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Now the Autoswitch utility has been configured and you can use it on the computer to manage the USB job request
automatically.
Repeat the above steps to configure the Autoswitch utlity for each of the connected computers.
Select Auto Mode or Manual Mode
By default, the Autoswitch will be set in Auto Mode, as indicated by the lit AUTO LED (orange color) on the front
panel. Auto Mode means users of each connected computers don’t have to worry about whether the shared USB
device is available while they are sending out the job requests. They can just “Send-and-Forget” it and the job will
be automatically dispatched to the USB device. All these tasks are managed and controlled by the Auto Switch
utility.
However, Manual Mode is still an option if you need to intervene and designate a certain computer to take the USB
device. If that is the case, you can force the Auto Switch into Manual Mode just by pressing the “Switch” button on
the front panel of the USB AutoSwitch. The Auto/Manual Mode Switch button allows the switch to rotate between
the following states:
Auto Mode (default)
Manual Mode (Port 1
Port 2
Port 3
Port 4)
Auto Mode
For instance, while you are in Auto Mode, and you press the Switch button once, it will enter Manual Mode/Port 1
(Port 1 has the access) and one further press will take the switch to Manual Mode/Port 2 (Port 2 has the access)
and so on, then right back to Auto Mode again.
While in Manual Mode, the active port LED (Green) will first lit solid, which indicates that it is dedicated ONLY for
the access of that port, and it cannot be switched to another port manually. Wait for the timeout (about 16 seconds)
to expire before the LED starts flashing, which indicates that there’s no data transmission (hence no job going on
for that port) and it can be switched to the next port.
Via Manual Mode users can force the AutoSwitch to go Manual Mode in favor of a certain connected computer to
complete urgent jobs. In most cases, Auto Mode will be sufficient and Manual Mode will serve only in special cases
when users need to allocate the USB resources to a certain computer.
LED Status
Orange AUTO LED: ON – Auto Mode, OFF – Manual Mode
PC Port LEDs – PC1, PC2, PC3, PC4 (Green):
ON – Not available for switching to next port (either data transmission going on or still waiting for timeout)
Flashing – Available for switching to next port
Mac OS & Linux
The AutoSwitch can only be used in Manual Mode with USB enabled versions of Mac OS and Linux, so no
software installation is required. Simply connect the AutoSwitch to each computer using a USB A to B cable and
allow the computer to recognise and install the hardware. Repeat this for each computer which you want to
connect.
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