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Available software options with order number

Software Short Image Files – 31AL1852

Software interface for e.g. external serialization – 31AL1854

Software File Copy – 31AL1857

Our copying software, which was developed in-house, has the same «Look & Feel» in all altec CopyStation models.

The user interface can be switched between German and English – further languages are availble as an option.

The Job Wizard is a key part of the software. It is used to specify all parameters of the copy job – name of the card image, number of copies, whether verification is required and configuration of the software options.

Software options

1.) Software option to create and copy short images. The short image copy option creates smaller image files if the master (source ) memory media is only partly filled with user data. This results in faster programming of the target memory media.

2.) Optional software interface for data exchange with external application to allow customization of individual USB sticks , e.g. serialization or data encryption.

3.) File Copy option to copy files from a specified directory to USB sticks, which are supported by Windows, instead of copying from an image file. The sub-directory structure (if present) is also copied.

The USB Stick CopyStation 21 provides three different copying methods for copying the data:

1.) Image Copy (default method) – an image of the entire contents of the memory media is created and then copied to the target memory media.

Advantages: A 1:1 copy of the memory media is created. Accordingly, all sectors of the target memory media are overwritten. This method is supported by all memory media file systems.

Disadvantages: Copying is relatively time consuming because all of the bytes of the original memory medium are copied.

2.) Short Image Copy (option) – only the data sectors which are currently being used are copied.

Advantages: Significant time-saving if the master (source ) memory media is only partly filled with user data.

Disadvantages: If the target memory media has already been used, some of the unused blocks may still contain old data. For maximum benefit, the data on the source memory media should not be fragmented. This software option works only with FAT formatted memory media.

3.) File Copy (option) – this means that copies of a specific file directory or file are created. This is not a 1:1 copy of the memory master.

Advantages: The copying speed is – if the amount of data is smaller than the image – faster than when copying an image. There is no need to create an image file.

Disadvantages: This copying method only works with windows-supported file systems.