OpenRDXManager is a desktop companion for OpenRDX. Check your dock and cartridge, run diagnostics, manage media, and follow guided firmware updates from one application.
It is built primarily for devices running OpenRDX firmware. You can also use its guided installation workflow to install OpenRDX on supported devices that still run vendor firmware. Read the migration guide for supported combinations and installation limits.
| Know your device | Manage your media | Keep your dock up to date |
|---|---|---|
| See dock identity, cartridge capacity, free space, and reported health information. | Safely eject, rename, format, and run supported diagnostics. | Update OpenRDX or prepare a supported first installation while preserving the dock's own factory records. |
The application is available for macOS, Windows, and Linux. Features depend on your operating system, dock, firmware, and inserted media. The application explains when an action is unavailable.
- Follow the installation guide.
- Connect your dock, open OpenRDXManager, and select the intended device.
- Check Status, then choose Tests or Utilities for the task you need.
See app usage for everyday operation and troubleshooting if your dock does not appear.
OpenRDX lets supported RDX docks use RDX cartridges and qualifying standard SATA drives. OpenRDXManager provides guided firmware selection, progress, and reconnection instructions.
- Already using OpenRDX? Follow the firmware update guide.
- Still using vendor firmware? Follow the migration guide. First installation is limited to the supported dock, firmware, and platform combinations described there.
- Need to recover an interrupted installation? Use the saved records for that same physical dock and follow the recovery procedure.
Firmware installation requires an empty dock and stable power. Keep your saved factory records and follow the application's power-cycle prompts.
These screenshots show the real application with demonstration data. They preview its features; they do not establish compatibility with every device. Unavailable information and actions remain visible in the previews.
Select a dock, refresh its status, and inspect the information it reports about the dock and cartridge. Automatic scanning helps find connected devices.
Device discovery
The Encryption area shows protection and access information. Some protection actions remain unavailable; check the explanation shown for your device before relying on them.
Credentials, automatic access, and protection reset
Run supported self-tests and LED checks, or check cartridge file transfers with a write/read test. Progress and results stay attached to the selected device.
Write/read test
Safely eject a cartridge, change its volume name, or prepare a new filesystem. Formatting erases the selected cartridge and requires explicit confirmation. Drive mode, connection mode, and Windows drive-letter settings appear when supported.
Ejection, names, modes, and drive letters
Save a private backup of the dock's factory records. Where supported, restore a saved backup after confirming the intended device. An interrupted OpenRDX installation can use its saved unit records for recovery. See manufacturing backup and restore.
Restore, installation recovery, and firmware progress
Browse built-in help, check feature availability, review activity, and prepare a support summary. Update checks are optional.
Help topics, compatibility, and activity
Choose English, German, French, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Japanese, or Chinese. You can also connect a compatible AI assistant through the application's optional MCP settings. See AI-agent access.
Language selection and AI-agent settings
OpenRDXManager is under development. Hardware support and feature availability are limited, and some operations remain disabled. A supported workflow on one device does not guarantee the same result on another dock or operating system. Consult the application and the relevant guide before changing firmware or cartridge data.
- Documentation index
- Installation and app usage
- Firmware updates and OpenRDX migration
- Manufacturing backup and restore
- Troubleshooting
- Serial utility
- AI-agent access
OpenRDXManager was created by André Fiedler / SunboX.
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