Apricorn Aegis Padlock Fortess User Manual
Aegis Padlock Fortress
Quick Start Guide
SHIFT button
UNLOCK button
LOCK button
LED Indicator lights
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When you rst plug in the Aegis
Padlock Fortress, the unit will do
a self-test to verify all security
components are working properly.
The LEDs will go through 3 test
stages RED, GREEN, and BLUE.
This will be followed by three
GREEN ashes on a successful
test. Any test failure will leave the
unit in an interoperable state with
the RED LED ashing.
First Time Use
Before the Padlock can be used, the Admin PIN MUST be set. The LED will display
Solid BLUE and Solid GREEN to indicate the Padlock is waiting for a PIN to be set.
To Set-up the Admin PIN:
1. Press UNLOCK + 9. The LED will change to Solid BLUE and Blinking GREEN.
2. Enter the new Admin PIN and press UNLOCK key. If accepted the GREEN LED
will ash for 3 short blinks, then return to Solid BLUE and Blinking GREEN.
3. Re-enter the Admin PIN and press the UNLOCK key. If accepted the GREEN
LED will be Solid for 3 seconds.
4. LED will then turn BLUE and remain in Admin mode for 30 seconds or if the
LOCK key is pressed, will return the drive to a standby state.
5. The Admin PIN is now set and will allow access to the drive or the Admin features.
6. To UNLOCK the drive, exit Admin by pressing the LOCK button. Then enter the
new PIN and press UNLOCK.
*Note: PINs must be a minimum length of 7 maximum 16 digits.
Cannot contain all consecutive numbers (2345678 or 9876543)
Cannot contain all same number (1111111)
The SHIFT key can be used for additional combinations.
SHIFT + 1 are a separate value than just 1.
Locking the Drive
To lock the drive, press the LOCK button.
If data is still being written to the drive, the Padlock will wait until all data has been written to
the drive and then it will lock automatically.
Note: The Aegis Padlock will not be recognized by the operating system in the standby state.
Unlocking the Drive
To unlock the drive, enter either a User PIN or Admin PIN and press the UNLOCK button.
Adding a new User PIN
1. Enter the Admin Mode (UNLOCK + 0 for ve seconds. Enter Admin PIN and press UNLOCK).
2. Press and hold UNLOCK + 1 until the LED turns to Solid BLUE and Blinking GREEN.
3. Enter a User PIN and press UNLOCK (a minimum of 7 digits and a maximum of 16 digits).
The LED ashes GREEN three times, then returns to Solid BLUE and Blinking GREEN.
4. Re-enter the new User PIN and press UNLOCK. If the LED stays solid GREEN for two
seconds and then solid BLUE, the User PIN was successfully added.
Formatting For Mac OS
The Aegis Secure Key comes preformatted in NTFS for Windows® and is ready for use. For the
Mac OS, you must rst reformat the drive to a Mac compatible le system.
Once drive is unlocked and inserted into a USB port, open the
Mac Disk Utility from Applications/Utilities/Disk Utilities and perform the following:
1. Select the Aegis Padlock Fortress from the list of drives and volumes.
2. Click the ‘Erase’ tab.
3. Enter a name for the drive. The default name is Untitled. The drive’s name will eventually
appear on the desktop.
4. Select a volume format to use. The Volume Format dropdown menu lists the available
drive formats that the Mac supports. The recommended format type is ‘Mac OS Extended
(Journaled).’
5. Click the ‘Erase’ button. Disk Utility will unmount the volume from the desktop, erase it, and
then remount it on the desktop.
Complete formatting instructions can be found online at
https://www.apricorn.com/media/document/le/AegisPadlockFortress_Manual.pdf
Technical Support
Apricorn provides the following helpful resources:
1. Apricorn’s Website (http://www.apricorn.com)
2. E-mail us at support@apricorn.com
3. Call Technical Support at 1-800-458-5448 from
8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. PST, M - F
(Rev 1.3) 12/14/2016
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