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1. is designed to help you easily reproduce material for which you own the copyright or have obtained permission from the copyright owner to make copies Unless you own the copyright or have permission from the copyright owner to make copies you may be violating copyright law and be subject to payment of fines damages and or other remedies R Quest accepts no responsibility for the use or misuse of this equipment for illegal purposes If you are uncertain about your rights contact your legal advisor Table of Contents Network Configuration 5 Duplicator Network Configuration 5 Duplicator Additional Menu Items 5 TrueNET System Manager Configuration 6 Droe A DI Setup TrueNET Enterprise ele 8 TrueISO Setup raeNET Enterprise Only ss 8 The Main Screen 9 Starting ne en et ee 10 Stopping a 100 250 de 11 Delete TON ee ue a A A de ur 11 Delete enee ee 11 Duplicator Image Management 12 Uploading CD Images esse EAR 12 12 Renaming CD oo ace Gea sostesenoosteseneasee 12 Downloading SO9660 Images eer 12 Downloading CD Image Files rgi mm 13 Downloading Print Images 3 13 The TrueNET API TrueNET Enterprise Only ns 15 2 17 The Life Cycle LO 17 EE UE EE 17 Downloading eee tn ennnane 17 uilding 17 ne 17 rer aero pecen ate seem rN Pn ren PnP TSP er RE 17 nement nan AOR 17 DONE sc pasion iu ond2. 1 628MB CD ISO Image CD Image Print Image 0 oad Rename Refresh OK Cancel Uploading CD Images To upload an image click on the image name and click the Upload button This will create a CD image file on the PC hard disk Uploading Print Images Click on the image name then click the Upload button This will create a print image file on the PC hard disk Renaming CD Images To rename an image click on he image name and then click rename A dialog box will appear that allows you to change the name Image names will be changed to upper case and have a maximum length of 14 characters Downloading ISO9660 Images iso To download an ISO file created by another program i e Easy CD Creator click the ISO image button then select an ISO file ISO images must be created as Mode 1 and not Mode 2 or CD XA 12 Downloading CD Image Files rqi Images uploaded from a Duplicator are stored in RQuest Image Fie format 101 To download a CD Gro image to a duplicator click on the CD Image button and select an rqi file Downloading Print Images To download a print file pm click the Print Image button and select a prn file Make sure that this print file is suitable for the printer installed on your duplicator 13 14 The TrueN ET API TrueNET Enterprise Only TrueNET API TrueAPT uses easy to build ASCII text files for passing commands from a customer suppl
3. ET Job Properties dialog TrueNet Job Properties E E r Network Duplicator Station 1 2 Job Label Quantity 3 ES r Image Browse Browse Duplicator Greate 150 Print File Browse Browse Duplicator Job Type Burn Status Copy E Print MV Bum Ur D Compare Simulate Cancel Select or check the following Select the Duplicator to use Enter the quantity to do Select the CD image source To select an image stored on a local PC hard disk click Browse To select an image stored on the Duplicator hard disk click Browse Duplicator To create an image from a directory on a local hard disk TrueNET Enterprise only click Create ISO If your Duplicator includes on line printing facilities and this is enabled and you would like print on the CDs select a print file To select a print file from a local PC hard disk click Browse To select a print file on the Duplicator hard disk click Browse Duplicator This will automatically select printing as part of the job Check the job type Copy Compare Print By checking both Copy and Compare the Duplicator will first record the CD and then compare the recorded CD to the master image Not all CD formats can be compared If you do not want to bum check the Simulate box otherwise leave the Burn checked Click on OK 10 If you checked Simulate a warning dialog will appear info
4. ET_Setup exe program This will take only a few seconds to complete and will add the TrueNET program to your start menu and also add a short cut icon to your desktop Run the TrueNET System Manager by double clicking on the desktop TrueNET shortcut or by selecting it from the start menu TrueNET will also warn if No duplicators are defined Click OK to proceed to the main screen Once the main screen appears select the Setup Network Duplicator Setup menu Network Duplicator Setup x Add Duplicator T Delete Duplicator m Duplicator Name Duplicator IP Address 0 0 0 0 Default Duplicator OK Cancel Apply Click on Add Duplicator Add Network Duplicator x Duplicator Name Duplicator IP Address Cancel Each duplicator on the system should have a unique name chosen by the user Example names would be Duplicator 1 Dupicator 2 Station 1 Station 2 etc or Production Marketing Accounts etc Choose a name that helps you remember which Duplicator it applies to Enter the chosen name and IP address of the Duplicator and then click OK The TrueNET System Manager will attempt to communicate with the duplicator This should happen very quickly less than one second If TrueNET cannot find the duplicator it will time out after about 60 seconds and you will need to check that the IP addresses on both the TrueNET system manager and the Duplicato
5. PREPARER PUBLISHER VOLIDENT PRINT PRINT FILE RESULTS ACCEPTED REJECTED STATION STATUS TIME_COMPLETE Mandatory Optional Mandatory if building an ISO Image otherwise ignored Mandatory except when building an ISO image Mandatory Optional Optional Optional Optional Optional Optional Optional Optional Optional Optional Optional Created By TrueNET Created By TrueNET Created By TrueNET Created By TrueNET Created By TrueNET Created By TrueNET TIME_SCHEDULED Created By TrueNET For convenience other sections and keywords may be added by the user application for internal job tracking etc TrueNET will not read write or delete additional user sections or keywords and will only read or modify those sections amp keywords defined in this manual However please note that the API is currently being expanded and addition keywords defined for the sections described above R Quest recommends defining new sections for all user defined keywords 16 Appendix A The Life Cycle of a Job All jobs start life in one of two ways 1 6 manually created by a user sat at a computer screen using the TrueNET GUI or via the TrueAPI In each case they start life as Scheduled This means that TrueNET knows about the job and will allocate duplicator resources to the job as soon as they become available in job order If images used by the job are not alre
6. TrueNET User Manual TrueNET PRO TrueNET Enterprise TrueCopy System Technology Powered By R Quest TrueNET and TrueCopy System Technology COPYRIGHT EE Copyright 2000 2002 R Quest Technologies LLC R Quest All rights reserved This manual and the software described in it are copyrighted with all rights reserved No part of this publication may be reproduced transmitted transcribed stored in a retrieval system or translated into any language in any form by any means without the written permission of R Quest TRADEMARKS gt tt ss Asel Sn cle Beh tte R Quest TrueNET TrueNET PRO TrueNET Enterprise TrueAPT TrueISO TrueCopy TrueCopy System Technology and Powered By R Quest are trademarks of R Quest Technologies LLC Other brand names and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies R Quest may also claim other names words or phrases contained in this manual as trademarks WARRANTY ee 0 0 E If you discover physical defects in the media on which R Quest software is distributed or in the User Manual supllied by R Quest R Quest will replace the media or manual for a period of ninety 90 days after the purchase of the retail customer You must return the media or manual to R Quest or an authorized R Quest dealer within the warranty period accompanied by
7. ady on the duplicator s hard disk the images must be transferred over the network to the duplicator This state is known as downloading Once all images are downloaded TrueNET will attempt to queue the job within the Duplicator If the Duplicator is able to queue the job the state becomes Queued Once the duplicator has resource i e drives or printer to start the job the status will change to Running On completion the duplicator will delete any temporary images that were downloaded and TrueNET will enter the Done state If at any time during this process the job encounters an error 1 6 the input hopper become empty the job status will change to Error The job will automatically restart and resume the Running state once the problem is corrected Some errors cannot be corrected like the image does not exist and therefore the job cannot restart In this case the user should delete the job Scheduled The job has been created but TrueNET has not yet allocated resources to the job Downloading The images for the job are not on the Duplicator s hard disk and are currently being downloaded prior to the job starting Building The image does not exist on the duplicator s hard disk and is being built on the fly as it is downloaded prior to the job starting Downloaded The image required for the job are now located on the Duplicator s hard disk The duplicator does not yet have room for th
8. ated in the c MyDir directory and download it to the target autoloader No ISO image file is actually created because it is built on the fly as the data is transferred to the Duplicator over the network This has the advantage of reducing the build download time overhead and reduces the hard disk space required when creating ISO9660 Joliet CD Masters Most of the commands keywords are optional and a default value is automatically selected if the keyword is not present in the command file For example the command files shown above could have included the command QUANTITY 1 However if the keyword QUANTITY is not present the quantity is set to 1 by default To make 10 copies of an image simply add the command QUANTITY 10 The file should be created using a file extension of BLD This will prevent the system from starting a job before all parameters have been set Once all parameters are written the file should be renamed with an extension of JOB When the system manager has parsed the file it will be renamed to BSY When a job completes the file will be renamed to DON If during the parsing phase the system manager encounters and error or the job encountered an error the file will be renamed to ERR See Appendix B for full TrueAPI command information 15 The following are reserved keywords for the TrueNET APT JOB BURN BUILD_PATH IMAGE_FILE JOBTYPE QUANTITY ISO ABSTRACT BIBLIOGRAPHY COPYRIGHT JOLIET
9. e 18 Appendix 8 19 TrueNET API Commandes EE 20 JOB SCCHOML st MER MAR ARR a EE 20 ISOT S CHON EE EE 22 PRINT Sections na ne AA Sa sa ae Seen dia ek aces 24 0 25 Network Configuration To use TrueNET and Duplicators equipped with TrueNET features your network should be configured to use TCP IP protocol over 10 100Mbit Ethernet TCP IP is an industry standard protocol and is also used by the Internet If you have Internet access via your network you are already running TCP IP If you are in doubt about how your network if configured please consult your Network Administrator Before a duplicator can be used on any network it must be configured with a static IP address If you are in doubt about what static IP addresses are available please ask your Network Administrator Usually the IP address on your local area network LAN will be something like 192 168 0 xxx where xxx is a number between 1 and 255 Make sure that the IP address you choose is not in use by any other computer on your network If your computers are configured for automatic IP assignment check what range of addresses they can be assigned i e 192 168 0 1 192 168 0 100 and assign the duplicator a static IP address outside this range Duplicator Network Configuration To configure the Duplicator make sure that the Duplicator is not connected to the network This will prevent any unintended network address conflict Tum the power on and wait until th
10. e job in its internal queue Queued All images are on the Duplicator s hard disk and the job is in the Duplicator s internal queue The job will start as soon as resources i e Recorders or Printers become available Running All images are on the Duplicator s hard disk and the job is now running 17 Done The job was completed as requested Any images that were automatically downloaded from the PC to the Duplicator s hard disk as temporary images have been deleted from the Duplicator Error The job is in an error state i e the input hopper is empty or other such errors Error states almost always require the operator s attention 18 Appendix 8 TrueNET API Sections JOB The job section is used to hold parameters for all aspects of the CD Image and the duplication job This section is mandatory and is generated by the user application The JOB section will not be modified by the TrueNET System Manager ISO The ISO section us used to hold parameters relating to the ISO primary volume descriptor This section is optional and generated by the user application The ISO section will not be modified by the TrueNET Sys tem Manager PRINT The PRINT section hold print parameter information This section is optional and generated by the user application The PRINT section will not be modified by the TrueNET System Manager RESULTS The results section is generated by the system manager and sho
11. e main menu appears From the menu select the Setup Network Setup Select Duplicator IP and enter the chosen IP address Enter all 12 digits using Os where appropriate e g 192 168 000 010 for 192 168 0 10 Press the ENTER key to save the setup and when saved turn the duplicator off Connect the Duplicator to the network hub or network switch using a standard CATS network cable If you are connecting the Duplicator directly to a PC and not via a network hub make sure that you are using a Crossover Cable A crossover cable can only be used to connect two pieces of equipment directly Do not use a crossover cable if are using a hub or network switch Turn the Duplicator on and wait for the main menu to appear The Duplicator configuration is now complete Duplicator Additional Menu Items There are some new menus that appear when networking is enabled The first was the Network Setup which is used to configure the IP address The second is Network Mode in the main menu CD and Print Images can be uploaded or downloaded while the Duplicator is at the main menu or is running a standalone job However network jobs can only be run when the Duplicator is in Network Mode Simply select Network Mode from the main menu and the duplicator with go OnLine To exit Network Mode press amp hold the STOP key An additional option also appears in the Duplication Options menu When Network Active is set to NO the Duplicat
12. efault Examples Year Month Day of Month Hour of the Day Minute orf the hour Seconds in the minute Hundredths of a second TIME_COMPLETE RESULTS Specifies the time the job was completed System created See TIME SCHEDULED 26 Powered By R Quest TrueNET User Manual Part Number 900 00018 01 Revision A3 Copyright 2002 R Quest Technologies LLC All rights reserved www r quest com A TrueCopy System Technology Component
13. ied software application to TrueNET Jobs can be scheduled very easily by the user application simply by creating API command files in ASCII text and then monitoring them for real time status Using this simple but extremely powerful tool users can integrate TrueNET in to in house production sales order systems and create on demand CDs This includes both multiple copies of the same CD or one off unique CDs TrueAPI is designed to be simple to use from almost any kind of program Command files can be read or written in almost any programming language on almost any operating system It is especially easy to use from a Microsoft Windows platform by using two specific calls WritePrivateProfileString and GetPrivateProfileString that will create and read the TrueAPI command file entries for you These calls are directly supported with popular programming environments such a Microsoft Visual C C and Microsoft Visual Basic In the simplest form a command file could be as little as JOB JOBTYPE COPY IMAGE_FILE c image iso The command file above assumes that an ISO file called image iso already exists in the root of the ech directory The default quantity is 1 Building an ISO image from a path on the hard disk as part of the download process could be as simple as JOB JOBTYPE COPY BUILD_PATH c MyDir This command file will generate a virtual ISO9660 Joliet image from all the files and sub directories loc
14. is would request 10 identical copies of this image 21 ISO Section Keyword Section Purpose descriptor Status Default Examples Keyword Section Purpose Status Default Examples Keyword Section Purpose Status Default Examples Keyword Section Purpose PUBLISHER ISO Specifies the publisher details for inclusion on the ISO primary volume Optional Entry is filled with spaces PUBLIS HER R Quest Technologies LLC PUBLISHER PREPARER ISO Specifies the ASCII text for inclusion in the ISO primary volume descriptor Optional Entry is filled with spaces PREPARER Joe Bloggs PREPARER COPYRIGHT ISO Specifies the ASCII text for inclusion in the ISO primary volume descriptor Optional Entry is filled with spaces COPYRIGHT 2000 R Quest Technologies LLC COPYRIGHT BIBLIOGRAPHY ISO Specifies the ASCII text for inclusion in the ISO primary volume descriptor 22 Status Default Examples Keyword Section Purpose Status Default Examples Keyword Section Purpose Status Default Examples Optional Entry is filled with spaces BIBLIOGRAPHY ABCDE BIBLIOGRAPHY ABSTRACT ISO Specifies the ASCII text for inclusion in the ISO primary volume descriptor Optional Entry is filled with spaces ABSTRACT ABCDE ABSTRACT VOLIDENT ISO Allows the volume label to be specified Optional The sys
15. lisher Name Ce Prepared by Copyright O Abstract fC O Bibliography eee Cancel Save As Default These settings can be overridden at any time either individually or as a whole by using either the ZSO PVD button when creating m ISO image in Start Job or by specifying these parameters via the TrueAPI command file If you do not want to set defaults simply leave these settings blank The Main Screen ER Setup Images About Job Status Staus JobType Required Accept Reject Station CD Image Start Job Delete Done Help H sn The main screen allows users to monitor start stop or delete jobs All jobs that have been scheduled from this workstation will be displayed in the job status box See Appendix A for the life cycle of a job To start a duplication job click the Start Job button To stop a job click the status area of the job then click the Stop Job button It may not be possible to stop a job in all states Check Appendix A for more details To delete a job click the status area of the job and click the Delete Job button Jobs cannot be deleted if they are running Check Appendix A for more details To delete all jobs that are in the Done state click Delete Done This saves time by deleting all the jobs that are in the Done state instead of selecting and deleting each job in turn Starting a Job Click the Sfart Job button This will launch the TrueN
16. or will work as before When Network Active is set to YES the Duplicator will enter Network Mode automatically after power on It is still possible to run the Duplicator in standalone mode by exiting Network Mode by holding down the STOP key and returning to the main menu The Async Copying option also takes on a new function All jobs are run asynchronously in network mode However in network mode it is also possible to be running more than one job at any given time This is known as running Asynchronous Jobs or Parallel Jobs Setting Async Copying to YES will allow more than one job to run in parallel as resources become available This would be the case if the Duplicator has more than one recorder and more that one job was created each with only 1 CD Setting Async Copying to NO will force queued jobs to wait until all the CDs from the current job are done before starting the next queued job The advantage of running jobs in parallel Async Copying YES is that several jobs each with only a small number of CDs can be run at the same time The disadvantage is that the output hopper may have CDs from different jobs out of order or interleaved and require sorting TrueNET System Manager Configuration It is important that the duplicator is configured and connected to the network before you install and configure the TrueNET System Manager Install the TrueNET system manager by running the TrueN
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18. r match and if so also check that they do not conflict with any other equipment such as a PC printer or Duplicator on the network If you have more than one Duplicator on the system repeat this process until all the Duplicators have been added to the system Where more than one duplicator is present a default duplicator can be selected by checking the Default Duplicator box This is the Duplicator that will appear first in the Duplicator selection box during image management and job operation The default duplicator can be changed at any time by selecting the Duplicator then the selecting Default Duplicator check box in the Network Duplicator Setup TrueA PI Setup TrueNET Enterprise Only In order to use the TrueAPI functions TrueNET must know where to find the TrueAPI command files Select API Setup from the Setup menu and select the directory where the API command files will be placed This is all that is required to configure TrueNET Enterprise to accept commands via the API TrueNET API Setup x API Command Directory fr Browse Cancel True SO Setup TrueNET Enterprise Only Select ISO File System Defaults from the Setup menu This dialog allows you to specify the default settings used when building 15029660 or Joliet CDs with the TruelSO feature This includes all images that are built using the Create ISO button Start Job or TrueAPI functions File System Properties E Ex Pub
19. rming you that this job is in simulate mode Click OK to continue or Cancel to return to the job properties The job is now scheduled All images that are not already on the duplicator hard disk will be downloaded Once this is complete the job will be queued within the duplicator and run automatically when resources are available The job status can be monitored on the main screen until the TrueNET application is exited Stopping a Job To stop a job click on the job status and then click the Stop Job button Not all jobs can be stopped For instance it is not possible to stop a job during a download The job can be stopped once the download has completed Delete Job A job can be deleted provided that it is in one of the following states Scheduled Queued Stopped and Done If the job is not in one of these states then it should be stopped first Delete Done The Delete Done button will remove all jobs that are in the Done state This allows you delete all Done jobs with a single click instead having to delete each Done job individually 11 Duplicator Image Management The images on a duplicator hard disk can be viewed renamed or uploaded to the PC by selecting Duplicator Image Management from the Images menu In addition CD Images ISO images and print images can be downloaded directly to the duplicator hard disk TrueNET Remote Duplicator Hard Disk x Station 1 Download IMAGE
20. tem will create a volume name based on the current date and time VOLIDENT PRODUCT_A VOLIDENT 001209_1015 VOLIDENT 23 PRINT Section Keyword Section Purpose Status Default Example PRINT_FILE PRINT Specify a print PRN file printing on the CD Optional No printing PRINT_FILE c Nabel prn 24 RESULTS Section Keyword ACCEPTED Section RESULTS Purpose Specifies how many CDs where accepted This should match the number requested Status Systems created Default ACCEPTED 1 Examples Keyword BUILD Section RESULTS Purpose Specifies the results of the build Status System Created Default BUILD DONE Examples BUILD DONE BUILD ERROR Keyword REJECTED Section RESULTS Purpose Specifies the number of blank CDs rejected during this job Status System Created Default REJECTED 0 Examples REJECTED 0 25 Keyword Section Purpose Status Examples Keyword Section Purpose Status Default Examples STATUS RESULTS Specifies the status of the job System Created STATUS SCHEDULED STATUS RUNNING STATUS DONE STATUS ERROR TIME_SCHEDULED RESULTS Specifies the time the system collected the job System created TIME_SCHEDULED 20001015 142752 Time is in a simple extended format The time can be interpreted as follows Digits 0 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Keyword Section Purpose Status D
21. uld be read by the user application for job feedback The TrueNET System Manager will generate and or over write any of the information specified by the reserved keywords in the section The TrueNET System Manager will overwite reserved keywords in the section during the course of the job 19 TrueNET API Commandes JOB Section Keyword BUILD PATH Section JOB Purpose Specify the location of the source path for ISO premastering Status Optional This is only required if an ISO image is not already supplied Example BUILD_PATH c mybuildpath disc 1 BUILD_PATH Server TempCDFiles Keyword BURN Section JOB Purpose Specifies whether to burn BURN YES or simulate BURN NO Status Optional If not present then BURN YES Example BURN YES BUTN NO Keyword IMAGE_FILE Section JOB Purpose Specify the name of the ISO image to use Status MANDATORY Examples IMAGE_FILE clhiso_images test iso IMAGE_FILE Server Share Isolmages test iso Keyward JOBTYPE Section JOB Purpose Specify the type of job to do Status MANDATORY Example JOBTYPE COPY would write the CD without comparing JOBTYPE COPYCOMPARE would write the CD then compare it JOBTYPE COMPARE would compare a CD against an image 20 Keyword Section Purpose Status Example QUANTITY JOB Hold the required quantity of copies to make Optional If this entry is not present a default value of 1 is used QUANTITY 10 Th
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