Addonics Technologies 15 Hard DriveSSD Duplicators HDUS5325DX user guide

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Device Info
This opti on is used to display t he details of all hard d isks connect ed to the copy contro ller. 
10-06. Setup
Device Info             
Press  ENT and  the L CD w ill display each hard disk informati on i n order as shown below.
0  S ource  CH:  0
Hitachi    232.9GB  
System Info
This option displays system informati on.
10-07. Setup
System Info           
Fast Copy
This option displays Fast Copy. Fast Copy only copies data on the source\
 drive
to the target drives. Currently only supports FAT, FAT32, NTFS, HFS, Ext\
2 and
Ext3 partitions.
10-08. Setup
Fast Copy             
Press  ENT and  the L CD w ill display  the fo llowing info . Use the  Up  and Down a rrow keys to choose 
w hether fast copy is on or o. (This f unction currently only eective in FAT , FAT32, NTFS,  HFS, 
Ext2 and Ext3 partitions.)
Fast  Copy
On                          
Auto Start Drive
This opti on is used to display to copy automatica lly once y ou insert  HDD on target port.
10-09. Setup
Auto Start Drive   
Press  ENT to  enter  the fo llowing fgure. The  default is O.  Use t he Up and Down a rrow keys to 
choose 1-11.
Auto Start Drive
O                       
Auto Start Timer
This option is used to set the period of time when the duplicator starts\
 copying
automatically once you insert HDD on target port. Default is set at OFF,\
 use the
arrows to choose time.
10-10. Setup
Auto Start Timer    
						

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Press ENT to  enter  the fo llowing gure. The  default is Of.  Use t he Up and Down a rrow keys to 
choose 5 Sec- 50 Sec.
Auto Start Timer
Of                       
Tolerance SizeThis option is used to set the tolerance in terms of percentage difer\
ence between
the source and target capacity. This is to ensure that when the target d\
rive is
smaller than the source drive, the duplication process will not start.
10-11. Setup
Tolerance Size      
Press  ENT to  enter  the fo llowing gure. The  default is Of.  Use t he Up and Down a rrow keys to 
choose 1MB~100MB of source.
Toler ance Size   
1MB
BootTime D elay
This option is used to to set boot delay time.
10-12. Setup
BootTime Delay  
Press  ENT to  enter  the fo llowing gure. The defaul t is 5 sec.  Use t he Up and Down arrow keys to 
choose 0~99 sec.
B ootTime Delay
5 sec                  
Quick C ompare
This opti on is used to set t he size of each comparison  unit.
10-13. Setup
Quick Compare   
Press  ENT to  enter  the fo llowing gure. The defaul t is O f. Use t he Up and Down a rrow keys to 
choose 1 Byte/1K/1 0K/100K/1MB/ 10MB/100 Mbytes. (In ord er to improve  the accuracy of  pure 
data can maintain t he default settings.)
Quick Com pare   
Of                         
						

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Adv Setup
Adv Setup oers expert users access t o more advanced system  settings. 
To access  this  option, hold down the  ESC key for 
two seconds  until it  appears. 
11. Adv Set up        
Read Erro r Skip
This f unction sets the system to ig nore any e rrors during  t he copying process. Norma lly if there is 
an e rror during copying a warning is displayed  on the LCD. By using this function, users can also 
copy a  HDD with errors.
11-01. Adv Setup
R ead Error Skip   
Update F irmware
This function is used  to update  the systems frmware . Downl oad the latest versi on of the frmware 
from  the  Inter net a t www.addonics.com. For the complete instructions, visit the frmware \
update
webpage or view the instructions found later in this manual.
11- 02. Adv  Setup
U pdate Firmware 
Re ad Error Skip
O
Press 
ENT to  enter  the fo llowing scre en. By default this option  is set to OFF. Use the  up and down 
buttons t o enable or disable this option.
Quick Erase  HDD
This function is used  to quickly erase a ll data on the HDD . Pl ease backup  any importan t data 
before using this f unction.
11-04.Adv Setup
Quick Erase  HDD
Quick Erase HDD
ALL/Target  CH:*   
Press 
ENT to enter t he follo wing scr een. Use the Up and Down  butt ons to select the HDD to 
erase. 
Compare Firmware
This function is used to compare  the current system  frmware versi on with the new version the user 
is  upgrading to. This ensures t hat the downloaded f rmware is t he latest version. The message 
Last u pdate F/W  indicates that it is t he latest vers ion.
11-03.Adv Setup
Compare FirmwareSearching F/W  ...
Pl ease Wait ...Last u pdate F/W
OK!     
						

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All data w ill be 
lost,Erase? No  
Press 
ENT again  and the LCD w ill promp t you t o confrm  the er ase  operation. 
Full Erase  HDD
This function is used to fu ll erase all data on the  HDD. Please backup any important  data before 
using  this f unction.
11-05.Adv Setup
Fu ll Erase  HDD
Quick Erase  HDD
ALL/Target  CH:*   
Press 
ENT to  enter the fo llowing screen. Use the Up and Down buttons to select the HDD to 
erase. 
A ll data w ill be 
lost,Erase? No  
Press 
ENT again  and the LCD w ill promp t you t o confrm  the er ase  operation. 
Test  IDE 0/1     
OK
L CD Test Start     Button Test  ?   SDRAM  Test:
8192Kbytes O K 
FlashTest: OK  Test fnished     
Once  the system diagnostics  have been completed  the Test finished message w ill appear on  the 
L CD.
Press 
ENT and  the system w ill begin t he tests as shown below.
H/W D iagnostic
Press  ENT to enter t he following scr een. This function is use d to c heck that the system is 
operating  normally.
11-06.Adv Setup
H/W  Diagnostic  
Press  ENT again to enter  the fo llowing scre en. The LCD will cycle thr ough the test categories as 
they are performed. The L CD display is tested frst, the control panel is tested next (requires 
m anual o peration), th en followed by  the systems inter nal diagnostics,  hardware connection test 
th en t he RAM  and SD Flash test. A ll test  results are shown  on the L CD. This is a simple way to 
verify  that  the system is operating  normall
y. 
						

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Press ENT to  enter  the fo llowing scre en. Use the Up  and Down buttons to confrm rese t to factory defaults.
Load Default
Confg? Yes        
Load Default    
Ok  
If L
oad Def ault OK, this w ill be displayed on  the LCD
 as shown  below. 
Load Default
Press ESC to return to  the main menu th en use the ENT butt on to select. This function resets a ll settings to their factory defaul t. This function helps t he system recover from errors caused by  an illegal operation.
11-07.Adv Setup
L oad Default 
Burn  In
This f unction is used  to burn test  the system re liability.
11-09. Adv Set up  
Burn In
Press  ENT to  enter t he following scr een. 
Burn In Mode 
Copy & Com pare 
Use the Up  and Down buttons to ch oose Compare, Async 
Copy & Cmp and Async Compare, thenpress ENT to confrm.
Copy HPA
If this f unction is se t to ON, the system w ill completely copy the data in a source HDDs host protected area. 
11-08. Adv Set up  
C opy HPA
The def ault is OFF . Use the  ENT, Up and Down buttons to change this to On. 
						

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Basic Troubleshooting
LCD
If the L CD bl ank after  the  device is turned  on, check that the  power cable is properly connect ed and that the  power supply is on. 
Error Message
Wh en t he system is running a copy  operation or hardware diagnostics, if t he operati on is m anually terminat ed by pressing  ESC an error message w ill be shown by t he LCD. This may le ad to an illegal operati on and cause the device  to stop reminding. If  this  happens, t he device must  be restarted. 
Hard Disk
If unable to r ead the  hard disk pl ease check tha t the  data and  power cables are pro perly connected. 
Keys
If pressing t he keys on the front pa nel produces  no response from the system, the keys may have malfunctio ned. Pl ease check the control  panel to see if  the wiring  has come loose. 
Firmware Upgrade
The device can be u pdated to new versions of rmware through  CD/DVD-ROM.  If un able to update  the rmware, check t hat the rmware was  downloaded correctly. A fa iled rmware upgr ade may cause the d uplicator to become i noperable. If the system is working  normally, do no t attempt this o perati on. If the system is alr eady experiencing problems, please contact  your distributor for repairs. 
Start up/Shutdown
Do no t suddenly  turn of  the  power wh ile the system is performing  an operation. After shutting down  norma lly, wait a mom ent (usua lly around 2 seconds) before starting  the system again so it 
can run its self-diag nostics. 
A bout Copy HPA
The HPA (Host Protected Area) is a hi dden data region dened in ATA/AT API-4. This area is  not usually accessible  to software. The SATA  HDD Duplicate Controller supports the copying of data from  this hi dden area. 
Drive is locked (cannot be initialized after the SECURE ERASE or OVERWRITE)
 
1. Place drive in the source slot
2. Execute PreScan function for 1 minute
3. Press ESC key until you see User Abort on the LCD screen
4. Now remove the drive from the duplicator and connect it to your syste\
m, the HDD should be
    recognized and be able to initialize again  
						

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Error Messages List
NO# Error Messages Description Applied t o
1 Source Drive Not Exist!
during operating Copy, Async C
opy, Compare, 
Async Com pare, PreScan 
Source , S ource Size , C opy 
Size, Toler ance Size
2 User  Abort! Cancel operating
3 No Drive Exist  
operating Device Info
4 X  Space No t Enough
Target Drive S pace Not 
Enough W
hen source capacity is 
small t han target Copy, Com
pare
5 X  Space No t Enough
Target Drive Fa il!W
hen source capacity is 
small t han target Async C
opy, Async Com pa
re
6 PreScan Fail during copy or bad sector 
on HDDPreScan S
ource
7 Source Drive Read Fa il!
connecti on on source port 
during copy or bad sector 
on source HDD Copy, Async C
opy, Compare
8 Targe t Drive Write Fa il!
connecti on on target port 
during copy Copy
9 Targe t Drive Read Fa il!
connecti on on target port 
during com paring Com
pare
10 Target Drive Fa il
connecti on on target port 
during async com paringAsync C
opy, Async Com pare
11 Targe t Drive No t Ex is
t ! 
operating Overwrite
12 O ne pass
One  pass fa iled Lose SATA connection on 
SATA 
port during  Overwrite Overwrite
13 3  pass
pass 1 fa iled Lose SATA connection on 
SATA 
port during  Overwrite Overwrite
14 7  pass 5220.22-M
pass 1 fa iled Lose SATA connection on 
SATA 
port during  Overwrite Overwrite
If you h
ear the warning signal wh ile the copying function is executing (a be ep every 5 seconds), 
the L CD screen w ill display the problem status;  you may press any butt on to return to the copy 
progress scr een. Lose targe
t SATA 
Lose targe
t SATA 
Lose targe
t SATA 
Lose targe
t SATA 
Lose SATA connection No 
HDD exist during Any functi
on and  any time
No source 
HDD exist 
No  HDD exist during  
						

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Firmware Update Procedure
(Requires one hard drive containing the frmware fle):
1.  Create a 50MB HDD partition with FAT/FAT32 or NTFS fles system on\
 any SATA hard drive
2.  Download the frmware and unzip the fle to .BIN fle format
3.  Copy the .BIN fle onto the 50 MB partition of the HDD
4.  Insert this drive to the Source slot of the duplicator. For subsyste\
m, connect the drive to the
     Source SATA port
5.  Select Firmware Update function under the Setup or Advanced Set\
up menu and press
     ENT to do the update. To access the Advanced Setup, hold onto the\
 ESC button for 5 seconds.
     The new option will appear
6.  Once completed, it will reboot and show you the new frmware versi\
on
Notes:
SECURE ERASE - HDD duplicator sends a WIPE
command to the hard drive. This command flls 00 string to entire HDD
OVERWRITE - There are three options: One pass, 3 passes and 7 passes 522\
0.22-M.  The duplicator
writes a string of pattern over the entire disk one time, three times or\
 seven times. (5220.22-M is
the DoD standard for drive sanitization)
Please note that some drives may become locked and cannot be initialized\
 after the SECURE ERASE
or OVERWRITE. Should this happen, use the following procedures to unlock\
 the drive:
1. Place drive in the source slot
2. Execute PreScan function for 1 minute
3. Press ESC key until you see User Abort on the LCD screen
4. Now remove the drive from the duplicator and connect it to your syste\
m, the HDD should be
    recognized and be able to initialize again