MicroBoards Technology HCL-4000, HCL Series LCD Control Panel Layout, Front Panel Controls

MICROBOARDS TECHNOLOGY, LLC HCL Series

The Robotic Platform

The Microboards HCL Series autoloader has five spindles (see Figure 1-2) that hold approximately 250 discs each; variations in media thickness between brands will change the number of discs you can load at any one time.

Initially, Spindle 1 will be left empty. The robotic arm picks blank discs from Spindle 2 first, and places the successful copies onto Spindle 1. Once Spindle 2 is empty, it picks blank discs from Spindle 3, and places the successful copies onto Spindle 2. It then picks from Spindle 4 and places onto Spindle 3, and then picks from Spindle 5 and places onto Spindle 4. Reject discs are placed on to the deck below the drive trays. (Throughout this manual, this area is also referred as “Reject Area”).

Figure 1-2 Five Spindle Robotic

Duplicator Top View

The LCD Control Panel

Figure 1-3 shows the LCD Control Panel. This panel has a two-line, 20 character LCD display to provide user feedback. Eight push buttons control the operation of the Microboards HCL Series. The functions for these buttons are shown in Table 1-1.

		Figure 1-3 LCD Control Panel Layout
Control	Name	Function
	Up	Scroll up through the menu or list.
	Down	Scroll down through the menu or list.
	OK	Execute the function. Also called OK in the Menus.
	ESC	Go back to the previous function.
	Copy	Quick key to make a copy. Pressing this key takes you directly to the 1. Copy
		menu.
	Hard	Quick key to access the hard drive utilities. Pressing this key takes you directly
	Drive	to the 10. Hard Drive Setup menu.
	Single	Quick key to change the Master Mode to SINGLE. Pressing this sets the unit in
	Master	Single Master Mode without going into the 8. Master Mode menu..
	Multi	Quick key to change the Master Mode to MULTI. Pressing this sets the unit in
	Master	Multi Master Mode without going into the 8. Master Mode menu.
		Table 1-1: Front Panel Controls

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