CDM DUPLIKEY Series, User Manual

Page 1: ...rts User s Guide KeyDuplicator II version 2 5 0 Software February 2019 Centre Direct du Multimédia BP80032 5 rue du 8 mai 1945 91470 LIMOURS France Tél 33 0 1 64 91 46 24 Fax 33 0 1 64 91 46 87 Internet http www cdmultimedia fr email cdm cdmultimedia fr ...

Page 2: ...M card readers User friendly and very easy to operate DupliKey works with USB 3 0 as well as with USB 2 0 it s also compatible with USB 1 1 but please take care of copy time 40 times slower than USB 2 Furthermore hardware and software as well run on PC under Windows 7 8 and 10 32 or 64bit version DupliKey is composed of a hardware part and a software part 1 DupliKey hardware DupliKey hardware is c...

Page 3: ...s Credit card keys are also easily usable All the independent hubs are connected to the USB 3 0 PCIe controller board This card is or these cards are depending on configurations delivered with DupliKey and offers 2 USB3 0 ports per card Using integrated USB 3 0 ports of a PC tower or desktop is possible but CDM does not recommend nor guaranty this configuration due to potential insufficient power ...

Page 4: ...iKey hubs and their configuration The Graphic User Interface displays found DupliKey hub s as well as the number of ports Then each device plug in or unplug fires an event the software analyses and displays graphically on screen adding or removing a pen drive on the matching hub and port In the meantime the line matching the number of the corresponding device is filled with Volume name total space...

Page 5: ...creen height 1500 pixels or more 2 Hardware Install USB 3 0 PCI controller board s into your system please refer to the installation guide of the controller board If necessary also install specific drivers for Windows operating systems When the PCI controller board is correctly detected by your system plug the DupliKey hardware into the installed USB 3 0 controller board To do so simply connect US...

Page 6: ...sed on use of a coded USB key Without this USB key the software is not activated and keep waiting for this Dongle to be plugged in or for the user to quit A key detection procedure is activated at every launch of KeyDuplicator II and many time during processing Note Do not modify nor format this Dongle do not rename it 1 Serial number This code is provided as a text file in the Dongle It is unique...

Page 7: ...lays the GUI DupliKey model graphical representation of detected hardware and available ports key counters for successfully Copies done and Number of copies to run of the running process type of data source with its path and Define Go to Create Disk Image and Disk Image Info buttons volume name for labelling the duplicated USB keys auto manual format checkbox with or without quick format and forma...

Page 8: ...d or duplicated To select a device click into its checkbox The Edit Mark up to X volumes menu or Ctrl T shortcut is selecting the volumes in the list up to 60 according to DupliKey version Use the same way to undo this function Edit Unmark all volumes In addition the Mark up to XX volumes checkbox forces the automatic selection of any volume present or which will be plugged in within the limit of ...

Page 9: ...is your friend The X line of the list corresponds to the X device in the X port In addition the location of devices is displayed the same in the GUI with a device icon a red LED no device or blue one device plugged in Making one or several devices flash matching LEDs in the GUI alternatively get red and blue Notice that GUI LEDs are flashing even when no device is plugged in the port making it eas...

Page 10: ...encryption software to duplicate protected pen drives Duplicating Data USBCrypt encrypted devices needs licences Please don t hesitate to contact us for any additional information When this checkbox is checked KeyDuplicator II verifies that data source is actually Data USBCrypt protected and unchecks the box if not Attention This Encrypted Data from Data USBCrypt option is not yet implemented in t...

Page 11: ...tic format process So it s not necessary to rename them before duplication or format operation On the contrary it may be necessary to prohibit modifying keys name using the Don t rename keys automatically option in Preferences window See IV 2 The Transfer Rate button quickly tests in 2 seconds the Write Data Transfer Rate of the selected keys that is marked keys in the list The result is then disp...

Page 12: ...ter validating a confirmation message Type of format is defined into the Preferences menu It s displayed and can be modified into the main window with the Format popup menu located to the right of the Automatic format checkbox Please notice that Windows recognises FAT FAT32 ExFAT UDF and NTFS formats Installing dedicated drivers or utilities it is possible to create Mac volumes HFS HFS and Unix on...

Page 13: ...mn A red icon on the right allows you to stop a too long format operation whereas the Cancel button at the bottom of the window stops all running format processes Native formats available in Window Stop detecting plugs in unplugs While plugged in the tower USB keys are automatically detected by the KeyDuplicator II software KeyDuplicator II is event driven by events fired when connecting and disco...

Page 14: ...Running Files Folders duplication above and Disk Image copy below 13 ...

Page 15: ...ther that the duplication was successfully finished or unsuccessful with an error message In addition the Duplicate button changes to Continue unless the number of copies to be done is reached Unplug duplicated keys and insert new ones before validating a new duplication by clicking the Continue button If necessary the process may be interrupted with the Cancel button i e in order to manage possib...

Page 16: ...tial future use Format This area allows you to define keys format settings The Format popup menu displays the different format types available under Windows FAT FAT32 NTFS and ExFAT As previously said other formats may be detected when the application launches according to drivers or utilities installed in your system After selecting the format type select or deselect the Format each key before du...

Page 17: ...des a graphical user interface with an easy physical location of keys plugged in DupliKey systems Now you see on screen the exact representation of DupliKey hardware 20 16 or 7 ports one two or three hubs and the inserted devices in their exact location A blue red point simulates a LED and flashes in order to locate a pen drive Don t automatically rename keys After activating this setup the softwa...

Page 18: ... the paragraph III for more details about Registration procedure Open the Registration window with Edit Register menu in order to get useful information in particular the keyduplicator2 cdmultimedia fr e mail address 5 Configuration files If you often run the same process for recurrent duplication or if you stop a running task the configuration file gives you the ability to save settings and param...

Page 19: ... to be done 6 Select your source folder in the hard disk with a click on Define in order to select either a folder or a file Files Folders Copy mode or a Disk Image Disk Image copy mode Files Folders copy mode only 7 Optionally type in a label for duplicated keys in upper or lowercase please no accented character nor space nor dash Please note that source folder name is returned by default 8 Optio...

Page 20: ...ou would like to verify keys content Select Mount real volumes and duplicated keys if still plugged in will be displayed in the workstation Windows Explorer b You don t have to verify keys content Select Keep virtual volumes Note This dialog will not be displayed if you marked the When quitting mount Windows real volumes in the Preferences window Attention If you mount real volumes when quitting K...

Page 21: ... software at its first launch time In addition devices that KeyDuplicator has mounted as folders will remain virtual volumes even after quitting the software unless you have clicked the Mount real volumes button of the dialog displayed when quitting the software in order to make them become real volumes However KeyDuplicator32 release 1 9 6 has been recently replaced by KeyDuplicator II release 2 ...

Page 22: ...rtion Version 2 0 6 32 or 64 bits versions for Windows Version 2 0 7 Deep modification of Screen Refresh code in order to use less CPU time and to have a more responsive graphic user interface Correction of a display and refresh bug when at software launch Source Data size estimation in background with display refresh of information while calculating mainly for big volumes with a lot of files Some...

Page 23: ...VII Built in utilities 1 MountVol Attention If you intend to test this utility please be very careful or contact our hotline given that you may damage your system configuration 22 ...

Page 24: ...etter they do not appear in the Windows Explorer Transformation of a real volume into a virtual volume A dialog displays allowing you to select one or several real volumes to be mounted as volume mount points virtual volumes This transformation into mount point is not allowed for internal hard disk drives or volume defined on an internal hard disk drive Transformation of all real volumes into virt...

Page 25: ...oint for a given volume A dialog allows you to select one or several volumes for which no mount point nor letter must be allocated Internal hard disk drive volumes are not eligible Volumes without mount point do no longer appear neither in the Windows explorer nor in the KeyDup_Volumes directory Quit MountVol Closes the MountVol utility and goes back to the previous window usually the KeyDuplicate...

Page 26: ...ation with or without a file Label Type in the name or Label that you want to name your duplicated USB keys This is interesting only if you intend to pass besides the constraints of DOS names that is 11 characters maximum a lot of forbidden characters A label in an Autorun Inf file should not be longer than 260 characters and may accept special or accented characters Validate using either Tab Ente...

Page 27: ...d disk drive In the latest case this application will be launched only if it exists in the user s hard disk drive with the same access path and the same name with needed authorisations to open it The Document icon makes the same thing for a file Don t forget to check the Open the file with the above application box if the previously defined application has to open the selected file Finally the Era...

Page 28: ...eless items Use this mode in order to list what would be cleaned up or to appreciate the opportunity of making a cleanup In normal mode checkbox unmarked destroying useless items is automatic and the list of all deleted Registry entries is displayed on screen It s advised to do this cleaning at the end of the duplication instead of at the beginning Nevertheless if done before the duplication take ...

Page 29: ...Paypal payment Duplication or Format Duplication auto start according to the number of inserted keys with a delay of X seconds before auto start The auto start option and its delay will be preferences parameters Disk Copy from device to device avoiding the need to create an Image file Useful for HDD duplication Duplication duration will be estimated taking into account keys speed and time needed f...