Using USB Devices on the Network
Using Multiple UBoxes and USB Devices
Compound Devices
You can connect up to eight USB devices to one Lantronix UBox. While the UBox
only has four USB ports, it supports eight devices because of how
compound
USB
devices work. Compound USB devices are devices that have multiple components
connected to an embedded USB hub inside one USB device.
For example, some compound devices have two components: a scanner and a
printer. Other compound devices have three components: a printer, a card reader,
and an HID device for buttons on the printer.
One UBox with Multiple Users
The UBox allows up to 10 users to connect to a single or to a set of UBoxes using the
same UDP port. You can support more users by setting up additional UBoxes with
different UDP port numbers.
Multiple UBoxes and USB Devices
You can view up to eight UBoxes in the Lantronix UBox software.
If you are using all of the USB ports on your eight UBoxes, you can view a total of 32
USB devices in the UBox software; however, you can only have 12 USB devices
simultaneously connected to your computer.
To use a 13th USB device, disconnect one of your 12 USB devices using the
Lantronix UBox software to free a location for the next USB device.
To have more than eight UBoxes, configure your next eight UBoxes to use a different
UDP port (see
5:
Changing the UBox's Settings
). Once you have done this, use the
Local Settings tab to switch between your first eight UBoxes and your next eight
UBoxes (see
6: Changing Local Software Settings
).
Other Ways to Connect and Disconnect USB Devices
Using the
USB Devices
tab is only one method of connecting and disconnecting
USB devices. You can use the following methods instead:
UBox System Tray:
Use the UBox System Tray feature without opening the UBox
software.
Auto Connect:
For improved printer sharing, use the Auto Connect feature to
automatically connect and disconnect printers.
Forced Device Disconnect:
Forcibly disconnect a device that another user has left
in use.
Single-User Device Connect:
Use this mode to dedicate and automatically connect
USB devices to only one computer.
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