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Page 2: ...ns without notice Information in this document may change without notice Trademarks Microsoft Windows XP Windows VISTA Windows 7 and Windows 8 are registered trademarks of the Microsoft Corporation All other brand and product names mentioned herein may be registered trademarks of their respective owners Customers should ensure that their use of this product does not infringe upon any patent rights...

Page 3: ...a Device 14 Server Configuration 16 Configuration with Web based UI 17 Configuration with the Utility 21 Featured Functions 24 Connect Automatically for Printing 24 Create a Shortcut on Your Desktop 27 Auto Disconnect Printer MFP Storage Device 35 Device Property 38 File 40 Options 41 Language 41 Server Settings 42 Device Settings 43 Search 44 View 45 Help 46 About 46 Log 47 Extract Log File 48 ...

Page 4: ...this USB Extender allows you to use a multi function combo device such as a Multiple Function Printer Another added benefit is that you can connect multiple printers scanners faxes to the USB Extender through a USB Hub These are just some of the features that make our product one of the standards today The USB Extender application provides a user friendly interface between you and the USB Extender...

Page 5: ...ender program please double click the USB Extender setup file Then please follow the instructions of the wizard to complete the installation process Please reboot the system as requested by the installer when the process ends otherwise the software might not work properly ...

Page 6: ...B Extender User Manual 6 REV 1 3 Running Program To start the USB Extender program please double click the shortcut icon of the USB Server on the Desktop This would bring up the main dialog as shown below ...

Page 7: ...t the program for the first time your Windows OS will prompt you for Firewall Access Please make sure you unblock the software or grant it access otherwise the program will not work correctly Windows XP Firewall Access Alert Please make sure you Unblock the program ...

Page 8: ...USB Extender User Manual 8 REV 1 3 Windows Vista Firewall Access Alert If your system is running Windows Vista please make sure you Unblock the program ...

Page 9: ... the network options and then click on Allow access when you see this alert Once you have done this once the system will remember your setting and will not prompt you again the next time you run the software WARNING Failing to provide the USB Extender software with access through the system firewall will cause malfunction in the program ...

Page 10: ...trol Menu File Options View and Help a tree view in the middle that displays a list of all devices discovered on the network a Search button to get the current status of all USB Extenders and devices and a button that toggles between Open Web Page and Connect Device depending on the node you select on the tree view The Open Web Page button toggles to Connect Device when a device is highlighted ...

Page 11: ...Extender might or might not show up on the list if it is either disconnected from the network powered off or suffering from other technical difficulties The device might be in one of the following states and there are different things you can do with it in each of the states Each status is represented by a specific icon Device Free A device with Device Free status is unoccupied and ready to be con...

Page 12: ...USB Extender User Manual 12 REV 1 3 Occupied by Yourself When the device has been occupied the icon and Status change to indicate so ...

Page 13: ...tion mark indicates that the Extender s IP address is on a different network segment from your PC You can NOT connect to a device attached to such an Extender Please check your network settings However you can still change its network settings Unsupported Device Some of the devices are not supported by this USB Extender Such device will be identified by a stop sign icon as shown Of course connecti...

Page 14: ...ease select it on the tree view and click on Connect Device button or double click on it This process might take from a few seconds up to a minute depending on the complexity of the device Then you can operate a connected USB device as if it is connected to your PC s USB port directly ...

Page 15: ...ice button is changed to Disconnect Device Clicking on this button releases the selected device for other users Once you see the icon change back the device has been disconnected and other users will then be able to connect to it This operation is exactly like when you unplug a USB device from your PC s USB port ...

Page 16: ... the users to configure the settings of the USB Extenders via the web based UI Select the target server on the tree view and then click on the Open Web Page button or the same option on the right click menu of the server icon to bring up the web based configuration UI ...

Page 17: ...p and take you into the web based UI of the Extender This is the main page You can see the important information about the USB Extender and the device s connected to it The 4 links at the left hand side take you to different pages with other information about this Extender or functions you could perform ...

Page 18: ...USB Extender User Manual 18 REV 1 3 Network Information This page displays the current network setting of the Extender like the current IP setting and the MAC address ...

Page 19: ...der Reset Clicking on this link takes you the page shown below Click on the Submit button with the correct password provided will reboot this USB Extender If no password has been set then simply click on Submit button to perform this function ...

Page 20: ...to the password update page below To change the password you must enter current password enter new password and enter it again for confirmation and then click on Submit to set the new Password If you are setting the password for the first time you don t have to provide current password ...

Page 21: ...guration with the Utility Another way to configure the Extender is via the configuration dialog of USB Extender To bring up the configuration dialog please RIGHT CLICK on the Extender icon to bring up this menu and select Server Configurations ...

Page 22: ...nge it whatever you want USE DHCP When this field is checked your extender acquires IP address automatically Uncheck it and you can enter IP address automatically NOTE You can apply this function to an extender on a different network segment HOWEVER some router switch hubs do not allow communication between extender in different segments In this case you won t even see the extender on a different ...

Page 23: ...e Firmware function Just browse to where you want to save the backup file and click on Save to save the file Update Firmware update firmware with this function Use the Browse button to choose the firmware to update Click on Open to start Change Password Simply enter the new password and enter it again for confirmation Click on Submit to change Restart Server This button reboots the Extender Please...

Page 24: ...his printer to print out the document When the printing task is done the printer will then be AUTOMATICALLY disconnected so that other users can use it The user no longer has to manually connect and disconnect the printer NOTE This function will be enabled for printers or MFPs that have been installed and used on your PC For a new printer MFP please make sure you have installed it has been connect...

Page 25: ...e enabled THIS PARTICULAR DEVICE will be automatically connected when 1 The software starts up and the device is online and Free 2 The software is running and the device comes online 3 The software is running and the device status changes to Free from any other type of status HOWEVER if the user manually disconnects the device it will NOT be automatically connected again until the software has bee...

Page 26: ...when the software is running 2 The device is plugged into the port and is Free when the software starts up 3 The device is plugged into the port and the status changes to Free from any other status when the software is running Also like automatic connection by device function if the user disconnects the device manually it will NOT be automatically connected again until the software has been restar...

Page 27: ...rk with a specific application such as a multi function printer and the photo picture scanning utility Normally if you want to scan with a scanner connected to a USB Extender you must first connect the Scanner with the USB Extender software then run the scan software and start scanning When you finish with scanning you have to close the scan software and then disconnect the scanner so that other u...

Page 28: ...USB Extender User Manual 28 REV 1 3 Take this EPSON MFP as an example Right click on it and select the Create a Shortcut on Your Desktop option ...

Page 29: ... setup dialog pop up So this EPSON MFP comes with a scanning application called EPSON Scan You can see a shortcut of this EPSON Scan software being placed on your Desktop Now you can either Drag and Drop the EPSON Scan shortcut into the highlighted text field ...

Page 30: ...USB Extender User Manual 30 REV 1 3 or you can see the browse button to select the shortcut ...

Page 31: ...USB Extender User Manual 31 REV 1 3 Either way observe that the program path has been correctly captured and then click on the OK button ...

Page 32: ...USB Extender User Manual 32 REV 1 3 Then you will see a new shortcut being created on the Desktop The naming rule of the new shortcut is adding a Network prefix to the name of the original shortcut ...

Page 33: ...SB Extender User Manual 33 REV 1 3 Now when you double click the new Network EPSON Scan shortcut the software runs and the EPSON MFP gets connected at the same time You can then start your scanning task ...

Page 34: ... you are finished simply close the EPSON Scan utility and the EPSON MFP will be disconnected automatically Now you can operate your MFP or Scanner with a shortcut on your Desktop and keep the USB Extender software minimized at the system tray ...

Page 35: ...ual 35 REV 1 3 Auto Disconnection Printer MFP Storage Device These functions are there to prevent the case when one user connected a Printer or Storage device but forgot to disconnect it when he she was done with the device ...

Page 36: ...USB Extender User Manual 36 REV 1 3 When these two functions are enabled you will see this message when you connect a Storage device or a printer ...

Page 37: ... with Storage device such as a pen driver flash driver These devices tend to periodically on a millisecond basis communicate with the OS even when the user is not reading data from it or writing data to it So it never actually stays Idle and will never be automatically disconnected by this function External USB HDD type storage devices do not have this problem ...

Page 38: ...USB Extender User Manual 38 REV 1 3 Device Property Click on the Device Property to bring up the Device Property dialog box ...

Page 39: ... provides a quite useful function Check the Launch a program when this device connects checkbox and provide the path to that program utility application software Then the program utility application software will automatically start up after you connect the device This function is particularly useful when the USB device you connect works with an application such as scanning utility with a multiple...

Page 40: ...USB Extender User Manual 40 REV 1 3 File The Quit function exits the program ...

Page 41: ...USB Extender User Manual 41 REV 1 3 Options Language You can change the utility s language with this option The default language would be the same as your system s language ...

Page 42: ...Server Same function as the Setting Server option on the server icon s right click menu Run USB Server When PC Starts Up This utility automatically runs the Extender program when your system starts up Open Web Page Brings up the Extender s configuration web pages ...

Page 43: ...ce occupied by another user you can highlight that device and use this function This sends a message to the occupying user with your request The occupying user would either release the device or deny the request if he she is still using the device Device Properties Brings up the device properties dialog the same way as the Device Properties option when you right click on the device icon ...

Page 44: ... of knowing the status of all the extenders and devices immediately use the Search button Clicking on the Search button triggers the program to immediately poll the network for the status of all the extenders and devices The result will be updated to the tree view ...

Page 45: ...the main dialog has two display modes Extenders 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 Extenders and Devices view Device Only View ...

Page 46: ...USB Extender User Manual 46 REV 1 3 Help About About option brings up a dialog box with legal and other relative information displayed ...

Page 47: ... log file that records data which might help software developers debug a problem So if you want to report a bug enable this function and repeat the steps to reproduce the bug Once you have seen the bug happen again you can use the Extract log file function to extract the file and send the file in for analysis ...

Page 48: ...USB Extender User Manual 48 REV 1 3 Extract Log File Clicking on this option brings up the folder where the log file is kept ...

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