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HCL Series
Users Manual
Microboards Technology LLC Version 1.1
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2 • Introduction
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MICROBOARDS TECHNOLOGY, LLC HCL Series TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION.................................................................................................................. 5 THE ROBOTIC PLATFORM................................................................................................... 7 THE LCD CONTROL PANEL.......................................................................
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4 • Introduction
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MICROBOARDS TECHNOLOGY, LLC HCL Series Introduction The Microboards HCL Series autoloader is a reliable, high performance, high speed, standalone, robotic DVD and/or CD autoloader. With its professional industrial design and simple user interface, it makes your duplicating experience easier than ever. With the Microboards HCL Series, you can have a capacity up to 1000 discs, duplicate continuously fo
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Disc Placement Another common problem when using an autoloader is the placement of media onto the spindles. Placing the media onto the spindles properly can avoid possible picking errors when operating the autoloader. Even though the autoloader is designed with certain tolerance adjustments to prevent mishandling by the picking arm, failures may still arise if the spindles are not loaded correctly. All media loaded onto the spindles should be flat and not slanted at an angle to ensure the p
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MICROBOARDS TECHNOLOGY, LLC HCL Series The Robotic Platform The Microboards HCL Series autoloader has five spindles (see Figure 1-2) that hold approximately 250 discs each; variations in media thickness between brands will change the number of discs you can load at any one time. Initially, Spindle 1 will be left empty. The robotic arm picks blank discs from Spindle 2 first, and places the succ
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Menu Overview This section provides an overview of the menu options. These menu options are explained in detail on the referenced pages. Copy page 14 Use the Copy menu or Copy quick key to make CD/DVD copies. Before you start a copy, make sure you have selected the correct Master Mode. If you plan to use Single Master Mode, please make sure you have successfully loaded your master disc to a partition on the Hard Drive. If you plan to use Multi Master Mode, ple
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MICROBOARDS TECHNOLOGY, LLC HCL Series Quick Erase: This option erases the index (TOC) of the Rewritable disc, not the data section. It is much faster than Full Erase. However, the data section is still recoverable. If you prefer the old content not to be recovered for security purpose, please perform Full Erase. Hard Drive Setup page 21 Use the Hard Drive Setup menu to
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2. System Info Use this menu option to see data about the autoloader and its resources (firmware version, RAM and CPU). 3. Device Info Use this menu option to see data about the drives that are installed in the autoloader. 4. Load Default Use this menu option to reset all of the options back to the manufacturer's default values. You can use this function if your autoloader is acting abnormally. 5. Update Firmware Use this utility to update the software in your autoloader. To upda
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MICROBOARDS TECHNOLOGY, LLC HCL Series Introduction to Manage Accounts This feature allows the administrator to: Create user accounts and passwords to prevent unauthorized use of the autoloader. Edit existing user account information, including name and password. Delete existing user account(s). Enable or disable “Manage Accounts”. Manage Accounts is disabled by default. Prior to activatin
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Under Multi Master Mode, you would need to follow the steps below: 1. Make sure all of the spindles are empty. 2. Place 30 blank discs for job C on to the first input spindle. 3. Place the master disc for job C on top of those blank discs for job C. 4. Place 40 blank discs for job B on top of the master disc for job C. 5. Place the master disc for job B on top of those blank discs for job B. 6. Place 20 blank discs for job A on top of the master disc for job B. 7. Place the master d
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MICROBOARDS TECHNOLOGY, LLC HCL Series To input the desired quantity, do the following: Make sure the cursor is located at the first position (First blinking position): Specify Counter: [0 ] OK? Press the Down button repeatedly until “0” is displayed. Press OK button once to move the cursor to the next position. Press the Down button repeatedly until “0” is displayed. Press OK
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Operation This chapter shows each of the menu options and how they are used. COPY Quick Button 1. Copy The Copy menu option or the front panel Copy quick key have two different modes of operation: Single Master Mode: This mode requires that a single master disc is loaded onto the hard drive prior to initiating the duplication process. This mode is ideal if your job involves one or very few master disc(s). Multi Master Mode (Batch Mode): This mode does not require you to manually l
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MICROBOARDS TECHNOLOGY, LLC HCL Series The loader will continue to remove discs from the input spindle and place those into drives until either all of the drives are full, or the count that you loaded into the counter is reached. Processing... It takes a few seconds for the autoloader to recognize all the discs. Please Wait After two or three seconds of processing time, one of the following Co
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1.2 Making Copies in Multi Master Mode This mode does not require you to manually load your master. Simply place the master disc(s) on top of the stack of blank discs needed for that particular job of the master disc. This mode is ideal if you have numerous master discs and fewer copies for each master disc. The Multi Master mode uses the Reserve partition to temporarily store the content of the current master disc. Once the task is complete and a new master disc has been detected, the re
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MICROBOARDS TECHNOLOGY, LLC HCL Series The loader will continue to remove discs from the Input Spindle and place those into drives until either all of the drives are full or all Input Spindles are empty. Processing... It takes a few seconds for the autoloader to recognize all of the discs in the Please Wait trays. Loading... RESERVED Once all of the discs are detected, the autoloader will det
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3. Compare Use the Compare function to perform a bit-by-bit comparison between the content of your master disc(s) in the Hard Drive and the contents of all discs it copied. This ensures that all of your copies are identical to original master disc(s). Note: The bit-by-bit comparison will only apply on all DVDs and Data CDs. The readability check will be applied for other formats like Audio CDs, CD+G, and Video CD discs due to their lack of error correction mechanisms. If you are at the
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MICROBOARDS TECHNOLOGY, LLC HCL Series 4. Test+Copy With the Test + Copy menu option, the autoloader simulates the copying process, and then makes copies if everything works correctly. If a failure is encountered on a disc during the simulation, it will not be copied during the copying process while the discs that passed the simulation will move on to the copying process. After the copying process, th
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Once your selection has been changed successfully, you will see the HDD to CD Speed display to the left for 2 seconds: Adjusted to: 8x You will automatically be returned to the Main Menu. 7. Select Source The Select Source menu is used to set the Master Reading Source. In the autoloader, the Master Reading Source is always the Hard Drive. Single Master & Multi Master 8. Master Mode Quick Buttons The Master Mode menu is used to select between Single Master mode or Multi Master
