Buffalo DriveStation Combo User manual

Package contents:

•Main Unit (DriveStation)

•Power Cord

•USB Cable

•1394/FireWire Cable

•DriveNavigator Installation CD

•User Guides

Mac User Guide

DriveStation Duo

v1.4

Back Panel Layout

Power On

Off

Plug for

Power Cord

Auto On/Off

Manual On/Off

USB

1394/FireWire

4 pin FireWire

Note: Changing between RAID modes is done with the RAID Utility, included

with the software on your DriveNavigator CD.

DriveStation Setup

Flip the power switch on the back of DriveStation to the OFF position. Plug

DriveStation’s power cord into a power outlet. Then, connect a USB or rewire

cable into a matching port on the back of DriveStation.

Connect the USB or rewire cable to your Mac or other device you are adding

the DriveStation to.

Flip the power switch on the back of the DriveStation to the ON (“I”) position.

Your Mac will detect the new drive and place an icon on your desktop.

Your DriveStation is now ready for use! Double-click on the icon to open the hard

drive.

DriveStation Setup

By default, your Duo is congured in independent disk mode. This gives

you two equally sized drives to use on your computer. For example, a

DriveStation Duo 500GB appears by default as two 250 GB hard drives

to your computer. If you would prefer a single large drive, or a mirrored

RAID pair, you may use the RAID Utility to change your DriveStation

Duo’s conguration.

The RAID Utility only runs on PCs and G4 based Macs! You may use

the DriveStation with an Intel Mac, but you will not be able to change

the RAID settings from it. You must use a Windows PC or a PowerPC

based Mac to run the RAID Utility!

The RAID Utility allows you to congure your DriveStation Duo in

several modes:

Independent Disks - Appears to your computer as two separate hard

drives.

Spanning Mode - Appears to your computer as one large hard drive.

RAID 1 Mirror - Appears to your computer as a single drive. The

second drive is an exact copy of the rst drive, for redundancy.

Note that you must be connected to the DriveStation Duo with a

FireWire connection to use this utility.

Changing the mode of the drives in your Duo will erase all data on them!

Back up any important data before using the RAID utility.

To install the RAID utility, open the Mac folder on your DriveNavigator

CD.

Double-click on RaidSetting.dmg to install the RAID Utility.

Installing the RAID Utility

Using the RAID Utility

Double-click the RaidSetting icon on your desktop.

The program will open.

Once launched, the RAID Utility will briey scan for your DriveStation

Duo. This may take a few seconds.

The initial screen will show your conguration. If your Duo is new, it will

probably be in Normal mode, with two equally sized independent disks.

To change the RAID mode, click RAID Setup and choose Change Disk

Structure.

Using the RAID Utility

Select the drive structure that you’d like to use. Click OK, Yes, Yes, and

OK. Understand that this will erase any data on the drive!

The disk structure will be rebuilt and automatically formatted with

FAT32. FAT32 is compatible with Windows PCs, Macs, and Linux.

However, FAT32 is limited to 4GB les, making it unsuitable for use

with many video editing and backup software packages. If you plan to

use the DriveStation with programs that generate les larger than 4GB

in size, use the Mac Disk Utility to reformat your drive with a “Mac OS

Extended” format.

FCC Warning

This device complies with part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is

subject to the following two conditions: (1) This device may not cause

harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference

received, including interference that may cause undesired operation.

Technical Specications

Standard Compliance: USB 2.0; IEEE1394a

Seek Time: Max. 11 milliseconds

Transmission Speed: Max. 480 Mbps

Power Consumption: Max. 47W, Average 22W

Power Supply: AC100~240V 50/60Hz

Dimensions: 3.9” x 6.4” x 8.7” (99 x 163 x 221 mm)

Weight: 6.4 lbs. (2.9 kgs)

Operating Environment: 5 - 35 degree C

20-80% humidity (non-condensing)

Mac OS Compatibility: Mac OSX (G4 only)

USA/Canada Technical Support is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week

Toll-Free: 866-752-6210

email: [email protected]

Europe Technical Support is available between 9am-6pm (Monday-Thursday) (GMT)

and 9am-4:30pm on Fridays.

Phone (UK only): 08712 50 12 60*

Phone: +353 61 70 80 50

Email: helpdesk@buffalo-technology.ie

*Calls cost 8.5p per minute

http://www.buffalotech.com

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