Note

Do not disconnect the cable before performing steps 1 and 2.

1 Eject the disc by clicking the eject button to the right of the icon for this unit in the Finder, or by dragging the icon for this unit from the Finder to the Trash.

2 Disconnect the i.LINK cable as required.

To make a reconnection

To reconnect after exiting file operations, do one of the following, depending on whether an i.LINK cable is connected.

i.LINK cable is not connected: Connect this unit and a remote computer with an i.LINK cable.

i.LINK cable is connected: The unit is mounted automatically, so you do not need to do anything.

The unit is powered off and an i.LINK cable is connected: Power the unit on.

FTP File Operations

File operations between this unit and a remote computer can be carried out by the File Transfer Protocol (called FTP below).

Preparations

1 Connect the network connectors of this unit and a remote computer with a network cable (see connections illustration on page 28). Or connect this unit to the network to which the remote computer is connected (see connections illustration on page 28).

2 Set the IP address and other network setting items for this unit. 1)

For details, see “To change network settings” (page 111).

If network settings have already been made Check the IP address of this unit.

For details, see “To check the assigned IP address” (page 111).

1)This unit is able to acquire an IP address automatically from a DHCP server. It also supports an Auto-IP function to assign an IP address automatically when access from this unit to the DHCP server times out. You can check DHCP settings and the assigned IP address on page M5:NETWORK of the maintenance menu.

3 Set the remote control switch to “NET” (see page 13).

Making FTP connections

FTP connections between this unit and a remote computer can be made with either of the following.

•The command prompt

•FTP client software

This section explains how to use the command prompt. For more information about using FTP client software, refer to the documentation of the FTP client software on your system.

Note

An FTP client that supports UTF-8 is required to use Unicode characters other than ASCII characters. Command prompt FTP commands do not support UTF-8.

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