Addonics Technologies SCCHDSASA128 User Manual

Addonics Technologies

Saturn Cipher Combo Hard Drive User Guide

Chapter 7 Saturn IDE Drive cradle

Overview

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 Saturn IDE Drive cradle fits into any standard 5 ¼” drive bay and
connects to the computer via IDE interface. The Satur n IDE drive cradle is
compatible with all Saturn Drive enclosures and Saturn 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.

Building a hot swap drive bay

You can change the IDE connection of the drive cradle to USB 2.0 or SATA
by attaching an Addonics IO converter – IDE-USB, IDE-SATA, or the IDE-
USIB connector board to the 40-pin IDE connector on back of the drive
cradle. When the power input of these IO converters is connected to the
unique power sensing connector on the back of the Saturn IDE drive cradle,
you can have hot swap capability of the hard drives, just like using a tape
cartridge system, without shutting down the computer.

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