WiDrive WiDGET User manual
Declarations, disclaimers, instructions of guiding
Note,Notice,Cautionsymbolsamongtheusermanual
Note!
Provideextrainformationforbetteruseoftheproducts.
Notice!
IndicatethebehaviorsthatmightcauseapotentialdatalossonWiDRIVEoronthedevicethat
connectstoit.
Caution!
Indicatethebehaviorsthatmightcausedamageonproduct,humaninjuries,ordeath.
Declaration
Theinformationcontainedinthisdocumentissubjecttochangewithoutnoticeorobligation.
ThelatestelectroniceditionofthisusermanualcanbedownloadedfromEDSLAB’sofficialwebsite:
http://www.edslab.com/support_cat.php.Copyright©2012EDSLABTechnologiesInc.Allrights
reserved.
Disclaimer
Anyloss,corruptionordestructionofdatawhileusingaWiDGETisthesoleresponsibilityof
theuser,andundernocircumstanceswillEDSLABbeheldliablefortherecoveryorrestorationof
thisdata.Tohelppreventthelossofyourdata,EDSLABhighlyrecommendsthatyoukeepaleast
onecopyofyourdata.
Safety and care instructions
PleasereadthefollowingsafetyinformationpriortousingWiDGET.
OnlyqualifiedpersonnelshouldserviceWiDGET.Faultyinstallationorservicemaybe
dangerousandmayinvalidateanywarrantyapplicabletoWiDGET.
WiDGETcancauseinterferencetopacemakers,hearingaids,andmedicalequipment.Keepa
safedistancefrommedicaldeviceswhenoperatingitinsuchenvironments.
Donotstoreorcarryflammableliquids,gases,orexplosivematerialsinthesame
compartmentwithWiDGET.
SwitchyourWiDGEToffwhenyouareinanyareawithapotentiallyexplosiveatmosphere,
andobeyallsignsandinstructions.Sparkscancauseanexplosionorfireresultinginbodily
injuryorevendeath.
DonotdroporknockWiDGET.RoughhandlingcandamagetheelectronicsboardinWiDGET.
DonotexposeWiDGETtoextremetemperature.DonotputWiDGETonheatingdevicessuch
asmicrowaveoven,stove,orradiator.Thedevicemayexplodewhenoverheated.
CleanWiDGETsurfacewithsoftdampcloth.Donotuseanycleaningagent.
KeepWiDGETdry.Anyprecipitation,humidity,andliquidscancorrodeelectroniccircuitsin
WiDGET.
1. Introduction
CongratulationsonyourpurchaseofWiDRIVEWiDGET.Youmadeanexcellentchoiceandwe
hopeyouwillenjoyallitscapabilities.WiDGETisawirelessmobiledevicewhichcanbeawireless
router,awirelessstorage(USBdongle/harddrive/SDcard),aSDcardreaderorapowerbank.
UsingWiDGET,youcanshareallthecontentswirelesslytowhomeverandwheneveryouwantto
sharewith.Furthermore,youdonothavetobeworryaboutrunningoutofthebatteryofyour
mobiledevice.EnjoyalltheconveniencesthatWiDGETbringstoyou.
1.1 Package content
YourWiDRIVEWiDGEThasshippedalongwiththefollowingcontent.Pleaseensureyouhave
allthefollowingitems.
WiDGET
DC5V2Apower
adapter
Quickstartguide
Wireless
AP
Wireless
storage
Power
bank
SDcard
reader
1.2 Understand your WiDRIVE WiDGET
I. OverviewofyourWiDRIVEWiDGET
Note!
PleasemakesureWiDGETisfullychargefor5hoursbyusingadapterorcharge8hoursby
connectingtothecomputerbeforetheveryfirsttime.
Cautions!
Keepthisproductinadryplace.Neverplaceorusetheproductinwetordirtyconditions.
Neverthrowthisproductintoafire.
Neverthrowordropthisproductunderanycircumstances.
ChangesormodificationstothisproductnotexpresslyapprovedbyEDSLAB,oroperation
ofthisproductinanywayotherthanasdetailedbythisUserManual,couldvoidyour
manufacturerwarranty.
Neverattempttoalterordisassembletheproduct.Ifthereisaproblemwiththeproduct
pleasecontactusforfurtherassistance.
WANport
Reset
SDcard
Reader
Power
button
USBport
USBcable
(Charging
orCard
reader)
LEDstatus
indicators
II. UnderstandtheLEDindicators
2. Functions
BeforeusingWiDGET,knowinghowtoturnon/offtheproductisimportant.Justpressthe
powerbuttonandtheredpowerindicatorstartsblinking.Pleasewaitpatientlytilltheredindicator
becomesblueandyoucanenjoyyourWiDGET.Afterusing,pleasepressthepowerbuttonagainto
turnoffWiDGET.
Note!
Pressthepowerbuttonforasecond,WiDGETwillbeturnedon/offinnormalprocess;
holddownthepowerbuttonfor5seconds,WiDGETwillbeturnedoffcompulsorily.
Thecontinuoustimestatedaboveisonlyappliedtousingonefunctionatatime.
2.1 Wireless AP
WirelessAPallowsyoutotransferdatabyconnectingwirelessdevicestoawirednetwork.
Suchfunctioncontains2dimensions:wirelessAProuterandwirelessstorage.Herewearefocusing
onwirelessAProuter.Pleasereferto2.3formoreinformationonwirelessstorage.
It’sreallysimpletoletyourWiDGETbeanAProuter.Justfollowthestepsbelow.
I. ConnectingWiDGETtoanEthernetcable.
II. MakesureyourWiDGETison.
III. PleasecheckifyourWiDGETisconnectedtoInternet.
IV. ConnecttoInternetsuccessfully.Nowyoucansurftheinternet.
Note!
WiDGETcanbechargedbypoweradapteratthesametime.
YoucanchargeyoursmartphonewhileWiDGETisNOTcharging.
WiDGETwillturnoffautomaticallywhileservingasaSDcardreader.
2.2 Wireless storage
Withtheimpressinginnovationonourtechnologythesedays,instantexchangeofdynamic
informationseemstobemoreessentialthanever.Basedonthesefacts,WiDGETisthebestchoice
andeasiestwaytoshareyourdata.It’snotonlyconvenienttostorefilesonthedevices,moreoverit
streamsthecontenttotablets,smartphones,orcomputers.
ThefollowinginformationwillguideyoutouseWiDGETproperlyasthewirelessstorage,and
alistofcompatibledevicesandwebbrowsersisstatedbelowaswell.
[ForPCandNotebook]
I. Tobeawirelessstorage
i. SwitchonWiDGET.
ii. InsertaSDcard,USBdongleoranexternalHDDintoWiDGET.
iii. SearchandConnectWi‐FisignalofWiDGET.
iv. LaunchinternetbrowserandkeyintheIPaddress“192.168.2.1”.
v. Ontheloginpage,selectthedefaultusername“Admin”andkeyintheaccount
password“admin”intextboxestologin.
vi. EnterWiDGET’spersonalhomepagesuccessfully
.
II. WebUserInterfaceIntroduction
Aftergettinginthewebfolder,theentirepageisdividedinto4mainsections.
Links
Listdownallthedefaultcategorized
items.
OperationBar
Theactionsyoutakeontheselectedfile(s)orfolder(s).It
alsoincludesasearchboxforyoutotypeinthekeyword.
Actions
YoucansetyourWiDGETor
logoutfromit.
OperationDisplay
Displaythefile(s)andfolder(s)inthelocationyouare
navigatingoroperating.
i. Links
ii. Introductionofoperationicons
IconFunctionDescription
HomeBacktowebfolder
UpGouponedirectory/folder.
CutCuttheselectedfile(s)orfolder(s).
CopyCopytheselectedfile(s)orfolder(s).
PastePastethefile(s)orfolder(s)youhavecutorcopied.
DeleteDeletetheselectedfile(s)orfolder(s).
NewfolderCreateanewfolderincurrentlocation.
RenameRenametheselectedfile(s)orfolder(s).
UploadUploadyourfile(s)fromyourdevicetoWiDGET.
DownloadDownloadfile(s)fromWiDGETtoyourdevice.
SearchTypeinkeywordandthenclickontostartsearching.
SearchandDisplay
allthefilesbyfour
differenttypes
(audio/video/image
/document)
Logoutfromweb
pageSetting
Filemanager
iii. Pageoverview
Wi‐Disk:Thispageisyourfilemanagementpage.Itshowsallthefileslocatedin
yourWiDGET.Youcandoanyfilesearchhereaswell.Besides,youcanclickon
NAME,SIZEorDATEtagstodisplayyourfile(s)orfolder(s)indifferentorder.
Music:Alltheaudiofileswillbelistedhere.
Video:Allthevideofileswillbelistedhere.
Photo:Alltheimagefileswillbelistedhere.
Document:Allthedocumentfileswillbelistedhere.
Settingpage:YoucansetupyourWiDGEThere.Theitemscanbesetoraltered
include,Wi‐Fisignal,Wi‐Finetwork,wirednetwork,internetconnection,
account,language,poweroff,restart,restoreandfirmwareversionupgrade.
Note!
AfterfinishingWi‐Fisignal,Wi‐Finetwork,wirednetworkandinternalconnectionsettings,
remembertorestarttheWiDGETsothechangescanbeapplied.
A. Wi‐Fisignalsetting:Networkname(SSID),Wi‐FisecurityandWLANchannelsetting.
Network
name(SSID)
ThisisthewirelessnetworknameofyourWiDGET.Itmustbeidenticalonallpoints
ofthewirelessnetworkandcannotexceed32characters.
Wi‐Fi
security
Ifyouselect“None”fromthedropdownbar,yourwirelessnetworktransfers
datawithoutsafetyencryption.
Otherwiseselectasecurityruleandthenenterthepasswordinthe“Key”
columntoenablethesafetyprotection.Thesecuritycapabilityfrombasicto
strict:WEP64bit→ WEP128bit→ WPA→ WPA2→ WPA+WPA2
WLAN
channelYoucanmanuallyassignachannelfrom1to11toyourWiDGET.
B. Wi‐Finetworksetting:IPaddress,subnetmaskandDHCPserversetting.
IPaddressThedefaultvalueis:192.168.2.1,howeveryoucanalwaysmanuallyassignanIP
addresstoyourWiDGET.
SubnetmaskYoucanmanuallyassignthesubnetmaskofyourWiDGET.Westronglysuggestyou
usethedefaultvalue:255.255.255.0.
IPstartfromThestartoftherangeofIPavailableforyourWiDGETnetwork.
IPendatTheendoftherangeofIPavailableforyourWiDGETnetwork.
Note!
AfterfinishingWi‐Fisignalsettings,
remembertoclickonthe“OK”buttonto
savethechanges.
Note!
AfterfinishingWi‐Finetworksettings,
remembertoclickonthe“OK”buttonto
savethechanges.
C. Wirednetworksetting:AutoIPassigns,DSL(PPPoE)andfixedIPaddresssetting.
ConfigurehowyourWiDGETconnectswiththeinternet.
AutoIPassign
Thisisthedefaultsetting.YourWiDGETobtainsfromaDHCPserver.
DSL(PPPoE)
ChoosePPPoE(PointtoPointProtocoloverEthernet)ifyourISPusesaPPPoE
connection.
FixedIP
address
FillinIPaddress,subnetmaskandgatewayifastaticconnectionmethodisused.
Note!
Afterfinishingwirednetworksettings,remembertoclickonthe“OK”buttontosavethe
changes.
D. Internetconnection
Ininternetconnectionmode,WiDGETisabletobeawirelessclient,connectingtoanAccess
PointwirelesslyandenablingInternetconnectivitywhereveryouwant.
a. Clickontoactivetheinternetconnectionmode.
b. ThisfunctionwillscanalloftheAccessPointwithinrangeandconfiguretheSSIDand
thetypeofSecuritytoassociatewithit.
c. InputtheEncryptionpasswordoftheAccessPoint
d. ClickOK.
e. Thenoticemessagewilloccur,youmayrestartthedevicenoworlatertoactivatethe
internetconnectionmode.
Note!
TheAccessPointinformationwillnowbesavedintheWiDGET.Youwillnothavetoredoevery
singletimeunlessyouchangetheAccessPoint,TypeSecurityorthePassword
E. Accountsetting:Accountsettingfor1administratorand8users.Youcanclickonthe
buttontoaddtheaccountsforusers.
AccounttypeAdministratorUser
Numberof
accounts18
Functionaccess
rights
Havetheaccessrightstoallfunctions
includingtherightofsetting.
Havetheaccessrightstoallfunctions
excepttherightofsetting.
F. Language:SelectLanguage
Youcanselectlanguagefromthedropdownbar,andremembertoclickonthe“OK”buttonto
changethedisplaylanguage.
G. Poweroff:ShutdownyourWiDGET
YoucanshutdownWiDGETviaWEBpage.Justclickonthe“OK”buttontopoweroffyour
device.
Note!
TheLEDindicatorblinksbetween
redandbluewhenprocessingshutdown.
Note!
AfterfinishingAccountsettings,
remembertoclickonthe“OK”buttonto
savethechanges.
H. Restart:RestartyourWiDGET
YoucanrestartWiDGETbyjustclickonthe“OK”buttononthisWEBpage.Ifyouchangesome
settings,itwilltakeeffectafter120secondsrestarting.
I. Restoresetting:Itwillrestoreallthesettingstotheoriginalfactorydefaultswithout
anyfilesbeingerased.YoucanalsopresstheResetbuttoninthemiddlecaseforthe
sameoperation.
J. Firmwareversionupgrade:MakinganupgradeonWiDGETfirmware
YoucanupgradeyourWiDGETtothelatestfirmwaretoimprovetheperformance.Before
upgradingfirmware,pleasemakesureyouhavethelatestfirmwaredownloadedtothedeviceyour
Note!
TheLEDindicatorblinksbetween
redandbluewhenprocessingrestore.
Note!
TheLEDindicatorblinksbetween
redandbluewhenprocessingrestart.
browserrunson.Andthenclickonthe“ChooseFile”buttontolocatethefirmwarefileonyour
device.Finally,clickonthe“Upgrade”buttonandwaitforyourWiDGETtorestart.TheLED
indicatorblinksbetweenredandblueduringupgrade.
Notice!
Youcanalwayscheckthelatestfirmwarefromoursupportsite:
http://www.edslab.com/support_cat.php
K. SysteminformationandStorageinformation:Thesetwoareforreferenceonlyand
cannotbemodified.
III. Listofcompatibledevicesandwebbrowsers
i. RecommendedOperationSystemandportabledevices
MicrosoftWindowsXP,Windows2003,WindowsVista,Windows7or
Windows8
MacOS®X10.5.8orlateroperatingsystems
Android2.3andabove
iOS4andabove
OtherWi‐Fi‐enabledtabletsandsmartphones
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