IpCAS USB Floppy User Manual
USB Floppy
USB Floppy Disk Emulator
Manual
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Germany Email: info@ipcas.de
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Contents
1. Scope of Supply.................................................................3
2. Important Notes ................................................................3
3. Introducing the device........................................................4
4. Front panel – description, connections ..................................5
5. Back – description, connections ...........................................6
6. Installation .......................................................................7
7. One USB Stick replaces one floppy .......................................7
8. Data import and use on the machine/system.........................8
9. One USB Stick replaces 100 floppies.....................................9
10. Rading and writing...........................................................12
11. Safely remove USB Stick – USB Floppy Disk Emulator...........12
12. Safely remove USB Stick – Computer/PC ............................12
13. Internal jumpers.............................................................. 13
13.1 Jumper 1 and 2 – Select disk drive............................................ 13
13.2 Jumper 5 Ready signal.............................................................. 13
14. FAQ's – Often Asked Questions.......................................... 14
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This manual explains how the USB Floppy Disk Emulator is installed and
used to replace the legacy disk drive.
You will always find an up-to-date pdf document of the manual on our
Website www.ipcas.de.
1. Scope of Supply
• USB Floppy Disk Emulator
2. Important Notes
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CAUTION:
The warranty claim expires upon removing the serial number. Shipping or insurance
companies cannot be made liable for damage caused by inadequate packing.
Note:
Please read this manual carefully before you deploy the device.
3. Introducing the device
The USB Floppy Disk Emulator of ipcas GmbH replaces legacy disk drives.
The floppy is replaced by a USB Stick. Up to 100 virtual floppy disks can
be stored on one USB Stick.
Retrofitting of your machines/systems is no longer required. Just replace
the disk drive 1:1.
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Comparison: Left: 3.5 inch disk drive with 100 x 1.44 MB floppies
Right: ipcas USB Floppy Disk Emulator with USB Stick
In the industrial sector many machines are still equipped with flopy disk
drives. The floppy disk is often the only means of importing updates or
reading out data. This could become a source of future problems.
Floppies are sensitive and short-lived. The maintenance of disk drives is
expensive, and quite often they can be no longer replaced.
The ipcas Floppy Disk Emulator depends on USB Sticks as data carriers,
which are far more compact, practical and long-lived than the oldfashioned floppy disk. So the ipcas "Floppy" makes your machine/system
fit for the future.
The ipcas Floppy Disk Emulator can also replace other forms of disk drives
and disk storage systems. Refer to the comparison with a 5¼ inch floppy
disk drive with 1.2 MB floppies.
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A 5¼ inch installation frame for 3.5 inch disk drives and a 34-pin adapter are optionally
available.
4. Front panel – description, connections
LED 1 – Busy (red): lights up when system is reading or writing.
LED 2 - Power (green): lights up when the voltage supply is connected.
Display (2 digits): displays the status of the disk drive or the currently
selected floppy (00 to 99).
USB: USB socket (USB type A) to connect a USB Stick (the data carrier
replacing the floppy disk).
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¶µ : Selection button to select the desired virtual floppy disk (00-
99 if previously preset)
When the virtual floppy changes from one to another, dots light up
next to the digits. Please wait before you use the disk drive until the
dots disappear.
• Caution: When LED 1 – Busy – lights up, do not under any
circumstances remove the USB Stick or deploy the selection
button, or else you might incur data losses.
• The virtual floppy images must be in correct sequence in order
to be selected with the selection button.
5. Back – description, connections
At the back of the disk drive you will find the connection for the
voltage supply (+5V DC) and the 34-pin interface to connect the
floppy disk drive controller.
Please check for correct polarity of voltage supply when connecting
the floppy disk drive. GND (ground) is usually indicated by a black
wire, and +5V by red wire.
Please also correctly attach the 34-pin connection cable.
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