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 Copyright 2007 ACT All Rights Reserved 1
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. 2
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 3
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 4
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% 5
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 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. Figure 2-1d 6
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 7
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) 8
Chapter 3 The Buttons & LCD There are four buttons and an LCD on the panel of ACT-HDC11FH/ACT-HDC13FH. 1 2 4 1. It shows all functions and messages. 3 5 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. 9
Chapter 4 Functions ACT-HDC11FH/ACT-HDC13FH Manual There are 7 major functions in ACT-HDC 11FH/ ACT-HDC13FH, and there are subfunctions in Function 6 and Function 7 as the following figures show. 1. Copy HD 2. Copy HD 3. Pre Scan HD Copy Controller 4. Re Scan Bus 5. Source HD size 6. Setup 7. Adv Setup 10
In Function 6 there are 9 sub-functions. 6-01. Language 6-02. DMA Mode 6-03. Copy Size 6. Setup 6-04. Startup Menu 6-05. Auto Compare 6-06. Copy ith detect 6-07. Button Sound 6-08. Device Info 6-09. System Info 11
In Function 7 there are 8 sub-functions. This function is a hidden menu. It appears only when you press ESC for 3 seconds. 7-01. Rescan Bus Delay 7-02. Read Error Skip 7-03. Update Firmware 7. Adv Setup 7-04. Compare Firmware 7-05. Quick Erase HDD 7-06. H/W Diagnostic 7-07. Load Default 7-08. Copy HPA 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 12
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! 13
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 14
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 DMA Mode UDMA 4 (66MB/s) 15
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 16
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 17
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 18
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 19
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. The 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 20
Press ENT. Use or to select a hard drive on the IDE bus. ACT-HDC11FH/ACT-HDC13FH Manual Select Target! 00 IDE0 Master Press ENT. Use or to select Yes or No. All data will be Lost, erase? No Use to select Yes. After completion, the following figure will appear. The Selected HD Erase Finished! 4.7.6 H/W Diagnostic Now press ESC and to enter the following figure. This is to test the system. 7-06. Adv Setup H/W Diagnostic Press ENT to enter the following figure. The system will do the button test, self-test of SDRAM, the hardware connection test and flash test. All test results will be shown on the LCD. It is the easiest way to know if the system can work well. LCD Test Start When all tests finish, the LCD will show the message as follows. Test finished 21
4.7.7 Load Default Now press ESC and. This is to make all changed settings return to defaults. 7-07. Adv Setup Load Default Press ENT. Use or to confirm Yes or No. Load Default Config? Yes When default loading finishes, the LCD will show the result as follows. Load Default OK 4.7.8 Copy HAP Now press ESC and. 7-08.Adv Setup Copy HPA Copy HPA OFF 22
Chapter 5 Troubleshooting 5.1 About LCD After you power up ACT-HDC11FH/ ACT-HDC13FH, if there is no display on the LCD, check if the connection of power cord is firm and the power outlet is normal. 5.2 About Error Messages During Copy, Compare, etc. if you press ESC to abort, an error message will appear on the LCD. That will probably cause ACT-HDC11FH/ ACT-HDC13FH to hang up, so you have to power on again. 5.3 About HDD If a hard drive cannot read, confirm if the cable and the power are normal. 5.4 About Buttons If you press any of the four buttons on the panel, but there is no response, it is perhaps that the button cannot function well. Inspect if the cables on the control board of ACT- HDC11FH/ ACT-HDC13FH are loose. 5.5 About Firmware Update If you cannot update the firmware, inspect it. Perhaps you have downloaded a wrong file. Unsuccessful firmware update may cause ACT-HDC11FH/ ACT-HDC13FH to fail in booting. Under the circumstance, return the duplicator to distributor for repair. 23
Technical Support Form Email: honetek@honetek.com http://www.honetek.com Model OS Version F/W Version HDD Model Capacity Other Problem Description 24