Escient Fireball K-300 Owners manual

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The FireBall Backup Kit

A Guide to Using FireBall Backup Kit (FBK-300)

IMPORTANT: DO NOT USE THE AUTOMATIC INSTALLER ON THE MAXTOR CD. PLEASE FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS CONTAINED IN THIS GUIDE.

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Table of Contents

About the FireBall Backup Kit................................................................................................ 3

What is it?.............................................................................................................................. 3

How does it work?.................................................................................................................. 3

What are the Requirements?................................................................................................. 3

Installing the FireBall Backup Kit........................................................................................... 4

Installing the PC Drivers......................................................................................................... 4

Installing the Mac Drivers....................................................................................................... 4

Connecting the Drive.............................................................................................................. 5

Connecting the Power........................................................................................................ 5

Connecting with the USB Cable (PC Only)......................................................................... 6

Connecting with the FireWire Cable................................................................................... 6

Setting Up The FireBall Server............................................................................................... 8

Backing Up Your FireBall to a PC .......................................................................................... 9

Mount Your FireBall on your PC ............................................................................................ 9

One Time Backup .................................................................................................................. 9

Automated Backups............................................................................................................. 11

Installing the Retrospect Backup Software...................................................................... 11

Backing Up Your FireBall Every Night.............................................................................. 13

Backing Up Your FireBall to a Mac ...................................................................................... 20

Connecting to the FireBall Server ........................................................................................ 20

One Time Backup ................................................................................................................ 22

Automated Backups............................................................................................................. 23

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About the FireBall Backup Kit

What is it?

The FireBall Backup Kit (part number FBK-300) is designed to make manual and automatic backups of your FireBall E2 Media Server’s music content using your PC or Mac over a standard Ethernet network. The FBK-300 contains the following items:

• This document

• External 300GB Maxtor USB/FireWire hard drive

• USB cable

• FireWire cable

• External AC power adapter

• Vertical stand

• Installation software CD (including Retrospect Backup Software)

• User’s Guide

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How does it work?

An external USB/FireWire hard drive is connected to your PC or Mac. Your FireBall’s CONTENT volume is mounted on your computer over your Ethernet network. Having access to both your FireBall’s CONTENT volume and the external hard drive from your computer allows you to copy your music files from the FireBall to the external hard drive.

What are the Requirements?

• Escient FireBall E2 Digital Media Server

• Windows System Requirements: o Pentium III, 500mHz equivalent processor or higher o Windows® 98SE, Me, 2000 Professional, or XP Home and Professional Editions o CD-ROM drive o 128MB RAM or more as required by operating system o Available FireWire or USB 2.0, 1.1 port

• Macintosh System Requirements: o Mac OS X (10.3 or later) o 128MB of RAM or more as required by operation system o CD-ROM drive o Available FireWire port

If you don’t have a USB or FireWire port on your PC, you may choose to use a Network Access Storage device such as the LinkSys NSLU Network Storage Link. This tiny network appliance connects USB 2.0 hard drives directly to your Ethernet network. You can connect up to two stand-alone USB disk drives of any size, and access them from anywhere on your network. For more information on the NSLU2 http://www.linksys.com/products/product.asp?grid=35&scid=43&prid=640

, please visit the LinkSys web site at

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Installing the FireBall Backup Kit

IMPORTANT DO NOT USE THE MAXTOR INSTALL CD’s FULL INSTALLATION

Properly installing the FireBall Backup Kit is the first step in properly and reliably backing up your FireBall’s music content. Follow these instructions to install the software and prepare your PC or Mac for performing FireBall backups.

Installing the PC Drivers

1. Turn on your computer.

2. Insert the Maxtor installation CD into your PC’s CD-Rom drive. After a few seconds, the Maxtor Select Language screen will appear. If for some reason the Maxtor screen does not appear;

a. Click the Start menu and select the Run… command b. Click Browse and locate your CD drive that contains the Maxtor Install CD. c. Open the Install CD, open Launch and then click OK. d. The Select Language screen should appear.

3. Select your Language.

4. Select Install Software.

5. Select Install Drivers. IMPORTANT - do not select Full Installation. Just install the drivers.

6. Follow the on-screen instructions for installing the appropriate drivers for the Maxtor drive into your computer.

Installing the Mac Drivers

The Mac OS contains the proper FireWire drivers for the Maxtor drive. Simply connect the Maxtor drive to your Mac with the included FireWire cable and it will appear on the Mac Desktop. There are no drivers to install.

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Connecting the Drive

The Maxtor OneTouch II drive connects to your computer using either a FireWire or USB interface. Make sure you know which interface is available on your computer.

Please install the software BEFORE you connect the drive.

Connecting the Power

1. Plug the round female connector from the power adapter into the drive’s power connector.

2. Plug the two-pin female connector on the power cord into the power adapter.

3. Plug the standard electrical plug from the power adapter into your power source.

4. Turn on the Maxtor OneTouch II drive using the power switch on the back of the drive. The two blue lights on the front should illuminate.

connecting the power

Determine whether you have USB or FireWire ports available on your computer. Do not plug a USB cable into the drive when a FireWire cable is already connected to the drive. The drive only operates with one interface at a time.

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Connecting with the USB Cable (PC Only)

1. Plug the flat end of the USB cable into any available USB port on your computer.

2. Plug the square end of the USB cable into the USB connection on the drive. It may take up to 2 minutes for your computer to recognize the drive, after connecting it to your computer.

3. A ‘Found New Hardware’ message will appear briefly at the bottom of the screen when your drive is recognized by your computer. If the Welcome to Maxtor OneTouch Setup screen is still visible, click Cancel to close it.

4. Your computer may require a restart to complete the hardware installation.

5. The Format Drive window will appear and you will have the opportunity to format your drive with the NTFS file format. This is recommended for Windows 2000 and XP users.

6. Click Format.

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connecting to a USB port

When the format operation is complete, your new drive will appear in the same way as your other drives, with a letter assigned to it by the operating system. The assigned letter will vary depending upon the number of other drives connected to your computer.

Connecting with the FireWire Cable

1. Plug one end of the FireWire cable into any available FireWire port on your computer.

2. Plug the other end of the FireWire cable into an available FireWire port on the back of the drive. It may take up to 2 minutes for your computer to recognize the drive, after connecting it to your computer

3. If you are installing onto a PC:

a. A ‘Found New Hardware’ message will appear briefly at the bottom of the screen

once your drive is recognized by your computer. If the Welcome to Maxtor OneTouch Setup screen is still visible, click Cancel to close it.

b. Your computer may require a restart to complete the hardware installation

process.

c. The Format Drive window will appear and you will have the opportunity to format

your drive with the NTFS file format. This is recommended for Windows 2000 and XP users.

d. Click Format.

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connecting to a FireWire port

If you experience any problems connecting your Maxtor drive, please refer to the Maxtor Installation Guide provided in PDF form on the Maxtor installation CD or visit the Maxtor web site at http://www.maxtor.com.

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Setting Up The FireBall Server

FireBall uses a type of file server commonly called “Windows Networking” or “CIFS/SMB”. CIFS/SMB networking is found in most Microsoft operating systems and allows PCs to connect and then share files over a network. Mac OS X has a built-in Windows Networking client for CIFS/SMB and thus allows the Mac to connect to any CIFS/SMB server on the local network.

Before you can connect to your FireBall you must configure FireBall’s server settings. Follow these steps to configure your FireBall server:

1. Using your FireBall remote, press SETUP to display the Setup Menu.

2. Select the NETWORK menu item.

3. Select the SERVER SETTINGS menu item to display the Server Settings screen.

4. Enter a name for your FireBall using the remote or keyboard. Do not use spaces in the name.

5. Select the SAVE button to save your settings.

6. Press SETUP again to exit the Setup menus.

Server Settings screen

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Backing Up Your FireBall to a PC

Once you shared your FireBall over your Windows Network, you now have access to the music content contained on the FireBall’s internal hard drive. Having this access affords you the opportunity to backup your FireBall’s music collection. There are many ways to backup the music files including copying files to another drive mounted on your PC or using third party backup software to perform automated backups each night.

Note: Playlists, Internet Radio Stations, and System Settings are not backed up. Only the actual music files are available for backup within the Content volume mounted on your PC Desktop.

The “One Touch” feature of the Maxtor drive is NOT used with the FireBall Backup Kit. Do not attempt to perform any functions including Backup using the button on the Maxtor drive’s front panel. It won’t work.

Mount Your FireBall on your PC

Mount your FireBall’s CONTENT volume by right clicking on “My Computer” and selecting “Map Network Drive”. Choose an available drive letter, then type in the name of your FireBall. Example: suppose you named your FireBall “MyFireBall” in the Server Settings screen, you would then enter \\MyFireBall\Content in the Folder name, and click Finish.

One Time Backup

If you are only going to make a one time backup of the FireBall for safe keeping, it is recommended to do a simple drag and drop of the Content volume to another hard drive or volume mounted on your PC. This one time backup method is useful if your FireBall music collection is not going to change much from day to day and you simply want to preserve a copy as a failsafe to some catastrophic event such as theft, loss by fire, or hard drive crash. This is typically done by an installer or dealer who wants to keep an offsite copy of the installed FireBall for safety reasons.

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