Addonics Technologies – Jupiter Cipher ExDrive User’s Guide v1.0 3
Chapter 1
General Information
The Addonics Technologies Jupiter Cipher ExDrive is a portable 2.5” Hard
Disk Drive kit. The unit is external and uses the USB2.0, Firewire/iLink, and
Serial ATA interfaces.
Features
• Stylished and rugged black anodized aluminum housing
• Compact size and light weight
• Shock proof - up to 3 feet drop damage protection for the hard drive
• Easy hard drive installation
• Choice of standard or encryption drive enclosure
• The most versatile hard drive kit in the market
• Connect as an External Hard drive to any computer via USB2.0, CardBus,
Firewire/iLink and Serial ATA port (only one of these cables is included in
• Turn any 2.5” hard drives into external hard drive or removable hard drive
• Use as a removable Hard Drive on Desktops PC with an optional IDE drive
cradle.
• Plug & Play Operation under Windows 98SE, Me, 2000, XP and 2003
Server
• Portable: Fits any Briefcase or Notebook PC Case.
Encryption
• Hardware based 64-bit DES and 128-bit or 192-bit TDES full disk
encryption
• High performance - Data is encrypted and decrypted on the fly by a
certified cryptographic engine inside an ASIC without taking any CPU
resources
• Encryption / Decryption via a hardware key, just like using a regular key to
open a door.
• Simple to deploy with no training required, no software to install and no
password to remember
• Platform independency - There is no software or driver to install to use
Addonics encryption products. As a result, it can be deployed in any
systems running any OS. This is important in organization with multi
platform computing and legacy systems.
