VIPowER VP-9059 User Manual

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FireWire 1394, 3.5-inch

Portable External Enclosure

USER MANUAL

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FireWire 1394, 3.5” Protable External Enclosure VP-9059 USER MANUAL

Rev. 1.0 Date: June, 16, 2004

Contents

1. Introduction .............................................................................. 4

1-1 Features ............................................................................... 4

1-2 Package Checklist................................................................ 5

2. Hardware Installation............................................................... 5

2-1 System Requirements ......................................................... 5

2-2 Power LED indicator............................................................. 5

2-3 Assembly.............................................................................. 6

2-4 Connect the Firewire 1394, 3.5” portable External

Enclosure VP-9059 to Your Computer................................. 9

3. Drivers Installation................................................................. 10

3-1 Windows 98/Me/2000/XP ................................................... 10

3-2 Mac OS 10.1X or Above...................................................... 11

3-3 Linux Kernel 2.4 or Above................................................... 11

4. Using The FireWire 1394 External Enclosure..................... 11

4-1 Connect the FireWire 1394 External Enclosure VP-9059

to Computer........................................................................ 11

4-2 Disconnect the FireWire 1394 External Enclosure VP-9059

from Computer ................................................................... 12

5. Partitioning the External Hard Disk ..................................... 14

5-1 Partition Under Windows 98/ME......................................... 14

5-2 Partition under Windows 2000/XP...................................... 16

1. Introduction

The VP-9059 is a high-performance 1394 to ATA/ATAPI native bridge
with an embedded SBP-2 target solution. It supports a solution for
link/transaction layer controller conforming to the IEEE Std 1394
(IEEE 1394-1995 and IEEE 1394.a) up to 400Mbps transfer rate.
Compatibles with all 3.5” hard disk drives (HDDs).

Through the SBP-2 port driver, supported by Microsoft Windows 98
SE/2000/ME/XP, SCSI class drivers can use SBP-2 to communi­cate with IEEE 1394 device using the SCSI command set.

The VP-9059 is ideally suited to hard disk drives (HDDs).It allows
IDE drives being able to connect to a 1394 serial bus in a plug-and­play fashion. The ATA/ATAPI interface of VP-9059 supports signal
timing up to Ultra-DMA mode 5.

1-1 Features

• ATA/ATAPI to 1394 Native Bridge Two in One Solution.

• Data transfer rates of S100,S200 and S400.

• Fully interoperable with implementation of IEEE-1394(1995) and
IEEE 1394.a-2000 compliant.

• Firmware support for SBP-2 target agent.

• Fully ATA/ATAPI-6 compliant.

• Supports IDE PIO modes and DMA modes and Ultra DMA modes
up to UDMA 100.

• 4K bytes of FIFO for bi-directional transmit/receive data.

• External Flash ROM interface for easy updating firmware code.

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1-2 Package Checklist

The external enclosure VP-9059 package contains the following
items:

1) The VP-9059 Case

2) A User’s Manual

3) One FireWire 1394 6-pin to 4-pin Converter Cable

4) One FireWire 1394 Cable

5) One +5V/+12V Power Adapter

6) One Power Adapter Power Cord

7) Screws bag

If any of these items are missing or damaged, please contact
your dealer or sales representative for assistance.

2. Hardware Installation

2-1 System Requirements

Hardware

Notebook or desktop computer with support for Firewire 1394.

Operating System

Windows 98SE/Me/2000/XP, and Mac OS 10.1X or above.

2-2 Power LED indicator

The power LED indicator is located on the front panel of the
VP-9059. The power LED will be green light when connect with
the power cable. When you write the data to the VP-9059, the
power LED will be orange light.

Power LED

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2-3 Assembly

1. Remove the two retaining screws securing the upper case of
the Enclosure to the rear face.

2. Carefully lift the rear of the case. Then, slide it away from the
rear face of the front panel.

3. Remove the four screws retaining the hard drive cradle to the
base unit of the Enclosure.

4. Lift out the cradle.

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