ARS-2030/2032 Copy Smart Plus CD Duplicator Controller System User ’s Manual ARS-2032 ARS-2030 1-to-7 1-to-3 Ver:1.0 © Copyright 2001 ACARD Technology Corp. Ver:1.0.20010723.
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Table of Contents Chapter 1 Introduction ..................................................................5 1.1 Overview ...................................................................................5 1.2 Features ....................................................................................6 1.3 Specifications ...........................................................................6 Chapter 2 Installation Procedure ................................................7 2.1 Contorller only .......
5.10.3 Play Audio Track .............................................................28 5.10.4 Close Session .................................................................29 5.11 Setup ......................................................................................29 5.11.1 Language (optional).........................................................30 5.11.2 Burn Speed .....................................................................30 5.11.3 Read Speed .........................................
ARS-2030/2032 Copy Smart Plus Chapter 1 Introduction 1.1 Overview The users who want to backup their CD normally have go through many steps by turning on their computer, launching the software, setting up various parameters, and tiding up their computer sometimes up to a hours to get a CD backup if the CD backup are more than one. Obviously, a standalone ARS-2030/2032 Copy Smart Plus will easily resolve the little inconvenience and drawback mentioned above.
ARS-2030/2032 Copy Smart Plus 1.3 Specification Power requirement - voltage : 5VB+/- 5% current : 0.5A Max. Environment - Temperature Operating 0 oC to 70 oC Storage -20 oC to 85 oC Humidity 15% to 90% - Dimentions - Connectors - Models: Length: Width: Height: AEC-2030/2032 200 mm 146.
ARS-2030/2032 Copy Smart Plus Chapter 2 Installation Procedure When you get CD Copy Smart Plus, you could find the package in the following possibilities: controller only; whole duplicator without writer installed & completed duplication system. 2.1 Contorller only 1. Before the installation, please prepare the necessary devices as following: !CD-ROM drive !CD-R/RW drive !IDE case (5~10-bay chassis suggested).
ARS-2030/2032 Copy Smart Plus Hardware Connection with Hard Drive for ARS-2030 Copy Smart Plus Controller CD-ROM IDE 0 (S) HDD IDE 0 (M) CD-RW IDE 1 CD-RW IDE 2 CD-RW IDE 3 When the system connect with hard drive, the hard drive must connect on IDE 0 port with “Master” setting and the CD-ROM must set with “Slave”.
ARS-2030/2032 Copy Smart Plus Hardware Connection for ARS-2032 CD-ROM HDD CD-RW CD-RW CD-RW Copy Smart Plus CD-RW CD-RW CD-RW CD-RW IDE 0 (S) IDE 0 (M) IDE 1 IDE 2 IDE 3 Controller IDE 4 IDE 5 IDE 6 IDE 7 When the system connect with hard drive, the hard drive must connect on IDE 0 port with “Master” setting and the CD-ROM must set with “Slave”.
ARS-2030/2032 Copy Smart Plus Chapter 3 Key Functions and Operating Instruction 1. LCD Display Panel: Display main functions and all messages. 2. : Scroll up through menus or functions. 3. : Scroll down through menus or functions. 4. : Execute the function which you select. 5. : Cancel the function which you select. When the CD Copy Smart Plus have been checked the hardware installation correctly, power on the system. The CD Copy Smart Plus will process a selftesting for the seconds.
ARS-2030/2032 Copy Smart Plus Two different main operation procedure are required to install the duplicatior with: 1. With hard drive installed ! Duplicator will detect the hard drive and create partitions for it (each partition will have 1G capacity, e.g. 10GB Hard Disk will probably have 10 partitions which it is included 9 working partitions and 1 TEMP partition) ! Use the Select Source to set the hard drive being the target source.
ARS-2030/2032 Copy Smart Plus 2. Without hard drive installation ! Place master disc to CD-ROM. ! Switch to Copy function by pressing arrow button. Place blank CD-R or CDRW disc into all the CD writers. Press “ENT” button to strat copying when all writers detect the CD discs. ! When Copy is completed on all CD writers, the passed CD disc will be ejected (Default setting: discs passed will be ejected. This can be changed according to your need).
ARS-2030/2032 Copy Smart Plus Chapter 4 Board Layout ARS-2030 5 ARS-2032 Host Made Target Made 5 13
ARS-2030/2032 Copy Smart Plus Chapter 5 Function 5.1 Copy When doing the coping process, the data will really burn into the blank CD-R/RW discs. Before doing the coping process, please make sure the present partition in hard drive if it correct and contains data (with hard drive installed) or the master CD is put in the CD-ROM drive (without hard drive installed) before coping. 1. Copy Copying-24X 0% 650.0MB 74:00 1.
ARS-2030/2032 Copy Smart Plus Erasing disc Testing-24X 0% 650.0MB 74:00 2.Test OK: 03 For CD-RW discs that contain data, emulate will do quick erase of all old data before emulation. Thus, never do emulate on CD-RW discs that contain important data. LCD will show the process of testing information. When the process is finished, the LCD will show the message of the “Test” result. Termination halfway of Emulate will not affect the CD-R disc and they will remain blank.
ARS-2030/2032 Copy Smart Plus 3.Test & Copy OK: 03 When the process is finished, the LCD will show the message of the “Test&Copy” result. 5.4 Verify This will verify the target of discs if can read correctly in the CD-ROM drive after copying of the discs. Different discs in the CD writer and CD-ROM drive can be verified together simultaneously. 4.Verify Verify--24X 0% 650.0MB 74:00 4.Verify OK: 03 Press “ENT” button to start the disc verify or press “ESC” to exit.
ARS-2030/2032 Copy Smart Plus Compare Fail: 0 OK: 3 Diff: 0 Src: 01 CD-ROM Total: 650.0MB Src: 02 CD-RW Identical Compare Fail: 1 OK: 2 Diff: 0 Src: 01 CD-ROM Total: 0 Bytes Src: 02 CD-RW TOC not match When the process is finished, the LCD will show the message of the “Compare” result. Then the CD discs will be ejected by CD writer. Press “ENT” button to see the detail of “Compare” information. If the compare result is identical, the LCD will show the message as left.
ARS-2030/2032 Copy Smart Plus PreScan OK! If the master of the disc can read correctly, the LCD will show “OK!” message. PreScan Fail! If the master of the disc can not read correctly, the LCD will show “Fail!” message. 5.7 Disc Info This function will show the total of data information from the master disc. 7.Disc Info Total 02 Sessions Total 10 Tracks Total: 74:00 Total: 650 MB Press “ENT” button to show the disc information or press “ESC” to exit.
ARS-2030/2032 Copy Smart Plus Press “ENT” button to entry the select source function or press “ESC” to exit.. 8.Select Source Then use arrow button to select the CD-ROM, CD-RW or hard drive as the master source. Src: CD-ROM 01 IDE0 Slave CD-ROM selected! When the source is selected, then press “ENT” button. LCD will show the source information as on the left.
ARS-2030/2032 Copy Smart Plus Image load OK When the image is succeeded to load into hard drive, the LCD will show as left. Image Exists Overwrite?Yes If there is an image exit in current partition, system will ask to overwrite it. Use arrow button to make “Yes” or “No” selection. 5.9.2 Delete Image This function clears the master data stored in the current partition of hard drive. After you make a image on the hard drive and then want to empty the image on the hard drive.
ARS-2030/2032 Copy Smart Plus Total 01 Sessions Total 01 Tracks The LCD will show the total sessions and tracks in the hard drive of partition. Total: 74:00 Total: 650 MB Press “ENT” button again, the LCD will show the total time and capacity in the hard drive of partition. Session 01 Track 01 - 01 Press “ENT” button again and use arrow button to select the session, LCD will show what the information is contained in the session. Track 01 DATA 650.
ARS-2030/2032 Copy Smart Plus Tgt: 00 HDD Identical P:A Compare OK: 0 Fail: 1 Diff: 0 Src: 01 CD-ROM Total: 0 Bytes Src: 02 CD-RW TOC not match If the compare result is identical, the LCD will show the message as left. When the compare result is failed. The message will show that the number of discs is failed & succeeded. Press “ENT” button to see the detail of “Compare” information. If the compare result is failed, the LCD will show the reason of fail message as left. 5.9.
ARS-2030/2032 Copy Smart Plus Set Partition to A When the partition is set, the LCD will show as left. 5.9.6 Select Src Drive This setting will select particular drive to be a target source and the data will be coming from. 9-06. Image P: A Image Src Drive Press “ENT” button and arrow button to select the source or press “ESC” to exit. Select Img Src: 01 IDE0 CD-ROM Then use arrow button to select the CD-ROM or CD-RW as the master source to load the image from.
ARS-2030/2032 Copy Smart Plus Select Track: 1/10 03:25 Follow the LCD to select the track that you want to edit. Select Track: +1/10 03:25 Press “ENT” button to select the track. After the track is selected, the “+” will appear. Press “ENT” again will cancel the track that you select to edit. Select Track: End 1Trk03:25 Finally, when the track of selection is made. Please use arrow button to move to the “End” manual. End edit disc and burn?Yes Press “ENT” button to finish the disc edition.
ARS-2030/2032 Copy Smart Plus Select Track: End 2Trk07:50 Finally, when the track of selection is made. Please use arrow button to move to the “End” manual. End edit disc and burn?Yes Press “ENT” button to finish the disc edition. Using arrow button to make “Yes” or “No” selection. Copying- 24X Edit 1/10 - > 2/2 Burn Complete! OK: 03 LCD will show the process of “CD Edit” copying information. When Copy is finished, the LCD will show the “Burn Complete!” message.
ARS-2030/2032 Copy Smart Plus Select Track: 1/10 03:25 Follow the LCD to select the track that you want to edit. Select Track: +1/10 03:25 Press “ENT” button to select the track. After the track is selected, the “+” will appear. Press “ENT” again will cancel the track that you select to edit. Select Track: End 1Trk03:25 Finally, when the track of selection is made. Please use arrow button to move to the “End” manual. End edit disc and burn?Yes Press “ENT” button to finish the disc edition.
ARS-2030/2032 Copy Smart Plus Select Track: End 2Trk07:50 Finally, when the track of selection is made. Please use arrow button to move to the “End” manual. End edit disc and burn?Yes Press “ENT” button to finish the disc edition. Using arrow button to make “Yes” or “No” selection. Load- P0 -24X Edit 1/10 - > 2/2 The source will be loaded to hard drive. LCD will show the process of data loading information. Image load OK When “Image Load” is finished, the LCD will show the “Image load OK” message.
ARS-2030/2032 Copy Smart Plus Select Partition A Moving to P: A 0% Moving to P: A OK! Image Exists Overwrite?Yes Moving to P: A 0% Moving to P: A OK! Select the partition that the data will move into. LCD will show the process of the data is moving. When moveing is finished, the LCD will show the “OK!” message. If the current partition contains image data, system will ask to overwrite it. Select “No” to keep the data image, “Yes” to overwrite it. LCD will show the process of the data is moving.
ARS-2030/2032 Copy Smart Plus Playing Track-1 00:00 / 03:25 LCD will show the information of the track you are playing. 5.10.4 Close Session Select “Close Session” will make the disc close and can not write any data into. This function can make disc to be read on normal player. 10-04. Edit Track Close Session Close all disc’s session? Yes Closing Session Please wait--Closing OK :3 Complete Fail :0 Press “ENT” button to enter the setting; “ESC” button to bring you to next setting.
ARS-2030/2032 Copy Smart Plus 5.11.1 Language (optional) To set which message of language is shown on the LCD. There are English, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese and Japanese languages are supported on LCD. 11-01. Setup Language Press “ENT” to change the setting and “ESC” to exit. 5.11.2 Burn Speed This setting controls the maximum writing speed of CD writers. Default setting is “Auto” which will use the highest writing speed of the writers.
ARS-2030/2032 Copy Smart Plus 5.11.4 Auto Start Drive This setting controls choose the CD writers will auto start to copy or test when the blank discs insert to CD/RW. Default setting is “Off”. 11-04. Setup Auto Start Drive Auto Start Drive Off Press “ENT” button to enter “Auto Start Drive” and “ESC” to exit. Using arrow button to change “The number” or “Off” setting then press “ENT” or press “ESC” to go back 11-04 manual. 5.11.
ARS-2030/2032 Copy Smart Plus Auto Verify Off Using arrow button to change “On” or “Off” setting then press “ENT” or press “ESC” to go back 11-06 manual. 5.11.7 Auto Compare This setting controls On and Off of auto compare the data between master and target discs after discs copy. Default setting is “Off”. 11-07. Setup Auto Compare Auto Compare Off Press “ENT” button to enter “Auto Compare” and “ESC” to exit.
ARS-2030/2032 Copy Smart Plus 5.11.9 Eject Disc This setting controls the ejection of discs by CD writer. Three options are available: “Eject Good Only” setting will only eject the passed discs automatically and leave the failed one in the CD writers. “Eject All Disc” means the CD writers will eject the CD discs no matter whether operation is successful or failed. “Do Not Eject” means all discs will remain in CD writers when job is done and you will have to eject discs from the CD writers manually. 11-09.
ARS-2030/2032 Copy Smart Plus Burn On The Fly On Using arrow button to change “On” or “Off” setting then press “ENT” or press “ESC” to go back 11-10 manual. There is no HDD ! If the system does not connect with hard drive, the LCD will show the message as left. 5.11.11 Burn Mode This setting controls the writing methods of CD disc including “Disc At Once” (DAO) or “Track At Once” (TAO). Default setting is “DAO”. Some CD writers may support different writing methods.
ARS-2030/2032 Copy Smart Plus 5.11.13 Device Info This function will show what devices you connect with. When copy control support the devices’ brand and type of information will be showed on LCD. 11-13. Setup Device Info 00 IDE0 Master CD-ROM：TEAC CD-540E 3.0A 01 IDE1 Master CD-RW：PLEXTOR CD-R PX-W2410A 1.01 02 IDE2 Master CD-RW：PLEXTOR CD-R PX-W2410A 1.01 Press “ENT” button to enter the device information and “ESC” to exit.
ARS-2030/2032 Copy Smart Plus 03 IDE3 Master CD-RW：PLEXTOR Using arrow button to select another device or press “ESC” to go back 11-13 manual. CD-R PX-W2410A 1.01 Press “ENT” button to see the device information and “ESC” to go back 11-13 manual. 5.11.14 System Info This function will show the system of information on the LCD. 11-14. Setup System Info Press “ENT” button to enter the “System Info” and see the next information, press “ESC” to exit. CD Duplicator 1-3 ver: 1.
ARS-2030/2032 Copy Smart Plus Erasing disc 00:24 (Quick) Quick Erase OK:01 Fail:00 LCD will show the process of the erasing disc. When erasing disc is finished, the LCD will show the message as left. Press “ESC” to go back 11-15 manual 5.11.16 Full Erase This function will full erase the data on the CD-RW disc. As it will complete to erase the data, it will take a minutes to do it. 11-16. Setup Full Erase All data will be lost, erase?Yes Press “ENT” button to enter the “Full Erase” and “ESC” to exit.
ARS-2030/2032 Copy Smart Plus 5.12.1 UnderRun Protect This setting controls On and Off of Buffer Under Run Protection (ex. Burn Proof, SafeBurn, JustLink, Seamless Link...etc.). Default setting is “On”. 12-01. Adv Setup UnderRun Protect UnderRun Protect On Press “ENT” button to enter “UnderRun Protect” and “ESC” to exit. Using arrow button to change “On” or “Off” setting then press “ENT” or press “ESC” to go back 12-01 manual. 5.12.
ARS-2030/2032 Copy Smart Plus Read Error Skip Off Using arrow button to change “On” or “Off” setting then press “ENT” or press “ESC” to go back 12-03 manual. 5.12.4 Format Hard Disk This setting controls will initiate the hard drive and delete al of the Images. 12-04. Adv Setup Format HDD Press “ENT” button to enter “Format HDD” and “ESC” to exit. All data will be lost, format? Yes Using arrow button to change “Yes” or “No” setting then press “ENT” or press “ESC” to go back 12-04 manual.
ARS-2030/2032 Copy Smart Plus 5.12.6 Burn-in This function is a burn-in test function. It will run the emulate writer function continuously. Between each cycle of emulate write, the CD discs in CD writers will be ejected automatically and re-insert again for continuous testing. 12-06. Adv Setup Burn-in Press “ENT” button to enter “Burn-in” and “ESC” to exit. Burn-in Test The data will not be writed on the blank CD discs and the discs will remain blank as original after test.
ARS-2030/2032 Copy Smart Plus Procedures to make the firmware CD disc by yourself: 1. Get the firmware from ACARD through e-mail or directly download from the web site: http://www.acard.com 2. Unzip the firmware you have got and write the file “cdxxx.bin” into the root directory of blank CD-R or CD-RW disc. Session of the CD has to be closed. If the same CD disc still has capacity to add more data, it can be used to store newer version of firmware.
ARS-2030/2032 Copy Smart Plus 12-09. Adv Setup H/W Diagnostic Press “ENT” button to enter “H/W Diagnostic” and “ESC” to exit. ↑↓ Enter ESC Hold ESC to exit LCD will ask user to do the button test. Following the LCD instruction test each function button. After the button function testing, the system will self-test SDRAM, the hardware connecting test, and flash test. Every testing process will be shown on the LCD. It just take a minutes to get the results of hardware diagnotic.
ARS-2030/2032 Copy Smart Plus Chapter 6 Trouble Shooting 1. No display on LCD or the unit does not operate when power on. ! Please check the connection of power cable and the environment of power outlet is normal. ! Turn off the power of machine, open the case of duplicator to check whether the power cable is fixed. 2. LCD shows the Error message. ! During operation like Copy, Test, Compare and Verify, you may press ESC button to abort the operation. An Error message will be shown no the LCD.
ARS-2030/2032 Copy Smart Plus 6. The failure rate is high. ! Lower the speed of CD-Writers and try again. ! Quality of bland disc is poor. ! Check for latest firmware version. ! Check the CD-Writer maximum writing speed. Over 24X writing process please copy to hard drive first then to CD. 7. Can not boot-up or fail to upgrade firmware. ! Contact your dealer to solve the problem. Please note you may be charged for this.
ARS-2030/2032 Copy Smart Plus Appendix 1 1. Copy 2. Test 3. Test&Copy 4. Verify 5. Compare 6. Prescan 7. Disc Info 8. Select Source 9. Image 9.01 Load (If there is an image exist in current partition, ask overwrite it or select another partition) 9.02 Delete Image 9.03 Image Info 9.04 Compare Image 9.05 Select Image (Size of each partition is 1GB) 9.06 Image Src Drive (Select which drive to load image) 10. Edit Track (For AUDIO disc only) 10.01 CD to CD Edit 10.02 CD to HDD Edit 10.03 Play Audio Track 10.
ARS-2030/2032 Copy Smart Plus Appendix 2 LCD Message List Normal LCD Message List： ： Message Description Initialize the memory on the system Initialize SDRAM Detect what drives is connected with the system Detect Drives While the function is working, cancel the job User Abort! Analyzing the source disc Analyzing....
ARS-2030/2032 Copy Smart Plus Press a Key to Eject Press any key to eject the good disc after the recording process Good Disc Press a Key to Eject Press any key to eject the fail disc after the recording process Fail Disc CD-RW device can not support this function CD-RW does not Support the Func Press “ESC” for a seconds to terminate the testing Hold ESC to exit All data will be lost, All data on the CD disc will be losing.
ARS-2030/2032 Copy Smart Plus The Message of Audio Edit： ： Message Description Abort the tracks selected and delete it Lost selected Tracks? Finishing the music disc edit and start to record the CD End edit disc and burn? Continue edit next Asking to continue editing next music disc or not Disc? The CD disc space is not enough to record the selecting of Target Overflow tracks, please re-select it.
ARS-2030/2032 Copy Smart Plus Appendix 3 Technical Support Form Email: support@acard.com http://www.acard.
