Can I use Time Capsule as just a regular had drive?

I have an older tme capsule and I'd like to use it as just a 1-tb extenal hard drive with my Mac Pro. I messed around with the Time Capsule configuration and finally have a green light, yay! BUT, I was hoping it would show up on my desktop like the other drives.
The Time Capsule:
Is connected directly to my Mac Pro via a cat 5 cable.
It is showing a solid green light.
I have wifi turned off.
I have a time machine set up with a western digital 2TB external drive.
I see it show up in my finder side bar as a shared device.
          When I right click it the TC icon in the side menu and select open, the window shpw "not connected" at the top. (Even thought the light is green)
Thank you for any thoughts on this.
Will

You can use it as a regular drive but it will always be a shared network volume.
To access it in finder when you select the drive for the first time you will need to attach to it. Click on the connect as button in the upper right hand corner of the finder window and enter the password you set for the drive.
If you don;t remember the password or never set one open Airport Utility and connect to the Time Capsule. Select the Disks tab and select the way you want to attach to the drive. Then go back to the Finder and connect to the drive.
regards

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