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- Page 1 User Manual 4-PORT NETWORK USB HUB User Manual - 1 -...
- Page 2 User Manual Copyright Notice Copyright Incorporated 2009. All rights reserved. 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.
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
User Manual Table of Content Introduction ............................. 4 Features ............................4 Specification …….………………………………………………………………………………5 Installation............................6 Running Program ..........................7 Main Dialog Box ........................8 Status of USB Server Hub and Devices .................. 9 Accessing a Device ........................14 Server Configuration ........................16 Configuration with Web-based UI .................. -
Page 4: Introduction
User Manual Introduction The revolutionary USB Server Hub utilizes technology that streamlines and enhances functionalities between USB devices and multiple PCs. Current solutions from other companies provide minimum functionalities at high costs. They use significant amounts of resources and effort to achieve the required features, whereas the USB Server Hub utilizes significantly less resources for more features. -
Page 5: Specification
User Manual Specifications Specification Model Number Devices Connection 4 x USB 2.0 Ports Host connection 1 x RJ 45 Connection Type Cable for Cat.5/ 5e / 6 Compliance with USB version USB 1.0 / 1.1 / 2.0 100BASE-TX and 10BASE-T PMD level standards Ethernet Compliance IP Address Setting Support DHCP ( Auto ) -
Page 6: Installation
User Manual Installation To install the USB Server Hub program, please double click the USB Server Hub setup file. A dialog box should pop up to prompt you to choose desired installing language. There are two choices: English and Traditional Chinese. After choosing the language, click on OK. -
Page 7: Running Program
User Manual Running Program To start the USB Server Hub program, please double click the shortcut icon of the USB Server Hub on the Desktop. This brings up the main dialog. - 7 -... -
Page 8: Main Dialog Box
User Manual Main Dialog Box The main dialog box of USB Server Hub is shown above. This is what you would see at program start up. It is consisted of a Control Menu (File, View and Help), a tree view, a Search button to get the current status of all USB Servers and devices on the network, and a button that toggles between “Config.”... -
Page 9: Status Of Usb Server Hub And Devices
User Manual Note: You will be allowed to set an alias name for each of the servers on for easy recognition. The alias name with its IP address will be displayed on the tree view. The way to set alias name will be described in the “Config.” section below. Status of USB Servers and Devices The tree view also tells you the status of all the USB Servers and devices that are accessible to you. - Page 10 User Manual Ready Each status is represented by an icon of different color. A device with “Ready” status is indicated by a square Green icon as shown in the picture above. This green icon indicates that the device is unoccupied and ready to be connected. - 10 -...
- Page 11 User Manual Occupied by Yourself When you are “Connected” to a device, the green icon turns into an Orange icon to signify the establishment of the connection. - 11 -...
- Page 12 User Manual Occupied By Other User The Red icon indicates the device is occupied by another user and you can not connect to that device at the moment. - 12 -...
- Page 13 User Manual : Device on Different Segment Blue icon indicates that the server’s IP address is on a different network segment as from yours. You can NOT connect to a device attached to such server. : Unsupported Device Some of the devices are not supported by USB server Hub. Such device will be identified by a red X icon.
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Page 14: Accessing A Device
User Manual Accessing a Device To connect to a USB device, please select it on the tree view and click on “Connect” button or double-click on it. This process might take a few seconds up to a minute, depending on the complexity of the device. Once connected, you can use the USB device as if it is connected to your PC directly with a USB cable. - Page 15 User Manual If you select a connected device on the UI, you can see that the Connect button is changed to Disconnect: Clicking on the button disconnects you from the selected device. Once you see the icon turns green, the device has been disconnected and other users will then be able to connect to it.
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Page 16: Server Configuration
User Manual Server Configuration We allow the users to configure the settings of the USB Servers via the web-based UI. Select the target server on the tree view and then click on the “Config.” button or right click on the server and select “Config” option on menu to bring up this configuration UI. - 16 -... -
Page 17: Configuration With Web-Based Ui
User Manual Configuration with Web-based UI Your default web browser will pop up and take you into the web-based configuration UI of the server. - 17 -... - Page 18 User Manual This is the main page of the configuration UI. You can see the important information about the USB Server and the device(s) connected to it. The 6 links at the left-hand side each represents a function. Clicking on “Device Status” brings you back to this page, and the 5 other links take you to pages with different functions.
- Page 19 User Manual This page displays the current network setting of the server and provides links to the pages where you can perform special actions. You can change the network setting according to your need. However, please note that if you would like to give this server a static IP, please disable the DHCP option.
- Page 20 User Manual Server Reset Clicking on this link takes you the page show below: - 20 -...
- Page 21 User Manual With the “Reset Server” button you can reboot the server. However, if there is a password, you must enter it for this function to work. Password is by default blank. So, unless a password is explicitly set, you do not have to enter anything for the reset function to work.
- Page 22 User Manual Again, the password is not necessary if no password is set. Just leave the field empty and click on the “Factory Default” button to restore the factory default settings. - 22 -...
- Page 23 User Manual Update Firmware This link takes to the page where you will be able to upload the latest firmware for the server: Please first click on the “Browse” button to browse to the firmware you would like to upload and then click on the “Submit” button to update the firmware. You do not need to - 23 -...
- Page 24 User Manual provide a password for this operation if there is not password set. Please just leave it blank. Change Password Clicking on this link takes you to the password update page below: - 24 -...
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Page 25: Configuration With The Utility
User Manual To change the password, you must enter current password, input new password and re- input new password for confirmation and then click on “Submit”. If you are setting the password for the first time, you don’t have to provide current password. Configuration with the Utility Another way to configure the server is via the configuration dialog of PB2. - Page 26 User Manual You might be prompted to enter password if a password has been set. If not, you will immediately see the above dialog. Set Sever Name and IP Address: these fields allow you set the server name and IP address settings.
- Page 27 User Manual Backup Firmware: this function is a fail-save mechanism for the Update Firmware function. Use the Browse button to choose where you want to save the backup file. Click on Submit to start. You can backup the current firmware of your server and save it on your PC in case you updated the latest firmware and want to revert back for some reasons.
- Page 28 User Manual Reset Server This button reboots the server. Please note that this function will not work if the server you attempt to reset has a device connected to it and the device is occupied by a user. - 28 -...
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Page 29: Polling Interval
User Manual Polling Interval The USB Server Hub program periodically polls your network to find out the status of all the connected servers and devices. Any change on the status of servers and devices will be updated to the tree view in the main dialog box. The default setting is that the program would perform this polling every 30 seconds. - Page 30 User Manual As indicated on this dialog box, you must input a minimum of 20 seconds. Set it to 0 to disable this function. Click on Submit to allow the new interval to take effect. - 30 -...
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Page 31: Language
User Manual Language USB Server Hub now supports two languages: English and Traditional Chinese. To toggle between the languages, please go to File -> Settings -> Languages option and select the desired language. Simply select the desired language to change the UI’s displaying language. - 31 -... -
Page 32: Search
User Manual Search When you are in need of knowing the status of all the servers and devices immediately, use the Search function: Clicking on the “Search” button triggers the program to immediately poll the network for the status of all the servers and devices. The result will be updated to the tree view. - 32 -... -
Page 33: View
User Manual View The tree view in the main dialog has two display modes: “Servers 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: Servers and Devices view - 33 -... - Page 34 User Manual Devices Only view - 34 -...
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Page 35: Device Details
User Manual Device Details When you right click on a device on the tree view, a menu will pop up: When you select the “Details” options, some detailed information about the selected server/device respectively will be displayed in another pop-up dialog box. - 35 -... - Page 36 User Manual - 36 -...
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Page 37: Help -> About
User Manual Help -> About About option brings up a dialog box with legal and other relative information displayed: - 37 -... -
Page 38: Technical Support
User Manual Technical Support If you have any questions that the Troubleshooting section failed to address, please visit your dealer for further help. We have Technical Support working non-stop in order to provide the best support we can for our customers. - 38 -... -
Page 39: Network Printer Wizard Quick Guide
User Manual Network Printer Wizard Quick Guide Printer Setup on Windows XP/VISTA EST provides a straight forward and easy-to-use utility that helps you to set up USB printers connects to EST’s LPR printer server as network printers, Network Printer Wizard. This utility reduces the dozens of steps in setting up network printer via Windows build-in printer setup program to a few point-and-clicks with the mouse. - Page 40 User Manual Wait for the installer to run: Select the installation language and click on OK: - 40 -...
- Page 41 User Manual Click on Finish to exit installer once installation completes: - 41 -...
- Page 42 User Manual The installer creates a shortcut on the Desktop for you: - 42 -...
- Page 43 User Manual Printers Set up 1. Now we can start setting up your printer. Please click on the Launch Network Printer Wizard icon created on the desktop. - 43 -...
- Page 44 User Manual 2. Please click on Next to continue when you see this welcome dialog box. - 44 -...
- Page 45 User Manual 3. Please select the printer you would like to setup on this list and then Click on Next. The number of printers you see on this list depends on the number of printers that are connected to your network. If you only have one printer on the network, you see only one printer on this list.
- Page 46 User Manual 4. On the next dialog box, please select the driver form the list if it’s there, and then click on the Next button and go to step 7. Else, read on. If you can’t find the target printer’s driver on the list, please insert the disk containing the printer’s driver, click on Have Disk…...
- Page 47 User Manual 5. You must browse to the folder that contains the driver for your printer and click on OPEN to use it: 6. Then, select the driver from the list again and then click on the Next button. If you didn’t select the correct driver, here is the chance for you to verify.
- Page 48 User Manual 7. Once you have selected the correct driver from the list, please click on Finish button. The wizard might take a minute to setup the network printer for you. - 48 -...
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- Page 50 User Manual 8. After the printer has been setup correctly, you can see it under Control Panel > Printers: - 50 -...
- Page 51 User Manual Now you can print any document using the printer you just setup: If you have more than one printer set up, please make sure you have selected the correct printer to print. NOTE: REMEMBER, THIS SETUP IS A ONE-TIME THING. YOU DO NOT HAVE TO RUN THIS PROCESS EVERY TIME YOU WANT TO PRINT.
- Page 52 User Manual Remove the Printer Setting To remove the printer setup, please go to the Control Panel > Printers dialog box and remove the printer entry from it. Simply Delete this icon by pressing Del key on your keyboard. Then it will be removed from the list of usable printers when you print document.
- Page 53 User Manual Remove the Program To remove the Network Printer Wizard program, please go to the Control Panel > Add or Remove Programs (Programs and Features on Windows VISTA) Window XP - 53 -...
- Page 54 User Manual Windows VISTA Then select to remove the program Then follow the instructions of the installer complete the removing process: - 54 -...
- Page 55 User Manual PLEASE NOTE: Once you remove this problem, you will no longer be able to print using the printers you setup with Network Printer Wizard - 55 -...
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Page 56: Fcc Statement
User Manual Disclaimer Information in this document is subject to change without notice. The manufacturer does not make any representations or warranties (implied or otherwise) regarding the accuracy and completeness of this document and shall in no event be liable for any loss of profit or any other commercial damage, including but not limited to special, incidental, consequential, or other damages.
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