Windows Utility - VSCOM NetUSB-400i User Manual

4 Windows Utility

Click the Remove button to start the uninstall process. After short time the icon of USBIP Admin
Utility vanishes from the desktop.
4 Windows Utility
The USBIP Admin Utility application enables the USB devices' virtualization along with the
USB Server Application (Firmware) loaded onto NetUSB-400i. Any USB device connected to
NetUSB-400i can be made available over the network for different Windows hosts to use the de-
vice. The USB Server supports monopoly type connections, i.e. any USB device connected to
NetUSB-400i can be accessed by one host at a time. Other Windows host can access this USB
device once the first host relinquishes the connection. Different Windows hosts can access different
USB devices connected to the same NetUSB-400i.
Example: If a USB Pen Drive, USB Audio device, USB 1.1 Webcam and a USB DVD-ROM
drive are connected to NetUSB-400i, then PC 1 can access the Pen Drive, PC 2 can access the
Audio device, PC 3 can access the Webcam and finally PC 4 can access the DVD-ROM drive. The
Pen Drive can be accessed by PC 2, PC 3 or PC 4, once PC 1 relinquishes the connection. It does
not matter whether these devices are plugged into the NetUSB-400i, or into the slot on a USB Hub
which is plugged into the NetUSB-400i.
In the case of Printers, the USB Server application's Printer Auto Connect feature enables multiple
Windows hosts to use the Printer simultaneously. The required monopoly type connection is
established if a print job is performed on a PC, but the PC relinquishes the connection when the
job ended, all without any user interaction. If the printer is used by a different PC when the job
is started, the system holds the job until the printer becomes free again.
NetUSB-400i and all the Windows hosts need to be connected to the same LAN and under the same
IP subnet for these functions.
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