360 Systems DigiCart/EX - Manual (Page 29)

Files may be accessed by name or by file ID number. The key to the file ID system is an easily
understood five-character basic identifier. The first character represents the logical disk drive.
Drive Level ID:
Indicates DigiCart
drive number 0-6
1 . 8 027 L
Directory ID:
Indicates DigiCart Directory
number 0-9, or S for Stack
(Playlist) directory
File ID:
Index number within
each directory
Playlist modifier:
Indicates L for linear, or
R for Rotating Playlist
After a "." (decimal) the second character represents one of ten directories, ranging from 0 - 9. A
unique eleventh character, "S" is used to identify the Stack Directory (or Playlist Directory).
The next three digits identify individual cuts or Playlists: 000-999 so there can be 1000 cuts in each
of the 10 regular directories. An extra character follows Playlist numbers: L for Linear Playlists, R for
Rotating Playlists. For example:
Cut 27 in Directory 8 on the internal hard disk would have the ID: 1.8027
Rotating Playlist 5 on the Memory Card Reader would be identified as: 0.S005R
Every drive, directory, cut and Playlist can be given a 15-character alphanumeric name, so it is not
necessary to crosscheck between a printed index and the screen display. DigiCart/EX can sort
contents numerically by file ID, or alphabetically by name.
Drive Organization Strategy
As a network organizational strategy, it is recommended that all DigiCart/EX recorders in a network
be configured largely with the same drive organization. This will simplify network management and
sharing of Playlists and Hot Key assignments.
Each DigiCart drive has 10 fixed directories for audio recordings and one additional directory for
Playlists. Each directory can hold up to 1000 files of any length. Depending upon your recording
and organizational requirements, you may choose to partition this internal disk with 2 to 5 equally
sized partitions within this 137 GB system capacity.
DigiCart/EX has a flexible drive arrangement that allows a mix of internal drive partitions and
network drives. There are seven (0 through 6) drive selection numbers available on a DigiCart.
Drive 0 is always the removable media drive. Drive 1 is always the first hard disk partition. Drive 6
is always available for a network drive assignment. Drives 2 through 5 can be either internal disk
partitions or mapped to network drives. As more local partitions are created, fewer drive numbers
are available to map to network drives. Once the internal disk is partitioned, drive numbers
associated with those partitions cannot be re-mapped to network drives unless the internal disk is
reformatted.
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