Harbour 2.0 USB 2.0 LAN Docking Station User’s Manual Version 2.
Index 1. INTRODUCTION .............................................. FEHLER! TEXTMARKE NICHT DEFINIERT. 1.1 FEATURES AND SPECIFICATIONS…..……………………………………………………………… 3 1.2 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS………………………………………………………….………………..4 1.3 PACKAGE CONTENTS…………………………………...……………………………..……………4 1.4 CONNECTORS………………………………………...………………………….…..……………...4 1.5 AVAILABLE FUNCTIONS………………………………..……………………………………………5 1.6 LED INDICATOR…………………………………………………………………….……………….6 2. INSTALLING HARBOUR 2.0..........................................
1. Instruction Thank you for ordering Harbour 2.0. Harbour 2.0 is an intelligent expansion module, which connects to a PC or notebook via Universal Serial Bus (USB) port, providing one high-speed RS-232 serial port, one printer port, one PS/2 keyboard & mouse, 3 downstream USB2.0 ports and one Ethernet access. Harbour 2.0 features easy connectivity for traditional serial devices, keyboards, mice and other USB devices and provides up to 480Mbps USB2.0 High Speed capability.
1.2 System Requirements 1. 2. 3. 4. A PC with Pentium series, or equivalent. A minimum of 16M bytes of RAM. One available USB type A downstream port (UHCI, OHCI, or EHCI). Windows 98 or later. 1.3 Package Contents The product you purchased should contain the equipment and accessories shown as follows: 1. A Harbour 2.0. 2. One 6” USB AB type cable. 3. One 2A switching power adapter. 4. One Harbour 2.0 driver and User’s manual CD. 1.4 Connectors (Ref. Fig.1) 1.
z z The available functions of Harbour 2.0 depend on the status of power supplied: Bus powered 1. Connect the USB2.0 cable to your PC to provide bus power. 2. When you provide bus power only, the PS/2 mouse & keyboard, RS232, printer and Ethernet ports will be enabled. However, the USB2.0 Downstream Ports can also work under low power mode. So used of externally power adaptor is recommended. (For the use of all functions) Externally powered 1. Connect the power adapter to provide external power. 2.
z z Power Indicator The Power Indicator will turn RED when only bus power is supplied, will turn GREEN when external power is supplied. USB Indicators 1. There are three USB indicators. If the USB Downstream Ports are ready for use, the indicators will turn ON. 2. If over-current happens for certain USB Downstream Ports, the corresponding USB Indicator will turn OFF to indicate that this port is not working at the moment. 3.
1. This installation guide is written in accordance with different operation systems. Including Windows 98/98SE/ME, Windows 2000, and Windows XP. 2. Power on your computer and make sure that the USB port is enabled and working properly. 3. Connect the power adapter into Harbour 2.0. (For full functions) 4. Connect Harbour 2.0 to the USB port on your computer with the USB2.0 transfer cable provided. 5. Windows will start detecting USB devices. Please follow the related section to install your Harbour 2.0.
A3. Tick “CD-ROM drive” and press “Next” to start the searching process. (Ref. Fig. Win98-A3) Fig. Win98-A3 A4. Press “Next” to start the installation process. (Ref Fig. Win98-A4) Fig. Win98-A4 A5. Press “Finish” to complete the installation of USB HUB. (Ref Fig. Win98-A5) Fig. Win98-A5 B. IEEE-1284 Controller Installation B1. Please insert the “Harbour 2.0” CD into your CD-ROM drive and press “Next” to continue. (Ref. Fig. Win98-B1) Fig. Win98-B1 Harbour 2.
B2. Tick “Search for the best driver for your device” and press “Next” to continue. (Ref. Fig. Win98-B2). Fig. Win98-B2 B3. Tick “Specify a location” and click “Browse” to select the location of the driver folder in the “Harbour 2.0” CD. Press “Next” to start the searching process. (Ref. Fig. Win98-B3). Fig. Win98-B3 B4. Press “Next” to start the installation process. (Ref. Fig. Win98-B4) Fig. Win98-B4 Harbour 2.
B5. Press “Finish” to complete the installation of USB-to-Parallel Port. (Ref. Fig. Win98-B5) Fig. Win98-B5 C. USB-to-Serial Port Installation C1. Please insert the “Harbour 2.0” CD into your CD-ROM drive and press “Next” to continue. (Ref. Fig. Win98-C1) Fig. Win98-C1 C2. Tick “Search for the best driver for your device” and press “Next” to continue. (Ref. Fig. Win98-C2) Fig. Win98-C2 Harbour 2.
C3. Tick “Specify a location” and click “Browse” to select the location of the driver folder in the “Harbour 2.0” CD. Click “Next” to start the searching process. (Ref. Fig. Win98-C3) Fig. Win98-C3 C4. Press “Next” to start the installation process. (Ref. Fig. Win98-C4) Fig. Win98-C4 C5. Press “Finish” to complete the installation of USB-to-Serial Port. (Ref. Fig. Win98-C5) Fig. Win98-C5 Harbour 2.
D. USB Composite Device Installation D1. Please insert the “Windows 98” CD into your CD-ROM drive and press “Next” to continue (Ref. Fig. Win98-D1) Fig. Win98-D1 D2. Tick “Search for the best driver for your device” and press “Next” to continue. (Ref. Fig. Win98-D2) Fig. Win98-D2 D3. Tick “CD-ROM drive” and press “Next” to start the searching process. (Ref. Fig. Win98-D3) Fig. Win98-D3 Harbour 2.
D4. Press “Next” to start the installation process. (Ref. Fig. Win98-D4) Fig. Win98-D4 D5. Press “Finish” to complete the installation of Composite Device. (Ref. Fig. Win98-D5) Fig. Win98-D5 E. Ethernet Port Installation E1. Please insert the “Harbour 2.0” CD into your CD-ROM drive and press “Next” to continue. (Ref. Fig. Win98-E1) Fig. Win98-E1 Harbour 2.
E2. Tick “Search for the best driver for your device” and press “Next” to continue. (Ref. Fig. Win98-E2) Fig. Win98-E2 E3. Tick “Specify a location” and click “Browse” to select the location of the driver folder in the “Harbour 2.0” CD. Press “Next” to start the searching process. (Ref. Fig. Win98-E3) Fig. Win98-E3 E4. Press “Next” to start the installation process. (Windows might ask you to insert the “Windows 98” CD during the installation process). (Ref. Fig. Win98-E4) Fig. Win98-E4 Harbour 2.
E5. Press “Finish” to complete the installation of Ethernet Port. (Restart Windows might necessary). (Ref Fig. Win98-E5) Fig. Win98-E5 F. USB HID Device for PS/2 keyboard & mouse Installation (This step might repeat once due to two different devices, mouse and keyboard) F1. Please insert the “Windows 98” CD into your CD-ROM drive and press “Next” to continue. (Ref. Fig. Win98-F1) Fig. Win98-F1 F2. Tick “Search for the best driver for your device” and press “Next” to continue. (Ref. Fig.
F3. Tick “CD-ROM drive” and press “Next” to start the searching process. (Ref. Fig. Win98-F3) Fig. Win98-F3 F4. Press “Next” to start the installation process. (Ref. Fig. Win98-F4) Fig. Win98-F4 F5. Press “Finish” to complete the installation of HID. (Ref. Fig. Win98-F5) Fig. Win98-F5 Harbour 2.
2.1.2 WinME Driver Installation The driver installation for WinME is divided into A to C three-steps. Please install Harbour 2.0 under WinME step by step by the following instructions: A. USB-to-Parallel Port Installation A1 Please insert the “Harbour 2.0” CD into your CD-ROM drive. Tick “Automatic search for a better driver” and press “Next” to continue. (Ref. Fig. WinME-A1) Fig. WinME-A1 A2. Press “Finish” to complete the installation USB-to-Parallel Port. (Ref. Fig. WinME-A2) Fig. WinME-A2 B.
B2. Press “Finish” to complete the installation of USB-to-Serial Port. (Ref. Fig. WinME-B2) Fig. WinME-B2 C. Ethernet Port Installation C1. Tick “Specify the location for a better driver” and press “Next” to continue. (Ref. Fig. WinME-C1) Fig. WinME-C1 C2. Tick “Search for the best driver for your device” and then choose “Specify a location”. Click “Browse” to select the location of the driver folder in the “Harbour 2.0” CD. Press “Next” to continue. (Ref. Fig. WinME-C2) Fig. WinME-C2 Harbour 2.
C3. Press “Next” to start the installation process. (Ref. Fig. WinME-C3) Fig. WinME-C3 C4. Press “Finish” to complete the installation of Ethernet Port. (Ref. Fig. WinME-C4) Fig. WinME-C4 2.1.3 Win2000 Driver Installation The driver installation for Win2000 is divided into A, B two-steps. Please install Harbour 2.0 under Win2000 step by step by the following instructions: A. USB-to-Serial Port Installation A1. Please insert the “Harbour 2.0” CD into your CD-ROM drive and press “Next” to continue.
A2. Tick “Search for a suitable driver for my device” and press “Next” to continue. (Ref Fig. Win2k-A2) Fig. Win2k-A2 A3. Please insert “Harbour 2.0” CD into your CD-ROM drive and press “Next” to start the searching process. (Ref Fig. Win2k-A3) Fig. Win2k-A3 A4. Press “Next” to start the installation process. (Ref Fig. Win2k-A4) Fig. Win2k-A4 Harbour 2.
A5. Press “Finish” to complete the installation of USB-to-Serial Port. (Ref Fig. Win2k-A5) Fig. Win2k-A5 B. Ethernet Port Installation B1. Press “ Next” to continue. (Ref Fig. Win2k-B1) Fig. Win2k-B1 B2. Tick “Search for a suitable driver for my device” and press “Next” to continue. (Ref Fig. Win2k-B2) Fig. Win2k-B2 Harbour 2.
B3. Tick “CD-ROM drives” and press “Next” to start the searching process. (Ref Fig. Win2k-B3) Fig. Win2k-B3 B4. Press “Next” to start the installation process. (Ref Fig. Win2k-B4) Fig. Win2k-B4 B5. You will receive a message stating that the software you are installing has not passed Windows Logo testing. But this driver is fully compatible with Windows 2000, so just press “Yes” to continue. (Ref. Fig. Win2k-B5) Fig. Win2k-B5 Harbour 2.
B6. Press “Finish” to complete the installation of Ethernet port. (Ref. Win2k-B6) Fig. Win2k-B6 2.1.4 WinXP Driver Installation Please install Harbour 2.0 under Win2000 step by step by the following instructions: A. Serial Port Installation A1. Please insert the “Harbour 2.0” CD into your CD-ROM drive. Tick “Install the software automatically” and press “Next” to continue (Ref Fig. WinXP-A1) Fig. WinXP-A1 A2.
A3. Press “Finish” to complete the installation of USB-to-Serial Port. (Ref Fig. WinXP-A3) Fig. WinXP-A3 B. Ethernet Port Installation B1. Tick “Install the software automatically” and press “Next” to continue (Ref Fig. WinXP-B1) Fig. WinXP-B1 B2. Press “Finish” to complete the installation of Ethernet Port. (Ref Fig. WinXP-B2) Fig. WinXP-B2 Harbour 2.
2.2 Things you need to know z z z z Before connecting the printer to the parallel port of Harbour 2.0, the printer driver must be installed on your computer in advance, otherwise it might print unknown format of characters. Please refer to "Setting Up the Printer Device" section to connect your printer to the Harbour 2.0. For modem users, we advise you to install the modem driver manually before connecting the modem to the converter, otherwise it might operate unexpectedly.
Congratulations!! You have finished installing Harbour 2.0. Please click on Start, Settings, Control Panel, double-click System, and Device Manager. Please double check “Human Interface Devices”, “Keyboard”, “Mouse”, “Network adapters”, “Ports”, and “Universal serial bus controller” on the dialog box and see if they are working properly. (Ref. Fig.3, 4) Keyboard Mouse Ethernet Fig.3 USB to Serial USB to Parallel Fig.4 Harbour 2.
2.3 Set Up the Printer Device Follow the steps below to connect your printer to the Harbour 2.0 with your PC: 2.3.1 For Windows 98/98SE/ME: 1. Connect the Harbour 2.0 to your printer with the parallel cable and then turn on the printer. 2. Connect the Harbour 2.0 to the USB port on your computer with the USB2.0 transfer cable provided. 3. Please go to Start, Settings, Control Panel, double click System, and Device Manager.
5. Click Details folder tab and change the printer port to LPT2: USB-to- Parallel Port. (Ref. Fig.6) Fig.6 6. If you do not have a printer installed yet, go to Start, Settings, Printers, and choose Add Printer. The Add Printer Wizard will start and assist you to install a new printer device. Select the printer manufacturer and model name from the list provided by the wizard or use the printer driver diskette came with your printer. 7.
2.3.2 For Windows 2000/XP: 1. Connect the Harbour 2.0 to your printer with the parallel cable and then turn on the printer. 2. Connect the Harbour 2.0 to the USB port on your computer with the USB2.0 transfer cable provided. 3. If you have installed a printer device before, go to Start, Settings, and Printers. Right-click the default-installed printer and choose Properties. The Properties dialog box of the installed printer will appear on your screen. 4.
6. Windows will ask you which port the printer will be used, choose USB001: (Virtual printer port to USB). (Ref. Fig.9) Fig.9 2.4 Set up the HyperTerminal with USB to serial port 1. Make sure that HyperTerminal is installed in your system. If not, please go to Start, Settings, and Control Panel. Double click Add/Remove Programs, choose Windows Setup page, Communications, click Details button and enable HyperTerminal to install the program to your Windows system. 2.
3. If you have setup HyperTerminal before, please go to Start, Programs, Accessories, Communications, HyperTerminal. Click File and choose Properties. The Properties dialog page will appear on your screen. If it is your first time to setup HyperTerminal, you will see the following page during the setup procedure. (Ref. Fig.11) Fig.11 4. Click the Connect using item to indicate the proper COM port, which appeared in step 1. Follow the instructions to complete the setup. Harbour 2.
3. Uninstalling Harbour 2.0 If you want to remove Harbour 2.0 and its driver, you can uninstall it by the following steps: 3.1 Remove the device 1. Please Unplug the USB cable. 3.2 Uninstall the driver 1. For the Windows 2000/XP users: since the system has built in the USB Printer Class driver already, so you do not need to remove the printer driver. 2. For the Windows 98/SE/ME users: you have to follow the instruction to remove the Serial, Printer driver. 3.2.
5. Please Press OK to remove Serial Converter. (Ref. Fig.15) Fig.15 7. Press “Yes” to reboot your Windows system to complete. (Ref. Fig.16) Fig.16 3.2.2 For Windows 2000/XP ( Remove Serial Driver ): 1. Run DRemover98_2k.exe from the driver folder in Harbour 2.0 CD. 2. Please Press “OK” to remove Serial Converter. (Ref. Fig.17) Fig.17 3. Press “Yes” to reboot your Windows system to complete. (Ref. Fig.18) Harbour 2.
Fig.18 4. APPLICATION NOTE 1. Harbour 2.0 normally derives its own power from PC Host. When only the Host power is supplied, the Power LED will turn RED, and the serial, parallel, keyboard, mouse, Ethernet and 3 downstream ports can operate without the external power adapter. 2. Please note that if the external power adaptor is not be used and heavy power consumption USB device is connected, the 3 downstream ports may not function normally.
4. Service and Answers Installed the driver for USB Port Replicator under Windows XP operation system, there is no Printer Port available in the device manager , but the other Ports ( Serial ,Mouse, Keyboard and USB) are OK . The driver for USB to Printer converter on Windows 2000 and XP is not required. Microsoft supports USB Printer class in both OS. The related driver will be loaded Automatically by Microsoft when you plug in the USB to Printer device.
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