USB Server Hub User Manual Application Note USB Server Hub User Manual April 14, 2009 Copyright © 2009 DOC NO: ED-201-001 REV: v.1.
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USB Server Hub User Manual Table of Content Introduction..................................................................................................................................... 4 Features ........................................................................................................................................... 4 Installation....................................................................................................................................... 5 Running Program ..
USB Server Hub User Manual Introduction The revolutionary USB Server Hub utilizes technology that streamlines and enhances functionalities between USB devices and multiple PCs. Current solutions from other companies provide minimum functionalities at high costs. They use significant amounts of resources and effort to achieve the required features, whereas the USB Server Hub utilizes significantly less resources for more features. Most solutions allow printer-only peripheral devices.
USB Server Hub User Manual Installation To install the USB Server Hub program, please double click the USB Server Hub setup file. A dialog box should pop up to prompt you to choose desired installing language. There are two choices: English and Traditional Chinese. After choosing the language, click on OK. The InstallationShield Wizard will start automatically. Please follow the instructions of the wizard to complete the installation process.
USB Server Hub User Manual Running Program To start the USB Server Hub program, please double click the shortcut icon of the USB Server Hub on the Desktop. This brings up the main dialog. DOC NO: ED-201-001 REV: v.1.
USB Server Hub User Manual Main Dialog Box The main dialog box of USB Server Hub is shown above. This is what you would see at program start up. It is consisted of a Control Menu (File, View and Help), a tree view, a Search button to get the current status of all USB Servers and devices on the network, and a button that toggles between “Config.” and “Connect” depending on the node you select on the tree view. It toggles to “Config.
USB Server Hub User Manual Note: You will be allowed to set an alias name for each of the servers on for easy recognition. The alias name with its IP address will be displayed on the tree view. The way to set alias name will be described in the “Config.” section below. Status of USB Servers and Devices The tree view also tells you the status of all the USB Servers and devices that are accessible to you. Each of USB Server is either accessible or inaccessible.
USB Server Hub User Manual Ready Each status is represented by an icon of different color. A device with “Ready” status is indicated by a square Green icon as shown in the picture above. This green icon indicates that the device is unoccupied and ready to be connected. DOC NO: ED-201-001 REV: v.1.
USB Server Hub 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. DOC NO: ED-201-001 REV: v.1.
USB Server Hub User Manual Occupied By Other User The Red icon indicates the device is occupied by another user and you can not connect to that device at the moment. DOC NO: ED-201-001 REV: v.1.
USB Server Hub User Manual : Device on Different Segment Blue icon indicates that the server’s IP address is on a different network segment as from yours. You can NOT connect to a device attached to such server. : Unsupported Device Some of the devices are not supported by USB server Hub. Such device will be identified by a red X icon. Of course, connecting to an unsupported device is not allowed.
USB Server Hub User Manual Accessing a Device To connect to a USB device, please select it on the tree view and click on “Connect” button or double-click on it. This process might take a few seconds up to a minute, depending on the complexity of the device. Once connected, you can use the USB device as if it is connected to your PC directly with a USB cable. DOC NO: ED-201-001 REV: v.1.
USB Server Hub User Manual If you select a connected device on the UI, you can see that the Connect button is changed to Disconnect: Clicking on the button disconnects you from the selected device. Once you see the icon turns green, the device has been disconnected and other users will then be able to connect to it. DOC NO: ED-201-001 REV: v.1.
USB Server Hub 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 “Config.” button or right click on the server and select “Config” option on menu to bring up this configuration UI. DOC NO: ED-201-001 REV: v.1.
USB Server Hub 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. DOC NO: ED-201-001 REV: v.1.
USB Server Hub User Manual 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. The 6 links at the left-hand side each represents a function. Clicking on “Device Status” brings you back to this page, and the 5 other links take you to pages with different functions.
USB Server Hub User Manual according to your need. However, please note that if you would like to give this server a static IP, please disable the DHCP option. Once you are done, please click on the “Submit” button and reboot the server. NOTE: A Server with busy device(s) connected is prohibited to be configured to prevent interruption of any on-going tasks. DOC NO: ED-201-001 REV: v.1.
USB Server Hub 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. DOC NO: ED-201-001 REV: v.1.
USB Server Hub User Manual Factory Default Clicking on this link takes you the page where you can restore the server’s settings back to default: DOC NO: ED-201-001 REV: v.1.
USB Server Hub User Manual Again, the password is not necessary if no password is set. Just leave the field empty and click on the “Factory Default” button to restore the factory default settings. DOC NO: ED-201-001 REV: v.1.
USB Server Hub 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” button to update the firmware. You do not need to DOC NO: ED-201-001 REV: v.1.
USB Server Hub User Manual provide a password for this operation if there is not password set. Please just leave it blank. Change Password Clicking on this link takes you to the password update page below: DOC NO: ED-201-001 REV: v.1.
USB Server Hub User Manual To change the password, you must enter current password, input new password and reinput 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. DOC NO: ED-201-001 REV: v.1.
USB Server Hub User Manual Configuration with the Utility Another way to configure the server is via the configuration dialog of PB2. To bring up the configuration dialog, please RIGHT-CLICK on the server you would like to configure, And select the “Setting” option. If a protective password has been set, this option brings up the following configuration dialog. DOC NO: ED-201-001 REV: v.1.
USB Server Hub User Manual You might be prompted to enter password if a password has been set. If not, you will immediately see the above dialog. Set Sever Name and IP Address: these fields allow you set the server name and IP address settings. If you are changing IP address, please make sure you know what you are doing. NOTE: You can apply this function to a server under different network segment. DOC NO: ED-201-001 REV: v.1.
USB Server Hub User Manual Backup Firmware: this function is a fail-save mechanism for the Update Firmware function. Use the Browse button to choose where you want to save the backup file. Click on Submit to start. You can backup the current firmware of your server and save it on your PC in case you updated the latest firmware and want to revert back for some reasons. Update Firmware: update firmware with this function. Use the Browse button to choose the firmware to update. Click on Submit to start.
USB Server Hub User Manual Reset Server This button reboots the server. Please note that this function will not work if the server you attempt to reset has a device connected to it and the device is occupied by a user. DOC NO: ED-201-001 REV: v.1.
USB Server Hub User Manual Polling Interval The USB Server Hub program periodically polls your network to find out the status of all the connected servers and devices. Any change on the status of servers and devices will be updated to the tree view in the main dialog box. The default setting is that the program would perform this polling every 30 seconds.
USB Server Hub User Manual As indicated on this dialog box, you must input a minimum of 20 seconds. Set it to 0 to disable this function. Click on Submit to allow the new interval to take effect. DOC NO: ED-201-001 REV: v.1.
USB Server Hub User Manual Language USB Server Hub now supports two languages: English and Traditional Chinese. To toggle between the languages, please go to File -> Settings -> Languages option and select the desired language. Simply select the desired language to change the UI’s displaying language. DOC NO: ED-201-001 REV: v.1.
USB Server Hub User Manual Search When you are in need of knowing the status of all the servers and devices immediately, use the Search function: 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. DOC NO: ED-201-001 REV: v.1.
USB Server Hub 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 DOC NO: ED-201-001 REV: v.1.
USB Server Hub User Manual Devices Only view DOC NO: ED-201-001 REV: v.1.
USB Server Hub User Manual Device Details When you right click on a device on the tree view, a menu will pop up: When you select the “Details” options, some detailed information about the selected server/device respectively will be displayed in another pop-up dialog box. DOC NO: ED-201-001 REV: v.1.
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USB Server Hub User Manual Help -> About About option brings up a dialog box with legal and other relative information displayed: DOC NO: ED-201-001 REV: v.1.
USB Server Hub User Manual Technical Support If you have any questions that the Troubleshooting section failed to address, please visit your dealer for further help. We have Technical Support working non-stop in order to provide the best support we can for our customers. DOC NO: ED-201-001 REV: v.1.
