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  • Page 1 USB Over IP Extender User Manual - 1 -...
  • Page 2 USB Extender User Manual Disclaimer Incorporated shall not be liable for technical or editorial errors or omissions contained herein; nor for incidental or consequential damages resulting from furnishing this material, or the performance or use of this product. Incorporated reserves the right to change product specifications without notice.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    USB Extender User Manual Table of Content Introduction............................4 Features ............................4 Installation............................5 Running Program..........................6 System Firewall ........................7 Main Dialog Box......................... 10 Status of USB Servers and Devices..................11 Accessing a Device ........................14 Server Configuration........................16 Configuration with Web-based UI..................17 Configuration with the Utility....................21 Featured Functions..........................24 Connect Automatically for Printing..................

  • Page 4: Introduction

    USB Extender User Manual Introduction This revolutionary USB Extender utilizes technologies that streamlines and enhances functionalities between USB devices and multiple PCs. Current solutions from other companies provide minimum functionality at high costs. They use significant amounts of resources and effort to achieve the required features, whereas this USB Extender utilizes significantly less resources for more features.

  • Page 5: Installation

    USB Extender User Manual Installation To install the USB Extender program, please double click the USB Extender setup file. Then please follow the instructions of the wizard to complete the installation process. Please reboot the system as requested by the installer when the process ends, otherwise the software might not work properly.

  • Page 6: Running Program

    USB Extender User Manual Running Program To start the USB Extender program, please double click the shortcut icon of the "USB Server" on the Desktop. This would bring up the main dialog as shown below. - 6 - REV：1.3...

  • Page 7: System Firewall

    USB Extender User Manual System Firewall When you start the program for the first time, your Windows OS will prompt you for Firewall Access. Please make sure you unblock the software or grant it access, otherwise the program will not work correctly.
  • Page 8 USB Extender User Manual Windows Vista Firewall Access Alert If your system is running Windows Vista, please make sure you “Unblock” the program. - 8 - REV：1.3...
  • Page 9 USB Extender User Manual Windows 7 Firewall Access Alert If your system is running Windows 7, please make sure you check both of the network options and then click on “Allow access” when you see this alert. Once you have done this once, the system will remember your setting and will not prompt you again the next time you run the software.

  • Page 10: Main Dialog Box

    USB Extender User Manual Main Dialog Box Once you start up the program and grant it access through the firewall, you will see this main dialog box. The main dialog box consists of a Control Menu (File, Options, View and Help), a tree view in the middle that displays a list of all devices discovered on the network, a Search button to get the current status of all USB Extenders and devices, and a button that toggles between Open Web Page and Connect Device depending on the node you select on the tree view.

  • Page 11: Status Of Usb Servers And Devices

    USB Extender User Manual Status of USB Extender and Devices The tree view also tells you the status of all the USB Extenders and devices that are discovered on the network. Any inaccessible USB Extender might or might not show up on the list if it is either disconnected from the network, powered off or suffering from other technical difficulties.
  • Page 12 USB Extender User Manual Occupied by Yourself When the device has been occupied, the icon and Status change to indicate so. - 12 - REV：1.3...
  • Page 13 USB Extender User Manual Occupied By Other User This status icon indicates the device is occupied by another user on your network and you can not connect to that device at the moment. Device on Different Segment This icon with question mark indicates that the Extender’s IP address is on a different network segment from your PC.

  • Page 14: Accessing A Device

    USB Extender User Manual Accessing a Device To connect to a USB device, please select it on the tree view and click on Connect Device button or double-click on it. This process might take from a few seconds up to a minute, depending on the complexity of the device.
  • Page 15 USB Extender User Manual If you select a connected device on the UI, you can see that the Connect Device button is changed to Disconnect Device ： Clicking on this button releases the selected device for other users. Once you see the icon change back, the device has been disconnected and other users will then be able to connect to it.

  • Page 16: Server Configuration

    USB Extender User Manual Extender Configuration We allow the users to configure the settings of the USB Extenders via the web-based UI. Select the target server on the tree view and then click on the Open Web Page button or the same option on the right-click menu of the server icon, to bring up the web-based configuration UI.

  • Page 17: Configuration With Web-Based Ui

    USB Extender User Manual Configuration with Web-based UI Your default web browser will pop up and take you into the web-based UI of the Extender. This is the main page. You can see the important information about the USB Extender and the device(s) connected to it.

  • Page 18: Network Information

    USB Extender User Manual Network Information This page displays the current network setting of the Extender, like the current IP setting and the MAC address. - 18 - REV：1.3...
  • Page 19 USB Extender User Manual Extender Reset Clicking on this link takes you the page shown below: Click on the Submit button with the correct password provided will reboot this USB Extender. If no password has been set, then simply click on Submit button to perform this function. - 19 - REV：1.3...

  • Page 20: Change Password

    USB Extender User Manual Change Password Clicking on this link takes you to the password update page below: To change the password, you must enter current password, enter new password and enter it again for confirmation, and then click on Submit to set the new Password. If you are setting the password for the first time, you don’t have to provide current password.

  • Page 21: Configuration With The Utility

    USB Extender User Manual Configuration with the Utility Another way to configure the Extender is via the configuration dialog of USB Extender. To bring up the configuration dialog, please RIGHT-CLICK on the Extender icon to bring up this menu, and select Server Configurations - 21 - REV：1.3...
  • Page 22 USB Extender User Manual You might be prompted to enter password if a password has been set. If not, you will immediately see the above dialog. Server Name: This field allows you change the Extender name. Change it whatever you want. USE DHCP: When this field is checked, your extender acquires IP address automatically.
  • Page 23 USB Extender User Manual Connect Automatically By Port: This is a new function that, when enabled, allows any USB device plugged into the enabled port to be connected automatically. Please see "Featured Functions" chapter for a detailed description of this function. Backup Firmware: this function is a fail-safe mechanism for the "Update Firmware"...

  • Page 24: Featured Functions

    USB Extender User Manual Featured Functions Connect Automatically for Printing This is another one of our very convenient functions. What this function does is that when you send a printing task to this printer, it detects this printing task and AUTOMATICALLY connects this printer to print out the document. When the printing task is done, the printer will then be AUTOMATICALLY disconnected so that other users can use it.
  • Page 25 USB Server User Manual Automatic Connection There two ways to automatically connects USB devices: automatic connection by device and automatic connection by USB port. Automatic Connection by Device Once enabled, THIS PARTICULAR DEVICE will be automatically connected when: The software starts up and the device is online and Free. The software is running and the device comes online.
  • Page 26 USB Extender User Manual Automatic Connection by Device When this function is enabled for the port, the USB devices will be automatically connected when: The device is plugged into the port when the software is running. The device is plugged into the port and is Free when the software starts up. The device is plugged into the port and the status changes to Free from any other status when the software is running.

  • Page 27: Create A Shortcut On Your Desktop

    USB Extender User Manual Create a Shortcut on Your Desktop This function creates a shortcut on your Desktop that, when double-clicked, starts up an application and connects a targeted device at the same time. This function is particularly useful when the functions or one of the functions of the targeted device must work with a specific application, such as a multi-function printer and the photo/picture scanning utility.
  • Page 28 USB Extender User Manual Take this EPSON MFP as an example. Right click on it and select the “Create a Shortcut on Your Desktop” option. - 28 - REV：1.3...
  • Page 29 USB Extender User Manual Then you will see this setup dialog pop up. So, this EPSON MFP comes with a scanning application called EPSON Scan. You can see a shortcut of this EPSON Scan software being placed on your Desktop. Now you can either Drag-and-Drop the EPSON Scan shortcut into the highlighted text field..
  • Page 30 USB Extender User Manual ..or you can see the browse button to select the shortcut. - 30 - REV：1.3...
  • Page 31 USB Extender User Manual Either way, observe that the program path has been correctly captured and then click on the OK button. - 31 - REV：1.3...
  • Page 32 USB Extender User Manual Then you will see a new shortcut being created on the Desktop. The naming rule of the new shortcut is adding a “Network” prefix to the name of the original shortcut. - 32 - REV：1.3...
  • Page 33 USB Extender User Manual Now, when you double-click the new “Network EPSON Scan” shortcut, the software runs and the EPSON MFP gets connected at the same time. You can then start your scanning task. - 33 - REV：1.3...
  • Page 34 USB Extender User Manual When you are finished, simply close the EPSON Scan utility and the EPSON MFP will be disconnected automatically. Now you can operate your MFP or Scanner with a shortcut on your Desktop and keep the USB Extender software minimized at the system tray.

  • Page 35: Auto Disconnect Printer/Mfp/Storage Device

    USB Extender User Manual Auto Disconnection Printer/MFP/Storage Device These functions are there to prevent the case when one user connected a Printer or Storage device but forgot to disconnect it when he/she was done with the device. - 35 - REV：1.3...
  • Page 36 USB Extender User Manual When these two functions are enabled, you will see this message when you connect a Storage device or a printer. - 36 - REV：1.3...
  • Page 37 USB Extender User Manual When the Idle time is up and the device has been disconnected, you get another notification： NOTE: This function might not work with Storage device such as a pen driver/flash driver. These devices tend to periodically (on a millisecond basis) communicate with the OS even when the user is not reading data from it or writing data to it.

  • Page 38: Device Property

    USB Extender User Manual Device Property Click on the Device Property to bring up the Device Property dialog box. - 38 - REV：1.3...
  • Page 39 USB Extender User Manual Device Property dialog box displays information of the USB device. If the device is occupied, it also displays the occupying PC name and the IP of the PC occupying it. This dialog box provides a quite useful function. Check the "Launch a program when this device connects "...

  • Page 40: File

    USB Extender User Manual File The Quit function exits the program. - 40 - REV：1.3...

  • Page 41: Options

    USB Extender User Manual Options Language You can change the utility’s language with this option. The default language would be the same as your system’s language. - 41 - REV：1.3...

  • Page 42: Server Settings

    USB Extender User Manual Extender Settings Setting Server: Same function as the Setting Server option on the server icon’s right click menu Run USB Server When PC Starts Up: This utility automatically runs the Extender program when your system starts up. Open Web Page: Brings up the Extender’s configuration web pages.

  • Page 43: Device Settings

    USB Extender User Manual Device Settings Connect Device and Disconnect Device: Connects and disconnects the selected device. Request Disconnect Device: When you want to use a device occupied by another user, you can highlight that device and use this function. This sends a message to the occupying user with your request.

  • Page 44: Search

    USB Extender User Manual Search When you are in need of knowing the status of all the extenders and devices immediately, use the Search button. Clicking on the Search button triggers the program to immediately poll the network for the status of all the extenders and devices.

  • Page 45: View

    USB Extender User Manual View The tree view in the main dialog has two display modes: “Extenders and Devices” mode and “Devices Only” mode. The default setting is “Devices Only” mode. You can toggle between these two display modes with the View option on the control menu: Extenders and Devices view Device Only View - 45 -...

  • Page 46: Help

    USB Extender User Manual Help About About option brings up a dialog box with legal and other relative information displayed: - 46 - REV：1.3...

  • Page 47: Log

    USB Extender User Manual Enabling Log function allows the USB Extender software to generate a log file that records data which might help software developers debug a problem. So if you want to report a bug, enable this function and repeat the steps to reproduce the bug. Once you have seen the bug happen again, you can use the Extract log file function to extract the file and send the file in for analysis.

  • Page 48: Extract Log File

    USB Extender User Manual Extract Log File Clicking on this option brings up the folder where the log file is kept. - 48 - REV：1.3...
  • Page 49 USB Extender User Manual - 49 - REV：1.3...

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