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4 Detailed Operation
4.1
Setting up and Powering PUMA
1. Connect the supplied 12V 5A power supply (PSU) lead to rear panel power inlet and
screw up the connector. Connect the PSU to a mains supply using the supplied
cable.
Using in a vehicle. PUMA requires a regulated 12V power supply. If PUMA is to be
used in a vehicle, please use the 12V stabiliser available from your supplier or
Cypher Technology Ltd.
2. Remove any flash card.
3. Switch on the Power Switch on the rear panel (switch up). The display panel will
light up and show “Press I/O”. The green front panel LED will flash.
4. Press the I/O (On/Off) switch below the green flashing LED. “On..” will be displayed
and the green LED will be on constantly.
5. After a few seconds, a growing line of dots will appear. This line will extend to the full
width of the screen and then “Wait” will be displayed. A few seconds after that the
PUMA program will start and the system is ready for use. The whole boot up
procedure, from switch on, takes about 24 seconds.
6. There are two formats for the Master disk. The default is Compact Master, which
reduces the size of the data for the Master to the size of the files. Alternatively, Full
Master may be selected where the Master size is the same size as the flash card.
This is configured in the Menu under “Set Disk Types”.
7. PUMA has an option to make a video DVD Working Copy, where there are MPEG2
files on the flash card. This is configured in the Menu under “Set Disk Types”.
8. When PUMA makes a Working File Copy of RAW image files, it can be configured to
create JPEG versions of these files for ease of viewing across a wide range of
platforms. Where this feature is required, it must be enabled from the menu. This is
done by selecting the “Enable JPEGs” function in the Menu (Section 4.4.16 ).
9. Check that the displayed time and date are correct. If not, use the “Adjust Time”
menu function to adjust the time and date (Section 4.4.19).
4.2
Turning Off (Viewing Display Software Revision and Serial Number)
Press the I/O button below the green LED to shutdown. Press {Y} to confirm. When
“Switch Off” is displayed, turn off the rear panel Power Switch.
If {N} is pressed the Software Revision and Serial Number (where appropriate) will be
displayed and PUMA will resume operation.
4.3
Making Evidential backup of Flash Card or USB stick
PUMA has an automated process for making an evidential archive of a flash storage
device. This process is initiated by pressing the [Transfer] key. The Transfer consists of