Format Sd Card - ICP DAS USA CAN-Logger Series User Manual

4.2.5.1. Format SD card

The CAN-Logger series maximum support 32 GB FAT format SDHC card. The
default accessory of SDHC card is 4GB. If user needs large size of SDHC card, user
can replace the default with the newer large size of SDHC card. If user uses their own
SDHC card, inorder to make the CAN-Logger series to have the best performance to
read/write data from/to SDHC card, we suggest user to format the SDHC card to FAT32
with 32KB clusters before used. User can use the following command on cmd windows
of windows OS to format the SDHC card on the SDHC card reader device.
Example: Format the SDHC card (j disk) to FAT32 with 32k cluster format and label it
to "CAN_LOG".
format: format command supported by windows OS.
j: The SDHC card on SDHC card reader is simulated to j disk.
/fs:filesystem: Specifies the type of the file system (FAT, FAT32). FAT32 file system is
strongly recommended for CAN-Logger series use
/a:size: Overrides the default allocation unit size. Size of 32K setting is strongly
recommended for CAN-Logger series use.
/v:label: Specifies the volume label. Default setting is "CAN_LOG'
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