Adding A New User Pin; Deleting The User Pin - Apricorn Aegis Secure Key 3.0 User Manual

Adding a User PIN
The Aegis Secure Key can have one Admin and one User, making a total of two working PINs.
Adding a User is a perfect way to securely share the key or deploy it for use where the User does
not require access to the Admin features. While the User has limited functionality and no Admin
rights to the key, they can still access the key's data, change their PIN, and set the key to Read
Only or Read / Write mode. Note: adding a User PIN can only be done within the Admin mode.
If no additional User beyond the Admin will be added to access the key's data, disregard this
page's contents as it relates only to the "User" PIN.
1. Enter the Admin Mode by holding UNLOCK + 0 for five seconds; With
enter the Admin PIN and press the UNLOCK button. The
2. Press and hold UNLOCK + 1 until the
starts blinking.
3. Enter the User PIN and press UNLOCK. The
the BLUE LED will glow solidly and the
4. Re-enter the same User PIN and press UNLOCK. To verify that the User PIN was suc-
cessfully added, the
replaced by the
Admin mode.

Deleting the User PIN

You can delete the User PIN by doing the following:
Enter the Admin mode. (Hold UNLOCK + 0 for five seconds. With the
1.
enter the Admin PIN and press the UNLOCK button.) The
Press and hold the 7 + 8 buttons for five seconds. The
2.
then will be followed by the
Press and hold the 7 + 8 buttons again for five seconds. The
3.
solidly for two seconds.
4. The key will return to Admin mode indicated by the
* NOTE: Deleting the User PIN will also delete the Self-Destruct PIN (if it has been set..)
Changing the User PIN
The User PIN can be changed within the User mode (key unlocked,
*Note: The Admin PIN cannot be changed while in the User mode. The Admin PIN can only
be changed from within the Admin mode.
You can change the User PIN by doing the following:
1. Unlock the Aegis Secure Key with the User PIN. (the
2. Press and hold UNLOCK + 1 for five seconds (the
3. Enter the current User PIN and press the UNLOCK button. (the
solidly and the
4. Enter the new User PIN and press the UNLOCK button (the
three times, followed by the
5. Re-enter the new User PIN and press the UNLOCK button (the
solidly for two seconds, then will return to the User mode, indicated by the
LED blinking.)
GREEN LED will glow solidly for three seconds and then will be
BLUE LED glowing solidly, indicating that the key has returned to the
RED and
GREEN LED will blink.)
BLUE
BLUE LED glows solidly and the
GREEN
GREEN LED will continue blinking.
GREEN
BLUE LEDs blinking alternately.
BLUE
GREEN
RED
LED glowing solidly and the
RED LED blinking,
BLUE LED will glow solidly.
GREEN LED
LED will blink three times, then
RED
LED blinking,
BLUE LED will now glow solidly.
LED will blink three times and
GREEN
LED will glow
LED glowing solidly.
GREEN LED blinking)
LED will blink)
LED will blink)
BLUE LED will glow
GREEN LED will blink
GREEN LED blinking.)
GREEN LED will glow
GREEN
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