ATEN US-221, US-421 User Manual

User Manual

US-221

US-421

Read this guide thoroughly and follow the installation and operation procedures carefully in order to prevent any damage to the units and/or any devices that connect to them.

This package contains:

1 US-221 or US-421 USB 2.0 Peripheral Switch

1 USB Cable

1 CD (software)

1 User Manual

If anything is damaged or missing, contact your dealer.

Manual Part No. PAPE-1245-101G

Printing Date: 03/2006

Note: 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. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy, and if not installed and used in accordance with the instruction manual, may cause interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures:

Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna;

Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver;

Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that which the receiver is connected;

Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/television technician for help.

This product is RoHS compliant.

System Requirements

A USB Host Controller installed on the computer

An OS that supports the USB specification

Win98 SE or higher for optional switch program and hotkey options

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Overview

The US-221 / US-421 is a two (US-221) / four (US-421) port USB 2.0 Switch that allows up to two / four computers to share the use of a single USB peripheral device (such as a printer, scanner, modem, etc.) on a one-at-a-time basis.

The peripheral focus can be given to a computer manually, with hotkeys, or a Windows® based program.

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Features

USB 2.0 compliant

Fully backward compatible with USB 1.0 and USB 1.1

Bus powered - no external power supply necessary

Up to two (US-221) or four (US-421) computers can share a single USB device

Supports transfer rates of 1.5/12/480 Mbps

Plug & Play

Hot pluggable - USB devices can be plugged and removed without having to reset the system

LED status indicators

Hotkey (Windows OS only) or manual switching for easy computer selection

Overcurrent protection

Beeper confirmation when switching

Windows based program for easy status monitoring/switching

Simple to install - No driver needed

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