Exercise 1: Copy Files to a USB Flash Drive and Perform USB Mirror
Exercise 1: Copy Files to a USB Flash Drive and Perform USB Mirror
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Exercise 1: Copy Files to a USB Flash Drive and Perform USB Mirror

This exercise demonstrates the common practice of manually updating printers with the latest firmware and a label format.
Supports USB Flash drives (or thumb drive or memory stick) up to 1 Terabyte (TB). The printer will not recognize drives larger than 1 TB.
The USB Flash drive must be formatted with the FAT file system. Filenames maybe 1 to 16 alphanumeric characters (A, a, B, b, C, c, ..., 0, 1, 2, 3, ...) only. Only use ASCII characters. Do not use Asian characters, Cyrillic characters, or accented characters in file names. Some functions may not work properly if there are underscores in a file name. Use periods instead.
Some functions may not work properly if there are underscores in a file name. Use periods instead.
  1. On your USB Flash Drive:
    1. Create a folder:
      Zebra
    2. In that folder, create three sub-directories:
      app
      commands
      files
  2. In the
    /appl
     folder, place a copy of the latest firmware for the printer.
  3. In the
    /files
    folder, place the following file:
    File 1:
    ZEBRA.BMP
  4. In the
    /commands
    folder, place the following file:
    File 2:
    SAMPLELABEL.TXT
    File 3:
    LOGO.ZPL
  5. Load the printer with media. See Loading Roll Media in the ZD611R Printer.
  6. Insert the USB Flash drive into the USB host port on the printer.
  7. Observe the user interface and wait.
    If the firmware version on the USB Flash drive is different than the version installed on the printer, the firmware will download to the printer. The data indicator will flash green while the firmware is downloading. The printer will restart with all indicators flashing. When the firmware update has been completed, the
    STATUS
     indicator will display solid green as the firmware is validated and installed. A printer configuration report is automatically printed and the firmware update has been completed.
  8. Remove the USB Flash drive from the printer.
Exercise 1: Advanced User Information
Enable/disable mirroring:
! U1 setvar "usb.mirror.enable" "value"
 — Values:
"on"
 or
"off"
Enable/disable automatic mirroring that occurs when a USB Flash drive is inserted into the USB host port:
! U1 setvar "usb.mirror.auto" "value"
 — Values:
"on"
 or
"off"
Mirror Operation Retry Number — Specify the number of times that the mirror operation will be repeated if it fails:
! U1 setvar "usb.mirror.error_retry" "value"
 — Values:
0
 to
65535
Change File Path FROM USB — Reprogram the file location the printer searches to retrieve files from the USB memory during Mirror operations.
! U1 setvar "usb.mirror.appl_path" "new_path"
 — Default:
"zebra/appl"
Change File Path TO USB — Reprogram the file location the printer places files into USB memory during Mirror operations.
! U1 setvar "usb.mirror.path" "path"
 — Default:
"zebra"
Enable/disable the USB Host port
! U1 setvar "usb.host.lock_out" "value"
 — Values:
"on"
 or
"off"