CONTENTS Chapter 1. Introduction of Copy Smart ............................................................. 3 1.1 Overview ...................................................................................................... 3 1.2 Feature and specifications ........................................................................... 5 Chapter 2. Copy Smart hardware installation ................................................... 7 2.1 Verify your package contents ..........................................
CONTENTS Appendix A. CD drives fully supported by CopySmart ..................................................... 3 9 Appendix Appendix Appendix Appendix Appendix B. How to avoid failure on duplication .............................................................. 4 0 C. SCSIDE in brief .................................................................................................... 4 1 D. SCSIDE utility ...................................................................................................
Chapter 1. Introduction of Copy Smart Cha pter 1. Intr oduction of ARS2020 Cop y Smar Chapter Introduction Copy Smartt 1.1 Overview PC/MAC 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 one hour to get a CD backup. Obviously, a standalone CD-ROM duplicator will easily resolve the little inconvenience and drawback mentioned above.
Chapter 1. Introduction of Copy Smart fan installed which can keep it cool to protect your CD drives. ACARD technology further add more values to PC users by making the ARS2020 Copy Smart connectable to a PC host computer, this allow the PC users copy their valuable data from their PC to ARS2020 Copy Smart. A bonus Ultra SCSI add-on adapter, an ARS2020 SCSI interface extension and two duplication software are provided by ACARD technology without additional cost.
Chapter 1. Introduction of Copy Smart 1.2 Feature & Specificaions 1. Dedicated power supply and powerful fan for high precision steady CD burning requirement. 2. Dimension:180mm(W)x165mm(H)x290mm(D) 3. Pushbutton for copy mode selection which including: -Test -Test & copy -Copy -Compare -Quick erase of CD-RW 4. Pushbutton for Write Speed selection which including: -Auto -6X/8X -4X -2X -1X 5. One pushbutton start 6. One pushbutton stop 7. Self diagnostics when power on 8. Progress light indication 9.
Chapter 1. Introduction of Copy Smart -Audio CD -VCD, and other CD format 18. OS support: -Win 95/98/2000 -Win NT -Mac OS -Linux 19. Software Bundle: -DupeBoy Disc Copier -DupeBoy Audio Copier -Copy Smart Monitor -SCSIDE utility 20.
Chapter 2. Copy Smart hardware installation Cha pter 2. Cop y Smar dwar e installa tion Chapter Copy Smartt har hard are installation 2.1 Verify your package content When you open the ARS2020 box, you should find the following items: 1. MALARS2020X010-0 2. AEC6710S2P22C00 Operation manual (x1) Ultra-SCSI PCI adapter (x1) 3. CBL50HPM50HPMR-0 4. CBL40X3X40C00F-0 50 pins Ultra-SCSI external cable (x1) IDE internal cable (x2) 5. CASARS20200000-0 6.
Chapter 2. Copy Smart hardware installation 2.2 Preparing for installation Step 1: Remove the back cover of Copy Smart. Step 2: Remove the metal sleeve of Copy Smart.
Chapter 2. Copy Smart hardware installation 2.3 Installation of CD-R/RW dirve Step 1: Adjust your CD-R/RW drive to master drive. (Please refer to your CD-R/RW drive user’s manual) Step 2: Place your CD-R/RW drive into lower drive bay of Copy Smart.
Chapter 2. Copy Smart hardware installation Step 3: Connect IDE cable from Copy Smart controller board to 40-pin IDE interface connector of CD-R/RW drive. Step 4: Connect one of 4-pin DC power cords to the DC input connector of CD-R/RW drive.
Chapter 2. Copy Smart hardware installation Step 5: Screw up the device from sliding.
Chapter 2. Copy Smart hardware installation 2.4 Installation of CD-ROM dirve Step 1: Adjust your CD-ROM drive to master drive. (Please refer to your CD-ROM drive user’s manual) Step 2: Place your CD-ROM drive into upper device bay of Copy Smart.
Chapter 2. Copy Smart hardware installation Step 3: Connect IDE cable from Copy Smart controller board to 40-pin IDE interface connector of CD-R/RW drive. Step 4: Connect the other DC power cord to the CD-ROM drive DC input connector.
Chapter 2. Copy Smart hardware installation Step 5: Connect audio cable to CD-R/RW drive audio port. Step 6: Screw up the device.
Chapter 2. Copy Smart hardware installation 2.5. Installation of Copy Smart Cabinet Step 1: Slide Copy Smart into sleeve. Step 2: Screw up to fix sleeve.
Chapter 2. Copy Smart hardware installation Step 3: Place back cover onto backside of Copy Smart, and fix it.
Chapter 2. Copy Smart hardware installation Step 5: Plug power cord into power connector of backside.
Chapter 3. Copy Smart as a stand-alone CD duper Cha pter 3. Cop y Smar Chapter Copy Smartt as a stand-alone CD Duper 3.1 Copy Smart control panel While Copy Smart works a stand-alone CD-Duper, its control panel is especially user-friendly for CD duplication. With this control panel, you can make your works more easily and increase productivites. Control panel, and its descriptions of LEDs, and buttons.
Chapter 3. Copy Smart as a stand-alone CD duper 3.2 Operation of control panel FUNCTION selection: Press Function selection button to choose function mode, and LED lighted up to indicate which has selected. Here are all of function mode description below: TEST - Emulates CD duplication only. TEST & COPY - Emulates CD duplication first. when it done, copy CD automatically. COPY - Duplicate CD disc. COMPARE - Compare source CD with destination one. QUICK ERASE - Erase CD-RW disk contents.
Chapter 3. Copy Smart as a stand-alone CD duper WRITING PROGRESS INDICATION: The same row with writing speed LED lights, those also indicated writing job progress while Copy Smart duplicating CD. This row of LED lights are as indicators for CD duplication progress in percentage. User could know how much progress has done. GO button Press “GO” button to start the process you selected. To avoid the mis-touch, user should press this button for at least 0.5 sec to work.
Chapter 3. Copy Smart as a stand-alone CD duper Other LED lights indication: POWER - Power is on when LED lighted up. OK/BUSY - Process is completed when LED lighted up. While LED blink light indicates that Copy Smart is on working. FAIL - LED lighted up indicates that duplication process is failed. HOST - LED lighted up indicates that Copy Smart is controlled by host computer.
Chapter 4. Copy Smart as hosted CD drives Cha pter 4. Cop y Smar Chapter Copy Smartt as hosted CD dri drivves 4.1 Connect Copy Smart to host computer Step 1: Please make sure your computer has SCSI host adapter installed, and that SCSI host adapter should be LUN enable. (Please refer the user manual of SCSI host adapter. If you use ACARD’s SCSI adapter, you could refer to Appendix F.) Step 2: Connect Copy Smart to SCSI host adapter with external SCSI cable.
Chapter 4. Copy Smart as hosted CD drives 4.
Chapter 5. DupeBoy utilities Chapter 5. DupeBoy Utilities 5.1 About DupeBoy utilities DupeBoy utilities is one set of powerful CD recording softwares which is developed by ACARD Technology Corp. It provides very easy and friendly interface for operation, with DupeBoy utilities, users could get most benefits on CD duplication! DupeBoy utilities includes two programs, “DupeBoy Disc Copier” which is for data backup and CD duplication. And “DupeBoy Audio Copier”, which is for editing your own Audio-CD.
Chapter 5. DupeBoy utilities Step 4: Preparing for installation,... Step 5: “Welcome to the Copy Smart Setup program”, Click “Next” to continue.
Chapter 5. DupeBoy utilities Step 6: “Software License Agreement”, Click “Yes” to continue. Step 7: Choose destination location for Copy Smart, then Click “Next” to continue.
Chapter 5. DupeBoy utilities Step 8: Setup complete, then Click “Finish” to close Setup program. Step 9: Finished setup process, you can launch the DupeBoy utilities.
Chapter 5. DupeBoy utilities 5.3 CD duplication with DupeBoy Disc Copier 5.3.1 Launch DupeBoy Disc Copier Launch DupeBoy Disc Copier, you’ll find more informations about DupeBoy on the screen. Click “Next” to continue. If this error occurs, it means that DupeBoy Disc Copier can not find out CD-R/RW drive. Please quit this program, and shutdown your system, Check connection of your CD-R/RW drive.
Chapter 5. DupeBoy utilities 5.3.2 Learning functions of DupeBoy Disc Copier Duplicate CD disc from file (*.CPM) Information of CDROM drive Information of CD disc Select source CDROM drive Eject CD disc Load CD disc Writes CD!! Select CDR/RW drive Duplicate CD-ROM to file (*.
Chapter 5. DupeBoy utilities CD duplication modes: 1. Test only: Just testing, no recording. 2. Test first and then record it. 3. Record directly: Writes CD on-the-fly. Selects writing speed Number of copies Copy CD-ROM disc contents to hard drive first, then writes to CD-R/RW disc.
Chapter 5. DupeBoy utilities 5.3.3 Duplicates CD with DupeBoy Disc Copier step-by-step Step1: Select CD-ROM drive for source drive, and select CD-R/RW drive for destination drive in “Select Drive” tag. Step2: Select witing mode in “Option” tag. Step3: Select writing speed in “Option” tag.(It depends on max.
Chapter 5. DupeBoy utilities 5.4 Makes Audio CD with DupeBoy Audio Copier 5.4.1 Launch DupeBoy Audio Copier Launch DupeBoy Disc Copier, the screen shown below will appear in your desktop. You can use DupeBoy Audio Copier to write just one song or selected songs from Audio CD to your CD-R/RW disc, you don’t need to write all contents of Audio CD to your CD-R/RW disc. If this error occurs, it means that DupeBoy Audio Copier can not find out CD-R/RW drive.
Chapter 5. DupeBoy utilities 5.4.2 Learning functions of DupeBoy Audio Copier Duplicate CD disc from file (*.
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Chapter 5. DupeBoy utilities 5.4.3 Make your own Audio CD with DupeBoy Audio Copier Step 1: Select writing mode: a. Test only - Just testing, no recording. b. Test first and then record - Testing, if it passed, then wirtes. c. Record directly - Just recording. Step 2: Select writing speed: It depends on max. writing speed of your CD-R/RW drive and on your CD-R/RW disc condition.
Chapter 5. DupeBoy utilities 5.4.4 More functions of DupeBoy Audio Copier 5.4.4.1 Before you make your own Audio CD, you may play selected song(s) from Audio CD source first. Just click the “Play” button on “Option” tag, that music will be played. 5.4.4.2 For some applications, you may need save song(s) to file(s). Here are steps to make WAV file(s) from selected Audio songs below: Step1: Click “Make Wave File” on “Option” tag to make WAV file. Then Click “Start” to continue.
Chapter 6. CopySmart Monitor Cha pter 6. Cop y Smar Chapter Copy Smartt Monitor 6.1 Copy Smart Monitor utility Copy Smart monitor is a utility for Copy Smart operations. It is the same as Copy Smart control panel which has embeded on Cabinet. This software also provides “Source” and “Destination” CD drives for your reference. And you don’t need click “GO” and “STOP” for seconds, just click that with your mouse button, they will work.
Chapter 6. CopySmart Monitor Copy Smart monitor utility provides more information than control panel on cabinet. You may find quantities of installed SCSI host adapters on your workstation, and also you may find quantities of Copy Smart machines connected to your workstation. This example shown that your workstation has 2 SCSI host adapters, and 1 Copy Smart machine is connected. You may click the button to choose SCSI adapter or Copy Smart which you want.
Appendix A. CD drives fully supported by Copy Smart Appendix A. CD dri y suppor ted b y Cop ySmar drivves full fully supported by CopySmar ySmartt A.1 List of IDE CD-ROM drives that supported by Copy Smart We recommend the following IDE CD-ROM drives that can work with CopySmart properly. AOpen 40X (CD-940E/AKU PRO) AOpen 48X (CD-948E/AKU) AFREEY 45X (CD-1845E/A) AFREEY 50X (CD-2050E) ASUS 34X (CD-S340) ASUS 40X (CD-S400/A) ASUS 50X (CD-S500/A) A.
Appendix B. How to avoid failure on duplication?? Appendix B. How to avoid failure on duplication?? To avoid failure on CD duplication, you must pay attention to following suggestions. 1. Because process can not be interrupted during CD duplication, buffer is needed on CD dupe process. if “reading speed” is not to keep up with “writing speed”, “Buffer underrun” will occurs, and job will be failed. To prevent that, you may: a. Choose lower writing speed. b.
Appendix C. SCSIDE in brief Appendix C. SCSIDE in brief SCSIDE is a revolutionary invention developed by ACARD Technology Corp. It offers the unbelievable function that convert IDE data flow into SCSI bus. It will make your desktop, workstation, or even server more smarter. Refer to the diagram below to see how SCSIDE works. No matter what type of IDE device you have, ATA hard drives or ATAPI CD drives, you could easily plug it on our ready kit to start your SCSI adventure.
Appendix D. SCSIDE utility Appendix D. SCSIDE utility ACARD Technology Corp. provides “SCSIDE utility” which has bundled with Copy Smart. User can use this utility to update, backup firmware in Copy Smart, and use this utility to emulate device models for some applications. At first, launch the “SCSIDE utility” program as following shown picture. Then, the main screen of SCSIDE utility (SCSIDE Setup) will appears. You may choose SCSI host adapter and connected device which you want on this setup screen.
Appendix D. SCSIDE utility You may backup SCSIDE firmware to file, or may update newer SCSIDE firmware, just by clicking “Advance>>” on SCSIDE Setup screen. Because some applications need real model name of devices, such as some CD recording programs do recognize CD-R/RW drive model, or it can not to work if it don’t know the CD-R/RW device.
Appendix D. SCSIDE utility Here are descriptions of “Emulation Setup” screen: Cross this box to enable emulation mode. Real vendor name of connected device. Real model name of connected device. Real revision of connected device. User-defined revision of connected device. User-defined model name of connected device. User-defined vendor name of connected device. Cross box to enable devices which to be emulated.
Appendix E. Technical supports Appendix E. Tec hnical suppor ts echnical supports If you have any problems in installation or operation of your CopySmart, please contact your dealer. Our dealer could help you out with most of system conflict and technical issues. If you don’t have a dealer nearby to contact or if you need some other special assistance, you may use one of the ACARD Technoloy Corp support service listed below.
Appendix F. How to enable LUN function on ACARD SCSI adapter Appendix F. How to enable LUN function on ACARD SCSI adapter Here are examples for LUN function setting by ACARD SCSI adapter, one is for Windows 95/98, another is for Windows NT. Users could cross checkbox of LUN Support to enable LUN function. Enable LUN support on Windows 95/98.
Appendix G. Benchmark of Copy Smart Appendix G. Benc hmar k of Cop y Smar Benchmar hmark Copy Smartt ASTAR True-50 50X IDE CD-ROM ASTAR True-50 50X IDE CD-ROM w ith ARS-2020 Copy Smart Plextor 40X SCSI CD-ROM WinBench 98 Overall (KBytes/Sec.) 2200 2750 1920 Overall Playback (KBytes/Sec.) 2200 2750 1920 Access Time (Milliseconds) 73.9 80.7 97.1 CPU Utilization (Percent Used) 96.5 8.21 6.5 Transfer Rate/Inside (KBytes/Sec.) 3520 3940 3100 Transfer Rate/Outside (KBytes/Sec.
