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software operation that simulates an actual USB device plug-in. That is to say, when you do a “connect”

operation in the Control Center, PC can then detect a USB device’s plug-in, although actually you do not

plug in any USB device. Similarly, the “disconnect” operation is a software operation that simulates the

disconnection of the USB device. Once the connect operation is successful, the operations to use that

USB device are just the same as if the USB device is directly connected to the PC.

If a USB device is “connected” by a PC, we say that PC has the ownership of the USB device. Only one PC

can get the ownership of a USB device at the same time. Therefore, if a USB device is connected by one

PC, no other PC can connect this USB device until this USB device is disconnected.

4.3. Subnet Issue

Before using the NetUSB technology, you must first make sure that your PC can access USB device server

via TCP/IP. The simplest way to do this is using “Control Center” to search for the USB device server on

the network and change its IP address to be the same subnet as your PC. If the server and your PC are not

in the same TCP/IP subnet, Control Center will show the server in red, as the following figure. You must

change the IP address (or using DHCP) of the server so that the server and your PC are in the same subnet.

Control Center will show these servers in blue, meaning you can access these servers by the NetUSB

technology.

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.

1. Insert the CDROM into the CD drive and run the “autorun” program.

2. Follow the instructions of the installation program to install driver.

3. When the installation program asks you to plug-in the USB device, run the “Control Center”.

4. In the Control Center, click the USB device server that has the desired USB device attached.

5. Click the desired USB device as the following figure.