KCodes 601/601n/604/604n USB 2.0 Hi-Speed-Port Device Server User’s Manual Version 1.
Table of Contents CHAPTER1 1.1 1.2 INTRODUCTION .........................................................................................................4 About 4 Models Described in this Manual ..................................................... 4 Customer Support ........................................................................................... 4 CHAPTER2 PRODUCT OVERVIEW ..............................................................................................5 2.1 Package Contents ..
7.3 Default Parameters List................................................................................ 32 CHAPTER8 UPGRADE FIRMWARE............................................................................................34 CHAPTER9 THE INIT BUTTON ...................................................................................................36 CHAPTER10 FCC STATEMENT......................................................................................................
Chapter1 Introduction Thank you for purchasing KCodes 601/601n/604/604n USB Device Server (in the following referred to as “Server”). This Server is designed to connect your Multifunction Printer, Scanner, Fax, Multifunction Printer, Hard Drive, iPhone, iPod, USB Digital TV Tuner, Digital Camera, USB Webcam, USB Speaker, USB CD, USB DVD to your network, allowing all network users’ access to these shared USB devices.
Chapter2 2.1 Product Overview Package Contents Verify that nothing is missing from the package by using the checking list below. Please contact your dealer if anything is missing or damaged. All packing materials are recyclable. Please confirm the items in the package below: This Server (KCodes 601/601n/604/604n) CD (Control Center and User’s Manual and Quick Installation Guide) Power Adaptor 2.
2.4 Supported USB Devices The KCodes USB device server supports the following types of USB devices.
Chapter3 3.1 Basic Installation Connecting the Hardware 1. Make sure that your USB devices are switched off and that the Server’s Power Adapter is disconnected. 2. Connect the USB devices to the USB ports with the USB cables. 3. Connect the Server to the network with a twisted-pair category 5 cable, 10baseT or 100baseTX. 4. Turn on the USB devices and make sure it is ready for use. 5. Connect the Power Adapter to the Server.
# If the wireless parameters are not correct or not set yet, you have to use LAN to access USB Device Server Control Center. 3. If the tool finds USB device servers in your local area network, then you have to select a server from the server list. 4. Double click the highlighted server (or click the “Configure Server” button) to get the server’s web pages. Click CONFIG icon. 5. Login with administrator ID (default: admin) and its password (default: admin).
6. Click Wireless icon. 7. In order to join an existing wireless network, you have to set the correct SSID, and the correct security method with the correct key information. 8. If the wireless network is secured by WEP64 or WEP128, key index and WEP key must be set correctly.
9. If the wireless network is secured by WPA-PSK or WPA2-PSK, the key formats, shared key and encryption must be set correctly.
10. Click Submit to save your settings. And the server will reboot. 11. You have now finished the procedure of setting the wireless parameters. After properly configuring the wireless parameters, you can remove the network cable and reboot the KCodes 601n/604n. KCodes 601n/604n will then connect to your wireless network. KCodes 601n/604n will detect if a network cable is plugged-in or not. If a network cable is plugged-in, KCodes 601n/604n will always connect to the network through the network cable.
3.3.3 Methods for Setting the IP Address You can set the IP address of your Server using one of the following methods, depending on your network operating environment: Automatic IP Address Assignment Manual IP Address Assignment 3.3.4 Server Names and Server Name Rules The default server name of the Server is “KC601” (for KCodes 601) or “KC604” (for KCodes 604) or “KC601n” (for KCodes 601n) or “KC604n” (for KCodes 604n).
select one Server from the Server List. 4. Double click the highlighted server (or click the “Configure Server” button) to get the server’s web pages. Click CONFIG icon. 5. Login with administrator ID (default: admin) and its password (default: admin).
6. Click the button corresponding to your choice of IP setting methods (static or dynamic using DHCP). When assigning a static IP address you also have to define Subnet Mask. 7. Click Submit to save your settings. And the Server will reboot. You have now finished the procedure of setting the IP address.
Chapter4 4.1 Using the USB Device Server Introduction The goal of this produce is to provide the USB device server in a single product. We developed a new technology called “NetUSB” to achieve this goal. Basically, the “NetUSB” is a “USB over IP” technology that transparently redirects all USB packets to TCP/IP network channel.
4.4 Installation of USB Device Driver Some USB devices, like printers or MFPs (multifunction printers), require to install vendor-supplied driver (usually on CDROM). For those USB devices that do not need to install driver, please skip this section. A. B. C. D. E. F. Insert the CDROM into the CD drive and run the “autorun” program. Follow the instructions of the installation program to install driver. When the installation program asks you to plug-in the USB device, run the “Control Center”.
G. H. Now, the installation program will detect the USB device and continue to install driver. After the installation is completed, click the USB device in the Control Center and then click the “Disconnect” button to disconnect the USB device. Now the driver of your USB device is installed. 4.5 Using the USB Device Server A. In the Control Center, click the USB device server that has the desired USB device attached. B. Click the desired USB device. C. Click the “Connect” button.
D. E. F. 4.6 Now, PC will detect the plug-in of the USB device. The “connect” operation is a software operation that simulates an actual USB device plug-in. That is to say, when you do a “connect” operation in the Control Center, PC can then detect a USB device’s plug-in, although actually you do not plug in any USB device. Then, just use the USB device as if it is connected directly to your PC’s USB port.
MFP) attached. B. Click the desired printer (or MFP). C. Click the “Auto Connect Printer” button and choose “Set Auto-Connect Printer”. The following figure will appear. D. Choose the desired printer. The desired printer must be the Windows printer (this is a logical printer) that matches the printer attached on the USB device server (this is a physical printer). Then click the “Apply” button. E. Then, the printer will be marked as an “Auto-Connected Printer” in red.
F. Then try to issue a print job to the desired printer. You will see the Control Center will automatically do a connect operation. Then, the print job will be issued to that printer. G. Even you already properly setup an auto-connected printer, the Control Center must be running (in the background) while a print job is issued. This means you’d better run the Control Center every time after you login Windows.
If you would like to break the association between the Windows printer and the physical printer, just click on the association and click the “Delete” button in the “Auto-Connected Printer List”. 4.7 Network Scanner For NetUSB scanning, we recommend you use Network Scanner as the following steps. A. In the Control Center, click the USB device server that has the desired MFP (or scanner) attached. B. Click the desired MFP (or scanner). C. Click the “Network Scanner” button.
D. Choose one of TWAIN or WIA item. Click “OK”. The following window will appear. E. F. Follow the usual steps to do scanning. After the scanning, close the “Auto-Connect Scanner” window. At this moment, Control Center will automatically do a disconnect.
4.8 USB Storage You must use “manually connect” for USB storage. After you connect a USB storage, like the following picture, your PC will have a new disk. If the USB storage is a flash drive, the new disk is a “removable disk”. You can see the storage icon in the system tray. Then just use the new disk as a general disk. After you finish the disk operations, click the storage icon in the system tray and choose “Safely remove USB Mass Storage Device” to remove the USB storage, as the following figure.
At this moment, the user on the TEST computer will see the following window, indicating that another computer – TESTES is requesting to use the HP printer. The user will choose to accept or reject. If accepted, the Control Center on TEST will automatically disconnect the device and the Control Center on TESTES will automatically connect that device. 4.10 Quitting the Control Center The Control Center doesn’t really quit if you click the “X” box (close box) at the top right corner of the window.
Chapter5 5.1 The Server’s Web Pages Introduction The Server runs the http server, httpd on TCP port: 80. Users may use the web pages to see the Server’s system status and configure the Server. 5.2 Using the Server’s Web Pages 5.2.1 Displaying Server Status Click on the “STATUS” icon to see system status, network status and Wireless Status(only for KCodes 601n/604n).
5.2.2 Setting up Server Configuration To set up the Server configuration, click on the “CONFIG” icon ad then the system will request user to enter administrator (default: admin) and password (default: admin) to login. General Configuration Server Information: You have to set the Server Name, which is the name to represent the Server. TCP/IP: You have to set the Server’s TCP/IP configuration to connect TCP/IP network. Please see Chapter 3 Basic Installation for more details.
Administrator: You can change administrator name and password. If you forgot administrator name and password, you must perform Restore Factory Default action by plugging in the power adaptor while pressing the Init button. Please refer to the chapter “Restore Factory Defaults”. 5 5 5 Administrator: enter your desired administrator name. New Password: enter your desired password. Re-type Password: re-confirm the password.
Maintenance If you want to restore factory default values of the Server or upgrade new firmware, you can use the Maintenance tool. 5 Restart: click this button to restart (reboot) the Server. 5 Factory Default: click this button, the Server will restore factory default values. 5 Firmware Upgrade: click Browse to find the firmware file to be upgraded. Click Upload to upload the firmware into the Server.
Chapter6 Troubleshooting This chapter provides useful information to help you resolve difficulties that you may experience with your Server. Fault symptoms, possible causes, and remedial actions are provided within a quick reference table. This Server’s USB ports only support MFPs, printers, scanners, mass storage, and USB cameras. 6.
Chapter7 Restore Factory Defaults You may restore the Server’s default parameters by one of the following methods. 7.1 7.2 Using the Server’s Web Pages 1. Go to the Server’s web page and click CONFIG 2. Enter administrator (default: admin) and password (default: admin). 3. Click Maintenance. 4. Click Factory Default. 5. Click Yes to confirm Using Init Button Plug in the power adaptor while pressing the Init button until LED indicators of USB1 and USB2 blink.
TCP/IP z Automatically get IP by DHCP: Enabled z Static IP: Disabled - IP Address: 192.168.1.100 - Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.
Chapter8 Upgrade Firmware This chapter describes how to upgrade firmware. Please follow one of the following Procedures: Procedure A: Using the Control Center 1. Open Control Center. It will automatically search the existing Servers and display their statuses. 2. Select the Server that you want to upgrade the firmware. Double click the selected Server to get the serve’s main web page. 3. Click CONFIG icon. 4. Login the Server with Administrator (default: admin) and Password (default: admin). 5.
4. Click Upload Image. 5. Wait for Image Uploading to finish and then click Close. 6. Plug-off the power adapter and then plug-in the power adapter to restart the Server.
Chapter9 The Init Button The Init button is used for maintenance: Simultaneously press Init button and turn on (by plugging in the power adaptor) the Server until USB1 and USB2 LED indicators simultaneously blink. (For KCodes 601/601n, only USB LED indicator will blink.) After that, the Server will do the following tasks: A. Perform a Factory Default restoration of the server, which will restore most of the parameters and settings to factory default values. B. Perform a TFTP server.
Chapter10 Federal Communication Commission Interference Statement This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation.
The firmware setting is not accessible by the end user.
