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USB device's status change to Available.
Tech Note: US4A/PS4A: Some USB devices may require additional action
PRIOR to 'disconnecting' your USB device. For example, some USB devices (like
printers with a card reader.) will require you to drag the device's icon to the trash, stop
the USB printer's card reader software, etc. If your USB device requires such actions
when the device is directly connected to the computer, please do these actions prior to
clicking the DISCONNECT button in the Keyspan Server Utility software.
If you forget to disconnect a USB device, please note that USB devices will automatically get
disconnected if your computer goes to 'sleep' or 'hibernate', your computer is turned off, or if you
disconnect from your network.
In the worst cases where a device has been left in use and you cannot get the other computer to
disconnect a device, you can forcibly 'Force Disconnect' a device that has been left in use. While
Force Disconnecting a device is not recommended, you can learn more about this feature in the
Advanced menu subsection found in the Changing USB Server's Settings section.
Step 4
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Other Methods Of Connecting USB Devices (Optional)
In addition to using the USB Server program to 'manually' connect USB devices to your computer,
you can also:
• Automatically connect and disconnect printers for improved printer sharing
(by using the Auto-Connect feature)
• Connect and disconnect USB devices without opening the USB Server program
(by using the USB Server system tray icon)
• Not 'share' your USB devices and Automatically connect USB devices to only one
computer (by using the Single-User Connect Mode)
For specific instructions on how to setup and use these features, please read the Other Methods
To Connect Your USB Devices sub section later in this chapter.
Step 5
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Finishing Up and Additional Notes
You have now learned to how use your USB device via the Keyspan USB Server.
If you need to connect additional USB devices, note that you can connect up to 8 USB devices to
one Keyspan USB Server. While the USB Server only has 4 USB ports, we support 8 devices due
to how Compound USB devices work. Compound USB devices are devices that have multiple
components connected to an embedded USB hub inside 1 USB device. For example, the Lexmark
X1150 is a compound device that has 2 components (one for the scanner, one for the printer). The
Canon i475D is also a compound device that has 3 components (the printer, the card reader, and a
HID device [for buttons on the printer]).
This User Manual applies to the Keyspan USB Server Software Version 1.3.x. Patent Pending.
Rev 2005jun23
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