Personal iStorage datAshur® BT Personal User Manual – v 1.5 USER MANUAL If you are having difficulty please refer to this complete user manual loaded on your datAshur BT Drive and is also available on our website: https://istorage-uk.com/product-documentation/ www.istorage-uk.
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Introduction Thank you for purchasing the datAshur BT, a hardware encrypted USB 3.2 Gen 1 flash drive that utilises mobile phone technology via Bluetooth and turns your (iOS/Android) Smartphone or wearable device (Apple Watch) into a wireless user-authentication device that enables secure access to data stored on your datAshur BT hardware encrypted flash drive.
1. datAshur BT Layout 2. Drive LED indicators and their actions Drive LEDs LED State Description All LEDs blink once datAshur BT conducts a self test when plugged to a computer Locked - but not connected to the datAshur BT App Blinking Red Locked - but not connected to the datAshur BT App Solid Blue datAshur BT is unlocked Blinking Blue datAshur BT is unlocked and data transfer in progress www.istorage-uk.com iStorage datAshur® BT Personal User Manual – v 1.
3. App Icons Description App Icons Description datAshur BT is Blank. datAshur BT is Locked. datAshur BT is Unlocked. Pair additional drives with existing datAshur BT Personal App. datAshur BT is connected to the datAshur BT Personal App and authenticated. Help Center Change the Password. Touch ID. Face ID. App will remember the Password. Inactivity AutoLock. Step-away AutoLock. Read-Only Mode. Enable Apple Watch. Password Recovery. Remote Wipe. Reset. 4.
5. First Time Use The datAshur BT Drive is shipped with a default Password of 11223344 and although it can be used straight out of the box with the default Password, for security reasons we highly recommend a new Password be created immediately by following the instructions under section 6 ‘How to change the Password’. Once you have installed the datAshur BT Personal App (Android or iOS - see section 4), follow the steps in the table below to pair your Drive to the App and unlock with the default Password.
7. How to Unlock datAshur BT How to unlock datAshur BT 1. Connect your datAshur BT to a powered USB port and then open the datAshur BT Personal App. 2. With the App open, tap on the RED padlock after initialization is complete. APP Drive LED 3. Enter your Password and tap the padlock to unlock. GREEN padlock ( ) on the App and solid Blue ( ) LED on your datAshur BT indicates the Drive is unlocked and ready to be used. 8.
10. How to change name of the Drive To change the name of the Drive from datAshur BT to your own unique name, first unlock your datAshur BT as described in section 7. Once the Drive is unlocked showing a GREEN padlock ( ) on the App and solid Blue ( ) LED on your datAshur BT, proceed with the following steps. How to change name of the drive 1. Tap on the GREEN padlock. App Drive LED 2. Tap on Change Name. 3. Tap on Change Local Name and enter your New Name. 4. Tap on Change Name to set new name. 11.
12. Enabling Drive Password Recovery Sometimes we forget our password, to overcome this, you can activate the Drive Password Recovery service (recommended) which will send a Recovery Code to your registered mobile number as a SMS text message to enable you to set up a new Drive password. To enable Drive Password Recovery, first unlock your datAshur BT as described in section 7.
13. How to Recover a Forgotten Drive Password You can recover a forgotten Drive password only if the Password Recovery service has been activated as described in section 12. To recover a forgotten Drive password, proceed with the following steps. How to Recover a Forgotten Drive Password 1. Connect your datAshur BT to a powered USB port and then open the datAshur BT Personal App. 2. With the App open, tap on the RED padlock after initialization is complete. APP Drive LED 3.
15. How to Activate Biometric Unlock Note: The App Biometric settings may vary from one device to another depending on the make and model of both iOS and Android smartphones. Users with older smartphones that are not equipped with Biometric unlock will not see this as an option on their datAshur BT Personal App. The Following is an example of ‘How to Activate Face ID’, similarly all other Biometric settings can be activated in the same manner.
17. How to set the Inactivity AutoLock To protect against unauthorised access if the Drive is unlocked and unattended, the datAshur BT can be set to automatically lock after a pre-set amount of time. In its default state, the datAshur BT Unattended Inactivity AutoLock feature is turned off (Never) but can be set to autolock between 1 - 60 minutes. To set the Inactivity AutoLock, first unlock your datAshur BT as described in section 7.
19. Setting datAshur BT as Read-Only Your datAshur BT can be set as Read-Only (Write-Protected). To set as Read-Only, first unlock your datAshur BT as described in section 7. Once the Drive is unlocked showing a GREEN padlock ( ) on the App and solid Blue ( ) LED on your datAshur BT, proceed with the following steps. Setting datAshur BT as Read-Only 1. Tap on the GREEN padlock. 2. Tap the Read-Only switch to ON and then tap LOCK. Note: The Drive will lock.
21. How to Remote Wipe your lost/stolen datAshur BT Remote wipe is an additional security feature that allows a datAshur BT owner to send a command that deletes the encryption key, all data and credentials on a Drive that has been lost or stolen. Once Remote Wipe has been activated, your datAshur BT will reset, thereby deleting all data and credentials from the Drive the next time it is connected to a computer by you or anyone else.
How to Add Additional Drives to Existing App App Drive LED 1. Make a note of the Device ID number printed on the USB connector and connect the datAshur BT Drive to a powered USB port. 2. Open the App and tap on the Add symbol located on the top-left of screen. Note: You will see your existing (paired) datAshur BT Drive with the serial number beneath. 3. Enter the ‘Device ID’ number printed on the USB connector and tap OK.
23. How to Remove a Paired Drive from the datAshur BT Personal App To remove (delete) a paired Drive from the App, proceed with the following steps. How to Remove a Paired Drive App Drive LED 1. Open your datAshur BT Personal App and swipe the Drive name ‘datAshur BT’ to the right. This action can be performed if the Drive is locked or unlocked ( ). 2. Swipe the Drive name ‘datAshur BT’ to the right and then tap on Remove and then tap Remove again.
24. How to Reset datAshur BT Once the datAshur BT is reset, the encryption key, data and credentials will be deleted and lost forever and the Drive will need to be formatted before it can be reused. To reset your Drive, first unlock your datAshur BT as described in section 7. Once the Drive is unlocked showing a GREEN padlock ( ) on the App and solid Blue ( ) LED on your datAshur BT, proceed with the following steps. How to Reset datAshur BT 1. Tap on the GREEN padlock App Drive LED 2.
25. Brute Force Hacking Detection If an incorrect password is entered 10 (ten) consecutive times, the datAshur BT’s brute force mechanism will trigger and the encryption key, all data and credentials will be deleted and lost forever. A new password must be created, see Section 26 ‘How to create a password after a Brute Force Attack or Reset’, and your datAshur BT will need to be formatted before it can be reused. 26.
27. Formatting the datAshur BT for Windows After a ‘Brute Force Attack’ or a complete ‘Reset’ the datAshur BT will delete all data, credentials and the encryption key. Once a New password has been created, the datAshur BT will need to be formatted. iStorage datAshur® BT Personal User Manual – v 1.5 To format your datAshur BT on Windows, please do the following: 1. Connect the datAshur BT to USB port on your PC. 2. Create a New Password (see section 26). 3.
8. The procedure will finish formatting the drive and confirm that formatting has been completed. 28. Formatting the datAshur BT for Mac OS After a ‘Brute Force Attack’ or a complete ‘Reset’ the datAshur BT will delete all data, credentials and the encryption key. Once a New password has been created, the datAshur BT will need to be initialised and formatted. To format your datAshur BT on MacOS, please do the following: 1. Connect the datAshur BT to a USB port on your mac. 2.
Press INITIALISE, open Disk Utility select the iStorage datAshur BT in the Disk Utility window. 5. Choose Erase from the contextual menu. 6. Enter a name for the drive, the default name is Untitled. The name of the drive will eventually appear on the Desktop. Select a scheme and volume format to use. The Volume Format dropdown menu lists the available drive formats that the Mac supports. The recommended format type is Mac OS Extended (Journaled) for macOS and MS-DOS for cross platform.
7. 8. Click Erase. The formatted datAshur BT will appear in the Disk Utility window and will mount onto the desktop iStorage datAshur® BT Personal User Manual – v 1.5 www.istorage-uk.
29. Technical Support iStorage provides the following helpful resources for you: iStorage’s Website https://www.istorage-uk.com E-mail correspondence support@istorage-uk.com Telephone support with our Technical Support Department on +44 (0) 20 8991-6260. iStorage’s Technical Support Specialists are available from 9:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. GMT - Monday through Friday. 30.
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