MicroBoards Technology Flash Duplicator Series User manual

Copywriter
Flash Duplicator
Series
User’s Manual
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Table of Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................... 5
What’s Included .............................................................................................................. 5
Installation........................................................................................................................... 5
Loading and Unloading Flash Cards................................................................................... 5
USB Flash (USB models only)...................................................................................... 5
SD Flash (SD models only) ........................................................................................... 5
MicroSD Flash (SD models only).................................................................................. 5
Main Menu Flowchart......................................................................................................... 7
Main Menu.......................................................................................................................... 8
Copy................................................................................................................................ 8
Async Copy..................................................................................................................... 8
Compare.......................................................................................................................... 8
Copy & Compare ............................................................................................................ 9
Erase................................................................................................................................ 9
Copy Mode...................................................................................................................... 9
Setup ............................................................................................................................. 10
Language................................................................................................................... 10
Read Error Skip......................................................................................................... 10
Write Error Skip........................................................................................................ 10
Size Tolerance........................................................................................................... 10
Buzzer ....................................................................................................................... 10
Screen Saver.............................................................................................................. 10
Utilities.......................................................................................................................... 11
Device Info................................................................................................................ 11
System Info ............................................................................................................... 11
Measure Speed.......................................................................................................... 11
Verify Source............................................................................................................ 11
Rebuild Source.......................................................................................................... 11
Load Default ............................................................................................................. 11
Update Firmware ...................................................................................................... 11
Save........................................................................................................................... 11
Manage Accounts.......................................................................................................... 12
View User ................................................................................................................. 12
Create User................................................................................................................ 12
Delete User................................................................................................................ 12
Password on Bootup ................................................................................................. 12
Shutdown ...................................................................................................................... 12
Troubleshooting and Frequently Asked Questions........................................................... 13
Specifications.................................................................................................................... 14
Contact Information .......................................................................................................... 14
Appendix 1: List of Functions ......................................................................................... 15
Appendix 2: LED Indicators............................................................................................ 15

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Introduction
Make fast copies of flash cards using the Copywriter Flash Duplicator series. This series is
available in 7, 11, or 15 copy configurations, with a model for USB duplication and a model for
SD/MicroSD duplication.
The Copywriter Flash Duplicator offers both Synchronous and Asynchronous duplication. In
Synchronous mode, all drives are inserted and copied to at the same time. When duplicating in
Asynchronous mode, duplication starts on each drive as the drive is recognized, allowing you to
remove and replace individual drives as the duplication process is completed to continue
duplicating without additional user action.
What’s Included
When unpacking your Copywriter Flash Duplicator system, the following items should be
included:
•Copywriter Flash Duplicator
•Users Manual (this document) and Starter Kit
•Power Cord
If any of these items are missing, please contact your distributor or Microboards Technology
Technical Support.
Please have the Model and Serial Number of your Copywriter Flash Duplicator available when
contacting Technical Support.
Installation
•Connect the power cable to the Copywriter Flash Duplicator and plug in to a
protected power outlet strip or UPS power supply.
•Turn on power to the duplicator.
•The system will go through initialization and then display: 1. Copy.
•The system is now ready to use.
Loading and Unloading Flash Cards
You should never unload any card that is in use by the duplicator. If the green LED above the
port is flashing, the card is in use.
USB Flash (USB models only)
To load USB flash cards, slide the card into the port. If it does not slide in easily, flip the USB
card over and try again.
To unload USB flash cards, simply pull them out of the port.
SD Flash (SD models only)
To load SD flash cards, slide the card into the upper, wide port with the circuit side down until the
card clicks into place. If the green LED above the card port fails to light after a moment, unload
the card, flip it over, over and try again.
To unload SD flash cards, push in and release each card. The ports will slightly eject the cards.
MicroSD Flash (SD models only)
To load MicroSD flash cards, slide the card into the lower, narrow port with the circuit side up. If
the green LED above the card port fails to light after a moment, flip the card over and try again.
To unload MicroSD flash cards, simply pull them out of the port.

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Hardware Description
The Copywriter Flash Duplicator consists of a reader port; 7, 11, or 15 flash drive ports; and
Controller module.
The master card will always be inserted into the TOP LEFT port.
The blank cards will always be inserted into the remaining ports.
The green LEDs above each port will flash when in use or will stay solid green after a successful
duplication. The red LED above each port will light when an error on that card occurs.
The LCD display will show the different menu selections and also information pertaining to the
recording process. Here is a typical example of what is displayed during the COPY process:
Reader
Port
Recorder Ports
(all ports below the first
row are also recorder
ports)
Controller Interface
and Display
Power Switch
Displays the function being performed, such as
Copying or Comparing
Shows the size
of the Master
Displays an estimate of the
amount of time remaining
Displays the percentage
of the master that has
been copied
Copywriter USB
11 Flash
Duplicator
▲Navigate through
▼the menu options
ENT Accept the
menu item
showing
ESC Exit from the
menu item
showing

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Main Menu Flowchart
.
1. Copy
ESC
▼
ENT
Copy 3669M
1m12s 89%
OK:11NG:0 (Job:011)
Remove All Devices ENT
3. Compare
4. Copy & Compare
5. Erase
ESC
ESC
▼
▼
ENT
ENT
ENT
6. Copy Mode
ENT
OK:11NG:0 (Job:011)
Remove All Devices
Compare 3669M
1m12s 89%
Copying… 3669M
1m12s 89%
Comparing…3669M
1m12s 89%
OK:11NG:0 (Job:011)
Remove All Devices
▼
Quick Erase ▼
SMART RAW
▼
▼
Full Erase ▼
RAW Erase ▼ Secure Erase
▼
ENT
ENT
7. Setup
ENT
▼
9. Manage Accounts
ENT
▼
10. Shutdown
ENT
▼
8. Utilities
ENT
▼
Shutdown
Press ENT to Shutdown
See Setup on page 10
See Manage Accounts on page 12
See Utilities on page 11
2. Async Copy
ESC
▼
ENT Async Copy 3669M
Working:15 89% Remove Flash drives and
add more blanks to continue
Async Copy 3669M
Working:0 Waiting

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OK: 11 NG: 0 (Job: 011)
Remove All Devices
OK: 11 NG: 0 (Job: 011)
Remove All Devices
Async Copy 3669M
Working:0 Waiting
Async Copy… 3669M
Working:15 48%
Main Menu
There are 10 different Main Menu items for the Copywriter Flash Duplicator: Copy, Async Copy,
Compare, Copy & Compare, Erase, Copy Mode, Setup, Utilities, Manage Accounts, and
Shutdown. For the Setup options, please refer to page 10.
These instructions refer to using 11 USB recorder ports (available only in the USB 11 Flash
Duplicator), but the instructions will not differ when using any of the Copywriter Flash Duplicators,
either USB or SD. Any Copywriter Flash Duplicator model will operate using any number of the
available recorder ports.
Copy
Place your master card into the reader port, always the upper left port, and your blank cards into
the recorder ports.
Press the ENT button on the controller interface. If all recorder ports are filled, duplication will
begin. If not, the display will show how many target cards are in place; press ENT again to begin
duplication to the loaded target cards. If all target ports are not being used, duplication will also
begin automatically in 30 seconds if you do nothing.
The data will be copied from the master flash drive to the blank flash drives.
When the job is completed, the green LED above the recorder ports will show a steady green and
the cards can be removed.
When each duplication cycle completes, the status of the
duplication will be displayed. OK indicates the number of
successful duplications during the cycle just completed, NG
shows the number of failed duplications, and Job shows how
many flash drives have been duplicated since the duplicator was last at the Copy menu.
Replace all cards and press the ENT button to restart duplication. If you need to make copies of
a new master drive, replace the flash drive in the reader slot. You do not need to exit out of Copy
mode to change masters. Changing masters will reset the Job total.
Async Copy
Async Copy mode allows you to have the duplication process begin on each flash drive as it is
inserted into the duplicator, rather than waiting for all drives to be inserted.
Press the ENT button on the controller interface. The inserted
master will first be recognized, then the duplicator will start
searching for inserted flash drives. As it finds drives, the
displayed Working number will increase and drives will begin
to be copied to as they are found. Continue inserting flash drives until you have as many as
needed, or until you have reached the capacity of your duplicator.
The display will show the completed percentage of the flash
drive that is farthest along in the duplication process, until that
drive reaches 100% complete, at which point the green and
red LEDs above that drive will both come on. Remove the
drive, and insert another drive to begin copying to the new
drive.
When the last drive you need is complete, press the ESC button and remove the master drive.
Compare
The Compare function is used to compare the master card with the copied cards.
Place your master card into the reader port and your copied cards into the recorder ports.
Press the ENT button on the controller interface. The
duplicator will now compare the master and copied cards.
When completed, the display will read:

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Copy & Compare
The Copy and Compare function will perform both operations, one after the other. If the Copy
portion passes without errors, the system will automatically start the Compare process.
Place your master card into the reader port and your blank cards into the recorder ports. Press
the ENT button on the controller interface.
The duplicator will first copy the master card to the blank cards. When the Copy completes, the
unit will start the Compare process. The display will switch from showing Copying… to
Comparing… during the comparison.
When the job is completed, the totals will be provided.
Erase
The Erase function has 4 erasure method options:
•Quick Erase will erase only the beginning section of the Flash Storage Device, which will
hide the data and allow the data to be overwritten. Then it will format the Flash Storage
Device using FAT32 File System.
•Full Erase will erase the entire Flash Storage Device by writing 0’s throughout. Then it
will format the Flash Storage Device using FAT32 File System. The erase timeframe
varies depending on the data capacity of the Flash Storage Device.
•RAW Erase is identical to Full Erase, except that it does NOT format the Flash Storage
Device.
•Secure Erase will erase the Flash Storage Device thoroughly to make the chances of
data recovery almost impossible. This method involves several rounds of complete data
overwriting in various patterns with full erasure each time, and will take the longest of the
4 methods to complete.
Copy Mode
This setting will allow you to choose which Copy Mode to use. There are 2 available options:
•Smart Copy: This is the recommended and fastest approach to making copies since it
will scan your Flash Storage Device and copy only the area which contains data.
When in Smart Copy mode, the Size Tolerance setting will check that the size of the data
on the source drive will fit onto the target drives.
•RAW Copy: This is the safest but slowest approach to making copies since it will copy
your entire Flash Storage Device bit by bit.
When in RAW Copy mode, the Size Tolerance setting will check that the size of the
target drive and source drives match or fall within the size variance specified.
Selecting the Copy Mode for your Master Formats
Some formats, such as NTFS, are not supported by the Smart Copy mode. In any case in
which the formatting of the source drive is not supported in Smart Copy mode, RAW Copy
mode will automatically be used. You will not need to change the Copy Mode setting to
duplicate a format not supported in Smart Copy mode.
Because of this, having the Copy Mode set to Smart Copy will always provide you with the
fastest duplication possible for your master flash drive.

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6. Setup
ENT
1. Language
3. Write Error Skip
4. Size Tolerance
5. Buzzer
6. Screen Saver
This setting can be changed to
alter the Write Error behavior.
A
llows you to change tolerance of
different size master and blank flash
drives.
Turns the buzzer ON or OFF.
This setting specifies the language
displayed on the interface.
▼
▼
▼
▼
ENT
ENT
ENT
ENT
ENT
This setting can be changed to
alter the Read Error behavior.
2. Read Error Skip
▼
ENT
Turns the Screensaver ON or
OFF.
Setup
The Setup menu gives you access
to some of the default settings used
by the Copywriter Flash Duplicator.
Language
This setting specifies the language on the display.
The default language is English.
Read Error Skip
This setting will allow you to change the number of
times you want the system to skip ahead when the
system encounters a reading error while reading
your original Flash Storage Device. By default, the
system does not skip any reading error. Under this
setting, if the system encounters any errors, it would
result in an immediate job failure.
This function will not fix any discovered error. It will
merely skip the error and copy the remaining data.
The setting will allow the number of errors specified
before generating an error.
Write Error Skip
This setting will allow you to change the number of times the system will skip when the system
encounters a writing error during the copying process. By default, the system does not skip any
writing errors. Any writing errors would result in an immediate failure on this Flash Storage
Device.
This function will not fix any errors that it may find. It will only skip errors to write the remaining
data. The setting will allow the number of errors specified before generating an error.
Size Tolerance
This setting allows you to determine how closely the capacity of the target cards match the
capacity of the source card. The Size Tolerance behavior will change depending on the Copy
Mode setting (see page 9). If Copy Mode is set to Smart Copy, the size of the data on the
source will be checked against the target drive capacity. If Copy Mode is set to RAW Copy, the
target drives must be as large as or larger than the source regardless of the data size being
copied.
Options are: OFF (target cards must be the same capacity or larger than the source card), 1%
difference in capacity size between the master and the blanks, 5% difference, or IGNORE.
Because errors can occur if the Size Tolerance is set to IGNORE, we do not recommend the
IGNORE setting, but is available if you absolutely need it.
This setting is intended for flexibility if the source card is a low-capacity card. Note that even if
the target drives are larger than the source drive, this setting can generate a false error state.
Any attempt to duplicate more data than the target card’s capacity will fail.
Buzzer
This setting allows you to turn ON or OFF the beep produced when the buttons are pressed or
an audible status cue is provided. The default setting is ON.
Screen Saver
This setting turns the screensaver ON or OFF. Default setting is ON.