360 Systems DigiCart/EX - Manual (Page 28)

Chapter 3
File Organization and Navigation
Overview of Drive and Directory Structure
DigiCart/EX retains the same drive and directory structure as previous DigiCarts. DigiCart/EX can
have up to seven “logical” drives (numbered 0-6). Drive 0 is always the Memory Card Reader.
Drive 1 is always the internal hard disk. The internal hard disk can be partitioned into 1 to 5 logical
drive partitions (see Format Disk under Utility Menu Features). Finally, up to four of remaining drive
numbers may be mapped to Network Drives. (See Mount Network Drive under Utility Menu
Features.)
It may seem overwhelming to consider that DigiCart/EX may access tens of thousands of individual
recordings and Playlists. Yet the ID and name system of DigiCart/EX simplifies and clarifies the
location and identity of every cut and Playlist.
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Each may contain up to
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Stack Directory
May contain up to
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Each drive has 11 directories (numbered 0 through 9, plus “S”). Drives and Directories can be
labeled for convenience. Each directory contains 1,000 Index numbers for audio files, called “Cuts”.
Cuts can be of any length, but are identified by this fixed Indexing scheme. Directory S is reserved
for up to 1,000 Playlists (or Stack files). Playlists are not audio files, but merely listings of file IDs.
Audio files cannot be stored in the Stack Directory.
Network Drives are folders on a server, PC or other network storage resource. Four can be mounted
on a single DigiCart/EX at a time. However, many of these “virtual drives” can be created on the
network, and selected through the Mount Network Drive process. These folders can be shared by
multiple DigiCart/EX units, and with proper network configuration can also be shared by other PC
users.
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