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© LINDY ELECTRONICS LIMITED & LINDY-ELEKTRONIK GMBH - FIRST EDITION (Oct.2008) For Home and Office Use Tested to Comply with FCC Standards USB 2. 0 IP Dev ice Se rver User Manual English ______________________________ ______________________ LINDY No.
English Manual EN 2 Table Of Contents 1. Introduction ......................................................................................................................................... 3 2. Windows utility ......................................
EN 3 1. Introduction The USB 2.0 DEVICE SERVER Combo solution not only allows you to add storage space onto your home or office network but also allows you to work with the remote USB devices over a local network as if they were connected directly to your local PC.
EN 4 2.1. TheVirtual USB-IP Driv er Software This contains a Virtual Bus Enumerator driver & Virtual Bus driver. These drivers will help in vitalizing the USB devices, for each attached device on the USB-Server.
EN 5 2.2. Device Mapping Device Mapping enables virtualization of all USB Devices connected to the USB 2.0 DEVICE SERVER unit in your LAN on your local PC. Click on the Green Arrow Button in the Admin utility to start the device mapping, which will automatically start the ‘Found New Hardware’ wizard to install the Virtual USB driver.
EN 6 Continue the Installation to see the USB 2.0 DEVICE SERVER board and the USB devices connected in the Admin utility as shown below. In the Device mapping window, all the USB devices are shown as a tree under the USB Server. Right click on any device and click on “Connect” to virtualize that USB device onto your PC as shown below .
EN 7 2.3. Server Manager The Server manager enables the Administrator to configure the USB 2.0 Device Server via the network. The Server Manger also has an option to search for the device on the Network: Right Click on the Server Manager Main window and Click on Search server as shown below .
EN 8 The dialog ‘Searching for Servers’ dialog will appear and list all the USB 2.0 Device Server devices on the Network as shown below . The USB Device Server search is password protected and should be unlocked in order to configure the selected device.
EN 9 2.3.1. Server Config uration The Server Manager has an option to change Server Configuration settings through USBIP Admin Utility. To open server configuration window right click on the USB 2.0 DEVICE SERVER server displayed on the Server Manager Main window and select “Server Configuration” option as s hown below.
EN 10 Basic Settings: The Basic Settings page allows you to specify a server name. Check the modify box and enter server name as shown below. IP Settings: The IP Settings page allows you to modify MCS 8140-D box IP Address as shown below. The Default IP Address is 192.
EN 11 After selecting IP Configuration key in the IP Address of the USB 2.0 DEVICE SERVER box in the IP Address field followed by proper Subnet Mask & Gate Way as shown below. After entering IP address, Subnet Mask & Gate Way then click on “save” button.
EN 12 2.3.2. Firmware Upgrad e The USB 2.0 Device Server Firmware can be upgraded remotely using the Firmware upgrade option. Select the server on the Server manager. Right Click on the server and Select Upgrade Firmware option to upgrade the firmware.
EN 13 2.3.3. Restore factory defa ults Right click on the USB 2.0 DEVICE SERVER in the Server Manager Window and select the Restore Factory Defaults function to obtain Default settings as shown below. Then USBIP Admin Utility pops up a window asking for to continue or not.
EN 14 Select the Printer which was connected and Click on “Save” and close the Window. Once the Printer is configured for Auto-Connect mode, It remains free as long as the Printer is connected and becomes “Busy” only when a user prints to the printer connected.
EN 15 If the authorization has been successful, the home page of the USB 2.0 DEVICE SERVER NAS application will be visible as shown below. 3.1. Network Settings The “Network” tab allows you to configure both wired as well as wireless interfaces.
EN 16 Select the Server IP Type, and select Static in order to change the IP address, Subnet mask and Default Gateway of the Box. If the choice is made as “ Dynamic (DHCP)”, the box will automatically try to get an IP Address from the wireless router available.
EN 17 3.2.1. Shares setting The “Shares” tab is for creating/editing/deleting a share. A share is the partition of the disk that you want others in the network to access. When a disk is connected to the NAS box the partitions and their statistics will be shown in this page.
EN 18 • Select Partition : Select the partition which you want to access with the given share name. • Comment: Comments that you want to give for a share (optional setting) • Validusers: Give the users separated with commas who are authorized to access this share.
EN 19 3.2.3. IPSec Security Setti ngs In the “Security” tab you can configure a VPN with a client for secure access to the box. The box uses IPSec for establishing a VPN. By default the security will be disabled. Then we have the encryption and authentication settings.
EN 20 The connection status (Disconnected/Connected) will be displayed at the bottom in red. Please check the Appendix section to know on how to configure IPSec on a Windows XP machine. 3.2.4. The Status page In the “Status” tab you can view the NAS server status, active connections, active shares and ope ned files in a very informative way.
EN 21 3.3. Virtual USB-IP Setti ngs The web-server has separate webpage to configure Virtual USB server settings. Click on the Virtual USB tab to view the USB server settings in the Combo NAS USB IP solution.
EN 22 The status page displays the current status of the USB devices attached. • Device Status: • Vendor Id • Product Id • Class Id • Peer-ip address • Status This status page is updated automatically every 10 seconds and it shows the device connected to USB 2.
EN 23 A file named upgrade.tar.bz2 file is required to upgrade the firmware. If one is availableThe upgrade .tar file can be downloaded from the LINDY website, www.
EN 24 A file successfully uploaded message is displayed and the webpage also indicates that the USB 2.0 DEVICE SERVER box is restarting to apply the upgraded firmware settings. 4. Accessing the Network drive Ensure the PC IP Address and Box IP Address is in the same subnet.
EN 25 OR Type the box name in the Run dialog as follows: mcs8140.
Radio Frequency Energy, Certifications FCC Warning This device complies with part 15 of the FCC Rul es. Operation is subjec t to the following two conditi ons: 1. This device may not cau se harmful interfe rence, and 2. This device must acc ept any interference rec eived, including interference th at may cause undesired operation.
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