Digitus DC-33151 User manual

IDE - SATA
Converter
User Manual
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Introduction
This Bridge Board is a converter solution for the Serial ATA Device. It
has a standard 22 pin SATA port which can interface to a Serial ATA
device (hard disk, CDROM, DVD, CD-RW, etc). It accepts Parallel
ATA (IDE) commands through the 40 pin IDE connector form the host,
decodes the commands and converts them to Serial ATA commands to
the device. Response from the device through the SATA bus are
deciphered, processed and converted to parallel ATA protocol and sent
to the host.
The SATA 150 to PATA Converter supports the Serial ATA Generation
1 transfer rate of 1.5GB/s (150MB/s) on the Serial ATA side and is
compatible with Ultra ATA-133 on the parallel ATA side.
Features
Overall Features
 Compatible with Ultra ATA 133 / 100 / 66 / 33 specifications
 Supports all types of SATA storage devices (DVD, DVD-RAM,
MO, CD-ROM, CD-RW, Hard Disk, …)
 100% hardware bridge converter to support PC and MAC
environment

Serial ATA Features
 Compliant with Serial ATA 1.0 specifications
 Supports Serial ATA Generation 1 transfer rate 1.5Gb/s
Hardware Installation
1. Decide the master or
slave of this future IDE
device choose the right
choice by jumper.
2. Connect the SATA 150 to
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PATA Converter to your
SATA device.
3. Plug the IDE cable to
SATA 150 to PATA
Converter and please
remind the direction of
IDE PIN.
4. Plug the 4 PIN power
cable to SATA 150 to
PATA Converter.
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Note: Please make sure that your PC is shut down during
your hardware installation. This SATA 150 to PATA
Converter with your SATA device is not hot swap device
and please shut down your computer before your want to
connect this device.
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