ADVANTECH RouterApp USB over IP Electronic Team User Manual

User Module
USB over IP
(Electronic Team)
APPLICATION NOTE

Used symbols
Danger – Information regarding user safety or potential damage to the router.
Attention – Problems that may arise in speciﬁc situations.
Information or notice – Useful tips or information of special interest.
Example – Example of function, command or script.

Advantech Czech s.r.o., Sokolska 71, 562 04 Usti nad Orlici, Czech Republic
Document No. APP-0079-EN, revised on June 21, 2021. Released in the Czech Republic.

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1 Description of the module

4 Documents / Resources

4.1 References

5 Related Posts

Description of the module

This user module is not installed on Advantech routers by default. See Conﬁguration Manual for the description how to upload a user module to the router. For more information see the Conﬁguration manual, chapter Customization –> User Modules.
This user module is available for routers of v3 production line only.
This user module uses third-party software. A license must be purchased, see Chapter 2.2.2 for more information.

The USB over IP (Electronic Team) user module allows you to share USB over a network and access multiple USB devices as if they were directly connected to your computer. This user module allows you to share devices such as printers, scanners, ebcams, ﬂash drives, etc. with any device connected to the network. You can use any network (Internet, LAN or WAN) to connect, making your device accessible from anywhere in the world.

Web Interface

Once the installation of the module is complete, the module’s GUI can be invoked by clicking the module name on the User modules page of router’s web interface.
Left part of this GUI contains menu with Status menu section, Conﬁguration menu section and Information menu section. Customization menu section contains only the Return item, which switches back from the module’s web page to the router’s web conﬁguration pages. The main menu of module’s GUI is shown on Figure 1.

Status

2.1.1 Overview
An overview of the current status can be viewed by clicking on the Overview item in the main menu of module web interface. At the beginning of this page is a list of services and information about whether the corresponding service is active or not.

2.1.2 System Log
In case of any connection problems it is possible to view the system log by pressing the System Log menu item. Detailed reports from individual applications running in the router are displayed. Use the Save Log button to save the system log to a connected computer (the text ﬁle with the .log extension will be saved). The second button – Save Report – is used for creating detailed report (generates all information needed by support in one text ﬁle in the .txt format – statistical data, routing and process tables, system log, conﬁguration). The default length of the system log is 1000 lines. After reaching 1000 lines the new ﬁle is created for storing the system log. After completion of 1000 lines in the second ﬁle, the ﬁrst ﬁle is overwritten with the new one.

Conﬁguration

2.2.1 Global
Conﬁguration of this user module can be done on Global page, under Conﬁguration menu section. All conﬁguration items for Global conﬁguration page are described in the table below.

Item	Description
Enable USB over IP (Electronic Team) service	Enabled, logging functionality of the module is turned on.
TCP Port	Enter the port number.
USB Device To Share	Enter the name of available USB device (see in Overview item in menu).
Nickname	You can use a nickname for the device.
Encrypt	Select Yes to enable the encryption.
Authorization	Select Yes to enable authorization.
Password	If you used Yes in the last line, enter the password required to connect to the USB device.
Remote Disconnect	Select the checkbox if ? connected device can be disconnected by another local user
Compress	Select Yes to enable compression.
Compress Type	Select the compression variant (Best or Fast).
Log level	Select the level of information that will be entered into the System Log.

Table 1: Conﬁguration Example Items Description

2.2.2 USB Network Gate Activation
Activation for USB Network Gate product from Electronic Team is required for the user module to work properly. You can purchase the license from the Electronic Team webpages at https://www.electronic.us/address.
To activate the license on the router go to the License Activation page in the Conﬁguration section. In “USB Network Gate Activation” window type the Activation Code you have received from Electronic team.