Tripp Lite U338-000 User manual

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Owner’s Manual
1111 W. 35th Street, Chicago, IL 60609 USA • www.tripplite.com/support
USB 3.0 to SATA / IDE Adapter
Model:
U338-000
Copyright © 2014 Tripp Lite. All rights reserved.
Package Contents 2
Features 2
System Requirements 2
Installation 3
AI-OTB One Touch
Backup Software 3
System Requirements 3
Installation 4
One Button File Backup 5
Status 6
Config 7
OTB Path 8
Backing Up 8
Restore 9
Option 10
About 10
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Package Contents
Features
• U338-000 USB 3.0 to SATA / IDE Adapter
• USB 3.0 Cable – 2.5 ft.
• 4-Pin Molex Power Cable
• External Power Supply (Input: 100-240V, 50/60Hz, 0.8A Output: 12V, 2A)
• Owner’s Manual
• Backup Software CD
• Connects a SATA and/or IDE drive to the USB port on your computer
• Supports USB 3.0 SuperSpeed specification; backward compatible with USB 2.0
and 1.1
• Supports simultaneous connection of SATA and IDE drives*, allowing data transfer
between them
• Allows easy configuration of hard drives
• Features 40-Pin and 44-Pin connectors for use with 2.5”, 3.5” or 5.25” IDE drives*
• Includes software for backing up and restoring your files
* See website for a list of compatible IDE drives.
System Requirements
• Computer with an available USB port. A USB 3.0 port is required to achieve USB 3.0
speeds up to 5 Gbps
• 2.5”, 3.5” or 5.25” SATA and/or IDE drive*
• AI-OTB One Touch Backup software compatible with Windows® only
• U338-000 compatible with Windows, Mac®, and Linux
* See website for a list of compatible IDE drives.
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AI-OTB One Touch Backup Software
Installation
Note:
• Hard drives are sensitive to static electricity and must be handled properly to
prevent data loss. Always handle your hard drive with caution: wear an anti-static
strap when transporting it, or touch a grounded metal surface to discharge yourself
of static electricity before picking up the drive.
• If your drive has not been formatted, you need to format it using your computer’s
Disk Management utility before you can copy and access files.
• Before unplugging the adapter, make sure to properly eject the drive from your
computer to avoid any potential data loss.
1. Connect the U338-000 to your computer using the included USB 3.0 cable.
2. Connect the external power supply to the U338-000 and plug it into an appropriate
power source. Turn on the power to the U338-000.
3. Connect your SATA and/or IDE drive to the appropriate port on the U338-000. Use
the included 4-Pin Molex cable to provide power to your IDE drive.
4. Upon connecting a drive, your computer will recognize it, making it available for access.
The included CD contains AI-OTB One Touch Backup software, which allows you to
back up and restore your files. This section takes you through the installation of this
software, and describes its features and how they work.
System Requirements
• Supports both FAT32 and NTFS
• Compatible with Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8, and 8.1
• Users must be logged in as an administrator
• Pentium or above
• 128 MB RAM
• VESA standard compatible display card
• External USB hard drive
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Installation
1. Insert the software CD into your computer and navigate to the AI-OTB.exe file in the
CD folder. Select the file, and the AI-OTB Setup Wizard will appear.
2. Click the Next button to advance to the next screen in the Setup Wizard. Follow the
prompts until you reach the Ready to Install screen.
3. Click the Install button to begin installation of the AI-OTB software using the
selected settings. Click the Back button if you wish to change any settings.
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AI-OTB One Touch Backup Software
4. At the end of installation, the Completing the AI-OTB Setup Wizard screen will
appear.
5. The Launch AI-OTB box on the screen is checked by default, which causes the
AI-OTB interface to open when you click the Finish button. If you don’t want
the interface to open, uncheck the box. Click the Finish button to complete the
installation. If you left the launch box checked, the AI-OTB interface screen will
appear. Note: To open the interface yourself, click on the AI-OTB icon in the lower-
right corner of your computer screen.
One Button File Backup
The One Button Backup function performs a backup according to the settings you
enter in the AI-OTB One Touch Backup utility. See the Config and OTB Path sections
in this manual for details. Simply connect your hard drive via the USB port on your
computer, and press the backup button on your U338-000 adapter. The backup will
take place according to the settings you have entered.
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AI-OTB One Touch Backup Software
Status
When the AI-OTB interface opens, the Status screen is the first screen that appears.
Use the drop-down menu in the upper-right corner of your computer screen to select
a drive and display its information. If a drive is not selected, the Config, OTB Path, and
Restore tabs will be grayed out and inaccessible. When a drive is selected, the tabs
will be accessible and the selected drive’s information will appear. The information
provided includes the drive’s storage capacity, the type of USB port the drive is
connected to (2.0 or 3.0), whether the drive is set to be backed up using the AI-
OTB software, and whether the drive is connected to the Original PC it was set up to
perform one touch backup with.
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Config
The Config tab is where you assign an Original PC to the selected drive and determine
how the backup data is stored on it. To set the Original PC, check the corresponding
box, and then select how you want the backup data to appear in the drive. Click the
Save button to save these settings. Your drive is now set up to use the AI-OTB One
Touch Backup software. Continue to the OTB Path tab to select which files to back up.
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OTB Path
The OTB Path tab is where you determine which computer files you want backed up
on the selected drive. Simply check the boxes of the folders/files that you want backed
up. Expand a folder to select individual files. When you have selected all of the files
you want backed up, click the Save button.
Backing Up
After you have selected the backup settings for your drive in the Config and OTB Path
tabs, you can back up your data at any time. To back up your data, press the One
Touch Backup button on the U338-000, or click the orange backup icon in the lower-
left corner of the AI-OTB interface. Since the backup icon appears on every tab in the
interface, you can back up data from any tab.
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Restore
The Restore tab is where you restore backed-up data to your computer in the event of
a crash. You can restore data from the drive that was set up in the OTB Path tab, or
you can select another location using the Custom Path option in the Restore tab. To
restore your data, select an option and click the Restore button.
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Option
The Option tab is where you enable/disable various settings related to the backup
software. These settings are described below.
• Check OTB Status – Select this box to allow the One Touch Backup button on
the U338-000 to be used to initiate a backup. This option is enabled by default.
• Show AI-OTB Backup Directory In External Disk – Select this box to make the
backup data visible to users who access the backup drive. When this option is
disabled, users will not see the AI-OTB backup files. This option is disabled by default.
• Confirm Before Backup – Select this box to display a prompt every time a
backup is initiated; the prompt will ask the user to confirm that the backup
should be performed. This option is enabled by default.
• Shutdown After Backup Completed – Select this box to automatically shutdown
the computer after a backup takes place. This option is disabled by default.
About
The About tab displays general information about the AI-OTB One Touch Backup software.
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