Hawking HMPS1U User manual

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1 PORT USB PRINT SERVER
for MULTIFUNCTION PRINTERS
HMPS1U

STEP 1
Check Package Contents for:
1.) One 1-Port USB 2.0 Print Server for Multifunction
Printers (HMPS1U)
2.) Setup CD with Print Control Center Software
3.) One DC 12V/1A Power Adaptor
4.) One Quick Installation Guide (QIG)
System Requirements:
- Windows 2000 / XP / 2003 / Vista / 7
What You Will Need to Get Started:
1.) One USB Printer/All-in-One/Multifunction Printer or USB Scanner or Storage
Device along with manufactuer’s driver/software CD
2.) A Computer with a CD-ROM drive that is connected to your home network
3.) One Ethernet cable
4.) One USB cable
GETTING STARTED

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STEP 1
Top View
Left Side
View
Right Side
View
LEDs:
1.) Power: Lit when powered on
2.) Link: Lit when server is linked to a
network
3.) Act: Blinks to indicate network
activity
4.) USB: Lit when USB device is
connected to USB port
5.) Power Adaptor Connector: DC IN
12V/1A adaptor
6.) On/Off. Switch to turn on/off the
device
7.) Init Button: Press and hold for 30
seconds restores the congurable
parameters to the default values
8.) USB Host Port: USB 1.1/2.0 low,
full, and Hi-Speed compliant;
connects to USB device
9.) Ethernet Connector: Connects to
network router/switch
PRODUCT OVERVIEW

STEP 2HARDWARE INSTALLATION
Step 2: Connecting Your Server to a Network
1.) Use the Ethernet cable and connect one end
to the “LAN” port of the HMPS1U Print Server.
Connect the other end to an available LAN
Port on your network router. See Fig. 1 and 2
2.) Connect the HMPS1U Server to your All-in-
One/Multifunction Printer using a USB cable
(not included).
3.) Plug in the power adaptor (included in
package) to power on the print server. Make
sure the On/OFF switch is set to “ON”.
4.) Once powered on, check the server’s LEDs to
ensure that the server is indeed working and
connected to network devices and printers.
Figure 1
Figure 2

STEP 3
Step 3: Installing Software Utility
1.) Insert Hawking software Setup CD
(included in package) to desired client
computer and run CD .
2.) When the auto-load page appears, click
Setup Wizard. See Fig. 3. If the autoload
page does not appear, click Start-->
Computer--> CD/DVD Drive--> autorun.
exe.
SOFTWARE INSTALLATION
Figure 3
Figure 5Figure 4
3.) Click Next button in proceeding installation windows (See Fig. 4) until a
Finish button appears, and then click Finish. See Fig. 5

STEP 4SERVER CONFIGURATION
Step 4: Conguring Your HMPS1U Print Server
1.) Open the Hawking Technologies HMPS1U Server Control Center from the desktop icon.
While the program is running, a Hawking icon should also be displayed in your system
tray (See Fig. 6) if software installation was successful. Once open, it will automatically
search for the existing server and display its status. (See Fig. 7)
Figure 7Figure 6

STEP 4
2.) Double click on the device on the
control center and it will open a web
browser showing the user interface
of the product (See Fig. 8)
SERVER CONFIGURATION
Step 4: Conguring Your HMPS1U Print Server
Figure 8
3.) Click on “Cong if you need to put
in settings. You will be prompted
to put in a username/password.
Username: admin,
Password: admin
(See Fig. 9)
Figure 9

5.) Once you are nished setting the IP address, scroll down and click “Submit” to save
your settings. The print server will now reboot and your settings should take effect
when it comes back.
6.) To begin printing, continue on to “How to: Print” in Step 5.
STEP 4SERVER CONFIGURATION
Step 4: Conguring Your HMPS1U Print Server Cont’d
4.) For general usage, the print server is set to obtain an IP address automatically from
your network. Under the “General” tab, in the TCP/IP section, make sure it is set to
“Automatically get IP by DHCP”. If you need a static IP and you know the IP address of
your server, choose Static IP and enter the IP address manually. (See Fig. 10)
Figure 10

STEP 5
HOW TO: PRINT
Step 5: Setting up a Printer
1.) (Optional) If your printer’s driver is not
already installed, you need to install your
printer rst. (Figure 11) If you know that
printer driver is already on your computer,
please skip to step 5.2 Refer to your
printer installation instrucitons
1a.) Insert the printer’s CDROM into the CD
drive and run the “install program”.
1b.) Follow the instructions of the installation
program to install driver.
Figure 11

STEP 5HOW TO : PRINT
1c.) When the installation program
asks you to plug-in the USB device,
run the “Hawking Print Server” soft-
ware if it is not already running. On
Windows, it should be located under
start, programs, Hawking, Multifunc-
tion Print Server. (see Fig. 12)
1d.) In the Hawking Print Server” soft-
ware, select the HMPS1u that has
the desired USB device attached.
Refer to step 5.2.
Figure 12

STEP 5
HOW TO: PRINT
Step 5: Printing with Your HMPS1U Print
Server
2.) Beginning in the Server Setup software,
click on the HMPS1U Print Server. The
connected printer should show up be-
neath the Server. See Fig. 14
3.) Highlight the printer that shows up by
clicking on it once and then click the
“Connect” button in the Setup software.
See Fig. 15
4.) Once connected, a text next to the right
of the highlighted printer should read:
[Manually Connected by...(your com-
puter’s name)]. See Fig. 16
5.) Your printer should now continue with
the installation of its drivers. Finish
the installation and you should be ready
to print!
Figure 16
Figure 14
Figure 15

STEP 5HOW TO : PRINT
Step 5: Printing with Your HMPS1U Print
Server
NOTE: To allow more computers in your network to access the shared printer, you must rst dis-
connect your computer from the Server by manually pressing the Disconnect button in the setup
software, as it can only serve one computer at a time. To connect and disconnect automatically
before and after print jobs, set the Server to auto-connect to the printer by following these steps:
6.) Make sure all computers wanting to use the shared printer
are connected to the network and have installed the soft-
ware utility from the Setup CD by following Steps 3 thru 5.
7.) In the setup software click on the printer to highlight it as in
Fig. 15. Then click the “Auto-Connect Printer” button.
Select “Set Auto-Connect Printer”. See Fig. 17.
8.) When the “Add to Auto-Connect Printer List” appears,
select the desired printer and then click “Apply”. See
Fig. 18. Now, when you decide to print, the printer will
automatically connect/disconnect as needed.
Figure 17
Figure 18

STEP 6
HOW TO : ACCESS SCANNER
Step 6: Scanning with Your HMPS1U Print
Server
1.) In the Setup Software, click on the
HMPS1U Print Server. The Multifunction
Printer/Scanner that is connected to it
should appear beneath it. See Fig. 19
2.) Click on the desired Multifunction Printer/
Scanner. See Fig. 20
Figure 19
Figure 20

STEP 6HOW TO: ACCESS SCANNER
Figure 21
Step 6: Scanning with Your HMPS1U Print
Server
3.) Click the Network Scanner button. The
following window will appear. See Fig. 21
4.) Choose either the TWAIN or WIA item. Click
OK. The following window will appear. See
Fig. 22
5.) Proceed to scan as you would normally do
so.
Figure 22

STEP 6
HOW TO: ACCESS SCANNER
Step 6: Scanning with Your HMPS1U Print
Server
NOTE: To allow more computers in your network to access the scanner, you must rst
disconnect your computer from the server by pressing the Disconnect button, as it can
only serve one computer at a time. Then, follow these steps:
1.) Make sure the computer you are using is connected to the network.
2.) Insert the HMPS1U Setup CD.
3.) Install Software.
4.) Repeat steps 1 thru 5 in “How to: Access Scanner” section.

STEP 7HOW TO: ACCESS USB STORAGE
Step 7: Accessing USB Storage
1.) Before you access USB storage, please
make sure the storage access mode is
set to NetUSB Mode under the Supported
Protocols tab in the Setup Software. To
check this setting, double click the HMPS1U
Print Server and log into the setup software.
Username: admin and Password: admin.
See. Fig. 7, 8 and 9.
2.) Once logged in, under “General”, look for
the “Storage Access Mode”. Select NetUSB
Mode and then click on Submit. See Fig. 23
Figure 23

STEP 7
HOW TO: ACCESS USB STORAGE
Step 7: Accessing USB Storage
3.) In the Control Center, click on the
HMPS1U Print Server. The USB
storage device attached should
appear beneath it.
4.) Select the desired USB storage
device by clicking on it once and
then click the Connect button.
See Fig. 24
Figure 24
5.) Now your PC will have detected a new disk. For example, if you connected a ash
drive, your PC will have a new “removable disk”. You should see the storage icon in
the system tray, as in the following gure. See Fig. 25
6.) Use the disk as you normally would if it were directly plugged into a USB port on
your computer.
Figure 25

STEP 7HOW TO: ACCESS USB STORAGE
Step 7: Accessing USB Storage
7.) After you nish the disk operations, click the storage icon in the system tray and
choose “Eject USB Mass Storage Device”. See Fig. 26
8.) In the setup software, click the Disconnect button to disconnect the USB storage
device.
Figure 26

STEP 7
HOW TO: ACCESS USB STORAGE
Step 7: Accessing USB Storage as a Shared Network Drive
NOTE: To allow multiple computers in your network to access the shared USB storage,
you must rst disconnect your computer from the server by pressing the Disconnect
button in the Setup Software as it can only serve one computer at a time in NetUSB
Mode. Then, follow these steps:
1.) Repeat steps 1 and 2 of “Accessing USB Storage”, but instead of selecting NetUSB
Mode in step 2, select Server Mode.
2.) Proceed through step 3. For step 4, click the Network Storage button located in
the Setup Software Your storage device should open up and be shown to be on the
shared network.

DEFAULT PARAMETERS
Some of the important default parameters for your HMPS1U are shown below.
- Administrator: admin
- Password: admin
- Server Name: HMPS1U
- Workgroup: WORKGROUP
- Static IP: 192.168.1.100
DEfaulTS