ENNUS1 USB-OVER-NETWORK SERVER User Manual 0
Table of Contents CHAPTER1 INTRODUCTION ..........................................................................................................2 CHAPTER2 PRODUCT OVERVIEW ...............................................................................................3 2.1 Package Contents ........................................................................................... 3 2.2 Product CD ..................................................................................................... 3 2.
Chapter1 Introduction Thank you for purchasing Encore ENNUS1 USB-OVER-NETWORK SERVER (in the following referred to as “ENNUS1 Server”). ENNUS1 Server is designed to connect your AIO/MFPs (All-In-One/Multifunction Printer), printers, USB mass storages (hard drives, flash drives, and memory card readers), scanners, USB speakers, and USB 1.1 cameras to your network, allowing all network users to access these shared USB devices.
Chapter2 2.1 Product Overview Package Contents Verify that nothing is missing from the package by using the checking list below. Please contact your retailer if any item is missing or damaged. All packing materials are recyclable. Please confirm the items in the package below: The ENNUS1 USB-OVER-NETWORK SERVER Quick Installation Guide CD Power Adaptor 2.2 Product CD This CD provides easy-to-use Control Center software, User’s Manual and Quick Installation Guide. 2.2.
Chapter3 3.1 Basic Installation Connecting the Hardware 1. Make sure that your USB devices are switched off and that the ENNUS1 Server’s power adapter is disconnected. 2. Connect the USB devices to the USB ports. 3. Connect the ENNUS1 Server to the network with a twisted-pair category 5 cable, 10baseT or 100baseTX. 4. Turn on the USB devices and make sure they are ready for use. 5. Connect the power adapter to the ENNUS1 Server. The power indicator will light up and the USB indicator will flash.
3.2.4 Server Names and Server Name Rules The default server name of the Server is “ENNUS1”. If you have multiple 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. If your server name is longer than 15 characters, the Server uses only the first 15 characters. 3.2.5 Setting the IP Address 1. Install the Control Center. The Control Center is available on the Product CD. 2.
5. Click the “CONFIG” button and enter the ENNUS1 Server’s administrator (default: admin) and password (default: admin). 6. After you login successfully, the “general setting” web page appears.
7. Click the button corresponding to your choice of IP setting method (static or dynamic using DHCP). When assigning a static IP address you also have to define Subnet Mask and Default Gateway. If you choose Automatically get IP by DHCP, you can use desired DNS by clicking the Manual DNS button and manually assigning a DNS. 8. Click Submit to save your settings. And the ENNUS1 Server will reboot. 9. You have now finished configuring the IP address.
Chapter4 4.1 Using the ENNUS1 Server Introduction The goal of this product is to provide connectivity to USB devices from a single server. A new technology, “NetUSB”, has been developed to achieve this goal. “NetUSB” is a “USB over IP” technology that transparently redirects all USB packets to a TCP/IP network channel. “NetUSB” allows you to use remote USB devices as if they are connected directly to your PC. 4.
You must change the IP address (or using DHCP) of the ENNUS1 server so that the ENNUS1 server and your PC are in the same subnet. To do this, please double-click on the ENNUS1 server, and the following window will appear. Change the IP setting to make ENNUS1 server and your PC within the same subnet. After automatic reboot, Control Center will show the ENNUS1 server in blue, meaning you can access these servers by the NetUSB technology. 192.168.1.100 1 4.
C. D. E. When the installation program asks you to plug-in the USB device, run the “Control Center”. In the Control Center, click the ENNUS1 server that has the desired USB device attached. Click the desired USB device as in the following figure. F. Click the “Connect” button. Then the message “Manually Connect by your_computer_name” will appear, as in the following figure. G. Now, the installation program will detect the USB device and continue to install the driver.
4.5 Using the ENNUS1 Server A. In the Control Center, click the ENNUS1 server that has the desired USB device attached. B. Click the desired USB device. C. Click the “Connect” button. Then the message “Manually Connect by your_computer_name” will appear. D. Now, the PC will detect the newly connected USB device. The “connect” operation is a software operation that simulates an actual USB device plug-in.
4.6 Auto-Connect Printer The method described in section 4.5 is called “manual connect”, which means users must manually connect and disconnect the USB device before and after using that device, otherwise nobody else can connect that device. However, for printers and scanners (and MFPs), the ENNUS1 server supports auto-connect so users do not need to manually connect/disconnect. This and the next sections show you how to do this. After the driver is installed as described in section 4.
The following window 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 ENNUS1 server (this is a physical printer). Then click the “Apply” button. E. Then, the printer will be marked as an “Auto-Connected Printer” in red.
F. Try to issue a print job to the desired printer. The Control Center will automatically do a connect operation. The print job will be issued to that printer. G. Even if you have properly setup an auto-connected printer, the Control Center must be running (in the background) while a print job is issued. This means you have to open the Control Center every time you start Windows. In order to skip this manual operation, you can make the Control Center open automatically after you login to Windows.
C. Click the “Network Scanner” button. Then you can see that the Control Center will automatically do a “connect” operation. The following window will appear. D. Choose one of TWAIN or WIA item. Click “OK”. The following window will appear.
E. F. 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. 4.8 USB Storage When you connect a USB storage, as in the following picture, a new disk will appear on your PC. If the USB storage is a flash drive, the new disk will be called a “removable disk”.
You can see the storage icon in the system tray. Use the new disk as a regular disk. When you are ready to disconnect the disk, click the storage icon in the system tray and choose “Safely remove USB Mass Storage Device” to remove the USB storage, as the following figure. Open the Control Center, click the USB storage device and click the “Disconnect” button to disconnect the USB storage device. 4.
At this moment, the user on the TEST1 computer will see the following window, indicating that another computer – TEST2 is requesting to use the HP printer. The user can choose to accept or reject. If accepted, the Control Center on TEST1 will automatically disconnect the device and the Control Center on TEST2 will automatically connect that device. 4.10 Limitations There are some limitations for using the NetUSB technology. A. Only supports Windows® 2000 / XP / Server 2003 / Windows Vista™.
Chapter5 The Control Center This chapter describes how to use the Control Center. 5.1 Installing Control Center 1. Insert the included CD into the personal computer. The Autorun screen as in the following should appear. 2. Click Install Application button. 3. Click Next to continue through each installation step. 4. Click Finish.
5.2 Using the Control Center You can use the following tools to help you use the ENNUS1 server: Configure Server: go to the server’s web pages to configure the highlighted ENNUS1 server. Auto-Connect Printer: set auto-connect printer. Please refer to section 4.6 for details. Connect: connect a highlighted USB device. Disconnect: disconnect a highlighted USB device. Request to Connect: used to notify the owner of a USB device that you need the USB device. Please refer to section 4.
Chapter6 6.1 The ENNUS1 Server’s Web Pages Introduction The ENNUS1 server runs the http server on TCP port: 80. Users may use the web pages to see the ENNUS1 Server’s system status and configure the ENNUS1 Server. 6.2 Using the ENNUS1 Server’s Web Pages 6.2.1 Displaying ENNUS1 Server Status Click on the “STATUS” icon to see system status and network status.
6.2.2 Setting up ENNUS1 Server Configuration To set up the ENNUS1 Server configuration, click on the “CONFIG” icon and 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 ENNUS1 Server. TCP/IP: You have to set the ENNUS1 Server’s TCP/IP configuration to connect TCP/IP network.
Maintenance If you want to restore factory default values of the ENNUS1 Server or upgrade new firmware, you can use the Maintenance tool. 5 Restart: click “Yes” button to restart (reboot) the ENNUS1 Server. 5 Factory Default: click this button, the ENNUS1 Server will restore factory default values. 5 Download New Firmware: click this button to download new firmware from this product’s public website. 5 Firmware Upgrade: click Browse to find the firmware file to be upgraded.
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Chapter7 Troubleshooting This chapter provides useful information to help you resolve difficulties that you may experience with your ENNUS1 Server. Fault symptoms, possible causes, and remedial actions are provided within a quick reference table. This ENNUS1 Server’s USB ports only support MFPs, printers, scanners, mass storage, and USB cameras. 7.
Chapter8 Restore Factory Defaults You may restore the ENNUS1 Server’s default parameters by one of the following methods. 8.1 8.2 Using the ENNUS1 Server’s Web Pages 1. Go to the ENNUS1 Server’s web page and click CONFIG 2. Enter administrator (default: admin) and password (default: admin). 3. Click Maintenance. 4. Click Factory Default. 5. Click Yes to confirm Using Init Button Plug in the power adaptor while pressing the Init button until the USB LED blinks.
8.3 Default Parameters List Server Information z Server Name: ENNUS1 TCP/IP z Automatically get IP by DHCP: Enabled - Manual DNS: None (Disabled). z Static IP: Disabled - IP Address: 192.168.1.100 - Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.
Chapter9 Upgrade Firmware This chapter describes how to upgrade firmware. Please follow one of the following methods: Method A: Using the ENNUS1 Server’s Web Pages Please refer to section 6.2.2 for details. Method B: Using the Init Button and the TFTP Client 1. Plug in the power adaptor while pressing the Init button until the USB LED blinks. Please note that after this step, the ENNUS1 Server will operate using the factory default values, i.e.
Chapter10 The Init Button The Init button is used for maintenance: Simultaneously press Init button and turn on (by plugging in the power adaptor) the ENNUS1 Server until the USB LED blinks. The ENNUS1 Server will now do the following tasks: A. Perform a factory reset of the ENNUS1 server, which restores most of the parameters and settings to factory default values. B. Perform a TFTP server. You can upgrade new firmware using any TFTP client tool.
