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Table of Contents

First-Time Use 4

Admin Mode 4

Locking the Drive 5

Unlocking the Drive 5

LED States and Their Meaning 5

Adding a New User PIN (Via Admin Mode) 6

Adding a New User PIN (Via User Forced Enrollment Mode) 6

Deleting the User PIN 7

Changing the User PIN 7

Changing the Admin PIN 7

Setting One-Time-Use Recovery PINs 8

Using One-Time-Use Recovery PINs 8

Setting Read-Only or Read / Write Modes from Admin Mode 9

Setting Read-Only or Read / Write Modes from the User Mode 10

Setting LED Flicker / Button Press Indicator Mode 11

Setting Minimum PIN Length Requirement 11

Setting the Unattended Auto-Lock Feature 11

Setting a Self-Destruct PIN 12

Aegis Padlock 3.0 Brute-Force Protection 13

Performing a Complete Reset 14

Initializing and Formatting After a Complete Reset 15

Hibernating or Logging Off from the Operating System 16

Aegis Padlock 3.0 Setup for Mac OS 16

Diagnostic Mode 17

Lock-Override Mode 18

Troubleshooting / FAQs 19

Quick Reference Guide for Key Command Programming 20

Warranty and RMA information 21