Advanced Usage

introduction while the basic functionality would normally be enough for anyone to forget about having to use a memory card to save their game progress in gamecube and wii consoles, the memcard pro gc gets really exciting when you start taking advantage of all the advanced features it has to offer these features are presented below, along with instructions on how to use them automatic game detection (gameid) the memcard pro gc supports various ways of detecting the unique disc identifier of the game you've launched, and the method depends on the console you are using it on, and how you launch your games gamecube in order to use gameid detection on gamecube consoles, you will need to use specialised software that can send the id to the memory card software supported are " swiss" and "cubeboot" wii in order to use gameid detection on wii consoles, you will need to use specialised software that can send the id to the memory card at the moment only " nintendont " software has experimental support for gameid using automatic game detection with gameid means that your memcard pro gc will generate a unique set of virtual memory cards for each game you play this way you can have your saves separate, and you don't need to worry about mounting the correct virtual memory card that contains your saves when launching your favourite games these virtual memory cards will be identifiable on the microsd card through their unique id if you do not want to use per game virtual memory cards and prefer to use generic virtual memory cards that you can manage yourself, this feature can be turned off in the webui settings page cloud backups the memcard pro gc is the only memory card for the gamecube and wii consoles that allows you to automatically back up your virtual memory cards to your favourite cloud service provider through its wifi connectivity at the time being, only google drive is supported as a cloud service provider more providers will be added with future updates set up (google drive) to setup cloud backups for the first time, please follow the instructions below power up your console with the memcard pro gc plugged in on the memcard pro gc, press and hold the left button until a message shows up release the button this will bring up the main menu by clicking the left button to change the highlighted entry, move the cursor ＞ to the "cloud" option click the right button on the device to select it and enter the "cloud sync" submenu make sure the cursor points to "sync vmc now" and click the right button the cloud sync setup will start after a few seconds, you will be greeted with a message with a url and a uniquely generated code on your phone, tablet or computer, launch your web browser and navigate to https //google com/device once the page loads, enter the code exactly as it is shown on the memcard pro gc oled display (including dashes if there are any) and click "continue" google drive will ask you to log in with your google account if you don't have one, you can create one for free by following the instructions on your browser you will be presented with a page to verify that you want the memcard pro gc to access your google drive the memcard pro gc will only access files and folders it creates it does need or request to have access to your entire google drive files the required permissions will be listed on that page if you see anything suspicious, cancel the request immediately and contact us to let us know if everything is ok, click the "continue" button the setup is now complete the memcard pro gc will return to the main screen and start uploading your first virtual memory card! automatic backups once you have finished setting up cloud backups on google drive, you can now enable automatic backups! automatic backups work by monitoring your virtual memory cards and automatically uploading a new version to the cloud provider whenever new data is saved to them the data that is backed up to the cloud is the whole virtual memory card and not individual saves however, an automatic upload will happen even when you save a single game in a virtual memory card to enable automatic backups, you can either enable the option in the webui settings page, or follow the instructions below power up your console with the memcard pro gc plugged in on the memcard pro gc, press and hold the left button until a message shows up release the button this will bring up the main menu by clicking the left button to change the highlighted entry, move the cursor ＞ to the "cloud" option click the right button on the device to select it and enter the "cloud sync" submenu click the left button to move the cursor to "auto sync" and click the right button to confirm you will enter a new submenu called "autosync vmcs?" make sure the cursor is point to the "enabled" entry and confirm with the right button automatic backups will now be enabled if you want to disable this feature, follow the same instructions above and instead select the "disabled" option in the "autosync vmcs" submenu ftp server feature the memcard pro gc can run a small ftp server when the wifi is connected this feature provides convenience in terms of managing the physical virtual memory card files on your sd card remotely you can download or upload files directly to the memcard pro gc microsd card wirelessly by using this feature to setup the ftp server on your memcard pro gc, follow the instructions below power up the memcard pro gc and wait for it to be connected to your wifi network bring up the webui on your favourite web browser click "settings" next to the "ftp server" setting, enable the toggle two new fields will come up for a username and password enter a username and password combination that you will remember save the settings and power cycle the memcard pro gc once this has been set up and you have power cycled the memcard pro gc, the ftp server will become available after the memcard pro gc has connected to your wifi network again in order to connect to the memcard pro gc ftp server, you need to use an ftp client application we strongly suggest using the free application filezilla which should be available for any operating system other clients may or may not work with the memcard pro gc ftp server example instructions are provided below to setup the ftp client "filezilla" to connect to the memcard pro gc launch filezilla and create a new ftp connection under the "general" tab, enter the memcard pro gc assigned ip address to the "host" field (look under the "wireless features" section on how to find this information) in the "encryption" dropdown, select "only use plain ftp (insecure)" under "logon type" select "normal" enter the username and password you've assigned to the ftp server in the memcard pro2 webui settings in the "user" and password" fields click the "transfer settings" tab under "transfer mode" select "passive" check the checbox "limit number of simultaneous connections" and set the number to "1" save your settings and click connect to connect to the ftp server if the connection is successful, you will be presented with a split view of your local files and the remote files on the memcard pro2 microsd card the memcard pro gc has limited wireless bandwidth and a very simple implementation of an ftp server due to the contstraints of the hardware it is not possible to use advanced features such as muiltiple connections and / or end to end encryption transfer rates may be slow compared to the capacity of your wireless network alternative boot modes the memcard pro gc, beyond its normal functionality, has alternative modes it can boot in in order to interface with other systems through its usb port, like with a computer the available boot modes and their functionality are described below to enter the selection menu for an alternative boot mode, you need to connect a usb micro b cable to the memcard pro gc usb port press and hold the right button on the memcard pro gc connect the other end to a computer a message will appear release the button if you've done the procedure correctly, the "boot mode" menu will appear mass storage mode the mass storage mode allows you to use the memcard pro gc as a microsd card adapter (mass storage device) on your computer once you confirm the mode with the right button, the memcard pro gc logo will appear with the words "mass storage mode" under it the device should be detected on your computer, and you will be able to browse the microsd card files as you would normally do with any microsd card reader factory reset this boot mode is used for troubleshooting selecting it in the boot mode menu will clear the internally saved settings of your memcard pro gc and restart the device in a state as when you first bought it factory resetting will clear all settings, including the associated wifi, ftp server settings, cloud backup connection and any custom virtual memory card names it will not delete any physical data from your microsd card, nor will it delete any saves in your virtual memory cards template cards template cards are a great way to always create new virtual memory cards with specific files already embedded in them in order to set up template cards, you need to power up your memcard pro gc and visit the settings page in the webui click the "use template cards?" toggle to enable the feature you can have a template card for each system and each size you use for template cards , copy your favourite raw file, and depending on its size, rename it to /gc/templates/template 8mb raw /gc/templates/template 32mb raw /gc/templates/template 64mb raw /gc/templates/template 128mb raw once you've set it up, the next time the memcard pro gc needs to create a new card, it will copy it from the template you have provided instead of creating an empty one