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The most common application is to run up to six USC-2/3 cards in standalone mode (flash mode) and use one SAMLight license to prepare job files and do the flash job management of all cards.

Figure 389: Schematic representation of a MultiCard construction

1.Close SAMLight and start the server in visible mode (<SCAPS>\system\sc_usc_server /v).

2.Connect only one USC-2/3 card at a time via both USB and Ethernet.

3.Select the USC-2/3 card in the server and click on the LAN ... button and define the Ethernet settings. Leave the dialog with the Connect button. After that you can check the '+' sign in the LAN column of the usc server.

4.Repeat steps 2 and 3 for each USC-2/3 card.

5.Unplug all USC-2/3 cards.

6.Define the order of the USC-2/3 cards in '<SCAPS>\system\sc_usc_card_ids.txt'. The order of the dongle IDs in this file corresponds to the head (card) number as you can find it in the mark- and flash-dialog.

7.The IP addresses of every USC-2/3 card should now appear as a connect number in '<SCAPS>\system\sc_usc.cfg'. The server attempts to connect only to these IP addresses. The order of the IP addresses in this list does not matter.

8.Enable the checkbox 'MultiCard' in sc_usc_server (<SCAPS>\system\sc_usc_server /v).

9.Connect all USC-2/3 cards via Ethernet, double check the order of the cards in the visible server.

10.Go to <SCAPS>\tools\sc_setup.exe → HardwareSettings and configure each USC-2/3 card individually and save the changes to the settings file.

11.Do not forget to click on the Store button in the Driver Settings for each card to save the settings to the USC-2/3 cards as well.

12.Finally the setup is done. Any card connected to the sc_usc_server can be controlled in different ways:

a.SAMLight: Marking directly in SAMLight (not in flash mode)

b.SAMLight: Flash job management in Extras → Flash

c.SAMLight: Flash job management with Client Control Interface calls

d.Telnet: Use the FTP server to add jobs, use Flash Control Interface calls to manage flash joblist

e.sc_usc_server: Flash job management with the Save, Load and Delete buttons in '<SCAPS>\system\sc_usc_server /v → Flash'