PUMA Portable Universal Media Archive User Manual V 2.1 October 2008 Cypher Technology Ltd Leatherhead, UK cyphertechnology.co.
1 Table of Contents 1 Table of Contents...................................................................................................2 2 Description .............................................................................................................4 3 Quick Start Guide...................................................................................................6 3.1 Turning On..........................................................................................................
5.7 Transfer Times .................................................................................................18 5.8 RAW File handling............................................................................................19 6 Technical Support ................................................................................................20 6.1 System re-starting in the event of failure ..........................................................20 6.2 Contact .....................................
2 Description Puma is a rugged and evidentially secure system for archiving Flash card data to CDROM/DVD media. Its automated backup procedure make it simple to use. It is aimed primarily at backing up digital cameras and Flash based audio and video recorders and includes a RAW to JPEG image converter. Puma will back up any type of file data and can be used to archive USB pen drives and other USB disk drives. The main features are as follows: • Simple operation.
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3 3.1 Quick Start Guide Turning On 1. Connect the supplied 12V 5A power supply (PSU) lead to rear panel power inlet and screw up the connector. Connect the PSU to a mains supply using the supplied cable. 2. Remove any Flash card. 3. Switch on the Power Switch on the rear panel (switch up). The display panel will light up and show “Press I/O”. The green front panel LED will flash. 4. Press the I/O (On/Off) switch below the green Flashing LED. “On..
4 4.1 Detailed Operation Setting up and Powering Puma 1. Connect the supplied 12V 5A power supply (PSU) lead to rear panel power inlet and screw up the connector. Connect the PSU to a mains supply using the supplied cable. 2. Remove any Flash card. 3. Switch on the Power Switch on the rear panel (switch up). The display panel will light up and show “Press I/O”. The green front panel LED will flash. 4. Press the I/O (On/Off) switch below the green Flashing LED. “On..
The Master Copy has the current time and date stamp as displayed on the front of the machine. 3. Press the Transfer button. (The “Cancel” soft key allows the transfer to be aborted) Please note: The first time a new disk type is used, there may be a delay before writing occurs as the drive calibrates itself to the disk. Action Display (See front panel layout) Transfer Master begins Make Master Copy Verifying Master begins 05:23 32% @ 8.4MB/S Cancel> Verify Master 00:23 10% @ 8.5MB/s Cancel> 4.
4.4 Menu System When the system powers up, or after a full Transfer has completed, the display shows 11:32:15 Wed Nov 10 2008 Insert card... Menu> or if a card is already inserted: Card Size 3.89 GB 6 Files 69.2MB Menu> Pressing the {Menu} soft key enters the Menu system. The name of the current function is displayed on the top line of the display. The Up/down arrow keys are used to select the desired menu function. The {Exit} soft key is used to exit the Menu and return to the Top Level.
Pressing the {Exit} soft key to returns to the top level. 4.6 Make Master Copy This function will make a bit for bit copy of the whole of the Flash card to a DVD or CD. This is a Master Copy. Press the {Menu} soft key to enter the Menu system. The Up/down arrow keys are used to select the desired function. Make Master is number 2 in the list of possible functions. If it not already displayed, press the [Up Arrow] or [Down Arrow] until “Make Master” is shown in the display.
Press the {Menu} soft key to enter the Menu system. The Up/down arrow keys are used to select the desired function. Wipe Card is number 5 in the list of possible functions. If it not already displayed, press [Up Arrow] or [Down Arrow] until “Wipe Card” is shown in the display. Press the {Go} soft key to execute the function. This function writes “0”s to the card. After the card is wiped, it is formatted as FAT32 and is ready for use. Pressing the {Exit} soft key to returns to the top level. 4.
4.13 Enable JPEG creation on Working Copies This function will turn on the automatic creation of JPEG files on Working Copy disks. This will slow down the creation of the Working Copy where RAW image files are present. Press the {Menu} soft key to enter the Menu system. The Up/down arrow keys are used to select the desired function. Enable JPEGs is number 9 in the list of possible functions. If it not already displayed, press [Up Arrow] or [Down Arrow] until “Enable JPEGs” is shown in the display.
Press the {Menu} soft key to enter the Menu system. The Up/down arrow keys are used to select the desired function. Adjust time is number 11 in the list of possible functions. If it not already displayed, press [Down Arrow] until “Adjust Time” is shown in the display. Press the {Go} soft key to execute the function. The time and date is displayed in the top line of the display. E.g.
Fig 3. Winimage screen display under Windows XP The viewer programs allow the user to open the flash.img file as if they were opening a disk in Windows explorer. Individual directories can be viewed and opened and their files accessed or copied. 4.18 ImageMaker – Combining Multiple Disk Images If the Master is split across several disks, the ImageMaker utility, on Master Disk #1 must be run to combine the images on the different Master Disks into one file.
following dialogue box is shown. After the last disk, press the {Finish} button to close the image file. Fig 5. ImageMaker dialogue The name of the new, combined image file is shown in the message window and is generated from the original image file name and the current date and time. Fig 6. ImageMaker final screen The Checksum shown at the end should be the same as the checksum noted down during the making of the Master. Restore the Master Image to a Flash Card This single .
5 5.1 Technical Background Master Copy (bit for bit copy) The Master Copy contains a single file called “flash.img” which is a bit for bit copy of the whole of the Flash card. Because the whole of the card is copied, the Master includes hidden files, deleted files, historical file data fragments, original time-accessed and timemodified data, the filing system (FAT), and the boot sector and partition information.
5.1.4 File un-deletion When a file is deleted the actual file data is normally left unchanged on the storage device. The deletion involves marking the file name in the file table to show that the file is no longer required and that the data space that was being used on the card can be used for new files. Because of this, if no further data is written to the card, the original deleted file may be retrieved or “un-deleted”.
Where RAW image files are detected, the system automatically converts them to a JPEG compressed image file with a compression ratio of about 7:1. The file has the same root name as the original, so that dcn0005.nef becomes dcn0005nef.jpg. For most picture content it will not be possible to readily observe any difference in quality between the JPEG and RAW images. Where this feature is not required, it may be disabled (see above).
Master Creation When making the Master disk, the whole contents of the Flash card are coped to the CD/DVD. The transfer time is dependent on the Flash card size. A 4GByte card would take about 5 minutes to transfer. Master Verify This involves re-reading the Flash card and comparing the data with the disk image. This takes about 4 minutes for a 4 Gbyte card. Working Copy Creation This involves only copying the files themselves and the time taken will depend on the amount of data contained in the files.
6 6.1 Technical Support System re-starting in the event of failure Every effort has been made to allow PUMA cope gracefully with various fault conditions. It is possible, however, that the system will temporally lock-out. If the system does not respond during use (please wait for 3 minutes during a transfer), then the system should be powered down by switching off at the rear panel. Remove the Flash card and re-start the system. The disk can only be ejected once the system is ready for use.
7 Specifications Power 12 +- 0.4V dc 5A (max.) 1.5 A Idle. Polarity Centre pin +ve Supplied PSU 100-240Vac 1.5A 47-63 Hz Card Types Memory Stick, Memory Stick PRO, Microdrive, MultiMediaCard, SD Memory Card, SmartMedia Card, Memory Stick Duo, Memory Stick PRO Duo, CompactFlash Card, USB memory stick Card Size Any Size Disk Types DVD +/-R, +RW, CD –R Transfer rate DVD +R/-R up to 20 Mbyte/sec Software Proprietary Linux. Solid state Flash read only Start-up time M1: 45 secs M1.
9 Appendix 1 9.1 Supported Camera Types The system includes a RAW file converter for generating JPEGs for the Working Copy. This is the current list of supported cameras and file formats for the converter. Note all camera types are supported for file transfer, not just those below.
• Canon EOS 450D • Fuji FinePix S2Pro • Canon EOS 1000D • Fuji FinePix S3Pro • Canon EOS D2000C • Fuji FinePix S5Pro • Canon EOS-1D • Fuji FinePix S20Pro • Canon EOS-1DS • Fuji FinePix S100FS • Canon EOS-1D Mark II • Fuji FinePix S5000 • Canon EOS-1D Mark III • Fuji FinePix S5100/S5500 • Canon EOS-1D Mark II N • Fuji FinePix S5200/S5600 • Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II • Fuji FinePix S6000fd • Canon EOS-1Ds Mark III • Fuji FinePix S7000 • Casio QV-2000UX • Fuji FinePix S900
• Kodak DCS660M • Leaf Valeo 22 • Kodak DCS720X • Leaf Volare • Kodak DCS760C • Leica Digilux 2 • Kodak DCS760M • Leica Digilux 3 • Kodak EOSDCS1 • Leica D-LUX2 • Kodak EOSDCS3B • Leica D-LUX3 • Kodak NC2000F • Leica V-LUX1 • Kodak ProBack • Logitech Fotoman Pixtura • Kodak PB645C • Mamiya ZD • Kodak PB645H • Micron 2010 • Kodak PB645M • Minolta RD175 • Kodak DCS Pro 14n • Minolta DiMAGE 5 • Kodak DCS Pro 14nx • Minolta DiMAGE 7 • Kodak DCS Pro SLR/c •
• Nikon D50 • Olympus C7070WZ • Nikon D60 • Olympus C70Z,C7000Z • Nikon D70 • Olympus C740UZ • Nikon D70s • Olympus C770UZ • Nikon D80 • Olympus C8080WZ • Nikon D90 • Olympus E-1 • Nikon D100 • Olympus E-3 • Nikon D200 • Olympus E-10 • Nikon D300 • Olympus E-20 • Nikon D700 • Olympus E-300 • Nikon E700 • Olympus E-330 • Nikon E800 • Olympus E-400 • Nikon E880 • Olympus E-410 • Nikon E900 • Olympus E-420 • Nikon E950 • Olympus E-500 • Nikon E990 •
• Pentax *ist D • Sinar STI format • Pentax *ist DL • SMaL Ultra-Pocket 3 • Pentax *ist DL2 • SMaL Ultra-Pocket 4 • Pentax *ist DS • SMaL Ultra-Pocket 5 • Pentax *ist DS2 • Sony DSC-F828 • Pentax K10D • Sony DSC-R1 • Pentax K20D • Sony DSC-V3 • Pentax K100D • Sony DSLR-A100 • Pentax K100D Super • Sony DSLR-A200 • Pentax K200D • Sony DSLR-A300 • Pentax Optio S • Sony DSLR-A350 • Pentax Optio S4 • Sony DSLR-A700 • Pentax Optio 33WR • Sony DSLR-A900 • Pentax
