Multifunction USB Network Server Series User’s Manual
Table of Contents 1. INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................. 3 2. PRODUCT OVERVIEW ......................................................................................................... 4 2.1 2.2 Package Contents .............................................................................................................................. 4 Product CD .................................................................
1. Introduction This Server is designed to connect your Multifunction Printer, Scanner, Fax, Multifunction Printer, Hard Drive, iPhone, iPod, USB Digital TV Tuner, Digital Camera, USB Webcam, USB Speaker, USB CD, USB DVD to your network, allowing all network users’ access to these shared USB devices. To fully benefit from this document, you should be familiar with basic networking principles. The instructions described in this manual are based on the settings in a new Server.
2. Product Overview 2.1 Package Contents Verify that nothing is missing from the package by using the checking list below. Please contact your dealer if anything is missing or damaged. All packing materials are recyclable. Please confirm the items in the package below: The Server Quick Installation Guide CD (Control Center and User’s Manual and Quick Installation Guide) Power Adaptor 2.
2.4 Supported USB Devices The server supports the following types of USB devices.
3. Basic Installation 3.1 Connecting the Hardware 1. Make sure that your USB devices are switched off and that the Server’s Power Adapter is disconnected. 2. Connect the USB devices to the USB ports with the USB cables. 3. Connect the Server to the network with a twisted-pair category 5 cable, 10baseT or 100baseTX. 4. Turn on the USB devices and make sure it is ready for use. 5. Connect the Power Adapter to the Server. The power indicator will light up and USB1 and USB2 indicators will flash in turn.
3. If the tool finds USB device servers in your local area network, then you have to select a server from the server list. 4. Double click the highlighted server (or click the “Configure Server” button) to get the server’s web pages. Click CONFIG icon. 5. Login with administrator ID (default: admin) and its password (default: admin). 6. Click Wireless icon. 7.
9. If the wireless network is secured by WPA-PSK or WPA2-PSK, the key formats, shared key and encryption must be set correctly. 10. Click Submit to save your settings. And the server will reboot. 11. You have now finished the procedure of setting the wireless parameters. After properly configuring the wireless parameters, you can remove the network cable and reboot the server. The server will then connect to your wireless network. It will detect if a network cable is plugged-in or not.
3.3 Assigning an IP Address to the Server 3.3.1 Preliminary If you have a DHCP server on your network, your Server will receive an IP address automatically. The IP address will then appear on the Control Center or on the page of configuration report that you printed earlier. If your DHCP server does not give an IP address to the Server, the Server will use the automatic private IP addressing IP: 169.254.0.0. ~ 169.254.255.
3.3.6 Setting the IP Address Using the Control Center 1. Install the Control Center. The Control Center is available on the Product CD. 2. Start the Control Center and Auto-searching Server window will appear. 3. If the tool finds multiple Servers in your local area network, then you have to select one Server from the Server List. 4. Double click the highlighted server (or click the “Configure Server” button) to get the server’s web pages. Click CONFIG icon. 5.
4. Using the USB Device Server 4.1 Introduction The goal of this produce is to provide the USB device server in a single product. We developed a new technology called “NetUSB” to achieve this goal. Basically, the “NetUSB” is a “USB over IP” technology that transparently redirects all USB packets to TCP/IP network channel. “NetUSB” allows you to use USB devices as if they were connected directly to your PC although they are actually remotely connected to the server. 4.
4.4 Installation of USB Device Driver Some USB devices, like printers or MFPs (multifunction printers), require to install vendor-supplied driver (usually on CDROM). For those USB devices that do not need to install driver, please skip this section. A. Insert the CDROM into the CD drive and run the “autorun” program. B. Follow the instructions of the installation program to install driver. C. When the installation program asks you to plug-in the USB device, run the “Control Center”. D.
4.5 Using the USB Device Server A. In the Control Center, click the USB device server that has the desired USB device attached. B. Click the desired USB device. C. Click the “Connect” button. Then the message “Manually Connect by your_computer_name” will be shown. D. Now, PC will detect the plug-in of the USB device. The “connect” operation is a software operation that simulates an actual USB device plug-in.
F. After you finish using the USB device, click the USB device in the Control Center and then click the “Disconnect” button to disconnect the USB device. Other PCs can not “Connect” the USB device until you “Disconnect” that USB device. That is to say, only one PC is allowed to connect the USB device at the same time. 4.6 Auto-Connect Printer The method described in section 4.
D. Choose the desired printer. The desired printer must be the Windows printer (this is a logical printer) that matches the printer attached on the USB device server (this is a physical printer). Then click the “Apply” button. E. Then, the printer will be marked as an “Auto-Connected Printer” in red. If you choose “Auto-Connected Printer List” in the “Tools” menu, you can see a newly created item that describes the association between the Windows printer and the physical printer on the server.
F. Then try to issue a print job to the desired printer. You will see the Control Center will automatically do a connect operation. Then, the print job will be issued to that printer. G. Even you already properly setup an auto-connected printer, the Control Center must be running (in the background) while a print job is issued. This means you’d better run the Control Center every time after you login Windows.
4.7 Network Scanner For NetUSB scanning, we recommend you use Network Scanner as the following steps. A. In the Control Center, click the USB device server that has the desired MFP (or scanner) attached. B. Click the desired MFP (or scanner). C. Click the “Network Scanner” button. Then you can see that the Control Center will automatically do a “connect” operation. The following window will appear.
D. Choose one of TWAIN or WIA item. Click “OK”. The following window will appear. E. Follow the usual steps to do scanning. F. After the scanning, close the “Auto-Connect Scanner” window. At this moment, Control Center will automatically do a disconnect.
4.8 USB Storage You must use “manually connect” for USB storage. After you connect a USB storage, like the following picture, your PC will have a new disk. If the USB storage is a flash drive, the new disk is a “removable disk”. You can see the storage icon in the system tray. Then just use the new disk as a general disk. After you finish the disk operations, click the storage icon in the system tray and choose “Safely remove USB Mass Storage Device” to remove the USB storage, as the following figure.
4.9 Request to Connect If a USB device is manually connected by any other user, basically you can not connect that device. However, we offer another mechanism called “Request to Connect” to solve this inconvenience. For example, there are two computers – TESTES and TEST. Now the owner of “HP Photosmart 2600” is TEST. Then, the TESTES computer wants to use this HP printer. The user on the TESTES computer can click the “Request to Connect” button in the Control Center. The following window appears.
4.10 Quitting the Control Center The Control Center doesn’t really quit if you click the “X” box (close box) at the top right corner of the window. Instead, it just minimizes itself to the system tray. There are two ways to really close the Control Center. The first way is choosing “Exit” item in the “File” menu in the Control Center. The second way is right-clicking the icon of the Control Center in the system tray and choosing the “Exit” item. 4.
5. File Server This chapter describes the file server function of the Server which allows USB storage devices to be shared across a network by using SMB: NetBIOS over TCP/IP and FTP protocol. 5.1 Preliminary 1. This product supports a file format of FAT12/16/32 and NTFS. However, the “write” operation on NTFS is only supported in NetUSB mode. Please refer to the NetUSB Mode. 2.
- When do you need to configure codepage? The Server supports Windows codepages. If users want to communicate files using FTP client tool or SMB on Windows 98/Me/2000 with the Server, they have to set their Server codepage to be same as the codepage that their Windows PC is using. 1. FTP 2. SMB on Windows 98/Me/2000 - Configuring the Server’s Codepages Users can use the following methods to set the Server’s codepage. 1. Start Control Center and Auto-searching Server window will appear. 2.
5.5 Using Shared Storage by FTP Methods for Windows A. Use Microsoft IE to the shared USB Mass Storages 1. Open Microsoft IE 2. In Web Address List, enter command: “ftp://Server’s Server Name“ or “ftp://Server’s IP address”. If you have changed the default FTP port : 21 to the new value, you have to add the new port number in the tail of command as “ftp://Server’s Server Name: ftp port” or “ftp://Server’s IP address: ftp port”. 3.
6. The Server’s Web Pages 6.1 Introduction The Server runs the http server, httpd on TCP port: 80. Users may use the web pages to see the Server’s system status and configure the Server. 6.2 Using the Server’s Web Pages 6.2.1 Displaying Server Status Click on the “STATUS” icon to see system status, network status and Wireless Status(only for wireless model). 6.2.
7. Troubleshooting This chapter provides useful information to help you resolve difficulties that you may experience with your Server. Fault symptoms, possible causes, and remedial actions are provided within a quick reference table. This Server’s USB ports only support MFPs, printers, scanners, mass storage, and USB cameras. 7.
8. Restore Factory Defaults You may restore the Server’s default parameters by one of the following methods. 8.1 Using the Server’s Web Pages 1. Go to the Server’s web page and click CONFIG 2. Enter administrator (default: admin) and password (default: admin). 3. Click Maintenance. 4. Click Factory Default. 5. Click Yes to confirm 8.2 Using Init Button Plug in the power adaptor while pressing the Init button until LED indicators of USB1 and USB2 blink. (For 1-port model, only USB LED will blink.
9. Upgrade Firmware This chapter describes how to upgrade firmware. Please follow one of the following Procedures: Procedure A: Using the Control Center 1. Open Control Center. It will automatically search the existing Servers and display their statuses. 2. Select the Server that you want to upgrade the firmware. Double click the selected Server to get the serve’s main web page. 3. Click CONFIG icon. 4. Login the Server with Administrator (default: admin) and Password (default: admin). 5.
10. The Init Button The Init button is used for maintenance: Simultaneously press Init button and turn on (by plugging in the power adaptor) the Server until USB1 and USB2 LED indicators simultaneously blink. (For 1-port model, only USB LED indicator will blink.) After that, the Server will do the following tasks: A. Perform a Factory Default restoration of the server, which will restore most of the parameters and settings to factory default values. B. Perform a TFTP server.
11. FCC Statement Federal Communication Commission Interference Statement This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation.
