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EMUFDD V31 – USB USER MANUAL

The most reliable and configurable Universal Floppy HW Emulator

ALL-INCLUSIVE PROFESSIONAL INSTALLATION SERVICE AVAILABLE

Custom/non-standard floppies analysis & development available

USB Version Network Version

Section 1. DATASHEET

Section 2. HARDWARE INSTALLATION

Section . INTRODUCTION & EMULATION CYCLE

Section 4. SOFTWARELESS MODE STORAGE

Section 5. VIRTUAL FLOPPY MODE STORAGE

Section 6. LOADING INTO EMUFDD'S MEMORY FROM USB

Section 7. SAVING FROM EMUFDD'S MEMORY TO USB

Section 8. FORMATTING EMUFDD'S MEMORY AND USB

Section 9. LOADING A CONFIGURATION

Section 10. SWITCHING CONFIGURATION

Section 11. SOFTWARELESS MODE ON/OFF

Appendix A. SUPPORTED FLOPPY DISK DRIVE INTERFACES

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Section 1. DATASHEET

Retrofit services for the industry, from the machinery to the solution

EMUFDD Tech-Homepage : Designer & Customer Support :

www.embeddedsw.net [email protected]

EMUFDD scores a unique 100% rate of successful floppy replacements:

•we freely help customers, before purchasing, in collecting all the needed infos;

•we provide floppy analysis service to identify/backup/emulate all floppy disks;

•we provide free software capable of doing universal backup of floppy disks;

•we provide free software capable of full floppy drive virtualization.

ALL-INCLUSIVE PROFESSIONAL INSTALLATION SERVICE AVAILABLE

We're able to come to you and directly retrofit all kind of existing industrial machinery,

quickly, safely and at an affordable price:

•no need to change the CNC/PNC/control;

•no need to change any electronic;

•backup/digitalization/testing of all kind of data/program floppy disks;

•backup/digitalization/testing of all system/boot/recovery floppy disks;

•absolutely no need to rewrite programs;

•new programs saved directly on EMUFDD;

•shortest production stopping time;

•EMUFDD training of the worker.

DIMENSIONS

HEIGHT [H] 1'' = 2,5 cm

WIDTH [W] 4'' = 10,2 cm

DEPTH [D] 5, '' = 1 ,5 cm

WEIGHT 00 g

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HARDWARE

INTERNAL MEMORY TYPE 1.5 MB FRA non-volatile memory

INTERNAL MEMORY RELIABILITY 1014 R/W cycles = 4 8.000 h = 50 years 24/7

POWER ON TIME Less than (<) 500 ms

USER FRONT INTERFACE USB keys with FAT format – 100 floppy disks

Ethernet 10T network – unlimited floppy disks

FLOPPY REAR INTERFACE 4 pin flat cable ( .5'' & 5.25'') + 5V power supply

26 pin flat cable (integrated power supply)

26 pin slim cable (integrated power supply)

USB 1.0 standard external floppy

SCSI 50 pin standard floppy

SOFTWARE

FIRMWARE RELEASE Revision 1 (September 2016)

CONFIGURATION 100% Jumperfree / Plug'n'Play

FIRMWARE UPGRADE SUPPORT Yes

NETWORK SOFTWARE XP, Win7, Win8, Win10, Server, x 2 & x64

ENCODING FM / MFM / custom on request

SPEED 00 rpm / 60 rpm / custom on request

DATA CLOCK From 125 Khz (the old 8”) up to 500 Khz (the modern .5”)

SUPPORT Softwareless Mode: FAT12 – 60KB / 720KB / 1.200MB / 1.440MB

Raw Image Mode: Any existing standard or custom on request

SOME COMMON

EXAM LES...

80/2/18x512 – MFM: 500 KHz – 00 rpm – 1.440MB

80/2/15x512 – MFM: 500 KHz – 60 rpm – 1.200MB

80/2/9x512 – MFM: 250 KHz – 00 rpm – 720KB

40/2/9x512 – MFM: 250 KHz – 00 rpm – 60KB

MORE LESS

COMMON

EXAM LES...

8 /2/18x512 – MFM: 500 KHz – 00 rpm – 1.494MB

80/2/ 2x256 – MFM: 500 KHz – 00 rpm – 1.280MB

80/2/5x1024 – MFM: 250 KHz – 00 rpm – 800KB

80/2/18x256 – MFM: 250 KHz – 00 rpm – 720KB

80/2/16x256 – MFM: 250 KHz – 00 rpm – 640KB

OLD & RARE

EXAM LES...

80/2/5x1024 – FM: 250 KHz – 00 rpm – 800KB

80/2/18x256 – FM: 250 KHz – 00 rpm – 720KB

80/2/ 2x128 – FM: 250 KHz – 00 rpm – 640KB

80/2/16x128 – FM: 125 KHz – 00 rpm – 20KB

NEED MORE? Ask customer support for help in identifying your floppy disk!

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“Is EMUFDD compatible with my machinery?”

“Yes, because EMUFDD it's the best existing professional emulation product. We will:

•provide you extensive pre-selling support and specifically analyze your target;

•configure a 100% custom EMUFDD solution, just for you;

•help you remotely during the installation, using live Skype connection.”

allery of custom EMUFDD installations worldwide

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Section 2. HARDWARE INSTALLATION

EMUFDD installation works like any other real floppy drive installation:

•2.1) connect the power supply;

= +12V power supply (not connected) Optional

= two GND lines (joined, connect one or both) Required

= +5V power supply Required

•2.2) connect the 4pin flat cable.

= pin-1 mark (flat cable / connector)

No system driver or additional software needs to be installed on the host system.

Be sure to match the connector pin-1 mark with the flat cable pin–1 mark !

Sometimes flat cables are inverted. Please check whether the cable is

coloured/marked at pin-1 (standard) or pin-34 (inverted) !

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Section . INTRODUCTION & EMULATION CYCLE

EMUFDD is equipped with 1.5 MB of internal FRA non-volatile memory:

•no need to keep the USB key plugged in;

•top-quality data storage and memory reliability (1014 read/write cycles);

•unlimited permanent internal memory (no battery, fully RoHS).

More than 50 years of non-stop read/write emulation at full speed.

Each EMUFDD can be used by different users with different skills:

•normal users can be allowed to load-only floppy disks (playback);

•advanced users can have full access to the program floppy disks;

•special floppy disks can be permanently write protected;

•simplified access available: 1 USB key = 1 floppy disk.

Just ask for your version, fully customized for your everyday's usage !

At power-on EMUFDD immediately (less than 500ms) begins its emulation cycle:

•the emulation engine waits for reading or writing requests from the host system,

and any read/write floppy disk access will turn the ACT_LED on;

•the display continuously shows the On-Line sequence: [– ] / [ –] / [NN], where

NN is the current floppy disk number, (from 00 to 99).

Snapshot of a display On-Line sequence (NN = 01).

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Section 4. SOFTWARELESS MODE STORAGE

Data can be loaded/saved into/from EMUFDD's memory using any USB key. No special

software or partitioning is needed to access and copy'n'paste all the floppy disks. The

softwareless mode, a.k.a. “Translation”, splits all the floppy disks into subdirectories

and each “emufddNN” subdirectory (NN from 00 to 99) will be handled as the root of a

different floppy disk:

USB key ↔

↔ EMUFDD (floppy NN)

X:\emufddNN\dir1\file1.ext ↔

↔A:\dir1\file1.ext

X:\emufddNN\dir2\file2.ext ↔

↔A:\dir2\file2.ext

X:\emufddNN\file .ext ↔

↔A:\file .ext

X:\emufddNN\file4.ext ↔

↔A:\file4.ext

... ...

The translation feature:

•is available for 60 KB, 720 KB, 1.200 MB, 1.440 MB floppy disks;

•is available for both loading and saving;

•will truncate filenames to 8+ short form (Longname.ext → longna~1.ext);

•can be enabled/disabled at anytime without reconfiguring (SECTION 11 ).

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