation modes and performs low-level format prior to duplication.

«Format Mode»

 specifies type of format that will be used if 

«Format Slave Card Before Duplication»

 is 

enabled.

3.3.3.2. «Perform low-level erase after duplication»

 

In this mode low-level erase is performed after duplication is complete.  

This mode is used in cases when testing reliability of the flash media and do not want to leave any data after 

test is complete.

3.3.3.3. Number of Verification Passes

 

«Number of Verification Passes»

 parameter is applicable in 

«Duplicate and Verify»

 and 

«Verify Only»

 

operation modes and defines number of verification passes to perform. (up to 5) . 

 

Normally one verification pass is sufficient enough to locate data transfer errors, but multiple passes can help 

with flash media reliability testing. 

3.3.3.4. Master-Slave Size Match Control

 

«Master-Slave Size Control»

 menu is active in 

«Duplicate Only»

 and 

«Duplicate and Verify»

 operation modes 

and defines three policies towards the sizes of master and slave drives:

 

«All sizes can differ» 

 

- «All slaves has to be the same, master can differ» 

 

- «Master and slaves has to be the same»

3.3.3.5. Duplicate Only Files

 

«Duplicate Only Files»

 parameter is applicable in 

«Duplicate Only»

«Duplicate and Verify»

 operation modes 

and only when master card or image file being used as a data source.  In this mode only sectors that contain 

actual files will be copied from data source to slave cards. Only FAT12, FAT16 or FAT32 is supported.

3.3.3.6. Auto-Start

 

Enabling 

«Auto-Start» 

parameter allows duplication process to start without pressing the Start Button.

When all 20 slave cards are inserted, duplication process starts automatically.

3.3.4.   Custom Size Duplication

Very often master card contains very small amount of actual data that has to be duplicated compared to the full 

size of the flash media card. 

 

Custom size duplication allows user to duplicate only specific area of the flash card by specifying a starting 

point and an offset. 

User can specify units in which starting pint and offset will be measured (512 byte Blocks, Bytes, Kilobytes, 

Megabytes, Gigabytes) and the actual values of starting point and offset.

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Summary of Contents for FCD-CFxx

Page 1: ...user manual is applicable to the following products FCD CFxx FCD SDxx FCD USBxx Flash Card Drive Duplicator User Manual Rev 3 3 Copyright 2001 2012 Virtual Console LLC All Rights Reserved sales vconsole com ...

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Page 3: ...ration 9 3 Chapter 3 Using FCD Manager Application 9 3 1 Monitoring Tab 11 3 2 IP Settings Tab 11 3 3 Duplication Settings Tab 12 3 3 1 Duplication Operation Modes 13 3 3 1 1 Duplicate Only 13 3 3 1 2 Duplicate and Verify 14 3 3 1 3 Verify Only 14 3 3 2 Duplication Data Source 14 3 3 2 1 Using Master Card Drive as a data source 14 3 3 2 2 Using Image File as a data source 14 3 3 2 3 Using Pattern ...

Page 4: ...4 Chapter 4 Operating Duplicator without FCD Manager 16 4 1 Start Stop Button 16 4 2 LED 16 5 Chapter 5 Logging with FCD Manager 16 User Manual F l a s h C a r d D r i v e D u p l i c a t o r 4 ...

Page 5: ...of their respective owners Every effort has been made to ensure that the information in this manual is accurate Information in this document is the subject to change without notice 1 4 Patent Information The accompanying product is protected by one or more U S and foreign patents and patents pending held by Virtual Console LLC 1 5 Warranty Virtual Console LLC warrants its products to be free of de...

Page 6: ...and servicing and when not in use Do not spray liquids directly onto the system when cleaning Always apply the liquid first to a static free cloth Do not place this product onto unstable desk cart or table The product may fall causing serious damage to the product Do not immerse the system in any liquid or place any liquids on it Do not disassemble this system except as instructed in the manufactu...

Page 7: ...hat does not require a computer or any other software for operation It can be controlled by a single button located on the right front side Though it does not require any software for operation it can be controlled configured and monitored with an optional and free of charge FCD Manager Win32 GUI application FCD Manager makes configuration and management much easier especially when operating multi...

Page 8: ... which prevents duplication from starting if size of Slave Cards is not identical to the size of Master Card By default this parameter is turned off 2 3 2 Using Card Drive Binary Image File as a source of duplicated data Managing multiple physical master cards may become inconvenient In such cases use of image files may save you time and desk space Image file is a file that contains a full binary ...

Page 9: ...checked unit operates in binary mode 3 Chapter 3 Using FCD Manager Application FCD Manager can be installed on Windows XP 2000 and Vista and requires 3MB of a disk space FCD Manager can communicate with duplicator via USB port or TCP IP over Ethernet For the first time user has to use USB because duplicator does not have an IP address assigned by default Once an IP address is assigned user can cho...

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Page 11: ...ing performed with a card or drive such as Duplicating Reading Verifying This tab also shows all errors that occur during duplication operation 3 2 IP Settings Tab IP Settings tab allows user to configure IP address default gateway and subnet mask It also shows Ethernet MAC Address Port s Speed Duplex and MTU Note that any change of IP settings requires reboot and becomes active only after reboot ...

Page 12: ...3 Duplication Settings Tab Duplication Settings tab is the most important tab which defines all the parameters of actual duplication process User Manual 12 F l a s h C a r d D r i v e D u p l i c a t o r ...

Page 13: ... mode duplicator writes data to the slave cards or drives but does not compare the results to the original User must be aware that errors may occur Duplicate Only mode should only be used when savings in duplication time outweighs the possibility of errors Additional duplication parameters define whether the cards or drives have to be formatted prior to duplication and whether File System or Binar...

Page 14: ...from the Master Card If Duplicate Only Files was not enabled the duplication will be performed in a binary mode in sector by sector fashion Enabling Duplicate Only Files helps accelerate duplication process especially in cases when small number of files is present on large size media This feature also comes handy when small number of files just needs to be updated on existing disks Be aware that D...

Page 15: ...uplicate and Verify operation modes and defines three policies towards the sizes of master and slave drives All sizes can differ All slaves has to be the same master can differ Master and slaves has to be the same 3 3 3 5 Duplicate Only Files Duplicate Only Files parameter is applicable in Duplicate Only Duplicate and Verify operation modes and only when master card or image file being used as a d...

Page 16: ...is done to help visually identify current operation when FCD Manager is not being used When duplication is complete LED will blink very slow and Start Stop button will light up green In case of any errors red color will be lit on LEDs blinking with the same speed as current operation Current Operation Normal LED Blink Speed Color Error LED Blink Speed Color Duplication Very Fast Green Very Fast Re...

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