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Certified CompactFlash® Card Readers
Our goal is for maximum interoperability with all CompactFlash® card readers; however, some card readers, their
device drivers, and associated firmware do not interface well with Vali-Flash. Vali-Flash accesses the device at the
lowest level possible from user mode and reads the data as an array of contiguous bytes without regard to files and/or
directory structure. This gives you, our customer, the ability to use any file system without concern for file system
support. Specifically, our testing has shown the following symptoms from various off-the-shelf card readers with our
software.
• Missing EOF (End of File) at the end of the physical device
• Does not correctly detect a newly inserted card on all supported platforms
• Returns spurious data at end of the card
• Does not allow access to the last 2 kilobytes of data on the card.
Dataman will continuously evaluate card readers and test them for compatibility.
Manufacturer ID Certified
SanDisk ImageMate® CompactFlash® USB 2.0 P/N: SDDR-91 9
At the time this manual was written, the only compatible card reader for support on all supported platforms is the
CompactFlash® card reader listed above. This reader is included with the Dataman Vali-Flash package. Please visit
our website for more up-to-date information on certified card readers.
Logging Information
The file ValiFlash.log is generated for logging / auditing purposes. Each line contains the date, time and detailed
information about a particular operation. This file is located under Documents and Settings\All Users\
Application Data\DATAMAN\ValiFlash by default.
The following events are recorded in the log file with additional details.
• ValiFlash started
o The Vali-Flash application was started.
• ValiFlash shut down
o The Vali-Flash application was shutdown.
• Database Search/Edit
o The user went into the Database Search/Edit dialog.
• Begin validation
o The user started the validation process.
• CompactFlash found
o The CompactFlash® device was found either by entering the application or selecting Refresh drive list
• Drive 2 - …
o Drive 2 was found with the specified size.
• Seeking SHA1 ...
o The calculated SHA1 and Dataman CRC32 codes.
• Match found: …
o A match was found for this card and the name will be specified.
• No match found
o No match was found for this card.
• Begin save
o The CompactFlash® card saved to a file.
• Begin burn
o The burn process was started on a CompactFlash® card.