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  • Page 1: User Manual

    LevelOne FUS-3101 USB MFP Server User Manual V1.0...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents CHAPTER1 INTRODUCTION.......................3 About the Printer Server Described in this Manual ....... 3 Customer Support ..................3 CHAPTER2 PRODUCT OVERVIEW ...................4 Package Contents ..................4 Product CD....................4 2.2.1 Start-up Procedures ................4 Physical Description ................. 4 Supported USB Devices ................4 CHAPTER3 BASIC INSTALLATION ...................5 Connecting the Hardware................

  • Page 3: Chapter1 Introduction

    Chapter1 Introduction Thank you for purchasing FUS-3101 USB MFP Server (in the following referred to as “Server”). This Server is designed to connect your Multifunction Printer, Scanner, Fax, Multifunction Printer, to your network, allowing all network users’ access to these shared USB devices.

  • Page 4: Chapter2 Product Overview

    USB Indicator is lit while a USB device connects to a USB Port of this Server. If it is not lit, or if it blinks, there is a problem with the USB device or this Server. Supported USB Devices The LevelOne USB device server supports the following types of USB devices.  USB Printer ...

  • Page 5: Chapter3 Basic Installation

    Chapter3 Basic Installation Connecting the Hardware 1. Make sure that your USB devices are switched off and that the Server’s Power Adapter is disconnected. 2. Connect the USB devices to the USB port with the USB cable. 3. Connect the Server to the network with a twisted-pair category 5 cable, 10baseT or 100baseTX.

  • Page 6: Assigning An Ip Address To The Server

    After properly configuring the wireless parameters, you can remove the network cable and reboot the Printer Server. LevelOne Printer Server will then connect to your wireless network. And it will detect if a network cable is plugged-in or not. If a network cable is plugged-in, the Printer Server will always connect to the network through the network cable.

  • Page 7: Ip Address

    Server Names and Server Name Rules The default server name of the Server is “LevelOne”. If you put two or more Servers in your local area network, to avoid using the same server names you have to change the server names by using the Control Center or the Server’s web pages.
  • Page 8 Double click the highlighted server (or click the “Configure Server” button) to get the server’s web pages. Click CONFIG icon. Login with administrator ID (default: admin) and its password (default: admin).
  • Page 9 Click the button corresponding to your choice of IP setting methods (static or dynamic using DHCP). When assigning a static IP address you also have to define Subnet Mask. Click Submit to save your settings. And the Server will reboot. You have now finished the procedure of setting the IP address.

  • Page 10: Chapter4 Using The Usb Device Server

    LevelOne USB device server via TCP/IP. The simplest way to do this is using “Control Center” to search for the LevelOne USB device server on the network and change its IP address to be the same subnet as your PC. If the server and your PC are not in the same TCP/IP subnet, Control Center will show the server in red, as the following figure.

  • Page 11: Installation Of Usb Device Driver

    4.4 Installation of USB Device Driver Some USB devices, like printers or MFPs (multifunction printers), require to install vendor-supplied driver (usually on CDROM). For those USB devices that do not need to install driver, please skip this section. Insert the CDROM into the CD drive and run the “autorun” program. Follow the instructions of the installation program to install driver.
  • Page 12 Click “Connect” button. Then message “Manually Connect your_computer_name” will be shown, as the following figure. Now, the installation program will detect the USB device and continue to install driver. After the installation is completed, click the USB device in the Control Center and then click the “Disconnect”...

  • Page 13: Using The Usb Device Server

    Now the driver of your USB device is installed. 4.5 Using the USB Device Server In the Control Center, click the USB device server that has the desired USB device attached. Click the desired USB device. Click the “Connect” button. Then the message “Manually Connect by your_computer_name”...
  • Page 14 Now, PC will detect the plug-in of the USB device. The “connect” operation is a software operation that simulates an actual USB device plug-in. That is to say, when you do a “connect” operation in the Control Center, PC can then detect a USB device’s plug-in, although actually you do not plug in any USB device.

  • Page 15: Auto-Connect Printer

    4.6 Auto-Connect Printer The method described in section 4.5 is so-called manual-connect, which means users must manually connect the USB device before using that device, and must manually disconnect the USB device after using the device, otherwise nobody else can connect this device. However, for printers and scanners (and MFPs), the USB device server supports auto-connect so users don’t need to manually connect/disconnect.
  • Page 16 The following figure will appear. D. Choose the desired printer. The desired printer must be the Windows printer (this is a logical printer) that matches the printer attached on the USB device server (this is a physical printer). Then click the “Apply” button. Then, the printer will be marked as an “Auto-Connected Printer”...
  • Page 17 Then try to issue a print job to the desired printer. You will see the Control Center will automatically do a connect operation. Then, the print job will be issued to that printer. G. Even you already properly setup an auto-connected printer, the Control Center must be running (in the background) while a print job is issued.

  • Page 18: Network Scanner

    If you would like to break the association between the Windows printer and the physical printer, just click on the association and click the “Delete” button in the “Auto-Connected Printer List”. 4.7 Network Scanner For NetUSB scanning, we recommend you use Network Scanner as the following steps. In the Control Center, click the USB device server that has the desired MFP (or scanner) attached.
  • Page 19 D. Choose one of TWAIN or WIA item. Click “OK”. The following window will appear. Follow the usual steps to do scanning. After the scanning, close the “Auto-Connect Scanner” window. At this moment, Control Center will automatically do a disconnect.

  • Page 20: Request To Connect

    For example, there are two computers – LEVELONE and TEST. Now the owner of “HP Photosmart 2600” is LEVELONE. Then, the TEST computer wants to use this HP printer. The user on the TEST computer can click the “Request to Connect” button in the Control Center.
  • Page 21 Only supports Windows 2000/XP/2003/Vista/7. Windows 98/ME is not supported. Only one PC can get the ownership of the same USB device at the same time.

  • Page 22: Chapter5 The Server's Web Pages

    Chapter5 The Server’s Web Pages 5.1 Introduction The Server runs the http server, httpd on TCP port: 80. Users may use the web pages to see the Server’s system status and configure the Server. 5.2 Using the Server’s Web Pages 5.2.1 Displaying Server Status Click on the “STATUS”...

  • Page 23: Setting Up Server Configuration

    5.2.2 Setting up Server Configuration To set up the Server configuration, click on the “CONFIG” icon ad then the system will request user to enter administrator (default: admin) and password (default: admin) to login. General Configuration   Server Information: You have to set the Server Name, which is the name to represent the Server.
  • Page 24 Maintenance If you want to restore factory default values of the Server or upgrade new  firmware, you can use the Maintenance tool.  Restart: click this button to restart (reboot) the Server.  Factory Default: click this button, the Server will restore factory default values. ...

  • Page 25: Chapter6 Troubleshooting

    Chapter6 Troubleshooting This chapter provides useful information to help you resolve difficulties that you may experience with your Server. Fault symptoms, possible causes, and remedial actions are provided within a quick reference table. This Server’s USB ports only support MFPs, printers, scanners, mass storage, and USB cameras.

  • Page 26: Chapter7 Restore Factory Defaults

    Server. Finally, the Server will operate using the Factory Default values. 7.3 Default Parameters List General Information  Server Name: LevelOne TCP/IP  Automatically get IP by DHCP: Enabled  Static IP:...
  • Page 27 User Accounts  Administrator: admin  Password: admin...

  • Page 28: Chapter8 Upgrade Firmware

    Chapter8 Upgrade Firmware This chapter describes how to upgrade firmware. Please follow one of the following Procedures: Procedure A: Using the Control Center 1. Open Control Center. It will automatically search the existing Servers and display their statuses. 2. Select the Server that you want to upgrade the firmware. Double click the selected Server to get the serve’s main web page.
  • Page 29 4. Click Upload Image. 5. Wait for Image Uploading to finish and then click Close. 6. Plug-off the power adapter and then plug-in the power adapter to restart the Server.

  • Page 30: Chapter9 The Init Button

    Chapter9 The Init Button The Init button is used for maintenance: Simultaneously press Init button and turn on (by plugging in the power adaptor) the Server until USB LED indicator simultaneously blink. After that, the Server will do the following tasks: Perform a Factory Default restoration of the server, which will restore most of the parameters and settings to factory default values.

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