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  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION ........................ 4     Customer Support ..................4     CHAPTER 2 PRODUCT OVERVIEW ....................5     Package Contents ..................5     Product CD ....................5     2.2.1 Start-up Procedures ..................5  ...
  • Page 3 Supported Codepages ................31     Adding Your USB Mass Storages to Network with Security ....33     6.5.1 Setting up File Server Using the Control Center ........33     6.5.2 Setting up File Server Using Web Pages ..........35  ...

  • Page 4: Chapter 1 Introduction

    Chapter 1 Introduction Thank you for purchasing this Hawking Technologies HMPS1U USB Print Server for Multifunction Printers (in the following referred to as “Server”). This Server is designed to connect your AIO/MFPs (All-In-One/Multifunction Peripheral), printers, USB mass storages (hard drives, flash drives, and memory card readers), and scanners, to your network, allowing all network users access to these shared USB devices resources.

  • Page 5: Chapter 2 Product Overview

    USB1 Indicator is lit while a USB device connects to USB1 Port of this Server. If it is not lit, or if it blinks, there is a problem with the USB device or this Server. Note: There is only one USB LED indicator for Hawking Technologies HMPS1U.

  • Page 6: Installation Procedures

    2.4 Installation Procedures 2.4.1 Installation and Integration Please refer to the table below to select the appropriate installation method. The Control Center is available on the CD or from Hawking Technologies’ website. Functi Method Description Print Windows Standard Installation of LPR, Raw TCP...

  • Page 7: Chapter 3 Basic Installation

    Chapter 3 Basic Installation 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.

  • Page 8: Server Names And Server Name Rules

    Server Names and Server Name Rules The default server name of the Server is “HMPS1U” (for Hawking Technologies HMPS1U). If you put two or more Servers in your local area network, to avoid using the same server names you have to change the server names by using the Control Center or the Server’s web pages.
  • Page 9 5. After you have logged in successfully, select TCP/IP from the Server’s menu. The Set IP Address dialog appears.

  • Page 10: Setting The Ip Address Using The Server's Web

    6. Click the button corresponding to your choice of IP setting method (static or dynamic using DHCP). When assigning a static IP address you also have to define Subnet Mask and Default Gateway. If you choose Automatically get IP by DHCP, you can use desired DNS by clicking the Manual DNS button and manually assigning a DNS.
  • Page 11 3. Go to the web page and click CONFIG icon. 4. Enter administrator (default: admin) and password (default: admin). 5. Click TCP/IP icon.

  • Page 12: Name Of Usb Device

    6. Click the button corresponding to your choice of IP setting methods (static or dynamic using DHCP). When assigning a static IP address you also have to define Subnet Mask and Default Gateway. 7. Click Submit to save your settings. And the Server will reboot. You have now finished the procedure of setting the IP address.

  • Page 13: Print Server In Windows

    Chapter 4 Print Server in Windows 4.1 Overview of Installation Methods This chapter describes how to add network printers. Table List for Installing Network Printer Windows Platform Printing Protocols Method Windows 98, ME, SMB/CIFS Printing Standard Windows Add Printer 2000,XP,Vista and Wizard 2003 The Control Center’s Add Printer...

  • Page 14: The Server And Windows Pc On Same Lan

    4.2.1 The Server and Windows PC on Same LAN LAN HUB/Switch Server USB Printer 4.2.2 The Server and Windows PC on Different LANs Example: Wired Windows PC across Internet Router Internet LAN HUB/Switch Server Router LAN HUB/Switch USB Printer...

  • Page 15: Setting Up Local Windows Printer Driver

    Setting up Local Windows Printer Driver You are advised to install your Windows printer driver in advance. For most printers, you can install the printer drivers with the following procedure: Click Start, click Control Panel, click Printers and Other Hardware, and then click Printers and Faxes.
  • Page 16 5. In the Printer Name or IP Address box, enter the Server Name of the Server or IP address of the Server. In the Port Name box, enter your desired name or USB1_LPR for printer connected to USB1 port.
  • Page 17 If your Server is running on a different LAN than your Windows PC such as Internet PC, you must enter Server’s IP address in Printer Name or IP Address box. 6. Click Next. 7. Click Custom/settings. 8. Click Settings and confirm that the settings are as below. The queue names are USB1_LQ for USB1 port 1.
  • Page 18 9. Click Finish...

  • Page 19: Using The Control Center For Lpr Printing

    4.4.2 Using the Control Center for LPR Printing Windows Platform: Windows 2000, XP and 2003 1. Start the Control Center, right-click on your Server and select Set Printer. 2. Select USB1 Port to add the printer in Set printer in box, choose to use Server Name or IP address to represent the Server in Select IP address or Host Name in printer port box, and select the network printing protocol of Printing with LPR (Line Printer Remote).
  • Page 20 If your Server is running on a different LAN than your Windows PC such as Internet PC, you must choose IP address in Select IP address or Host Name in printer port box. 3. Click Apply. 4. Select the desired printer driver and click Set Port to Printer.

  • Page 21: Using Standard Windows Method For Raw Tcp Printing

    5. If you cannot find any printer driver in Printer List, please install your printer driver first or click Add New Printer to install the printer driver. 4.4.3 Using Standard Windows Method for Raw TCP Printing Windows Platform: Windows 2000, XP and 2003 1.
  • Page 22 9. Click Finish.

  • Page 23: Using The Control Center For Raw Tcp/Jetdirect Printing

    4.4.4 Using the Control Center for Raw TCP/JetDirect Printing Windows Platform: Windows 2000, XP and 2003 1. Start the Control Center, right-click on your Server and select Set Printer. 2. Select USB1 Port to add the printer in Set printer in box, choose to use Host Name or IP Address to represent the Server in Select IP Address or Host Name in printer port box, and select the network printing protocol of Print with Raw TCP Mode.

  • Page 24: Using Standard Windows Methods For Smb/Cifs Printing

    5. If you cannot find any printer driver in Printer List, please install your printer driver first or click Add New Printer to install the printer driver. 4.4.5 Using Standard Windows Methods for SMB/CIFS Printing Before using SMB/CIFS printing, you have to login the SMB/CIF Print/File server in advance and then you may use it;...

  • Page 25: Using The Control Center For Smb/Cifs Printing

    Control Center to know exact path). For example: if you set the server name as “HMPS1U” and the printer name (USB1 port) as Dell Photo AIO Printer 962, then the network path is expressed as: \\HMPS1U\Dell Photo AIO Printer 962.
  • Page 26 1. Start the Control Center, right-click on your Server and select Set Printer. 2. Select USB1 Port to add the printer in Set printer in box, choose to use Host Name or IP Address to represent the Server in Select IP Address or Host Name in printer port box, and select the network printing protocol of Printing with Network Path (SMB).

  • Page 27: Using Standard Windows Method For Ipp Printing

    5. If you cannot find any printer driver in Printer List, please install your printer driver first or click Add New Printer to install the printer driver. 4.4.7 Using Standard Windows Method for IPP Printing Windows Platform: Windows 98 SE, ME, 2000, XP, Vista, and 2003 Click Start, click Control Panel, click Printers and Other Hardware, and then click Printers and Faxes.
  • Page 28 Double click Add Printer to start the Add Printer Wizard, and then click Next. In this window, select A network printer, or a printer attached to another computer and click Next. Click the Next button. On the next window, select Connect to a printer on the Internet or on a home or office network.
  • Page 29 Click Next and then continue Windows Add Printer Wizard.

  • Page 30: Chapter 5 File Server

    NTFS is only supported in NetUSB mode. Please refer to the Storage Access Mode. 2. Hawking Technologies Corporation is not responsible for the loss or corruption of data in memory devices, including hard disk; Hawking Technologies is not responsible for the leak, manipulation, loss, or corruption of data in memory devices connected to the Server after unauthorized access.

  • Page 31: Supported Codepages

    Supported Codepages What is codepage? Used by the system to encode and interpret string characters. Codepage formats are not the same for each language. Some languages, such as Japanese have multi-byte characters, while others, such as English and German, need only one byte to represent each character. Filename Encoding of FAT File System This is known as an file name, a short file name using codepage encoding.
  • Page 32 5. Select your codepage form File Server Codepage box and click Apply. Using Server’s Web Pages 1. Go to the web page, click CONFIG 2. Login your administrator (default: admin) and password (default: admin). 3. After you have logged in successfully, setting General Configuration dialog appears.

  • Page 33: Adding Your Usb Mass Storages To Network With Security

    4. Select your codepage form File Server Codepage box and click Apply. Adding Your USB Mass Storages to Network with Security You can use the following protocols to share your USB Mass Storages with user level security in network: SMB/CIFS: NetBIOS over TCP/IP The protocols are shown in Supported Protocols box of the Control Center or the Server’s web pages.
  • Page 34 5. Set up File Server Configuration: Set SMB/CIFS Print/File Server Enable SMB/CIFS Print/File Server: select the item if you want to support SMB/CIFS print/File server. Enable Internet Access: clear the item if you do not want to allow users to access your SMB/CIFS server via Internet.

  • Page 35: Setting Up File Server Using Web Pages

    Maximum Session Number: select the item and fill in desired number. Enable Passive Mode: select the item if you want to allow your FTP server to accept passive mode command. Enable Server Authentication: select the item if you want to share your storage with user level security which requires user name and password to login.
  • Page 36 4. Set up File Server Configuration: A. Set SMB/CIFS Print/File Server Enable SMB/CIFS Print/File Server: select the item if you want to support SMB/CIFS print/File server. Enable Internet Access: clear the item if you do not want to allow users to access your SMB/CIFS server via Internet.

  • Page 37: Using Shared Storages By Smb/Cifs Method For Windows

    Enable Passive Mode: select the item, if you want to allow your FTP server to accept passive mode command. Enable Server Authentication: select the item, if you want to share your storage with user level security which requires user name and password to login. If you clear the item, your storage will be shared without security.

  • Page 38: Using Shared Storage By Ftp Methods For Windows

    10. Perform Open, Paste, Remove or Copy the files to the shared folders. Note: Another way to use shared storages by SMB/CIFS method : In Control Center, click the “Network Storage” button, as the following figure. 6.5.4 Using Shared Storage by FTP Methods for Windows Use Microsoft IE to the shared USB Mass Storages Open Microsoft IE In Web Address List, enter command: “ftp://Server’s IP address”.
  • Page 39 Server authentication, you do not need username or password to login to the Server. You can add user name and password in User Account box in the Control Center or the Server’s Web pages. Perform FTP commands to use this FTP server.

  • Page 40: Chapter 7 The Netusb Technology

    The NetUSB Technology Introduction The goal of Hawking Technologies HMPS1U USB 2.0 MFP Print Server is to provide a print/scan/file server in a single product. For printers and scanners, there is no industrial standard. We have developed a new technology, called “NetUSB”, to solve this problem. With the NetUSB technology, it is not necessary to implement printer/scanner drivers into the Server.

  • Page 41: How To Use

    Before using the NetUSB technology, you must first make sure that your PC can access Hawking Technologies HMPS1U Server via TCP/IP. The simplest way to do this is using the “Control Center” to search for the Hawking Technologies HMPS1U USB MFP Server on the network and change its IP address to be the same subnet as your PC.
  • Page 42 Click the server. Then all USB devices attached on the server will be shown. Please follow the user manual of the USB device to do the driver installation. For example, you may put the driver CD of the USB device in the CD-ROM to install the driver. When you are asked to plug in the USB device into the PC’s USB port, either before running the driver setup program or during the execution of the driver setup program (This depends on the USB device.

  • Page 43: Netusb Printing

    PC will automatically detect the plug-in of the USB device. On the right side of Windows Task Bar, you can see the information of the new device. Continue to follow the user manual of the USB device to complete installation. After the installation, you can see the newly created devices on the PC.
  • Page 44 D. Choose the desired printer. The desired printer must be the Windows printer (this is a local printer) that matches the printer attached on the MFP server (this is a physical printer). Then click the “Apply” button. Then, the printer will be marked as an “Auto-Connected Printer” in red. If you choose “Auto-Connected Printer List”...

  • Page 45: Netusb Scanning

    “OK” button. This feature is enabled by default. If you would like to break the association between the Windows printer and the physical printer, just click on the association and click the “Delete” button in the “Auto-Connected Printer List”. 7.3.3 NetUSB Scanning After the driver is installed as described in 7.3.1, you can see a newly created scanner in the Control Panel’s “Scanners and Cameras”.

  • Page 46: Netusb Scanning Using Auto-Connect Scan

    The steps described above require manual “connect” and “disconnect” operations before and after the scanning, respectively. We will introduce “auto-connect scanning” in the following section. 7.3.4 NetUSB Scanning using Auto-Connect Scan For NetUSB scanning, we recommend you use auto-connect scan as the following steps. In the Control Center, click the MFP server that has the desired MFP attached.

  • Page 47: Accessing Usb Storage Using Netusb Technology

    Follow the usual steps to do scanning. After the scanning, close the “Auto-Connect Scanner” window. 7.3.5 Accessing USB Storage using NetUSB Technology Before you use NetUSB technology to access USB storage, please make sure the storage access mode is in NetUSB mode. In the Control Center, click the MFP server that has the desired USB storage device attached.

  • Page 48: Limitations

    C. Click the “Connect” button to manually connect the USB storage device. D. Now your PC will have a new disk. For example, if you connect a flash drive, your PC will have a new “removable disk”. You can see the storage icon in the system tray, as the following figure. Just use the new disk as a general disk.

  • Page 49: Chapter 8 The Control Center

    Chapter 8 The Control Center This chapter describes how to use the Control Center. 8.1 Installing Control Center 1. Insert the included CD into the personal computer. The Autorun screen as in the following should appear. 2. Click Install Application button. 3.

  • Page 50: Displaying Server Status

    Refresh Server List: renew to auto search the existing servers on the network. Goto Homepage: go to the web pages of the highlighted MFP server. Configure Server: configure the highlighted MFP server. Note 1: You can also right-click the mouse button on the highlighted MFP server to get the “Configure Server”, “Goto Homepage”, “Set Printer”, and “Network Storage”...
  • Page 51 Factory Default. Enable Raw TCP Printing: select or clear Enable Raw TCP Printing support. It is enabled in Factory Default and users may set the protocol’s TCP ports as following boxes: TCP Port 1: set TCP port for the printer of USB1 port (default: 9100) TCP Port 2: set TCP port for the printer of USB2 port (default: 9101) Enable SMB/CIFS Print/File Server: select or clear Enable SMB/CIFS Print/File Server support.
  • Page 52 Storage Access Mode Server Mode: In this mode, you can access the USB storage via FTP or SMB/CIFS protocols. FAT16/32 file format is fully supported in this mode. For NTFS, however, only the “read” operation is supported. This is the default mode. NetUSB Mode: In this mode, you can access the USB storage using NetUSB technology.
  • Page 53 Set Administrator New Administrator: enter your desired administrator name. New Password: enter your desired password. Retype Password: confirm your previous password typing. User Accounts list User name: add a new user account for accessing the storage attached to the Server. Password: set a password for added user.
  • Page 54 Trap Community: set Trap Community name for SNMP server to send trap packets. Trap Address: enter an IP address to send the Trap packet. SysContact: enter some letters for variable of SysContact that represents the name of system contact. SysName: enter some letters for variable of SysName that represents the name of system.
  • Page 55 SMTP Protocol: select or clear Enable SMTP support SMTP Server Name: enter your SMTP Server’s Name or IP address. SMTP Port Number: set new SMTP server’s TCP port number (default: 25). Subject: enter the subject of the e-mail. From Address: enter the sender’s e-mail address. To Address: enter an e-mail address to send that mail to a person.

  • Page 56: Quitting The Control Center

    Upgrade to upload the firmware into the Server. 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.

  • Page 57: Chapter 9 The Server's Web Pages

    Chapter 9 The Server’s Web Pages 9.1 Introduction The Server runs the daemon of http server, httpd on TCP port: 80. Users may use the web pages to see the Server’s system status and configure the Server. 9.2 Using the Server’s Web Pages 9.2.1 Displaying Server Status You can see the status of Host Information, TCP/IP and USB devices.

  • Page 58: Setting Up Server Configuration

    9.2.2 Setting up Server Configuration To set up the Server configuration, the system will request user to enter administrator (default: admin) and password (default: admin) to login. General Configuration Server Information: You have to set some information for networking using SMB protocol: Server Name: the name to represent the Server for using SMB protocol Workgroup: the name of the SMB workgroup that the Server belongs to.
  • Page 59 FTP Port: enter an integer number to set FTP server’s TCP port (default: 21) Set Maximum Session Number: select or clear Set Maximum Session Number support. You can limit the FTP session number by selecting the support and enter an integer to set the allowable maximum session number. If you clear the support, it means that FTP server will not have any limitation in number of sessions.
  • Page 60 Storage Access Mode Server Mode: In this mode, you can access the USB storage via FTP or SMB/CIFS protocols. Only FAT16/32 file format is supported in this mode. This is the default mode. NetUSB Mode: In this mode, you can access the USB storage using NetUSB technology.
  • Page 61 User Accounts list User name: add a new user account for accessing the storage attached to the Server. Password: set a password for added user. Permission: select Read-Only or Read-Write permission to access File servers. Add: click Add button, after entering the user name, corresponding password, and Permission selection.
  • Page 62 represents to enable (1) or disable (2) to send Trap packets receiving the wrong Community name. SNMP V3 Enable SNMP V3: select or clear Enable SnmpV3 support User Security name: set user security name of SNMP v3 Auth Password: set authentication password of SNMP v3. Privacy Password: set privacy password of SNMP v3.
  • Page 63 Maintenance If you want to restore factory default values of the Server and upgrade new firmware, you can use the Maintenance tool. Factory Default: click this button, the Server will restore factory default values. Download New Firmware from Website: click this button to download new firmware or user software from this product’s public website.

  • Page 64: Chapter 10 Email Alerting

    Chapter 10 Email Alerting This Server emails a notification to the user at these events: Adding or Removing a USB device. System Error. Chapter 11 SNMP This Server runs an SNMP daemon supporting SNMP v1, v2c, and v3 protocols (Simple Network Management Protocol).

  • Page 65: Chapter 12 Troubleshooting

    Chapter 12 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, and mass storage. 12.1 LED Indicators Indicators...

  • Page 66: Chapter 13 Restore Factory Defaults

    Chapter 13 Restore Factory Defaults You may restore the Server’s default parameters by one of the following methods. 13.1 Using the Control Center Start the Control Center. If the tool finds Servers in your local area network, then you have to select a Server from the Server List.

  • Page 67: Using Init Button

    After that, unplug the power adaptor and then plug in the power adapter again to restart the Server. Now, the Server will operate using the Factory Default values. 13.4 Default Parameters List Host Information Server Name: HMPS1U (for Hawking Technologies HMPS1U) Workgroup: WORKGROUP Description (Optional): Hawking Technologies HMPS1U Code Page of File Server:...
  • Page 68 Password: admin SNMP Authentic Community: public Trap Community: public Trap Address: 0.0.0.0 SysContact: sales@HawkingTech.com SysName: HMPS1U MFP Print Server SysLocation: www.HawkingTech.com EnableAuthenTrap: 2 (disable) SNMPv3: Disabled - User Security Name: None - Auth Password: None - Privacy Password: None...

  • Page 69: Chapter 14 Upgrade Firmware

    Chapter 14 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 and enter Administrator (default: admin) and Password (default: admin).
  • Page 70 Procedure B: Using the Server’s Web Pages 1. Power on the Server. Suppose that the Server is in DHCP mode. 2. Check the Server's IP address. 3. First, run Control Center. It will automatically search for Servers on the LAN. Then Servers’...
  • Page 71 values after restarting, i.e., your Server’s configuration will recover to Factory Default values. 2. Start the TFTP client Tool: Image Burner 3. Click Open Image to open your new firmware. Please note that you must configure your PC’s TCP/IP such that the PC and the Server belong to the same LAN, i.e. PC’s IP is 192.168.1.xxx and subnet mask is 255.255.255.0.

  • Page 72: Chapter15 The Init Button

    Chapter15 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 LED indicator simultaneously blinks. After that, the Server will do the following tasks: Perform a Factory Default of the MFP server, which will restore most of the parameters and settings to factory default values, Perform a TFTP server.

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