WiDrive DX-325 User manual

WiDRIVE DX-325 User’s Guide
Copyright © 2010 EDSLAB Tech. Inc.
User’s Manual
Wireless 802.11n Multi-functional Storage Router
DX-325
Version 0.4

WiDRIVE DX-325 User’s Guide
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Table of Contents
Declaraons, disclaimers, instrucons of guidings                                  iii
Safety and care instrucons iv
1 Understand Your WiDRIVE                           1
Overview of Your WiDRIVE DX-325 1
Package Content 2
The LED Status Indicators 2
Understand the LED indicators 3
Power on Your WiDRIVE 3
Shutdown Your WiDRIVE 3
Mode Selecon 3
2 Setup Your WiDRIVE  5
HDD Installaon                                                                5
AP Mode Setup 6
Client Scan Mode Setup 7
USB Mode Setup 8
3 WiDRIVE Utility  9
Install your WiDRIVE Ulity 10
To search and operate your WiDRIVE through Ulity                                   10
4 WiDRIVE Web Control  11
Login 11
Overview of WiDRIVE Web Control 11
My Folder (Disk Management) 12
Working with Folders and Files 13
Quick Connecon 16
BitTorrent 17
System Seng 19
Account Seng 23
System Status 24
Maintenance 26
5 WiDRIVE Applications  28
The Default Applicaons in your WiDRIVE                                           28
6 Specification  30
7 Regulatory Information                            31
FCC Compliance 31
CE Compliance 31
8 Trouble Shooting  33
9 Contact Information  34

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Declarations, disclaimers, instructions of guidings
Note, Noce, Cauon symbols among the user manual
NOTE!
Provides extra informaon for beer use of the products.
Noce!
Indicates behaviours that might cause a potenal data loss on WiDRIVE or on the device that con-
nects to it.
Cauon!
Indicates behaviours that might cause damage on product, human injury, or death.
Declaraon
Informaon in this document is subject to change without noce or obligaon.
Copyright © 2010 EDSLAB Technologies Inc. All rights reserved.
Disclaimer
Any loss, corrupon or destrucon of data while using a WiDRIVE is the sole responsibility of the
user, and under no circumstances will EDSLAB be held liable for the recovery or restoraon of this
data. To help prevent the loss of your data, EDSLAB highly recommends that you at least keep one
copy of your data. For example, you can save the copy either on your internal hard disk or portable
storage media.

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Safety and care instructions
Please read the following safety informaon prior to using WiDRIVE.
• Only qualied personnel should service WiDRIVE. Faulty installaon or service may be dangerous
and may invalidate any warranty applicable to WiDRIVE.
• WiDRIVE can cause interference to pacemakers, hearing aids, and medical equipment. Keep safe
distances from medical devices when operang in such environments.
• Do not store or carry ammable liquids, gases, or explosive materials in the same compartment as
WiDRIVE.
• Switch your WiDRIVE o when in any area with a potenally explosive atmosphere, and obey
all signs and instrucons. Sparks can cause an explosion or re resulng in bodily injury or even
death.
• Do not drop or knock WiDRIVE. Rough handling can damage the electronics board and hard drive
in WiDRIVE.
• Do not expose WiDRIVE to extreme temperature. Do not put WiDRIVE on heang devices such as
microwave oven, stove, or radiator. The device may explode when overheated.
• Clean WiDRIVE surface with so damp cloth. Do not use any cleaning agent.
• Keep WiDRIVE dry. Any precipitaon, humidity, and liquids can corrode electronic circuits in WiD-
RIVE.

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1 Understand Your WiDRIVE
Overview of Your WiDRIVE DX-325
• LED status indicators
• Antenna
• Power buon
• WAN port
• DC power input
• Mini USB port
• AP /Client Scan mode switch
• Reset

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Package Content
Your WiDRIVE DX325 has shipped along with the following content. Ensure you have all the
following items.
WiDRIVE DX-325 Quick Start Guide Ulity CD with Manual
5V 2A power adapter Ethernet cable (40cm) Mini USB to USB cable (40cm)
The LED Status Indicators
• System indicator
• LAN indicator
• WiFi indicator
• HDD indicator
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Understand the LED indicators
Indicator Status Indicaon
Power on Green
Boong up Flashing between orange and green
System ready Green
Shung down Flashing between orange and green
Not ready Flashing between orange and green
WiFi ready Green
WiFi on work Flashing green
LAN port plugged in Green
Data transferring Flashing green
Data transferring Flashing between orange and green
Power on Your WiDRIVE
Press the Power buon to power on your WiDRIVE.
Shutdown Your WiDRIVE
Normal shutdown
You can click Shutdown buon on Maintenance page in web control or shortly press the Power
buon to normal shutdown your WiDRIVE.
Force shutdown
Long press the Power buon to force shutdown your WiDRIVE.
Noce!
Performing force shutdown might cause potenal data damage to HDD installed in your WiDRIVE.
Mode Selection
You can connect your device with WiDRIVE in three ways: Access Point (AP) mode, Client Scan
mode, and USB mode.
Access Point (AP) Mode
Your WiDRIVE performs as a wireless storage router in AP mode.
Slide the mode switch down and power on your WiDRIVE.
Connect WiDRIVE and router/modem with an ethernet cable, and then
wirelessly connect your PC to WiDRIVE (See “AP Mode Setup” on page 6 to
setup AP mode).

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Client Scan Mode
Your WiDRIVE performs as a driverless 802.11N wireless adapter in Client Scan
mode.
Slide the mode switch up and power on your WiDRIVE. Connect your computer
with WiDRIVE by an ethernet cable, and then wirelessly connect your WiDRIVE
to a router (See “Client Scan Mode Setup” on page 7 to setup Client Scan mode).
USB Mode
Connect WiDRIVE and your computer with an USB cable, your WiDRIVE is behaved as an external
storage device in USB mode.

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2 Setup Your WiDRIVE
HDD Installation
Please follow these 3 steps to install a HDD.
1. Dissemble the HDD side cover.
i. Press the back of the middle frame to loosen the hook.
ii. Take apart the HDD side cover.
2. Slide HDD into SATA connector (ensure HDD is fully inserted into connector).
3. Hook on and then push the side cover toward the middle frame unl you hear a click.

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AP Mode Setup
In AP mode, your WiDRIVE connects to and shares the internet. Your devices connects to
WiDRIVE wirelessly:
1. Slide the mode switch to AP mode.
2. Connect your WiDRIVE with internet/DSL/modem with an ethernet cable.
3. Connect the power cable to your WiDRIVE and power on your WiDRIVE.
4. Now your WiDRIVE behaves like an wireless router. Connect your WiDRIVE by Windows XP.
i. Open Windows Start Menu, select “Connect To”, le-click “Wireless Nerwork
Connecon”.
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ii. Le-click “View Wireless Networks“ buon.
iii. Select “WiDRIVE“ to connect.
5. Now you can open the web browser with WiDRIVE IP address (default: hp://192.168.2.1). See
“WiDRIVE Web Control” on page 11 for operaon guide.
Note!
See “WiDRIVE AP Mode Seng” on page 20 to congure AP mode.
Client Scan Mode Setup
In Client Scan mode, your device connects to WiDRIVE with an ethernet cable. Your WiDRIVE performs
as a wireless adapter:
1. Slide the mode switch to Client Scan mode.
2. Connect your device to WiDRIVE with an ethernet cable.
3. Connect the power cable to your WiDRIVE and power on your WiDRIVE.
4. Open web browser with WiDRIVE IP address (default: hp://192.168.2.1). See “WiDRIVE Web
Control” on page 11 for operaon guide.
Note!
See “WiDRIVE Client Scan Mode Seng” on page 22 to congure Client Scan mode.
Note!
For connecng your WiDRIVE to a WiFi router, see “Quick Connecon” on page 16 for operaon guide.
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USB Mode Setup
Connect your device to WiDRIVE with an USB cable, your WiDRIVE automacally switches to USB
mode and performs as an external mass storage device.
Note!
The network funcon switches o automacally once the USB cable connects to your WiDRIVE.
Noce!
Shutdown your WiDRIVE before switching to USB mode.
Noce!
Run Safely Remove Hardware process before you unplug WiDRIVE from computer to ensure the data
completeness.
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3 WiDRIVE Utility
The WiDRIVE Ulity is a convenient Windows applicaon to quickly search, connect, and control
your WiDRIVE.
Note!
The WiDRIVE Ulity only works in Windows operaon system with .Net Framework 2.0 support.
Searched Device Box
The searched devices
are listed here.
Login
Click to login
the WiDRIVE
you selected in
Searched Device
Box.
Search WiDRIVE
Click to search the
WiDRIVE in your
network.
Current Wireless Signal
Connecon
Shows the network
connecon status
of your PC when
searching WiDRIVE.
Current WiDRIVE Connecon
Shows the SSID and IP
address of the WiDRIVE
connected.
Logout
Logout your WiDRIVE.
Note!
The connecon does not
terminated aer you click on
Logout buon.
Operaon Buons
Click to access the WiDRIVE
web page, Web Folder, and
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Install your WiDRIVE Utility
The setup program can be found in Ulity CD or ocial website. Double click on the setup icon
and follow the instrucons to install the Ulity.
To search and operate your WiDRIVE through Utility
Follow the instrucons to search and operate your WiDRIVE.
1. Click on Search buon, the WiDRIVE in your current network environment are listed down
for your selecon.
2. Select and then login to use your WiDRIVE through the Ulity.
Note:
The WiDRIVE Ulity memorizes the latest WiDRIVE connecon You can check on “quick search: WiDRIVE
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4 WiDRIVE Web Control
Login
Open web browser with WiDRIVE IP address (default: hp://192.168.2.1) to enter WiDRIVE login page.
Enter your account and password to login WiDRIVE Web Control.
Overview of WiDRIVE Web Control
When you log in as “Admin“, you will see a series of navigaon links:
Icon Go to page Descripon
“My Folder” My Folder is an ideal data center of your network.
You can easily share les by upload them to WiDRIVE, and manage them
(move, delete, rename, etc.) in My Folder.
“Quick
Connecon”
You can quickly connect your WiDRIVE with a wireless signal in Quick
Connecon page.
Note!
Quick Connecon only available in Client Scan mode.
“BitTorrent” You can upload the torrent seed, and performs PC-less BitTorrent
download in BitTorrent page.
“System Seng” You can set network conguraons in both AP mode and Client Scan
mode in System Seng page.
“Account Seng”
• Modify admin account and password.
• Add, delete, modify user account and password.
• DDNS seng.
“System Status” System Status displays runme status of your WiDRIVE.
“Maintenance” Upgrade rmware, reboot, shut down, factory reset, and format HDD on
your WiDRIVE.
Note!
Default account and password
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My Folder (Disk Management)
My Folder page is displayed once you have logged in. The navigaon menu is divided into four
main secons:
File Menu
The le menu lists down all les and folders in the
folder you are navigang.
Folder Operaon Bar
You can operate le selecon, copy,
move, delete on this bar. You can also
go to any allowed le locaon by typing
address directely.
Status and Operaon
This includes status of paron, volume,
and the le operaons such as create
new folder, upload le, search le, and
the selected le pool of your WiDRIVE.
Links
List down the links to applicaons and
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Working with Folders and Files
Check the storage status of the HDD installed
You can check the volume and used percentage of each paron on “ Status
and Operaon “.
Create Folder
1. Navigate to the path in which you want to create a new folder.
2. Click on New Folder icon on “ Status and Operaon “, type the name of the folder, and then
click on “Create“ buon.
Upload les
1. Navigate to the folder where you want to store the le.
2. Click the Upload File icon in “ Status and Operaon “, and then click on Browse buon to select
the le in your computer.
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Search File
Type the keyword and then click on Search buon to nd the le you required.
Download a le or open a folder
Simply click on the icon or le name/folder name on the “ File Menu” , if you click on the le, the le
download process begins; else if you click on the folder, the folder is opened.
Rename le or folder
Click on Rename icon on the “ File Menu” , type the new name, and then click on “Rename“ buon.
Copy/Move le/folder
1. Navigate to the parent folder of the les/folders you want to copy or move.
2. Select the les/folders and then click on Select icon in “ Folder Operaon Bar ” to add the selected
les/folders to Selected File Pool (represented as [number of selected les] les selected) on “ Status
and Operaon “. You can click on Selected File Pool to see les and folders selected. Click “Go back” to
return to the locaon you navigated.
3. Go to the locaon you want to paste the les/folders to in the Selected File Pool. Click Copy icon
or Move icon to place les to the current path.
Note!
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Delete les/folders
1. Navigate to the parent folder of the les/folders you want to delete.
2. Select the les/folders.
3. Click on Delete icon to delete les/folders selected.
Managing Access to Folders
To change the folder permission of user accounts:
1. You may click the Access Rights icon on the right hand side of the folder.
2. Click on one of the colored icons ( for full access, for readonly, for restricted access) to
change the access permission.
Noce!
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Quick Connection
The Quick Connecon page helps you to connect your WiDRIVE (in Client Scan mode) to a wireless
router.
1. Select one router in the wireless signal table in [STEP1> Select the signal by click], the
informaon of the router appears in the [STEP2> Connect the selected AP] secon.
2. Enter the security key and then click on Connect buon to start connecon. The connecon
status shows in the [WiDRIVE Current Status] secon.
Noce!
Quick Connecon page is available in
Client Scan mode only.