Addonics Technologies CipherChain CCHESEXC34 User Manual

							 
ADDONICS TECHNOLOGIES 
Model: CCHESEXC34 
 
Installation Guide 
                           
  
 Operating Mode Standard HDD LED 
Cipher HDD LED 
Cipher key LED 
Compatible device 
Cipher mode (cipher switch is ON) OFF   Encrypted eSATA HDD / SSD Non-Cipher mode (cipher switch is OFF) 
 
OFF OFF 
Standard eSATA HDD / SDD / optical drive USB mode (no encryption) OFF OFF OFF Standard USB HDD / SDD / optical drive 
 
Adding the CipherChain ExpressCard to an existing 
Windows system 
 
Driver Installation: 
1. Insert AES 256-bit cipher key on the cipher keyhole. 
2. Press cipher switch using a pen tip or equivalent to ON 
position to enable encryption. 
3. Insert CipherChain Expresscard to ExpressCard slot.  
4. Attached an eSATA storage device to the hybrid eSATA 
port. This is required to power on the CipherChain 
Expresscard. 
5.  “Found New Hardware Wizard” opens. Follow wizard to 
update driver and navigate to the driver folder where the 
driver file is located. 
6. In cases where the “Found New Hardware Wizard” does 
not display, try to locate unknown Mass Storage 
Controller in Device Manager. Highlight and right click 
on the Mass Storage Controller then select Update 
driver. Navigate to the driver folder where the driver file 
is located. 
7. After driver installation, restart the system. 
 
Confirming Driver Installation 
1. Right click the My Computer icon and select Manage. 
2. Click Device Manager in the Menu Tree. 
3. Click the “+” sign in front of SCSI and RAID Controllers. 
You should see Silicon Image SiI 3531 SATA 
Controller. 
 
Operating the CipherChain Expresscard: 
 
I. Cipher mode 
       Cipher switch is in ON position. 
1. Insert AES 256-bit cipher key on the cipher keyhole. 
2. Press cipher switch using a pen tip or equivalent to ON 
position to enable encryption. 
3. Insert CipherChain Expresscard to ExpressCard slot.  
4. Attached an eSATA storage device to the hybrid eSATA 
port. Observe that both Cipher HDD & Cipher key LEDs 
light up. If it does not, remove the CipherChain 
Expresscard, reseat the cipher key and re-insert the 
CipherChain Expresscard to ExpressCard slot. 
5. For new drive, go to the operating system’s 
management utility to partition, format and mount the 
encrypted drive. 
6. Go to File Manager and view the encrypted drive. 
 
Note: Once the encrypted drive is partitioned and formatted, 
a drive letter should appear in My Computer. The eSATA 
drive will function just like any external hard drive. Data 
written to the drive will be instantly encrypted and data will 
also be automatically decrypted when it is read or 
transferred out of the drive. 
 
II. Non-Cipher mode 
       Cipher switch is in OFF position. 
1. Press cipher switch using a pen tip or equivalent to OFF 
position to disable encryption. 
2. Insert CipherChain Expresscard to ExpressCard slot.  
3. Attached an eSATA storage device to the hybrid eSATA 
port. Observe that standard HDD LED lights up. If it 
does not, remove the CipherChain Expresscard and re-
insert back to ExpressCard slot. 
4. For drive with data on it, go to File Manager and view 
the drive. 
 
Note: Encrypted drive will appear as brand new drive in non-
Cipher mode.  
 
III. USB2.0 mode 
1. Insert card to ExpressCard slot.  
2. Attached a USB storage device to the hybrid eSATA 
port.  
3. The system should detect an additional drive. 
 
Note: You may remove the cipher key from the CipherChain 
Expresscard once it is powered on. All the files being 
transferred into the drive are still encrypted even if the cipher 
key is removed. 
 
CipherChain Expresscard will be turned off whenever the 
eSATA cable is removed. This will remove the hard drive 
from the system and clear the cipher code. 
 
Best Practices: 
 Create a label to identify the eSATA storage device and 
the Cipher key used to encrypt the device. 
 Always keep a spare master key in a safe place. 
 
TECHNICAL SUPPORT 
 
Technical Support (8:30 am to 6:00 pm PST) 
Phone:     408 453-6212 
Email: http://www.addonics.com/support/query/ 
Cipher switch 
LEDs 
Cipher keyhole 
Hybrid eSATA Port 
 ON  ON 
 ON