ACT HDC13FH User manual

1

ACT-HDC11FH/ ACT-HDC13FH

1 to 1(3) HDD

Duplicator

User’s

Manual

Ver: 1.1

Attention:

It

takes

over

5

seconds

to

power

on

after

shutdown

otherwise

the

system

may

operate

abnorrmally.

ACT

ACT-POWER COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY CORP.

http://www.honetek.com

2

Copyright

and

Trademark

The

information

in

this

manual

is

subject

to

change

without

prior

notice

and

does not

represent

a

commitment

on

the

part

of

vendor,

who

assumes

no

liability or

responsibility

for

any

errors

that

may

appear

in

this

manual.

This

manual

contains

materials

protected

under

International

Copyright

Laws.

All

rights

reserved.

No

part

of

this

manual

may

be

reproduced,

transmitted

or

transcribed

without

the

expressed

written

permission

of

the

manufacturer

and

author

of this

manual.

ACT’s

ACT-HDC 11FH/ ACT-HDC 13F

HDD

Duplicator

is

used

for

copying

whole hard

driver .

ACT's

Duplicator

only

supports

legal

backup

operation.

ACT

Corp.

is

not

responsible

for

the

user’s

illegal

actions.

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Table of Contents

Chapter

1 Introduction

.........................................

5

1.1

Overview

..............................................................

5

1.2

Features

...............................................................

5

1.3

Specifications

......................................................

5

Chapter

2 Installation

...........................................

6

2.1

The

Appearance

................................................

6

2.2

Before

Installation

...............................................

7

2.3

The

Steps

............................................................

7

2.4

Quick Installation Guide

.. ...................................8

Chapter

3 The

Buttons

&

LCD

............................9

Chapter

4 Functions

......................................

...........

.10

4.1

Copy

HD

.............................................................

12

4.2

Compare

............................................................

13

4.3

PreScan

.............................................................

14

4.4

ReScan

Bus

........................................................

14

4.5

Source

HD

size

..................................................

15

4.6

Setup

..................................................................

16

4.6.1 Language .................................................................................... 16

4.6.2 DMA Mode ................................................................................. 16

4.6.3 Copy Size…….............................................................................17

4.6.4 Startup Menu ..............................................................................17

4.6.5 Auto Compare ............................................................................ 18

4.6.6 Copy with detect ........................................................................ 18

4.6.7 Button Sound ............................................................................... 18

4.6.8 Device Info ................................................................................... 19

4.6.9 System Info .................................................................................. 19

4.7

Adv

Setup

..............................................................20

4

4.7.1 Read Error Skip .....................................................................20

4.7.2 Update Firmware ...................................................................20

4.7.3 Compare Firmware ............................................................... 21

4.7.4 Quick Erase HDD .................................................................. 21

4.7.5 H/W Diagnostic ....................................................................... 22

4.7.6 Load Default ............................................................................ 22

Chapter

5

Troubleshooting

......................

23

5.1

About

LCD

......................................................

23

5.2

About

Error

Messages...................................

23

5.3

About

HDD

.....................................................

23

5.4

About

Buttons

................................................

23

5.5

About

Firmware

Update

................................

23

Technical

Support

Form

............................

24

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Chapter

1

Introduction

1.1

Overview

ACT-HDC11FH/ACT-HDC13FH

is

a

1-to-1

/1-to-3

standalone

Duplicator.

Simply

through

the

LCD

and

4

buttons

on

the

panel,

you

can

copy

any

kind

of

files

on

the

hard

drive

easily

and

quickly.

It

is

fit

for

companies

to

backup

data,

or

for

PC

assemblers

to

do

legal

production.

Usually

if

you

want

to

backup

data or OS

on

many

hard

drives,

you

have

to

boot

the

computer,

and

do

the

job

via

Ghost

or

other

recording

programs.

It

takes

time

to learn

how to

use

the

software

and

more

time

to

duplicate.

In

view

of

this,

ACT has

launched ACT-HDC11FH/ACT-HDC13FH.

1.2

Features



Standalone

IDE

to

IDE

HDD

copy

controller



Independent

device

without

extra

hardware

or

software



Support

high-speed

1-to-1/1-to-3

HDD

duplication



User-friendly

interface

with

LCD

showing

messages



Optional

functions

for

application

1.3

Specifications



ACARD

SOC

Engine



8MB

SDRAM

memory

 TWO/

Four

independent

IDE

channels



2



16

text

mode

of

LCD



4 membrane

buttons

on

the

panel



256K

bytes

flash

memory



Supports

firmware

update

from

DVD-ROM





Power

Voltage:

115-230



Environment

Operation:

0°C

to

60°C



Non-operation:

-20°C

to

85°C



Humidity

15%

to

90%

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Chapter

2

Installation

2.1

The

Appearance

The

appearances

of

ACT-HDC11FH and ACT-HDC13FH

are

as

the

following

figures

show.

Figure

2-1a

Figure

2-2

Figure

2-1b

Figure

2-1c

Figure

2-1d

1、Figure 2-1a,b,c,d are up, left,

front, and back face of the

ACT-HDC11FH.

2、 Figure 2-2 is whole picture

of the ACT-HDC13FH.

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2.2

Before

Installation

( for

ACT-HDC11FH)

Prepare

two (or upon)

hard

drives.

Among

them

one

is

used

as

a

source

hard

drive

and

one

(or upon) is

used

as

target

one.

The

capacity

of

a

target

hard

drive

must

be

equal

to

or larger

than

that

of

the

source

one.

It

is

recommended

to

let

all

hard

drives

be

in Master

mode.

Besides,

make

sure

that

the

watt

of

power

supply

is

sufficient.

2.3

The

Steps

( for

ACT-HDC11FH)

1. Connect the IDE cables and power cord wires to IDE ports and power ports.

Figure

2-3a : Source IDE port Figure

2-3b : Target IDE port

2.

(1) Connect the

source

hard

drive

to

source port and connect the target hard drive to target

port on ACT-HDC11FH

with

t he

IDE

cable, as follow figure 2-3c.

(2)

Connect the power cable to hard drive, and then start to use it, as follow figure 2-3d.

Figure

2-3c Figure

2-3d

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ACT-HDC 13FH Quick Installation Guide

1. Please read carefully these notes below before copying.

(1) ACT-HDC 13F supports all kinds of Image Copy such as IDE HDD copy to

IDE HDD; IDE HDD copy to SATA HDD; SATA HDD copy to IDE HDD;

SATA HDD copy to SATA HDD, and CF card copy to CF card, etc.

(2) ACT-HDC 13F supports one to 3 copying when you execute the copy between

IDE HDD and SATA HDD.

(3) ACT-HDC 13F also supports one to 3 copying when you execute the copy of CF

card to CF card through CF Reader.

(4) Before putting on your source HDD and target HDD, please confirm the power is

turning off, and then turn on the power to copy. After copying completely, first,

turn off the power, and then take away your HDD from ACT-HDC 112 SH.

(5) Before copying, please check again your source HDD whether is correct, you can

know this information in function 6 Select Source. If your source is SCSI HDD,

please check the SCSI ID, generally, the default is SCSI ID0. If your source is

IDE HDD, please check whether the IDE ID is ID0.

(6) Before copying, please check it again whether the capacity of the target HDD is

equal or more than the target.

(8) Hi-Speed Data transferring Rate:

8-1：IDE/SATA HDD copy to IDE/SATA HDD is about 30MB/sec。

8-2：CF card copy to CF card is about 2MB/sec (Dependence on CF Type)。

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Chapter

3

The

Buttons

&

LCD

There

are

four

buttons

and

an

LCD

on

the

panel

of

ACT-HDC11FH/ACT-HDC13FH.

1

2

4

3

5

1.

It

shows

all

functions

and

messages.

2.

It

is

used

to

scroll

up

through

functions

or

menus.

3.

It

is

used

to

scroll

down

through

functions

or

menus.

4.

It

is

used

to

execute

a

selected

function.

5.

It

is

used

to

cancel

a

selected

function.

Figure

1

Figure

2

HD Duplicator

1-1 ver: 0.96F

Initialize SDRAM

Figure

3

Figure

4

Detect Drives 1. Copy HD

Figure

1

：

shows

the

firmware

version

of

ACT-HDC11FH/ ACT-HDC13FH,

Figure

2

：

the

memory initialization,

Figure 3

：

the

scanning

of

the

drives

Figure 4

：

the

first

function.

The

correct

display

of

the

four

figures

means

the

normal

powering

up.

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Chapter

4

Functions

There

are

7

major

functions

in

ACT-HDC 11FH/ ACT-HDC13FH,

and

there

are

sub-

functions

in

Function 6

and

Function

7

as

the

following

figures

show.

Copy Controller

1. Copy HD

2. Copy HD

3. Pre Scan HD

4. Re Scan Bus

6. Setup

5. Source HD size

7. Adv Setup

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In

Function

6

there

are

9

sub-functions.

6-01. Language

6-02. DMA Mode

6-03. Copy Size

6-04. Startup Menu

6-06. Copy ith detect

6-05. Auto Compare

6-09. System Info

6-07. Button Sound

6-08. Device Info

6. Setup

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In

Function

7

there

are

8

sub-functions.

This

function

is

a

hidden

menu.

It

appears only

when

you

press

ESC

for

3

seconds.

4.1

Copy

HD

Function

1

Copy

HD

is

to

copy

data

from

a

source

hard

drive

to

a

target

one.

Before

copying

be

sure

that

the

capacity

of

the

target

hard

drive

is

equal

to

or

larger

than

that

of

the

source

one.

Select

function

1.

1.Copy HD

7-01. Rescan Bus Delay

7-02. Read Error Skip

7-03. Update Firmware

7-04. Compare Firmware

7-06. H/W Diagnostic

7-05. Quick Erase HDD

7-08. Copy HPA

7-07. Load Default

7. Adv Setup

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4.2

Compare

Function

2

Compare

is

to

compare

the

data

of

the

source

hard

drive

and

those

of the

target

hard

drives.

Select

function 2.

2.Compare HD

Press

ENT

to

compare.

The

LCD

will

show

the

comparison

information

as

follows.

Comp- 17MB/s

5%

28.5GB 33:30

When

comparison

comes

to

an

end,

the

LCD

will

show

the

result

as

follows.

Compare OK: 1

Fail: 0 Diff: 0

4.3

PreScan

Function

3

PreScan

is

to

scan

if

the

source

hard

drive

can

be

read

correctly,

and

to

test

the

reading

speed

too.

Select

function

3.

3.PreScan HD

Press

ENT

to

prescan.

The

LCD

will

show

the

scanning

information

as

follows.

Scan- 35MB/s 0%

28.5GB 13:30

When

scanning

finishes

and

the

source

hard

drive

can

be

read

correctly,

the

LCD will

show

the

result

as

follows.

PreScan OK!

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4.4

ReScan

Bus

Function

4

ReScan

Bus

is

to

scan

the

hard

drives

on

the

bus

again.

Select

function

4.

4.ReScan BUS

Press

ENT

to

rescan.

The

LCD

will

show

the

inquiry

as

follows.

Re-scan BUS Now?

Yes

Press

ENT

.

The

order

of

scanning

is

IDE0, IDE1, ~, etc.

Detect Drives

IDE BUS : 0 Master

When

scanning

finishes,

the

LCD

will

show

the

result

as

follows.

BUS re-scan OK!

4.5

Source

HD

size

Function

5

Source

HD

size

is

to

display

the

capacity

of

the

source

hard

drive.

Select

function

5.

5.Source HD size

Press

ENT

.

The

LCD

will

show

the

information

as

follows.

Total: 28.5GB

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4.6

Setup

Function

6

Setup

lets

you

change

the

defaults.

Once

you

change

a

default,

remember to

press

ENT

to

save

it.

However,

it

is

suggested

to

use

the

defaults

for

the

optimal operation.

This

function

includes

9

sub-functions:

Language,

DMA

Mode,

Copy Size,

Startup

Menu,

Auto

Compare,

Copy

with

detect,

Button

Sound,

Device

Info, and

System

Info

as

the

figure

on

page

13

shows.

Select

function

6.

6.Setup

4.6.1 Language

This

function

lets

you

select

a

language

to

show

messages

on

the

LCD.

6-01. Setup

Language

Press

ENT

.

The

default

is

English.

Language

English

4.6.2 DMA Mode

DMA

means

direct

memory

access.

This

function

can

quicken

the

transfer

rate

by

sending

the

data

directly

to

memory

without

the

process

of

CPU.

6-02. Setup

DMA Mode

UDMA 4 (66MB/s)

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4.6.3 Copy Size

This

function

lets

you

set

the

copying

capacity

of

a

source

hard

drive.

6-03. Setup

Copy Size

Press

ENT

.

The

LCD

will

show

the

information

as

follows.

Use

【】or【】

to

select.

Press

ENT

.

The

default

is

ALL

Copy Size

ALL

.

4.6.4 Startup Menu

This

function

lets

you

select

any

one

of

the

functions

except

Setup

as

the

first

item

appearing

on

the

menu

whenever

you

turn

on

the

copy

controller.

6-04. Setup

Startup Menu

Press

ENT

.

The

default

is

Copy

HD.

You

certainly

can

select

any

other

function

as

the

first

item,

but

remember

to

press

ENT

.

Startup Menu

1.Copy HD

4.6.5 Auto Compare

This

function

is

to

compare

the

source

hard

drive

and

the

target

one

automatically

after

copying.

6-05. Setup

Auto Compare

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Press

ENT

.

The

default

is

Off.

You

can

press

【】

to

select

On.

Auto Compare

Off

4.6.6 Copy with detect

This

function

is

to

detect

if

there

is

a

DOM

(Device

on

Memory,

can

be

used

as

HDD and

supports

hot

swap)

on

an

IDE

slot

before

copying.

6-06. Setup

Copy with detect

Press

ENT

.

The

default

is

Off.

You

can

press

【】

to

select

On.

Copy with detect

Off

4.6.7 Button Sound

This

function

lets

you

decide

whether

to

produce

the

sound

of

a

button

when

you press

it

or

not.

6-07. Setup

Button Sound

Press

ENT

.

The

default

is

On.

You

can

press

【】

to

select

Off.

Button Sound

On

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4.6.8 Device Info

This

function

is

to

display

the

information

of

all

hard

drives

connected

to

ACT-HDC11FH

/

ACT-

HDC13FH.

6-08. Setup

Device Info

Press

ENT

.

00 IDE0 Master

HD : IBM-DLTA

Press

ENT

.

-307030

TX40

4.6.9 System Info

This

function

is

to

display

the

information

of

the

system.

6-09. Setup

ystem Info

Press

ENT

.

HD Duplicator

1-1 ver: 0.96F

Press

ENT

.

SST: 39SF040

2006/06/23 ACARD

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4.7

Adv

Setup

Function 8 Adv Setup lets you change the system configuration. It includes Read Error Skip,

Update Firmware, Compare Firmware, Quick Erase HDD, H/W Diagnostic, and Load Default

as the figure on page 14 shows.

Press

ESC

for

3

seconds

to

enter

Function

8.

4.7.1 Rescan Bus Delay

7-01. Adv Setup

Rescan Bus Delay

Press

ENT

.

The

default

is

1Sec

.

Rescan Bus Delay

1Sec

4.7.2 Read Error Skip

This

is

to

ignore

any

error

that

occurs

during

copying.

Under

normal

circumstances,

when

an

error

occurs

during

copying,

a

message

will

appear

on

the

LCD.

Yet,

you

can

use

Read

Error

Skip

to

neglect

the

bad

sector

of

a

hard

drive.

7-02. Adv Setup

Read Error Skip

Press

ENT

to

enter

the

following

figure.

The

default

is

Off.

Press

【】

to

select

On.

Read Error Skip

Off

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4.7.3 Update Firmware

Now

press

ESC

and

【】

to

enter

the

following

figure.

This

is

to

update

firmware

to the

latest

version.

But

you

should

get

the

version

first.

7-03. Adv Setup

Update Firmware

You

can

get

the

newest

firmware

version

from

ACT

by

e-mail,

or

download

it directly

from

the

web

site:

http://www.honetek.com.

Then,

unzip

the

file

but

if

the

file is bin,

you

don’t

need

to

unzip.

Copy

the

file

to

a

blank

disc

using

some

recording software.

Turn

off

ACT-HDC11FH/ACT-HDC13FH

and

connect

a

DVD-ROM

to

its

IDE0.

After

turning

on,

place the

disc

containing

the

new

firmware

into

DVD-ROM,

and

press

ENT

.

T

he

system will

begin

searching

the

new

firmware,

and

show

the

message

on

the

LCD

after

it finds

it.

Press

ENT

to

update.

Searching F/W---

XXX/XXXXX

4.7.3 Compare Firmware

Now

press

ESC

and

【】

to

enter

the

following

figure.

This

is

to

compare

the

current firmware

version

and

the

newly

downloaded

version.

It

can

prove

if

the

downloaded version

is

the

newest

one.

7-03. Adv Setup

Compare

Firmware

4.7.5 Quick Erase HDD

Now

press

ESC

and

【】

to

enter

the

following

figure.

This

is

to

erase

the

data

of

a hard

drive

quickly.

7-05. Adv Setup

Quick Erase HDD

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