360 Systems DigiCart/EX - Manual (Page 114)

Managing Net Drives on the DigiCart/EX
M OUNT N ETWORK D RIVE
DigiCart/EX can attach to up to four network drives at a time. It can be helpful to think of these
“virtual drives” as individual projects, each with a set of ten subdirectories that can help you
organize your studio. There may be dozens of projects (or “virtual drives”) available on the network.
Each time you start a new project, simply create a new shared subdirectory on the server.
Multiple DigiCart/EXs can attach to the same network drives. This scheme allows a network to be
organized with “central” network drives for a music library, sound effects, and commercials, and
“project-specific” network drives for individual productions, or individual people. With this
powerful organizational scheme, many DigiCart/EXs can be connected to the central library drives
and still connect to networked project-specific drives from any studio on the network.
The Mount Network Drive utility is used to establish a link between an available drive number on
DigiCart/EX and one of many available drives on the network. This link is called a ‘drive map’. The
basic process is to select a local drive number to be mapped, and then select a network drive to
which it will be linked. DigiCart/EX will always have at least one drive number that can be mapped
to the network, but depending upon the number of drives assigned to local partitions, up to four
drive numbers may be available for network assignments (see the table on page 37).
To Mount a Network Drive
Press
UTILITY
and select MOUNT NETWORK DRIVE, press
ENTER
. Select a local drive
number to link to the network, press
ENTER
. Scroll the list of available mount paths and press
ENTER
to link the selected path to the DigiCart/EX. Repeat this process to establish other links.
Links may be changed, or deleted at any time. If the network is not on-line when this is
invoked, you can manually enter the path name.
To Dismount a Network Drive
Press
UTILITY
and select MOUNT NETWORK DRIVE, press
ENTER
. Select a local drive
number to unlink from the network, press
ENTER
. Use the knob to select the “NONE” option
for the mount path assignment and press
ENTER
. If the network is not on-line, you will be able
to edit the mount path name manually. Enter a blank name to dismount. Use the keyboard to
erase the name of the network drive, press
ENTER
to confirm. Note that pressing the left and
right arrow buttons at the same time will clear the field from the cursor position to the end of the
line. Breaking a link by erasing the drive map name will cause DigiCart/EX to omit this drive
number from the scrolling list of drives. It is also beneficial because DigiCart/EX will not spend
time attempting to re-establish the link. Repeat this process to break other links.
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• Networking