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Page 1: Table Of Contents
Setup Step 3 – Install and Configure Device Setup Step 4 – Install Desktop Applications Record Important Information 3. Connecting to Your Ethernet Disk mini Home 3.1. HipServ Agent with QuickConnect 3.2. LaCie Media Portal 4. Sharing Your Content and Managing Files 4.1. -
Page 2: Lacie Ethernet Disk Mini Home Edition User Manual
7.1.5. MyBackup 7.2. MySafe 7.2.1. Connecting an External USB Hard Drive 7.2.2. Backing Up Files to the USB Hard Drive 7.2.3. Restoring Files to the Ethernet Disk mini 7.2.4. Disconnecting your MySafe External Hard Drive 8. Settings 8.1. General Settings 8.2. - Page 3 ❖ Consult the dealer or an experienced such revisions and changes. radio/TV technician for help. Modifications to this product not autho- rized by LaCie could void the FCC & In- CAUTION: shielded-type Canada Compliance Statement dustry Canada regulations and negate...
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Page 4: Health And Safety Precautions
Any loss, corruption or destruction of data while using a LaCie drive is the sole responsibility of the user, and under no circumstances will LaCie be held liable for the recovery or restoration of this data. To help prevent the loss of your data, LaCie highly recommends that you keep copies of your data;... -
Page 5: Introduction
❖ Share photos with my friends ❖ Access my Ethernet Disk mini Home Edition when I’m not at home ❖ Stream videos from my Ethernet Disk mini Home Edition to my TV ❖ Learn about iTunes Server ❖... -
Page 6: Box Content
LaCie Ethernet Disk mini Home Edition User Manual page 6 1.1. Box Content LaCie Ethernet Disk mini Home Edition Ethernet cable Power supply Drive stand kit Installation CD-ROM with utilities and backup software Quick Install Guide IMPORTANT INFO: Please save your packaging. In the event that the drive should need to be repaired or serviced, it must be returned in its original packaging. -
Page 7: System Requirements
1.2. System Requirements ■ Network Requirements To make use of all the Ethernet Disk mini Home features, you will need the following: Consumer Broadband Internet connection: HipServ utilizes ports 80 (http _, 443 (https) and 22 (ssh) unblocked (without this, ❖... -
Page 8: Specifications And Services
LaCie Ethernet Disk mini Home Edition User Manual page 8 1.3. Specifications and Services ■ Software Included Software System Software: Axentra HipServ 1.5 Desktop Software: HipServ Desktop Agent, QuickConnect, Desktop Mirror (Backup & Sync) for Windows and Mac ■ Services Services Remote Access Service: Includes free personal remote access. -
Page 9: Installation And Setup
LaCie Ethernet Disk mini Home Edition User Manual page 9 2. Installation and Setup Carefully follow these steps to set up your LaCie Ethernet Disk mini Home Edition: Step 1 Verify – Make sure your computer and network meet the minimum requirements... -
Page 10: Setup Step 1 - Verify
Setup Step 1 – Verify Verify System and Connection Requirements Before connecting your Ethernet Disk mini, make sure that your broadband home network is running properly. Make sure you are able to access the Internet from your computer. HipServ automatically configures the majority of today’s consumer routers utilizing UPnP features. Make sure your router UPnP-enabled. -
Page 11: Setup Step 3 - Install And Configure Device
Setup Step 3 – Install and Configure Device ■ Registration and Setup Insert the LaCie Utilities CD into your computer’s CD- or DVD drive to begin the Ethernet Disk mini - Home Edition Setup program. On the Ethernet Disk mini Setup page, click Step 1 Set- (Fig. - Page 12 D), enter a user name, display name and password. You will use the user name and password you enter here to log in to your Ethernet Disk mini when setup is complete. Click Next. Setup will check your router for UPnP compatibility and automatically configure it to communicate with homelacie.com.
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Page 13: Setup Step 4 - Install Desktop Applications
Figure 2.4 Record Important Information Record your important Ethernet Disk mini Home Edition Information below. You can use this information to configure desktop applications and to administer your Ethernet Disk mini. Ethernet Disk mini Setup Notes:________________________________________________________________________ Ethernet Disk mini Hostname: ________________________________________________________example (TheSmiths) Ethernet Disk mini Full Domain Address: __________________________________ example (TheSmiths.homelacie.com) -
Page 14: Connecting To Your Ethernet Disk Mini Home
User Manual page 14 3. Connecting to Your Ethernet Disk mini Home There are several ways to connect to HipServ to save or retrieve your media. Choose the method that works best for you and the way you like to use your computer. -
Page 15: Hipserv Agent With Quickconnect
The first time you use your Ethernet Disk mini Home Edition, you’ll probably want to transfer your digital library from your computer to the Ethernet Disk mini. The fastest and easiest way to do this is to open an Windows Explorer window or a Mac Finder window and simply drag and drop files from your computer to your Ethernet Disk mini. -
Page 16: Lacie Media Portal
3.2. LaCie Media Portal The LaCie Media Portal web interface is the most common and most universal method of connectivity for web-enabled devices. Combined with HipServ’s whenever, wherever capability, the experience at home is the similar to the experience on the road, whether you’re using a laptop computer or a web-enabled cellular phone (cell phone service available with premium service only). -
Page 17: Sharing Your Content And Managing Files
Sharing: Controlling who can access your files (such as a photo album, or home video). They can be made available to only you, to the whole world, or to only a specified group of people. Invitations to remotely access content on your Ethernet Disk mini can be sent to friends and family through an email that includes a secure link. -
Page 18: Application Bar
18 ■ 4.1.2. Application Bar Use the Application Bar to quickly access different applications or to return to the Welcome Home page by clicking on the LaCie logo button. See Fig. 4.1.2. Figure 4.1.2 ■ 4.1.3. Location Bar Use the Location Bar to see the path to the file or folder you are currently viewing. -
Page 19: Action Bar
LaCie Ethernet Disk mini Home Edition User Manual page 19 ■ 4.1.4. Action Bar Use the Action Bar to perform various tasks to files or folders, to change the view of the file list or to get help. The Download, Edit, Copy, Delete, Move, Rename, Zip, and Share buttons are grayed out (inactive) if no files or folders are selected in the File List. -
Page 20: File List
LaCie Ethernet Disk mini Home Edition User Manual page 20 ■ 4.1.5. File List File List displays all files and folders in the location you are viewing. Folders are listed before individual files. Select files and folders using the check boxes to the right of each filename or select the check box beside Name to select them all. -
Page 21: Family Library And My Library
LaCie Ethernet Disk mini Home Edition User Manual page 21 4.2. Family Library and My Library Files placed in the FamilyLibrary can be made accessible to all users with accounts on the Ethernet Disk mini. FamilyLibrary contains default folders for FamilyDocuments, FamilyMusic, FamilyPhotos and Family- Videos. -
Page 22: Managing Files
LaCie Ethernet Disk mini Home Edition User Manual page 22 4.3. Managing Files Use the Actions Bar to perform file management tasks such as uploading and downloading, moving, renaming, deleting and editing files. The actions available in the Action Bar of each application vary depending on the action and the combination of files and folders you have selected. -
Page 23: Uploading Content
LaCie Ethernet Disk mini Home Edition User Manual page 23 ■ 4.3.2. Uploading Content Available in: FamilyLibrary, MyLibrary and MyBackup To upload files or folders: Navigate to the folder you want to upload files to. Click the Upload button. The Upload window opens. -
Page 24: Downloading Files
24 ■ 4.3.3. Downloading Files Available in: FamilyLibrary, MyLibrary, MyBackup and MySafe To download files from your Ethernet Disk mini Home: Open the folder containing the files you want to down- load. Select files to download by marking the boxes by the filenames in the File List. -
Page 25: Editing Files And Photos
LaCie Ethernet Disk mini Home Edition User Manual page 25 ■ 4.3.4. Editing Files and Photos Available in: FamilyLibrary, MyLibrary and MyBackup The Edit action will allow you to edit / modify files with actions that are relevant to the file type. For most file types, you can only add and edit tags applied to the files. -
Page 26: Copying, Moving Or Deleting Files
Available in: FamilyLibrary, MyLibrary and MyBackup The Copy action will allow you to copy files from one folder to another on your Ethernet Disk mini. You can copy multiple files at once, but they must be copied to the same destination folder. -
Page 27: Renaming Files
LaCie Ethernet Disk mini Home Edition User Manual page 27 Files and folders can be moved to any folder a user has access to. The Move action is helpful in keeping files organized. To move files: Open the folder containing the files or folders you want to move. -
Page 28: Zip Files
LaCie Ethernet Disk mini Home Edition User Manual page 28 ■ 4.3.7. Zip Files Available in: FamilyLibrary, MyLibrary and MyBackup The Zip action is useful when you want to download a large number of files, or an entire folder, that would normally take a long time to download. -
Page 29: Sharing
■ 4.4.1. Sharing Folders The Ethernet Disk mini makes it easy to share folders with people on the Internet. You can control what information you publish on the Internet using the Ethernet Disk mini sharing facilities. You can only share folders, not individual files; when a folder’s sharing state is set, all files within that folder acquire the same sharing state, so make sure you’re prepared to share everything within a shared folder. -
Page 30: Sending Sharing Invitation Email
LaCie Ethernet Disk mini Home Edition User Manual page 30 If you click on the Shared icon in the Sharing column (or Share button in the action bar and then, Choose Us- ers) the Share Access window will open (Fig. 4.4.1-B). -
Page 31: Mycontacts
LaCie Ethernet Disk mini Home Edition User Manual page 31 5. MyContacts MyContacts allows you to create an email contact lists for sharing files. A mailing list is simply a col- lection of your contacts that can be given access to groups of your files as you choose. You can also use MyContacts as your everyday address book –... -
Page 32: Adding Contacts
LaCie Ethernet Disk mini Home Edition User Manual page 32 5.1. Adding Contacts To add a contact: Click the New Contact button in the action bar. Enter contact details on each of the three tabs in the Contact Details window – Basics, Email/Phone and Address. -
Page 33: Creating Mailing Lists
LaCie Ethernet Disk mini Home Edition User Manual page 33 5.3. Creating Mailing Lists You can use mailing lists to share folders with groups of people. For example, you can share a folder of vacation pictures with several family members. -
Page 34: Importing Contacts
LaCie Ethernet Disk mini Home Edition User Manual page 34 5.4. Importing Contacts If you already have a large address book in either Mozilla/Netscape 7 or Outlook Express, you can export the address book as an .ldif or .csv file and import it directly into MyContacts. -
Page 35: Sending Email To Contacts
LaCie Ethernet Disk mini Home Edition User Manual page 35 5.5. Sending Email to Contacts To send an email to your contacts, select contact from the contacts list and click the Send Email button. Your default email application will open with the selected contacts in the To: line. -
Page 36: Digital Media Sharing And Home Entertainment
IP-enabled TV in the living room. Access home camcorder video, recorded TV or internet downloaded video podcasts stored on your Ethernet Disk mini on your Digital Video Recorder (DVR) or PC or DMP anywhere in the house. Your LaCie Ethernet Disk mini Home Edition is Digital Meida Player- (UPnP Audio Video) compatible. -
Page 37: Digital Media Standards
HipServ complies to these requirements and will allow playback if those requirements are met. When UPnP sharing for a folder on your Ethernet Disk mini Home Edition is turned on, the device will appear in iTunes under Shared. -
Page 38: Sync And Back Up Files
7.2 Back Up Your Ethernet Disk mini – MySafe As an added layer of data safety, you can also use the MySafe application to back up the most important files on your Ethernet Disk mini to an external USB hard drive you attach to it. -
Page 39: Desktopmirror
LaCie Ethernet Disk mini Home Edition User Manual page 39 7.1. DesktopMirror Use DesktopMirror, installed from the setup CD, to back up important files on your computers and then synchronize files so you can work on the same file from different computers. -
Page 40: Scheduling Backups
LaCie Ethernet Disk mini Home Edition User Manual page 40 ■ 7.1.2. Scheduling Backups You can create a backup schedule using DesktopMirror’s Schedule Feature. Creating a schedule means you never have to remember to back up your important data. DesktopMirror remembers for you. -
Page 41: Desktopmirror Synchronization Mode
41 ■ 7.1.4. DesktopMirror Synchronization Mode You can use DesktopMirror’s Synchronization mode to copy files both ways – from your Ethernet Disk mini to your computer and from your computer to the Ethernet Disk mini. If you back up a folder in MyBackup using DesktopMirror, and then upload additional files to the folder in MyBackup, the folder you added will be copied to your computer when you use synchronization. -
Page 42: Mybackup
User Manual page 42 ■ 7.1.5. MyBackup MyBackup contains the files that are uploaded to your Ethernet Disk mini via the DesktopMirror applica- tion. You can manage files in MyBackup just as you would in FamilyLibrary or MyLibrary. Figure 7.1.5... -
Page 43: Mysafe
■ 7.2.1. Connecting an External USB Hard Drive Before you can back up files, you need to connect a hard drive to your Ethernet Disk mini via the USB port on the back. We recommend that you use a hard drive that is USB 2.0 compatible. -
Page 44: Backing Up Files To The Usb Hard Drive
“Backup” column of the file list (Fig. 7.2.2). When you back up files to MySafe, the Ethernet Disk mini duplicates the file path in MySafe so that everything you back up is organized in MySafe just as in its original loca- tion. -
Page 45: Disconnecting Your Mysafe External Hard Drive
Reconnecting your external hard drive: The Ethernet Disk mini knows when your external hard drive Figure 7.2.4-A is connected, even if you’ve clicked the Safely Remove Drive button. To make the drive available for use again, just click Use Drive button. -
Page 46: Settings
❖ settings. Regular users have access to all features and applications, can invite guest users to use the Ethernet Disk mini Home and can make ❖ changes on their own accounts through MySettings. Guest users typically only have viewing or downloading privileges. -
Page 47: General Settings
Enter a new name. IMPORTANT INFO: Your user name and display name can be different if you choose, but you must enter your user name when signing into the Ethernet Disk mini. To change your password: Click the Change Password button. -
Page 48: Mycontacts Settings
LaCie Ethernet Disk mini Home Edition User Manual page 48 8.2. MyContacts Settings My Contacts Settings you can change the number of contacts displayed in your contacts list. Just select a number from the menu and click Save Settings (Fig. 8.2). -
Page 49: Administration
To leave administration and continue working with your files, just click the LaCie logo in the upper left corner at any time. Figure 9-A... -
Page 50: Adding And Managing Users
LaCie Ethernet Disk mini Home Edition User Manual page 50 9.1. Adding and Managing Users Account Access In the section of administration you can add new users, delete users or modify the accounts of existing users. ■ 9.1.1. Adding Users... -
Page 51: User Management
LaCie Ethernet Disk mini Home Edition User Manual page 51 ■ 9.1.2. User Management In the User Management page of Account Access you can change users’ display names and passwords, change users’ access privi- leges or delete user accounts. To get started, choose an account to modify or delete from the User Name menu under Choose Account. -
Page 52: Networking
IP address (the default), or you can assign it a static IP address. You can also optionally configure your Ethernet Disk mini to use your ISP’s DNS servers when resolving host names. This is required if your Ethernet Disk mini is assigned a static IP address. -
Page 53: Network Services
Figure 9.2.2 ■ 9.2.3. Router Configuration This page helps you to configure your router to make the best use of your Ethernet Disk mini Home Edition. Router Configuration To aid you in accessing your router’s configuration screens, the HipServ Router Configuration screen provides a link to it. This is particu- larly helpful if you do not know the IP address of your router. -
Page 54: Windows Networking
File Server The files on your Ethernet Disk mini can be made available to all of the computers on your local network. To enable this feature, select the checkbox labeled “Enable access to your HipServ Private files through Microsoft Windows Networking”. You can set the name of the... -
Page 55: Status
(MB). 1,000 MB = 1 GB. Figure 9.3.1 ■ 9.3.2. Notifications If your Ethernet Disk mini encounters errors or requires an update, it will automatically send a notification email to the email addresses on this page. Click Notifications under Stauts and follow the instructions on the page to add notification email addresses. -
Page 56: System
System and set the correct date and time for your time zone. This will ensure that file upload dates and times will be accurate and will help you to better manage your Ethernet Disk mini. ■ 9.4.2. Managing MySafe USB External Storage... -
Page 57: Registration
Internet when it was set up the first time, you might need to come to this page to complete the registra- tion process so that you can begin accessing your Ethernet Disk mini from the Internet and begin enjoying the benefits of remote access. -
Page 58: Appendix A: Router Configuration
Appendix A: Router Configuration Router configuration for the Ethernet Disk mini Home varies depending on the brand and model of router connecting your Ethernet Disk mini Home Edition to your network and the Internet. Below are instructions for configuring three common brands of routers. If your router http://www.homelacie.com/help/router/... - Page 59 LaCie Ethernet Disk mini Home Edition User Manual page 59 Step 2 - Configure your router for UPNP Click on the Tools tab in header bar. Click on the Misc. button on the left. In UPNP Settings, click Enabled and then click Apply.
- Page 60 User Manual page 60 Step 3 - Finish your HipServ installation Go back to Ethernet Disk mini setup and click the Retry button on the router configuration page. If the message shown below does not appear after you click Retry, continue to Step 4 –...
- Page 61 Virtual Server tab. Enter the name of your Ethernet Disk mini. Enter the IP Address of your Ethernet Disk mini in the Private IP field. Select as protocol type. Enter 80 in private port and 80 in public port. Click on Apply.
- Page 62 Go back to Ethernet Disk mini setup and click the Retry button on the router configuration page. click here If the message shown below does not appear after you click Retry, contact LaCie Customer Support, or to perform a port forwarding test on your router.
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Page 63: Linksys ® Router Configuration
LaCie Ethernet Disk mini Home Edition User Manual page 63 Linksys Router Configuration ® Step 1 – Access your router configuration page Open a Web Browser and navigate to the IP address for your Linksys router. If you don’t know your router’s IP address, try http://192.168.1.1 or http://192.168.0.1 (these are common IP addreses for home networking routers). - Page 64 LaCie Ethernet Disk mini Home Edition User Manual page 64 Step 2 - Configure your router for UPNP Click on the Administration tab in header bar. Click on the Management button on the left. In UPNP , click Enabled. Click Save Settings.
- Page 65 User Manual page 65 Step 3 - Finish your HipServ installation Go back to Ethernet Disk mini setup and click the Retry button on the router configuration page. If the message shown below does not appear after you click Retry, continue to Step 4 –...
- Page 66 Enter 80 in External Port and 80 in Internal Port. Select TCP as protocol type. Enter the IP address of your Ethernet Disk mini in the IP Address field. Check the Enabled checkbox. Repeat steps 3 to 7, shown above, for ports 21, 22 and 443.
- Page 67 Go back to Ethernet Disk mini setup and click the Retry button on the router configuration page. click here If the message shown below does not appear after you click Retry, contact LaCie Customer Support, or to perform a port forwarding test on your router.
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Page 68: Netgear ® Router Configuration
LaCie Ethernet Disk mini Home Edition User Manual page 68 Netgear Router Configuration ® Step 1 – Access your router configuration page Open a Web Browser and navigate to the IP address for your Netgear router. If you don’t know your router’s IP address, try http://192.168.1.1 or http://192.168.0.1 (these are common IP addreses for home networking routers). - Page 69 LaCie Ethernet Disk mini Home Edition User Manual page 69 Step 2 - Configure your router for UPNP Click on the UPnP link in menu on the left. Check the “Turn UPnP on” checkbox. Click Apply.
- Page 70 User Manual page 70 Step 3 - Finish your Ethernet Disk mini installation Go back to Ethernet Disk mini setup and click the Retry button on the router configuration page. If the message shown below does not appear after you click Retry, continue to Step 4 –...
- Page 71 Port Forwarding option under service type. HTTP Select (Port 80) from the Service Name menu. Enter the Ethernet Disk mini’s IP adderss in the Server IP Address fields. Click Add. 4/7 5/8 Select (Port 21) from the Service Name menu.
- Page 72 Service Name field. Select TCP/UDP from the Service Type menu. Enter in the Starting Port and Ending Port fields. Enter the Ethernet Disk mini’s IP address in Server IP Address fields. Click Apply. Enter HTTPS in the Service Name field. Select TCP/UDP from the Service Type menu.
- Page 73 LaCie Ethernet Disk mini Home Edition User Manual page 73 When you’re done, the Port Forwarding page should look like this:...
- Page 74 Go back to Ethernet Disk mini setup and click the Retry button on the router configuration page. click here If the message shown below does not appear after you click Retry, contact LaCie Customer Support, or to perform a port forwarding test on your router.