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  • Page 1 USB Server User Manual USB Server Manual (DN-13010)
  • Page 2 USB Server User Manual Copyright Notice Copyright 2010. Al 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.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    USB Server 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....................23 Featured Function........................26 Connect Automatically for Printing ..................

  • Page 4: Introduction

    USB Server User Manual Features • Centralized remote USB Server Management • Centralized remote USB Server Status Monitoring • Centralized remote USB Device Management • Centralized remote USB Device Status Monitoring REV: 1.1 - 4 -...

  • Page 5: Installation

    USB Server User Manual Installation To install the USB Server program, please double click the USB Server 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 Server User Manual Running Program To start the USB Server program, please double click the shortcut icon of the USB Server on the Desktop. This would bring up the main dialog as shown below. REV: 1.1 - 6 -...

  • Page 7: System Firewall

    USB Server User Manual System Firewall When you start the program for the 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. Windows XP Firewall Access Alert Please make sure you “Unblock”...
  • Page 8 USB Server User Manual Windows Vista Firewall Alert If your system is running Windows Vista, please make sure you “Unblock” the program. REV: 1.1 - 8 -...
  • Page 9 USB Server User Manual Windows 7 Firewall Alert If your system is running Windows 7, please make sure you 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 next time you run the software.

  • Page 10: Main Dialog Box

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

  • Page 11: Status Of Usb Servers And Devices

    USB Server User Manual Status of USB Servers and Devices The tree view also tells you the status of all the USB Servers and devices that are discovered on the network. An inaccessible USB Servers might or might now show up on the list.
  • Page 12 USB Server 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. REV: 1.1 - 12 -...
  • Page 13 USB Server 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 server’s IP address is on a different network segment from your PC.

  • Page 14: Accessing A Device

    USB Server 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 a few seconds up to a minute, depending on the complexity of the device.
  • Page 15 USB Server 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 turns back, the device has been disconnected and other users will then be able to connect to it.

  • Page 16: Server Configuration

    USB Server 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 Open Web Page button or the same option on the right-click menu of server icon, to bring up the web- based configuration UI.

  • Page 17: Configuration With Web-Based Ui

    USB Server 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. 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.
  • Page 18 USB Server User Manual Network Information/Setting 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 19 USB Server User Manual Server Reset Clicking on this link takes you the page show below: 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 20 USB Server User Manual Factory Default Clicking on this link takes you the page where you can restore the server’s settings back to default: Again, the password is not necessary if no password is set. Just leave the field empty and click on the “Factory Default”...
  • Page 21 USB Server 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”...
  • Page 22 USB Server 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, 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.

  • Page 23: Configuration With The Utility

    USB Server User Manual Configuration with the Utility Another way to configure the server is via the configuration dialog of USB Server. To bring up the configuration dialog, please RIGHT-CLICK on the server icon to bring up this menu, and select Setting Server REV: 1.1 - 23 -...
  • Page 24 USB Server User Manual You might be prompted to enter password if a password has been set. If not, you will immediately see the above dialog. Sever Name: This field allows you change the Server name. Change it whatever you want.
  • Page 25 USB Server User Manual Backup Firmware: this function is a fail-save mechanism for the Update Firmware function. Just browse to where you want to save the backup file and click on Save to save the file. Update Firmware: update firmware with this function. Use the Browse button to choose the firmware to update.

  • Page 26: Featured Function

    USB Server User Manual Featured Functions Connect Automatically for Printing This is another one of our very convenient functions. What this function does it that when you send a printing task to this printer, it detects this printing task and AUTOMATICALLY connect 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 27: Create A Shortcut On Your Desktop

    USB Server 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 Server User Manual Take this EPSON MFP as an example. Right click on it and select the “Create a Shortcut on Your Desktop” option. REV: 1.1 - 28 -...
  • Page 29 USB Server User Manual Then you will see this setup dialog pops 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 filed.
  • Page 30 Or you can use the browse button to select the shortcut. Server User Manual REV: 1.1 - 30 -...
  • Page 31 USB Server User Manual Either way, observe that the program path has been correctly captured and then click on the OK button. REV: 1.1 - 31 -...
  • Page 32 USB Server 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. REV: 1.1 - 32 -...
  • Page 33 USB Server 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. REV: 1.1 - 33 -...
  • Page 34 USB Server 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 Server software minimized at the system tray. REV: 1.1 - 34 -...

  • Page 35: Connect This Device When Application Starts

    USB Server User Manual Connect this device when application starts When enabled, this function automatically connects the target device 15 seconds after the application starts running. If you are using a USB hub or the server has a build-in HUB (4-port USB server has a build-in hub), the device won’t be automatical y connected if you switch it to another port.

  • Page 36: Auto Disconnect Printer/Mfp/Storage Device

    USB Server User Manual Auto Disconnect Printer/MFP/Storage Device These functions are there to prevent the case when one user connected a Printer or Storage device but forget to disconnect when he/she is done with the device. REV: 1.1 - 36 -...
  • Page 37 USB Server User Manual When these two functions are enabled, you will see this message when you connect a Storage device or a printer: REV: 1.1 - 37 -...
  • Page 38 USB Server 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 pen driver/flash driver. These devices tend to periodically (on a millisecond base) communicate with the OS even when the user is not reading data from it or writing data to it.

  • Page 39: Device Property

    USB Server User Manual Device Property Clicking on the Device Property to bring up the Device Property dialog box. REV: 1.1 - 39 -...
  • Page 40 USB Server 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 checkbox and provide the path to that program/utility/application software, then the program/utility/application software would automatically starts up after you connect the device.

  • Page 41: File

    Server User File Manual The Quit function exits the program. REV: 1.1 - 41 -...

  • Page 42: Options

    USB Server 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. REV: 1.1 - 42 -...

  • Page 43: Server Settings

    USB Server User Manual Server Settings Setting Server: Same function as the Setting Server option on the server icon’s right click menu. Run USBServer When PC Starts Up: This utility automatically runs when your system starts up. Open Web Page: Brings up the server’s configuration web pages. REV: 1.1 - 43 -...

  • Page 44: Device Settings

    USB Server 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 other user, you can highlight that device and use this function. This sends a message to the occupying user with your request.

  • Page 45: Search

    USB Server User Manual Search When you are in need of knowing the status of all the servers 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 servers and devices. The result will be updated to the tree view. REV: 1.

  • Page 46: View

    USB Server 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 Device Only View REV: 1.1...

  • Page 47: Help -> About

    USB Server User Manual Help -> About About option brings up a dialog box with legal and other relative information displayed: REV: 1.1 - 47 -...

  • Page 48: Technical Support

    USB Server User Manual Technical Support If you have any questions that the Troubleshooting section failed to address, please contact us. REV: 1.1 - 48 -...