LAVA STS-** Quick Start
November 22, 2015
Revision A01
Overview
This document describes how to setup a LAVA STS-E, STS-PE, STS-2UE, STS-P2UE, or STS-3U.
The LAVA STS-xx products are used to charge a Samsung Tablet with simultaneous operation of USB
accessories such as a keyboard, a mouse, an external hard drive, or card readers. The range of USB
accessories supported, are inherent in the tablet being used.
The LAVA products are shipped with a custom 3.3 foot (1 meter) micro USB to micro USB cable.
Initial Setup
Locate the charger and charge cable, which was provided with your Samsung Tablet. Start with the tablet
turned on. In the Tablet Battery menu, enable the “Display battery percentage” option.
Plug one end of the 3.3 foot cable into the tablet. Either end of the cable can be used. Note the connector
orientation is correct, as it is has angled edges to ensure it only fits one way.
Plug the other end of the 3.3 foot cable into the “To Tablet” receptacle of the LAVA device. Note the
connector orientation is correct, as it is has angled edges to ensure it fits only one way.
Plug the charge cable into the “5V Power Input” of the LAVA device. The PoE capable unit labels this
input “Aux. 5V Input”.
Locate and observe the current state of the battery charge icon on the tablet status line.
Plug the Tablet charger into an active AC outlet.
The STS-** green LED by the Blue Button on the Lava device will flash for about 2 seconds, then turns
off. After the 2 seconds. The adjacent yellow LED goes active.
The tablet battery charge icon now has a lightning bolt across it to indicate that the tablet is being charged.
Depending on the tablet, you may also have a brief status message such as “USB connector connected”.
If the LAVA device has 1 or more USB A receptacles, you may now plug in a device for further testing.
If you are using a LAVA device that provides wired Ethernet support, you may connect the LAVA device
to a network via the RJ45 receptacle. The RJ45 receptacle has a yellow status LED for USB activity, and a
green status LED for network activity.
The STS-PE and STS-P2UE are PoE devices. Using the “Aux. 5V’ Input allows the LAVA device to be
verified out of the box. Once verified, simply unplug the charge cable from the ‘Aux. 5V Input’ and plug
the RJ45 receptacle into a PoE capable switch or PoE power injector.
Do not use the ‘Aux.5V Input”
when connected to a PoE enabled switch or PoE Power Injector.
When using wired Ethernet, the Connections->More networks->Ethernet settings may need to be setup
prior to accessing a network. The tablet provides options for dynamic and static network address
assignment. If there is no Ethernet menu, the tablet does not support wired Ethernet.
