- One or two A-173 USB 3.0 hub(s) offering 7 ports each (DupliKey7 or 14), rackable,
providing 1A per port,
- One 20 ports hub plus one 16 ports hub, that is 36 ports (DupliKey36).
Each hub is auto-powered (built-in or external power supply) and provides a power-on
LED, a link LED and a LED per port (device connection and detection).
7 ports (A-173) and 16 ports (A-163) hubs are powered via an external 110-220V adaptor,
while 20 ports (A-213 and A-223) hubs have a built-in power supply.
Each hub gets its own USB 3.0 cable (7 and 16 ports), two USB3.0 cables for 20 ports
model, one meter long (
≈
3.28 feet). DupliKey can be connected close to your PC and
allows you to manipulate it comfortably, without moving from your chair. (Could you
imagine to plug in and unplug thousands of keys in a system placed under your desk or
somewhere else?).
Connectors are spaced enough to accept 12 mm (about 0.47”), 17 mm (0.67”) and up to
30 mm (1.18”) max thickness (respectively for 7, 20 and 16 ports versions). The width is up
to 22 mm (0.87”), 38 mm (about 1.50”) and 45 mm (1.77”) respectively for 7, 20 and 16
ports versions. «
Credit card
» keys are also easily usable.
All the independent hubs are connected to the USB 3.0 PCIe controller board. This card is
(or these cards are, depending on configurations) delivered with DupliKey and offers 2
USB3.0 ports per card.
Using integrated USB 3.0 ports of a PC tower or desktop is possible, but CDM does not
recommend nor guaranty this configuration due to potential insufficient power supply
issues on these ports.
2) KeyDuplicator II software
The hardware part would be under-used without the specific KeyDuplicator II software.
This USB devices management software is compatible with Windows 7 to 10 operating
systems, managing all files and/or folders copy process to the selected USB devices.
It
automatically recognises all USB devices plugged in DupliKey, keys, hard disk drive and
other USB mass storage devices. This specific software allows you to select the data source.
This may be a simple file, a folder or only the content of this folder. The data source can be
located anywhere on your system (internal or external hard drive, removable SCSI, USB or
FireWire device, CD, DVD, …).
You can duplicate simultaneously all target keys. In the meantime, USB keys could be
manually or automatically formatted (low level format or quick format). KeyDuplicator II
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