Encore electronic ENNUS1 manual

ENNUS1 USB-OVER-NETWORK SERVER User Manual 0[...]

Table of Contents CHAPTER1 INTRODUCTION .......................................................................................................... 2 CHAPTER2 PRODUCT OVER VIEW ............................................................................................... 3 2.1 Package Contents .......................................................[...]

Chapter1 Introduction Thank you for purchasing Encore ENNU S1 USB-OVER -NETWORK SERVER (in the f o l l o w i n g r e f e r r e d t o a s “ E N N U S 1 S e r v e r ” ) . E N N U S 1 S e r v e r i s d e s i g n e d t o c o n n e c t your AIO/MFPs (All- In-One/Multifunction Pr inter), printers, USB mass stor ages (hard drives, flash driv es, and m[...]

Chapter2 Product Overview 2.1 Package Contents V erify that nothing is missing from the package by using the checking list below . Please contact your retailer if an y item is missing or damaged. All packing materials are recyclable. Please confirm the items in the package below:  The ENNUS1 USB-OVER -NETWORK SERVER  Quick Installation Guide [...]

Chapter3 Basic Installation 3.1 Connecting the Hardware 1. Make sure that y our USB devices ar e switched off and that the ENNUS1 Server’ s power adapter is disconnected. 2. Connect the USB devices to the USB ports. 3. Connect the ENNUS1 Server to the network with a twisted-pair category 5 cable, 10base T or 100base TX. 4. T urn on t he USB devic[...]

3.2.4 Server Names and Server Name Rules The default server name of the Serv er is “ENNUS1” . If you hav e multiple Servers in your local area network, to av oid using the same server names you hav e to change the server names by using t h e Control Center . If your serv er name is longer than 15 char acters, the Server uses only the first 15 c[...]

5. Click the “CONFIG” button and enter the ENNUS1 Serv er’s administrator (default: admin) and password (default: admin). 6. After you login successfully , the “general setting” web page appears. 6[...]

7. Click the button corresponding to your ch oice of IP setting method (static or dynamic using DHCP). When assigni ng a static IP address you also have to define Subnet Mask and Default Gatew ay . If you choose Automatically get IP by DHCP , you can use desired DNS by c licking the Manual DNS button and manually assigning a DNS. 8. Click Submit to[...]

Chapter4 Using the ENNUS1 Server 4.1 Introduction The goal of this product is to provide connectivity to USB devices from a single serv er . A new technology , “NetUSB” , has been develo ped to achiev e this goal. “NetUSB” is a “USB over IP” technology that tr ansparen tly redirects all USB packets to a T CP/IP network channel. “NetUS[...]

Y ou must change the IP address (or using DHCP) of the ENNUS1 serv er so that the ENNUS1 server and y our PC are in the same subnet. T o do this, please double-click on the ENNUS1 server , and the following window will appear . Change the IP setting to make ENNUS1 serv er and your PC within the same subnet. After automatic reboot, Control Center wi[...]

C. When the installation progr am asks yo u to plug-in the USB device, run the “Control Center” . D. In the Control Center , click t he ENNUS1 server that has the desired USB device attached. E. Click the desired USB device as in the following figure. 10 F. Click the “Connect” button. Then the message “Manually Connect by your_computer_na[...]

4.5 Using the ENNUS1 Server A. In the Control Center , click the ENNUS1 server that has the desired USB device attached. B. Click the desired USB device. C. Click the “Connect” button. Then the message “Manually Connect by your_computer_name ” will appear . D. Now , the PC will detect the newly connect ed USB device. The “connect ” oper[...]

4.6 Auto-Connect Printer The method described in section 4.5 is called “manual connect” , which means users must manually connect and disconnect the US B device before and after using that device, otherwise nobody else can connect that device. However , for printers and scanners (and MFPs), the ENNUS1 serv er su pports auto-connect so users do [...]

The following window will appear . D. Choose the desired printer . The desired pr inter must be the Windows printer (this is a logical printer) that matches the prin ter attached on the ENNUS1 server (this is a physical printer). Then click the “ Apply” button. E. Then, the printer will be mark ed as an “ A uto-Connected Printer” in red. If[...]

F. T r y to issue a print job to the desired printer . The Cont rol Center will automatically do a connect operation. The print job will be issued to that printer . G. Even if you ha ve properly setup an auto -connected printer , the Control Center must be running (in the bac kground) while a print job is i ssued. This means you hav e to open the C[...]

C. Click the “Network Scanner” button. Then yo u can see that the Control Center will automatically do a “connect” operatio n. The following window will appear . D. Choose one of TWAIN or WIA item. Click “OK” . The following window will appear . 15[...]

E. F o llow the usual steps to do scanning. F. After the scanning, close the “ Auto-Connect Sca nner” window . At this moment, Control Center will automa tically do a disconnect. 4.8 USB Storage When you connect a USB stor age, as in the fo llowing picture, a new disk will appear on your PC. If the USB stor age is a flash driv e, the new disk w[...]

Y ou can see the stor age ic on in the system tray . Use the new disk as a regular disk. When y ou are ready to disconnect the disk, click the stor age icon in the system tray an d choose “Safely remov e USB Mass Stor age Device” to remove the USB stor age, as the following figure. Open the Control Center , click the USB st orage device and cli[...]

At this moment, the user on the TEST1 computer will see the following window , indicating that another computer – TEST2 is requesting to use the HP printer . The user can choose to accept or reject. If accepted, the Control Center on TEST1 will automatically disconnect the device and the Control Center on TEST2 will automatically connect that dev[...]

Chapter5 The Control Center This chapter describes how to use the Control Center . 5.1 Installing Control Center 1. Insert the included CD into the personal computer. The Autorun screen as in the following should appear. 2. Click Install Application button. 3. Click Next to continue through ea ch installation step. 4. Click Finish . 19[...]

5.2 Using the Control Center Y ou can use the following tools to help y ou use the ENNUS1 server:  Configure Server : go to the server’ s web pages to configure the highlighted ENNUS1 server .  Auto-Connect Printer : set auto-connect printer . Pl ease refer to section 4.6 for details.  Connect : connect a highlighted USB device.  Disc[...]

Chapter6 The ENNUS1 Server’s Web Pages 6.1 Introduction The ENNUS1 server runs the http server on T CP port: 80. Us ers may use the web pages to see the ENNUS1 Server’ s system status and configure the ENNUS1 Server . 6.2 Using the ENNUS1 Server’s Web Pages 6.2.1 Displaying ENNUS1 Server Status Click on the “ST A TUS” icon to see system s[...]

6.2.2 Setting up ENNUS1 Server Configuration T o set up the ENNUS1 Server configur ation, click on the “C ONFIG” icon and then the system will request user to enter administrator (default: admin ) and password (default: admin ) to login.  General Configuration  Server Information: Y ou hav e to set the Server Name, which is the name to re[...]

 Maintenance If you want to restore factory default v alues of the ENNUS1 Server or upgr ade new firmware, you can use the Maintenance tool. 5 Restart: click “Y es” button to restart (reboot) the ENNUS1 Serv er . 5 Factory Default: click this button, the ENNUS1 Server will restore factory default values. 5 Download New Firmware: click this b[...]

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Chapter7 Troubleshooting This chapter provides useful information to help yo u resolve diffic ulties that you ma y experience with your ENNUS1 Server . F aul t symptoms, possible causes, and remedial actions are provided within a quick reference table. This ENNUS1 Server’ s USB ports only support MFPs, printers, scanners, mass stor age, and USB c[...]

Chapter8 Restore Factory Defaults Y ou ma y restore the ENNUS1 Server’ s defa ult parameters by one of the following methods. 8.1 Using the ENNUS1 Server’s Web Pages 1. Go to the ENNUS1 Server ’ s web page and click CONFIG 2. Enter administra tor (default: admin ) and password (default: admin ). 3. Click Maintenance . 4. Click Factory Default[...]

8.3 Default Parameters List Server Information z Server Name: ENNUS1 TCP/IP z Automatically get IP by DHCP: Enabled - Manual DNS: None (Disabled) . z Static IP: Disabled - IP Address: 192.168.1.100 - Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0 - Default Gateway: none - DNS Server: none User Accounts z Administrator: admin z Password: admin 27[...]

Chapter9 Upgrade Firmware This chapter describes how to upgrade firm w are. Please follow one of the following methods: Method A: Using the ENNUS1 Server’s Web Pages Please refer to section 6.2.2 for details. Method B: Using the Init Button and the TFTP Client 1. Plug in the power adaptor while pre ssing the Init button until the USB LED blinks. [...]

Chapter10 The Init Button The Init button is used for maintenance: Simultaneously press Init button and turn on (by plugging in the power adaptor) th e ENNUS1 Server until the USB LED blinks. The ENNUS1 Server will now do the following tasks: A. P erform a factory reset of the ENNUS1 serv er , which restores most of the par a meters and settings to[...]