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RGB and Status LED Management

Toolkit has options for managing the RGB and Status LED illumination on applicable storage devices.

Pattern RGBChoose from preset patterns or create custom patterns of your own. Select colours that complement your work or play environment.
Status LEDEnable/disable status LED.

Storage device RGB and LED options:

Supported devicesStatus LEDSingle Colour RGBRainbow RGBProduct supportUser manual
LaCie 1big DockYesNoNoProductDocumentation
LaCie 1big Dock SSD ProYesNoNo ProductDocumentation
LaCie 2big RAIDYesNoNo ProductDocumentation
Seagate FireCuda Gaming DockYesYesNoProductDocumentation
Seagate FireCuda Gaming Hard DriveYesYesYesProductDocumentation
Seagate FireCuda Gaming Hub YesYesYesProductDocumentation
Seagate FireCuda Gaming SSDYesYesNoProductDocumentation
  Game Drive for Xbox — Toolkit RGB control can be used to set colour patterns and animations for select products. See the Game Drive for Xbox Special Edition user manual for instructions specific to your product.

Disable/enable the status LED

The status LED is enabled by default. To disable or enable the status LED for your storage device:

  1. Open Toolkit.
  2. On the Main Menu, click the RGB or LED activity.
  3. On the RGB Settings or LED Settings screen, click the Status LED toggle switch.

Edit RGB illumination patterns

The Toolkit RGB activity supports the following RGB pattern controls:

  • Razer Chroma
  • FireCuda RGB (default)

A single device can use only one colour management option.

Access RGB activity

To access the RGB activity:

  1. Open Toolkit.
  2. On the Main Menu, click on the RGB activity.
  3. The RGB Settings screen appears.

RGB illumination settings

The following settings at the top of the RGB activity screen apply to all RGB pattern controls

  • Intensity — Move the slider to the right to add more brightness to the RGB and to the left to decrease brightness.
  • On — Click the switch to turn the RGB off/on.
  • Sync Seagate compatible devices — This option is only available for Seagate FireCuda Gaming Dock and Seagate FireCuda Gaming SSD. If you have two or more compatible devices connected to your PC, you can click the switch to sync the RGB patterns for all devices. Once enabled on any of the connected RGB storage devices, all RGBs act in unison with changes to the patterns. (There is no primary or secondary device. The most recently edited setting defines the pattern for all of the synced devices.) Disabling this option reverts all devices to their default colour.

Razer Chroma via Razer Synapse 3 app (Windows only)

Razer Chroma is a popular RGB video game software management protocol with a rich set of pattern and in-game options. All management is performed in the Razer Synapse application. You can use Razer Synapse for preconfigured RGB patterns or create new ones. Razer Synapse also supports a growing number of video games for RGB illumination that activates with colours matching in-game play. For further information about supported patterns and games as well as how to download the Razer Synapse application, go to the Razer Synapse website.

Requirements for Razer Chroma

  • The latest version of Toolkit.
  • Razer Synapse 3 software must be installed and running.
  • Chroma Connect must be enabled in Razer Synapse 3.
  Important — Toolkit RGB control is compatible with Razer Synapse 3 or higher. Razer Synapse 2 cannot control Seagate RGB storage device LEDs.

Use Razer Chroma

To use Razer Chroma as the RGB controller, click Enable on the Razer Chroma activity card.

FireCuda RGB app

FireCuda RGB is the native Toolkit RGB management protocol. It is enabled by default.

Edit LED settings

The LED settings let you:

  • Choose between single colour and rainbow patterns.
  • Select preset and custom animations.
  • Change colour and animation settings.
  • Change global settings.

To edit LED settings, click on the Edit icon () on the FireCuda RGB activity. The LED Settings screen appears:

  1. Select Pattern — Choose whether to create a single colour or rainbow pattern. Single colour uses the entirety of the LEDs to display one colour at a time as the pattern animates. Rainbow includes up to six colours on the LEDs at a time as the pattern animates. Rainbow is not available for all drives (see the product listing above).
  2. Select Animation — Choose animation types for the selected pattern.
  3. Preview — Preview the current pattern/animation. Specify animation times.
  4. Change Colour — Add/remove colours for applicable animation.
  5. Global Settings — Change global settings. 
  6. Done — Confirm changes to pattern/animation settings. 

Select a pattern

Choose a single colour or rainbow pattern. See the table below for the colour and timing controls available for each animation.

Select an animation

Select from the following animation types:

PatternAnimationDescription Total animation timeUser selections
Single ColourSolidDisplays a single colour continuously.
  • 100% colour hold
  • Single colour
Single ColourBlinkTurns a single colour of your choosing on/off.
  • 6s
    • 50% colour hold
    • 50% off
  • Single colour
Single ColourBreatheFades a single colour of your choosing on/off.
  • User selected (default=6s)
    • 25% colour hold
    • 25% fade off
    • 25% off
    • 25% fade on
  • Single colour
  • Total animation time
Single SingleSpectrumTransitions between six colours: red, orange, yellow, green, blue and violet.
  • User selected (default=18s)
    • 50% colour holds (8.33% per colour)
    • 50% colour transitions (8.33% per transition)
  • Total animation time
Single ColourCustom 1Displays a custom animation you've created.
  • User selected (default=6s)
  • Multiple colours
  • Colour hold time
  • Colour transition time
Single ColourCustom 2Displays a custom animation you've created.
  • User selected (default=21s)
  • Multiple colours
  • Colour hold time
  • Colour transition time
Single ColourCustom 3Displays a custom animation you've created.
  • User selected (default=2s)
  • Multiple colours
  • Colour hold time
  • Colour transition time
RainbowStaticDisplays a rainbow pattern continuously.
  • 100% colour hold
  • N/A
RainbowBreatheFades a rainbow pattern on/off.
  • 6s
    • 50% colour hold
  • N/A
RainbowBlinkTurns a rainbow pattern on/off.
  • 6s
    • 25% colour hold
    • 25% fade off
    • 25% off
    • 25% fade on
  • N/A
RainbowSlideA rainbow pattern slides from right to left.
  •  1.8s
  • N/A
RainbowCustom 1Displays a custom rainbow pattern continuously (static).
  • 100% colour hold
  • Multiple colours
RainbowCustom 2Fades a custom rainbow pattern on/off (breathe).
  • User selected (default = 6s)
  • Multiple colours
  • Colour hold time
  • Colour transition time
RainbowCustom 3Turns a custom rainbow pattern on/off (blink).
  • User selected (default = 3s)
  • Multiple colours
  • Colour hold time

Preview selected pattern/animation

The Preview window lets you view the colours, transitions, and timing of the selected pattern/animation.

The device LEDs mimic the preview while you're editing.

The total animation time (the time it takes for one cycle of the pattern to be completed) appears below the Preview window:

For longer total animation times (starting at 15 seconds), the Preview window will automatically speed up the playback animation so that you can see your changes faster. The current playback speed is displayed next to the total animation time.

Timing controls

Some patterns/animations allow you to control the total time over which an animation is played. Use the slider to set the total animation time:

The total animation time is broken down evenly between colour holds and transitions.

Certain custom pattern/animations provide control over colour hold and/or transition settings:

  1. Colour hold setting — Represents the total time spent holding on colours. The total time is divided by the number of colours in the animation.
  2. Colour transition setting — Represents the total time spent transitioning from one colour to the next colour. The total time is divided by the number of transitions in the animation.

Use the sliders to control colour hold and transition times:

Note that the colour hold setting and colour transition setting together determine the total animation time.

Change colours

Single colour preset animations

Solid, Blink, and Breathe animations allow you to specify only one colour:

  1. Click on a colour to select it.
  2. Click on the Reset icon to select the default orange colour.
Single colour and rainbow custom animations

Both single colour and rainbow custom animations allow you to specify multiple colours:

  1. Click on the Add icon to add a colour to the sequence. You can add up to six colours. (Only available for single colour custom animations. Rainbow custom animations always require six colours.)
  2. Click to select a colour in the sequence.
  3. Click on the Grid icon to drag the selected colour to a different position in the sequence.
  4. Click on the Remove icon to remove the selected colour from the sequence. (Only available for single colour custom animations. Rainbow custom animations always require six colours.)
  5. Click to change the selected colour.
  6. Click on the Reset icon to select the default colours and settings for the custom animation.

Change global settings

Use the following settings to control your storage device's pattern LED:

SettingDescription
BrightnessMove the slider to control pattern LED brightness. The default setting is 100%.
Always onWhen enabled, the pattern LED is illuminated whenever the storage device is powered on. Enabling Always on disables Sleep with display.
Sleep with displayWhen enabled, the pattern LED is not illuminated when the host computer is asleep or powered off. Enabling Sleep with display disables Always on.