Can't connect Drobo 5D to Time Capsule

Hi,
I have just purchased a Drobo 5D and want to be able to connect it to the USB port on the back of my Time Capsule and use it as a Network Drive.
I also want to be able to use Time Machine to back up to the attached drive.
My first and main problem is that the Drobo drive doesn't seem to be visible when I attach it to the Time Capsule. Under the 'Disks' tab in Airport Utility 5.6 I can only see the Time Capsule device and its default partition.
However, when I attach the Drobo via USB directly to my MacBook Pro there is no problem, the drive mounts and I can use Time Machine to back up to it.
Any advice would be much appreciated.
Thanks,
Michael.

I also had/have a problem with my Drobo connecting to my Time Capsule (TC).
I had always had no problem connecting a external drive to the TC, but once I got the Drobo (5D) it would never "see" the Drobo.
The TC would also have no problem seeing/sharing the external [2TB] drive within itself.
I then "experimented" with the Drobo by purchasing a brand new Airport Express (the one that now does "ac" signals), and found that it DOES INDEED see the Drobo - this would therefore led to the TC being the problem (I have the older, 2nd gen TC, built in 2009).
One more item I don't want to forget - initially the new Express did NOT see the Drobo, but once I checked the "Sharing" box (under Get Info) within my computer it did finally see the Drobo (but the TC never did or would).
I am now in the process of transferring all my data from my TC to the Drobo to try (as one last effort) to TOTALLY [Master] reset and wipe the TC to see if it will eventually see the Drobo. If it doesn't then that would mean either the 2009 TC is just too old (old firmware??) or maybe the TC internal USB is just bad.
I mean, once the new Express saw it [the Drobo], that says it ALL! (that the TC is the issue [bad] and the Drobo OK).
I will try to update this post [if Apple will let me re-enter] after I complete the TC data transfer, reset and wipe.

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