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SOFTWARE LICENCE

 

 

 

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User Licence for Software

 

PLEASE READ THIS DOCUMENT CAREFULLY BEFORE USING THIS SOFTWARE. THIS LICENCE PROVIDES IMPORTANT INFORMATION 

CONCERNING  THE  SOFTWARE,  PROVIDES  YOU  WITH  A  LICENCE  TO  USE  THE  SOFTWARE  AND  CONTAINS  WARRANTY  AND 

LIABILITY INFORMATION. BY USING THE SOFTWARE, YOU ARE ACCEPTING THE SOFTWARE "AS IS" AND AGREEING TO BE BOUND 

BY THE TERMS OF THIS LICENCE AGREEMENT. 

IF YOU DO NOT WISH TO DO SO, DO NOT USE THE SOFTWARE.

 

  

1.

 

Terms of Licence

   

This licence allows you to:

 

  

(a) 

 

use the Software on a single computer; and

 

  

(b) 

 

make one (1) copy of the Software for back

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up purposes.

 

  

If you wish to use the Software on more than one computer, you must licence another copy of the Software.

  

 

2.

 

Restrictions on Use

 

Unless VS Security Products Ltd has authorised you to distribute the Software, you shall not make or distribute copies of the Software or transfer 

the Software from one computer to another. You shall not decompile, reverse engineer, disassemble, include in other software, or translate the 

Software.  You  shall  not  modify,  alter,  change  or  otherwise  make  any  modification  to  the  Software  or  create  derivative  works  based  upon  the 

Software. You shall not rent, lease, resell, sub license, assign, distribute or otherwise transfer the Software or this licence. Any attempt to do so 

shall be void and of no effect.

  

 

3.

 

Ownership

 

This licence provides you with limited rights to use the Software. VS Security Products Ltd retains all ownership, right, title and interest in, to and 

of the Software and all copies of it. All rights not specifically granted in this licence, including domestic and international copyrights, are reserved 

by VS Security Products Ltd.

  

 

4.

 

Proprietary Markings

 

VS  Security  Products  Ltd's  logos,  product  names,  manuals,  documentation,  and  other  support  materials  are  either  patented,  copyrighted, 

trademarked, constitute valuable trade secrets (whether or not any portion of them may be copyrighted or patented) or are otherwise proprietary to 

VS Security Products Ltd. You shall not remove or obscure VS Security Products Ltd's copyright, trade mark or other proprietary notices from any 

of the materials contained in this package or downloaded together with the Software.

  

5. 

 

Disclaimer of Warranties and Technical Support

 

 

The Software is provided to you free of charge and on an "as is" basis, without any technical support or warranty of any kind including, without 

limitation, any warranty or condition of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose and non

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infringement. SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT 

ALLOW  THE  EXCLUSION  OF  IMPLIED WARRANTIES,  SO  THE  ABOVE  EXCLUSION  MAY  NOT  APPLY  TO  YOU.  YOU  MAY  ALSO  HAVE 

OTHER LEGAL RIGHTS WHICH VARY FROM JURISDICTION TO JURISDICTION.

 

 

6.

 

Limitation of Liability

 

VS SECURITY PRODUCTS LTD SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR 

LOSS,  INCLUDING  DAMAGES  FOR  LOSS  OF  BUSINESS,  LOSS  OF  PROFITS,  OR  THE  LIKE,  WHETHER  BASED  ON  BREACH  OF 

CONTRACT, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), PRODUCT LIABILITY OR OTHERWISE, EVEN IF VS SECURITY PRODUCTS LTD OR ITS 

REPRESENTATIVES  HAVE  BEEN  ADVISED  OF  THE  POSSIBILITY  OF  SUCH  DAMAGES.  SOME  JURISDICTIONS  DO  NOT  ALLOW  THE 

LIMITATION  OR  EXCLUSION  OF  LIABILITY  FOR  INCIDENTAL  OR  CONSEQUENTIAL  DAMAGES,  SO  THIS  LIMITATION  OR  EXCLUSION 

MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. The limited warranty, exclusive remedies and limited liability set forth above are fundamental elements of the basis of 

the agreement between VS Security Products Ltd and you. You agree that would not be able to provide the limitations.

 

  

7.

 

Term and Termination

 

This licence agreement is effective until terminated. You may terminate this licence agreement at any other time by destroying all complete and 

partial copies of the Software in your possession. This licence and your rights hereunder shall automatically terminate if you fail to comply with any 

provision of this licence. Upon such termination, you shall cease all use of the Software and delete the Software and destroy all copies of the 

Software and other materials related to the Software in your possession or under your control.

 

  

8.

 

General Provisions

 

(a)

          

 This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of England and shall be subject to the jurisdiction of 

the English Courts.

  

(b)

          

  This Agreement contains  the  complete  agreement  between  the  parties  with  respect  to the  subject

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matter  hereof,  and  supersedes  all 

prior or contemporaneous

 

                agreements or understandings, whether oral or written.

  

(c)

          

 All questions, comments or concerns with respect to this Agreement shall be directed to: VS Security Products Ltd, 17 Pegasus Court, 

North Lane, Aldershot,

 

                Hampshire, GU12 4QP, UK (www.veritysystems.co.uk).

 

 

9.

 

Updates

 

VS  Security  Products  Ltd  may  from  time  to  time  release  new  versions  of  the  Software.  If  you  wish  to  be  notified  when  a  new  version  of  the 

Software  is  released,  you  must  return  the  enclosed  registration  card  by  email  to  sales@vssecurityproducts.com.  All  new  versions  or  releases 

which are provided to you shall be considered part of the Software and shall be governed by the terms of this licence agreement.

 

  

VS Security Products Ltd.

 

 

Unit 17, Pegasus Court

 

North Lane

 

Aldershot

 

GU12 4QP

 

UK

 

  

Tel:  +44 (0) 1252 333577

 

Fax: +44 (0) 1252 333448

 

  

Email: sales@vssecurityproducts.com

 

www.veritysystems.com

 

Summary of Contents for Datagone LG-PLUS ZZ201216

Page 1: ...ZZ201216 ZZ201217 Rev 14 ...

Page 2: ... are placed out of range CAUTION it is recommended that magnetic storage media is kept at least 1 metre 3 Feet from the degausser IMPORTANT the power on off switch used on this equipment is not an isolating switch it is recommended that this equipment should be operated from a separate switched isolator COPYRIGHT This document is the property of VS Security Products Ltd and it may not be reproduce...

Page 3: ...n infringement SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES SO THE ABOVE EXCLUSION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU YOU MAY ALSO HAVE OTHER LEGAL RIGHTS WHICH VARY FROM JURISDICTION TO JURISDICTION 6 Limitation of Liability VS SECURITY PRODUCTS LTD SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT SPECIAL INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR LOSS INCLUDING DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF BUSINESS LOSS OF PROF...

Page 4: ...n 6 4 Introduction to the Datagone LG PLUS Degausser 6 5 Software Installation 6 6 Operation Guide 9 7 Erasure Logger Software 11 8 Interrogating the Database 16 9 Printing Records 17 10 Supervisor Screen 19 11 Safety Recommendations 29 12 Maintenance 29 This document refers to Datagone LG PLUS part no s ZZ201216 115v 60Hz ZZ201217 230v 50Hz ...

Page 5: ...l 230v 50Hz ZZ201217 TEMPERATURE 5 C 41 F to 40 C 104 F HUMIDITY 10 to 80 non condensing MOUNTING Free standing table top DIMENSIONS 14 3 x 19 2 x 14 3 36cm x 48cm x 36cm DIMENSIONS PACKED 19 5 x 29 1 x 19 5 50cm x 74cm x 50cm WEIGHT 73 lbs 33kg PACKED WEIGHT 84 lbs 38kg COMPATIBLE Windows 8 Windows 7 Windows Vista Windows XP OPERATING SYSTEMS SP3 or higher 32 bit only CONNECTIVITY Bi Universal se...

Page 6: ...rom the packing box 3 2 Power Wiring Power connection is made to the degausser in the form of an IEC type electrical lead supplied The user should ensure that their power supply meets those outlined on page five SECTION 4 INTRODUCTION TO THE DATAGONE LG PLUS DEGAUSSER The Datagone LG PLUS is a high energy hard drive Degausser They erase Longitudinal Magnetic Recorded LMR and Perpendicular Magnetic...

Page 7: ...Z201217 Page 7 of 31 Close all Windows programs that are running and click NEXT Tick the box to confirm you have read and accept the software licence conditions and click NEXT Check the suggested destination is acceptable and click NEXT ...

Page 8: ...VS Security Products LTD ZZ201216 ZZ201217 Page 8 of 31 Select the number of Users and click NEXT Click NEXT to start the installation Click FINISH to complete the installation of the Logger Software ...

Page 9: ...should not be reused as they are stressed in the erasure process and parts can be damaged Backup tapes cannot be used after erasure as the control track may be erased in the degaussing process Control Panel The DATAGONE LG PLUS degausser has been carefully engineered for convenience and simplicity of operation As such an LCD and push button are all that is required The features provided are outlin...

Page 10: ...rt if required The information logged includes details of the degaussing company including the operator and supervisor media owner degausser machine type serial number part number and size of the Hard Drive or Tape Information is entered onto the software via keyboard or optional barcode scanner to speed up the data entry if required When the logging program has been opened on the PC and the degau...

Page 11: ...is completed It is possible to interrogate the database to retrieve the destruction information record This record or a number of records can be printed out using any printer attached to the machine including network printers If a suitable label printer is attached to the system it will print a label every time the machine destroys media The label contains data about the media that was destroyed 7...

Page 12: ...ning Windows XP then it will be necessary to install the USB drivers manually If you received a CDROM installation disc from VSSP the FDTI USB drivers and installation instructions are on the CDROM for each operating system If you did not receive a CDROM installation disc from VSSP then it will be necessary to download the FTDI USB Drivers and installation procedure from the FTDI web site http www...

Page 13: ...be used to clear all the entries in the panel if required 7 3 1 Bar Code Scanner If the bar code scanner has been installed it can be used to enter bar code data such as serial numbers directly into the relevant data entry box So if you wanted to read a bar code serial number into the Serial No data entry box first ensure that the cursor is in the box either click in the box with the mouse or use ...

Page 14: ...s have entries destruction will commence and the following screen is displayed When the destruction process has completed the destruction data is shown in the Media Processed box The data shown in the Media Processed box is a snapshot of the data record and shows the key data Record Number Date of Destruction Time of Destruction Media Serial Number Capacitor Voltage Magnetic Field Gauss Result Deg...

Page 15: ... the Windows Print Spooler the Windows Print Spooler is responsible for sending the print Data to the selected printer If the selected printer is switched off or disconnected there is no notification of this fact back to the Logger Application The print job will sit in the Windows Print Spooler Queue until the selected printer becomes available At this point the print job is printed as are any oth...

Page 16: ...repeated for each record that is to be viewed 8 2 Resuming Destruction after Interrogation When the database records are being interrogated the DESTROY button is disabled To enable the button click the Resume button This will then cause the machine to check that the VSSP machine is still connected When the VSSP machine is located the DESTROY button will be enabled NOTE Any Processing Company and M...

Page 17: ...0 06 2014 14 31 28 Media Destruction Record Company Name VSSP Operator Victoria Supervisor Brian Degaussing on Site Yes Media Owner Company Name ICL Engineering Department Engineering Media Information Type HDD Serial Number 79429 499 Capacity Unknown Part Number IBM 4430 946 Security Classification None Remarks Search Failures Degausser Crusher Details Date 20 06 2014 Time 12 31 09 Degausser Crus...

Page 18: ...ey down and click the individual records to be printed When you have selected the records to be printed click the Print button the normal print dialog box will be displayed Select the printer to which the record is to be sent set the number of copies required and click OK The Record Data is now sent to the printer NOTE Each record is printed on a separate page 9 3 Resuming Destruction after Printi...

Page 19: ...nter the Supervisor screen the correct password must be entered The default password is password Note that this is all lower case The password can be changed in the supervisor screen NOTE If supervisor password has been changed please make a note of it Once changed it cannot be reset to the default password even if the program is un installed and re installed If the correct password is entered the...

Page 20: ...een This allows the supervisor to specify exactly which Data Entry Boxes are to be displayed on the Logger main screen On the Mandatory sub panel a tick box with a tick in it will cause the corresponding Data Entry Box to be Mandatory e g it must contain some data prior to the Destruction button being clicked If the Tick Box is not ticked then the corresponding Data Entry Box is not Mandatory and ...

Page 21: ...0 4 Printer Line Spacing The Printer Line Spacing setting allows the lines on the printed records to be adjusted If the lines on the printer are too close together increase the value of the line spacing set in the data entry box Most printers will require a value of about 70 some printers require a higher value 10 5 Label Printer To display the Label Printer Set Up screen click on the Label Printe...

Page 22: ...n This will cause the Windows Print Setup box to be displayed Select the required printer from the list and click OK NOTE The label print application is designed to work with a Brother QL 700 or compatible printer The correct printer paper i e the paper the Logger Application was designed to work with is the 62mm Wide Paper Roll Brother P N DK 22205 Other Windows printers can be used but they are ...

Page 23: ... sit in the Windows Print Spooler Queue until the selected printer becomes available At this point the print job is printed as are any other queued print jobs Logo Offset The logo offset sets the position that the logo is printed on the label Its default position is Top Margin 1 Logo Offset 1 This causes the logo to be printed on the Top Left of the label 10 6 Database To display the Database scre...

Page 24: ...ile dialog box The supervisor can then choose a location e g drive and or folder to store the archive file The supervisor can also name the file as required The file name can be defined by the supervisor however it is recommended that the file extension is csv as the file format is a comma separated values file and choosing a csv file extension allows suitable programs such as a spreadsheet to aut...

Page 25: ...18 Media Info PN 19 Media Info Class 20 Media Info Remarks 21 Capacitor Voltage Volts 22 Magnetic Field Strength Gauss 23 Result Degaussed Crushed Failed etc Field number 01 is the first field If the file is given a csv file name extension suitable programs such as a spreadsheet can automatically open and display the file 10 6 3 Database Location The example below shows the default database locati...

Page 26: ... printer name and the database file name NOTE Do not change the contents of the ini file the logger application may become unusable 10 6 4 Moving the Database The storage location and name of the database file can be moved by clicking the Move Database button NOTE This will archive the current database and create a new database First the existing database must be archived Clicking the OK button wi...

Page 27: ...the windows save as dialog navigate to the directory you wish to save the database file in Enter the required name for the database and click save The below dialog box shows the name and location of the new empty database file Click OK The database screen now shows the name and location of the new database and the main screen shows no records ...

Page 28: ...er on the network it uses the SMB File sharing protocols to allow Windows Sharing The below database screen shows that the database has been created in the network location QNAP 1 Test and the filename is new_database csv It is important that the network location chosen must ALWAYS be available If the Logger application is started and the network location is not accessible the Logger application w...

Page 29: ...removed by anyone other than trained VS Security Products technicians 12 1 Cleaning the Input Optical Sensor The Input Sensor is an optical device that looks across the degauss chute to detect the media when it enters the unit If the media is dusty or the unit is used in a dusty environment the sensor can become contaminated and not see the media This will result in the unit exhibiting a fault and...

Page 30: ...very dirty the drives may become stuck and not release after the degausser has fired Under these circumstances the chute should be cleaned NOTE Before cleaning takes place the unit must be unplugged from the mains supply The chute should be cleaned using a soft cloth or paper hand towel If the dirt is sticky then a small amount of a cleaning agent such as Isopropyl alcohol IPA can be used on the c...

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