Addonics Technologies Diamond Cipher 35 SATA dcdcs256 User Manual

							 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Addonics 
T E C H N O L O G I E S 
 
 
 
 
Diamond Cipher AES 256-bit Drive Cartridge System 
 
Model: DCDCS256S & DCDCS256U 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
User’s Guide 
 
 
 
 
 
FCC Warning Statement  This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a class B digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC rules.  These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation.  This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy.  If not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, it may cause harmful interference to radio communications.  However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation.  If the equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment on and off, the user is encouraged to try and correct the interference by one or more of the following suggestions. Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the distance between the equipment and the receiver  Connect the equipment to a different power outlet other than the one where receiver is connected Consult a certified television or radio technician 
Enclosure and Drive Cradle Overview 
 
The  drive  enclosure  is  the  enclosure where  a  SATA  hard  drive  is  mounted  and 
secured by 4 screws. 
 
Drive  cradle,  also  known  as  fixed  tray,  is  the  frame  that  mounts  inside  the  drive 
bay  of  a  desktop,  server  or  any  computing  equipment.  The drive  cradle provides 
both power and data connection between the computer and the drive enclosure.   
 
The Diamond cipher drive cradle fits into any standard 5 ¼” drive bay and can 
connect to the computer via SATA or USB 2.0. This interface allows hot 
swapping the hard drive without restarting or rebooting the system. The Diamond 
drive cradle is compatible with all Diamond drive enclosures and Diamond cipher 
drive enclosures. As a result you can insert SATA or IDE hard drive, encrypted or 
unencrypted, into the same drive cradle of a computer. 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
Cipher Key Socket 
Handle 
Encryption key active LED 
Cipher Key Power Switch / Locking Mechanism 
Power LED 
Drive Activity LED 
Drive Cradle 
Drive Enclosure  
						

							Diamond Cipher key 
 
Check to make sure you have the correct version of the Diamond Cipher key.  
 
 
The key should match the label at the back 
of the drive enclosure. 
 
Black label AES-256 stands for Diamond 
Cipher 256-bit key 
 
 
 
 
IMPORTANT  
 
There is no back door for the Diamond Cipher encrypted hard drive if the 
key is lost or stolen.  
 
To ensure there is a spare key, your Diamond Cipher bundled kit comes with one 
pair of Diamond Cipher keys. These 2 keys have identical encryption code. One 
of these keys should be kept in a safe and secure location and can be sent back 
to Addonics for duplicating additional keys. If you are down to the last key, be 
sure to make a back up of all the data stored inside your encrypted hard drive 
prior to sending the last key to Addonics. Addonics is not responsible for key lost 
in the mail or retrieval of the data inside the encrypted hard drive. 
 
 The CIPHER key MUST be inserted at the front of the drive enclosure in 
order for the drive to be ACTIVATED. 
 Once the drive is INITIALIZED using the Cipher Key that comes with the kit, 
the drive can only be accessed by the original key. 
 The 2 keys that come with each Diamond Cipher bundled kit has their own 
unique encryption code.  So the keys among different kits are not 
interchangeable. 
 If you have multiple sets of Diamond Cipher kits and would like all the keys 
to have the same encryption code, you may make this request at the time of 
your order or mail the keys together with master key back to Addonics to 
recode them for you. Again be sure that you keep a spare key with you. 
Make a back up of your data if you are mailing in your last key. 
 
 
Keeping track of the hard drive  
 
If you are using the Diamond Cipher drive enclosure to encrypt multiple hard 
drives, it is important to label your hard drive if you are taking the drive out of the 
enclosure.  The hard drive with Diamond Cipher encryption will look like a brand 
new drive when attach directly to the SATA controller of a computer. There will 
be no partition or any hint to indicate that the drive contains encrypted data.  
When the drive is partitioned, all the encrypted data will be lost.  
 
The same holds true if a hard drive already has data on it is installed into the 
Diamond Cipher drive enclosure. The computer detects the hard drive as a brand 
new drive or a drive that is unallocated. Once you proceed to partition the drive, 
the data that was on the hard drive will be erased and cannot be recovered.  
 
A Diamond Cipher encrypted hard drive can be moved to another Diamond 
Cipher drive enclosure. But the same key used in encrypting the hard drive must 
be used in the new drive enclosure in order to access the drive. 
 
If you are installing multiple Diamond Cipher drive kits in your 
organization, it is important to keep track of the drive and the encryption 
key. Once it gets mixed up, there is no possible way to recover the data on 
the encrypted hard drive. 
 
Hard Drive Installation Guide 
 
Step 1 
Use a Philips screwdriver to 
turn the cover securing screw 
into the “OPEN” position. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Step 2 
Slide the aluminum cover 
towards the back end of the 
Diamond and remove it. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Step 3 
Carefully place the SATA hard drive 
with the label facing up into the 
Diamond enclosure.  Push the hard 
drive towards the back end to secure 
the drive connectors onto the 
Diamond enclosure’s SATA 
connector. 
 
        
						

							Step 4 
Turn the Diamond enclosure over with 
the hard drive mounting holes facing 
up. Use the included flat head screws 
to secure the hard drive onto the 
bottom of the enclosure and turn in 
the screw to the “LOCK” position. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Powering On the Drive Cartridge System: 
 
Note:  Be sure the Diamond cipher key is inserted into the drive enclosure prior 
to turning on the power of the drive cradle. The hard drive will not be 
detected by the computer if the power to the drive cradle is turned on 
without the Cipher key. Under such condition, the power on the drive 
cradle will have to be turned off and turned back on again with the 
Cipher key already inserted into the drive enclosure in order to detect 
the hard drive. 
 
Power Switch:  
 
To power on the enclosure, use the key provided to turn the locking mechanism 
on the drive cradle into the Lock position. When the switch is turned on, the 
green LED located on the left side of the drive cradle would light up to indicate 
power. The encryption key LED will also light up. The amber LED will blink if 
there is drive activity. 
 
Note:  There are no drivers needed to use the eSATA cable as long as the 
drivers are installed for the Serial ATA Controller card/chip. It is plug 
and play. 
 
Brand new hard drive must be partitioned and formatted first before a 
drive letter is assigned by the OS. When a hard drive with data on it is 
formatted with the Diamond cipher all the data will be erased. 
 
Once the drive is detected by the system OS, the Diamond cipher key 
may be removed from the drive enclosure.  The encryption key LED will 
turn off but the Diamond Cipher hard drive will continue operating 
normally (encrypting) till it is removed from the system or powered off. 
 
 
 
 
 
Cable Connections 
 
Model: DCDCS256S 
 
Power: Use either the 4-pin Molex or the 15-pin SATA power connector.  
Do not use both power sources simultaneously. 
 
Data: 
Connect the SATA cable to the SATA connector located at the back of the drive 
cradle and the other end to the SATA connector on your SATA host controller or 
onboard SATA port. 
 
LED cable: Only needed if you want to get drive access signal from the SATA 
controller. Use the LED cable to connect the LED pin located at the back of the 
cradle (beside the LED switch) to the LED jumper pins on your SATA host 
controller or onboard SATA port to enable the drive activity LED.  
Factory default, LED signal coming from hard drive. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
    
						

							Model: DCDCS256U 
 
Power: Using the 4-pin floppy connector of the Y-cable, connect it to the floppy-
type power connector on the converter. To provide power for the y-cable, 
connect it to one of your desktops 4-pin molex cable. 
 
Data: 
Internal Connection 
Use the USB 5-pin header cable to connect to the 5-pin connection on the 
converter located below the USB Type B connector to the 5-pin USB connection 
on your motherboard. 
 
External Connection 
Use the USB Type A-B data cable to connect the converter to the USB port on 
your system. 
 
LED cable: Only needed if you want to get drive access signal from the SATA to 
USB2.0 converter. Use the LED cable to connect the LED pin located at the back 
of the cradle (beside the LED switch) to the LED jumper pins on the SATA to 
USB2.0 converter to enable the drive activity LED. 
Factory default, LED signal coming from hard drive. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Technical Support 
 
If you need assistance to get your unit functioning properly, please call Addonics 
Technical Support.  Our technical staff will be happy to assist you, but they will 
need your help to do so.  Calling the technical support staff without all the proper 
information can be both time consuming and frustrating.  Here are some tips to 
help you out: 
 
MODEL NUMBER – Please have this number on hand. 
SYSTEM INFORMATION – Type of computer, peripherals, etc. 
  OPERATING SYSTEM – What version of Windows   
  WHAT’S THE TROUBLE? – Give enough information  
about your problem so that we can recreate and diagnose it. 
 
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