Creating A One-Time User Recovery Pin; Deleting The One-Time User Recovery Pin - iStorage DATASHUR PRO2 User Manual

16. Creating a One-Time User Recovery PIN

The User Recovery PIN is extremely useful in situations where a user has forgotten their PIN to unlock the datAshur PRO
To activate the recovery mode, the user must first enter the correct One-Time Recovery PIN, if one has been configured. The user PIN
recovery process does not impact the data, encryption key and Admin PIN, however the user is forced to configure a new 7-15 digit User
PIN.
To configure a One-Time 7-15 digit User Recovery PIN, first enter the "Admin Mode" as described in section 5. Once the drive is in
Admin Mode (solid BLUE LED) proceed with the following steps.
1. In Admin mode press and hold down both
KEY ( ) + 4 buttons
2. Enter a One-Time Recovery PIN and press
KEY ( ) button
3. Re-enter a One-Time Recovery PIN and press
KEY ( ) button again
Note: When the datAshur PRO
time the drive can accept instructions via the keypad allowing it to be configured with a host of security features. If no key event
happens within 30 seconds, the datAshur PRO
RED LED which then fades out to the Idle state (all LEDs off).
To immediately exit Admin Mode (solid
LED switches to a solid RED
must first be in the idle state (all LEDs off) before an Admin/User PIN can be entered.

17. Deleting the One-Time User Recovery PIN

To delete the One-Time User Recovery PIN, first enter the "Admin Mode" as described in section 5. Once the drive is
in Admin Mode (solid BLUE
1. In Admin mode press and hold down both
SHIFT ( ) + 4 buttons
2. Press and hold down both
SHIFT ( ) + 4 buttons again
is in Admin Mode, the
2
will exit Admin mode automatically - the solid
2
BLUE LED), press and hold down the SHIFT (
LED which then fades out to the Idle state. To access the drive contents (data), the datAshur PRO
LED) proceed with the following steps.
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Solid BLUE
solid BLUE
Blinking
a single
GREEN
Blinking
rapidly blinking
BLUE LED indicating the One-Time
Recovery PIN has been successfully configured
BLUE LED will remain on and solid for 30 seconds only, during which
Solid BLUE
RED LED
Blinking
switch to a solid
Time User Recovery PIN has been
successfully deleted
2
LED will change to blinking
LEDs
GREEN and solid BLUE LEDs will switch to
GREEN LED blink and then back to blinking
and solid BLUE LEDs
GREEN and solid BLUE LEDs change to a
GREEN LED and finally to a solid
BLUE LED switches to a solid
) button for a second - the solid
LED will change to blinking
RED LED will become solid RED
BLUE LED indicating that the One-
.
GREEN and
BLUE
2
and then
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