Digitus DN-13010 User manual

USB Server User Manual
USBServerManual
(DN-13010)

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Table of Content
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Introduction.............................................................................................................................4
Features...........................................................................................................................................4
Installation.......................................................................................................................................5
Running Program............................................................................................................................6
System Firewall......................................................................................................................7
Main Dialog Box...................................................................................................................10
Status of USB Servers and Devices .......................................................................................11
Accessing a Device.......................................................................................................................14
Server Configuration.....................................................................................................................16
Configuration with Web-based UI........................................................................................17
Configuration with the Utility...............................................................................................23
Featured Function.................................................................................................................. 26
Connect Automatically for Printing ...................................................................................... 26
Create a Shortcut on Your Desktop ...................................................................................... 27
Connect this device when application starts ......................................................................... 35
Auto Disconnect Printer/MFP/Storage Device........................................................ ............. 36
Device Property .................................................................................................................... 39
File ........................................................................................................................................ 41
Options.................................................................................................................................. 42
Language............................................................................................................................... 42
Server Settings ...................................................................................................................... 43
Device Settings ..................................................................................................................... 44
Search......................................................................................................................................45
View..........................................................................................................................................46
Help -> About .......................................................................................................................... 47
Technical Support .....................................................................................................................48
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Features
• Centralized remote USB Server Management
• Centralized remote USB Server Status Monitoring
• Centralized remote USB Device Management
• Centralized remote USB Device Status Monitoring
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Installation
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To install the USB Server program, please double click the USB Server 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.
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Running Program
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To start the USB Server program, please double click the shortcut icon of the USB
Server on the Desktop.
This would bring up the main dialog as shown below.
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System Firewall
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When you start the program for the 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.
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Windows Vista Firewall Alert
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If your system is running Windows Vista, please make sure you “Unblock” the program.
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Windows 7 Firewall Alert
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If your system is running Windows 7, please make sure you 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 next time you run the software.
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Main Dialog Box
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Once you have start up the program and grant it access through the firewall, you will
see this main dialog box.
The main dialog box is consisted of a Control Menu (File, Options, View and Help), a
tree view in the middle that displays a list of all the server and devices discovered on
the network, a Search button to get the current status of all USB Servers 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.
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Status of USB Servers and Devices
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The tree view also tells you the status of all the USB Servers and devices that are
discovered on the network. An inaccessible USB Servers might or might now show up
on the list. 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 connected.
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Occupied by Yourself
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When you are Connected to a device, the green icon turns into an orange icon to
signify the establishment of the connection.
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Occupied By Other User
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This status icon indicates the device is occupied by another user on your network and
you can not connect to that device at the moment.
Device on Different Segment
This icon with question mark indicates that the server’s IP address is on a different
network segment from your PC. You can NOT connect to a device attached to such
server. Please check your network settings. However you can still change its network
settings.
Unsupported Device
Some of the devices are not supported by USB server. Such device will be
identified by a stop sign icon as shown. Of course, connecting to an unsupported device
is not allowed.
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Accessing a Device
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To connect to a USB device, please select it on the tree view and click on Connect
Device button or double-click on it. This process might take 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.
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USB Server User Manual
If you select a connected device on the UI, you can see that the Connect Device button
is changed to Disconnect Device:
Clicking on this button releases the selected device for other users. Once you see the
icon turns 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.
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Server Configuration
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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 Open Web Page
button or the same option on the right-click menu of server icon, to bring up the web-
based configuration UI.
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Configuration with Web-based UI
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Your default web browser will pop up and take you into the web-based configuration UI
of the server.
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.
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Network Information/Setting
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This page displays the current network setting of the server and provides links to the
pages where you can perform special actions. You can change the network setting
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.
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Server Reset
Clicking on this link takes you the page show below:
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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.
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Factory Default
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Clicking on this link takes you the page where you can restore the server’s settings back
to default:
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.
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