Last Updated
15 September 2009


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Stand Alone Use


This Guide applies to the Gold Mate PC and Gold Mate PC Plus.

To use your GMPC or GMPC+ as a stand alone copier you need only connect the power. You DO NOT need to connect it to the PC. See the FAQ for the power supply requirements.

Once the power is connected you have three options

  1. Read A Card

  2. Program A Card

  3. Program A Card & Code Protect It

Before we go into these in more detail we will explain more about how the Gold Mates internals work.

The main 2 components of the GMPC or GMPC+ are the Microprocessor and the Eeprom. The Microprocessor is the main brain of the GMPC or GMPC+ which does all the work. The Eeprom is where the code from the card is stored.
 


Read A Card
 
Set the jumper on the to position 1.

Insert the card into the card slot with the contacts of the card facing down.

The red LED will light. Wait until the LED goes out and then remove the card. The code from the card has now been copied into the Eeprom on the GMPC or GMPC+. It will remain there until you overwrite it even if the power is removed.

If the LED flashes then there is an error. you can find a list of error codes at the bottom of this page.

Now you are ready to program a new card
 

 
Program A Card Without Code Protection
 
Set the jumper on to position 2.

WARNING: this will overwrite any code that is on the card you use for this step.

Insert the card into the card slot with the contacts of the card facing down.

The red LED will light. Wait until the LED goes out and then remove the card. The code from the Eeprom on the GMPC or GMPC+ has now been copied to the Card. It will remain there until you overwrite it.

If the LED flashes then there is an error. you can find a list of error codes at the bottom of this page.

REMEMBER the code on the card is not code protected and can be read out by anyone with PIC programming equipment.
 


Program A Card & Code Protect It
 
Set the jumper on to position 3.

WARNING: this will overwrite any code that is on the card you use for this step.

Insert the card into the card slot with the contacts of the card facing down.

The red LED will light. Wait until the LED goes out and then remove the card. The code from the Eeprom on the GMPC or GMPC+ has now been copied to the Card. It will remain there until you overwrite it. The code on the card is code protected so people will not be able to read it out with standard PIC programming equipment.

If the LED flashes then there is an error. you can find a list of error codes at the bottom of this page.
 


Error Codes
 
If at any stage the LED flashes then it will flash a sequence with a pause between them Count how many flashes between each pause and refer to the below codes.

Flashes

  1. No PIC or Card detected. This could mean there is a missing PIC on the card, the PIC is damaged or the card is not a PIC chip supported by your GMPC or GMPC+.
  2. PIC Code Protection on. The card you are trying to copy has the code protection set on so you will not be able to copy this card.
  3. PIC Verify error. The code has been sent to the PIC but when it was verified it failed. This usually means the PIC chip in the card is bad.
  4. 24C16 Verify Error. The code has been sent to the 24C16/64 on the card but when it was verified it failed. This usually means the Eeprom chip on the card is bad.
  5. 24C64 Error. This means the Eeprom chip on the GMPC or GMPC+ PC is bad.

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