Conceptronic CH3HNAS2 manual

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    Dual Bay Home Med ia Store User Manual CH3HN A S2 V1 .0[...]

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    i C ONTENTS Chapter 1: Home Page ............................................... 3 Setup Wizard ............................................................................ 3 Settings ..................................................................................... 3 User Management ..............................................................[...]

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    ii Add user ................................ ................................................. 16 Chapter 4: A pplication ............................................. 17 Samba .................................................................................... 17 Bonjour .............................................................................[...]

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    3 Chapter 1: Home Page Y ou c an select to b rowse the Dual Ba y Home Media Stor e UI with Flow Vie w . Flow View: Setup Wiz ard Link t o the fir st web page of setup wizar d (de fined in Chapt er 2) Set tings Link t o sy stem page (defined in Chap ter 3) User Management Link t o user page (defined in Chapt er 3) Download Station Link t o B T job l[...]

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    4 Chapter 2: Setup Wizard Administr ator can set the basic function step by step when access the NAS at the fir st time. Device Settings Administr ator can set device name, description and selec t langu age on this page.[...]

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    5  Device Name Ent er the name of the NAS. The serv er name c an be 15 charact ers long a t maximu m, whic h supports alphabe ts, numbers, and h yphen (-). The server does not acc ept names with space, period (.).  Description Ent er the description of the NAS. The server description c an be 50 char acter s long at maximu m, which su pports a[...]

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    6 Disk Forma t Administr ator can select t he file sys tem and f ormat the int ernal st orag e device on this pag e. Administr ator Set tings Administr ator c an ch ange th e passwor d on th is page.  P asswor d Input r ange: 5~20 char acter s. The in valid char acters ar e: " / [ ] : ; | = , + * ? < > ` '[...]

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    7 Network Set ting s Administr ator c an sel ect pr otoc ol type on this pag e.  Obt ain the IP a ddress set ting s automatically via DHCP If your network suppor ts DHCP , the NAS will use DHCP pr otocol to retrie ve the IP ad dr ess and relat ed informa tion automa tically . If NAS can not obtain an IP at the boot time, the IP will be c onfigur[...]

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    8 Chapter 3 : System Sy stem menu display s functions u nder this c ateg or y . Sy st em Inf ormation  Firmw are V e rsion Show firm war e ver sion of the NAS.  Device Name Show the name of the NAS.  Description Show the description of the NAS.[...]

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    9  MAC Addr ess Ethern et MAC address.  IP Address Show the NAS IP addr ess.  Prot ocol Show the prot ocol used to ob tain the I P address ( DHCP or Sta tic IP) .  HT TP Server Port Assign a p ort for th e NAS ht tp port. Gener al Settings  Device Name Ent er the name of the NAS. The server name can be 15 char acter s long at maximu [...]

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    10  NTP Server NAS can be s ync with th e NTP server if it is e nabled.  HTTP Port Assign a p ort for th e NAS ht tp port. Def ault v alue: 80 , input r ange : 1 ~ 65535. Network Set ting s  Protocol  O btain the IP ad dress set tings automa tically via DHCP If your ne twork sup ports DHCP , the NAS will use DHCP pr otocol t o re triev [...]

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    11 DDNS  Regi ster a domain nam e from a DDNS pr ovider  Enable DDNS service  Fill in the DDNS accoun t inf or mation on the DDNS pag e on the NAS  NAS will update the WAN IP informati on to the DDNS provider automa tically  Remotely connec t to the NAS by th e domain name you registered from an y PC  The DDNS provide r will map t[...]

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    12 V olume Inf ormation  In ternal Sto rage Device  This page shows t he I D , share nam e, device ID, file sy stem type and total size of the interna l sto rag e device on the NAS.  ID: The stor ag e device ID number giv en by NAS.  Share Name: The s torag e device name.  Device ID: The disk ID giv en by the stor age device manuf ac[...]

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    13 Disk Management  W eb configur ation i. Single Mode Tab Format the internal storage device as XFS or EXT3 format. ii. RAID Mode Tab  Select the disk which you are going to format .  Select RAID Mode:[...]

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    14  RAID 0 RAID 0 combines 2 hard drives into one larger volume. The data is written to the hard drive without any parity information and no redundancy is o ffered. The total storage capacity of a RAID 0 is equal to the sum of the capacity of all member hard drives.  RAID 1 RAID 1 duplicates the data between two hard drives to provide disk mi[...]

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    15 Account Managemen t  User Managem ent Administr ator c an man age (ad d, modify , and dele te) user accoun ts of NAS.  Users  admin By default, the administrator “admin” has access right to the system a dministration and cannot be deleted.  The number of Users The maximum of NAS users is 64[...]

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    16 Add user Press Add to create a user with name, password and description  The following i nformation is r equired to create a new user:  User name Input rang e: 1~15 charac ters. The inv alid charac ter s ar e: " / [ ] : ; | = , + * ? < > ` '  Pa ssword Input rang e: 5~20 charact ers. The inv alid charac ter s ar e: &qu[...]

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    17 Chapter 4 : Application Applica tion menu display s functions u nder this c at egory . Samba Users can use Samba to download and upload files between NAS a nd clie nt PCs. The supported OS of clien t PC is Windows 7, Window s Vista, Window s XP , Mac OS X, and Linu x.  File Structure The root dir ectory share d by Samba server con tains:  [...]

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    18  Photo: the priva te photo f older of the admin, user c ould connect this photo f older with their smart phone (e x: Http:// ip /PhotoAlbum name/ cache/ xxx .jpg.t humb.jpg ).  Music: the privat e music f older of the admin, user c ould connect this music f older with their smart phone (e x: Http://ip/music/xxx.mp3 ).  Video: the priva [...]

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    19 Bonjour With Bonjour en abled, NAS will broadc ast the HTTP and SMB services. Mac users can use “ Finder ” to disc over the NAS samba share and use “ Safari ” to disc over the NAS w eb page  Samba Server: enable or disable t he function  Status: display cu rrent server sta tus (running /s topped) FTP Server Users can use FTP to dow[...]

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    20  Port: FTP server port, default value is 21, input range is 1~65535  Anonymou s login Y o u c an enable anonym ous login to allow user s to access the FTP server of the N AS anonymously . If this option is disabled, th e users must enter an authoriz ed user name and passwor d to access the server .  Anonymou s Update Let anonymous user [...]

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    21 USB Print er T o p r ovide printer sharing function for the network users, you can simply connect a USB printer to the USB port of the NAS. The NAS print er ser ver only forwa rds data fr om users ’ PC to the printer . In this wa y , it means user should inst all the printer driver s in their PC in advance.  Options Select the print er whic[...]

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    22 B T Downloader The NAS supports BT download. Y ou can add download task to the NAS and let the server finish downloading independen t of PC.  BitTorrent: enable or disable the function.  Status: display current server status (running/stopped)  Job List: display current torrent status[...]

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    23  ID: The BT task number.  File Name: BT Downloaded file name.  Size: BT downloaded file size  DL/UL speed: Download / Upload speed  Operation:  Start: Star t the BT task.  Pause: P ause the B T task  Info: The detail inf o rmati on of BT task  Delete: Delet e B T task  Go to “Applications” > " BitTorrent[...]

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    24  Add a new BT task Click “ Add Job” and upload a torren t file. Y ou can download legal t orrent fi les by searching on the In terne t. Please download the torren t files to y our local disk and then upload them to the NAS.  After uploading a download task, the task will appear on the List.  Press the Start button on the Operation a[...]

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    25  Preference User can set some B T paramet ers her e to limit the connected peer s or bandwidth  Maximum peers over all: The tot al maximum number of co nnected peer s. Defa ult is 240.  Maximum peers per torr ent: The maxim um number of connecte d peers pe r torren t. Defa ult is 60.  Download r ate: The bandwidth of all B T download[...]

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    26  Name: The downloaded B T file  Location: The loca tion of downloaded B T file, defa ult is /public/BTD ownload  Per cent: The complete ness percent age of B T ta sk  Download speed: The download speed of B T task  Upload speed: The upload speed of B T task  Ha ve: The downloaded B T file siz e  T otal: The T otal B T file s[...]

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    28 Media Server Media server shares multimedia files in the public folder . The shared f ile list will be re freshe d automatic ally every minute. Note that the media ser ver is built from an open sour ce software pack age, and it is n ot DLNA certifica ted. The benchmark MMP play er is Nero Showtime 4 and PS3, and the re fer en ced supported c ont[...]

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    29 Chapter 5 : Maintenance Maint enance menu display s functions u nder this c at egory . Pow er Management Follow the s teps below to res tart or shut down the NAS. i. Login the NAS. Go to “ Maintenance ” > “P ower Management ” . ii. Click “Res tart ” to reboot the server or “S hut Down” to turn of f the server .[...]

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    30 HDD suspend Y o u can ena ble or disable the suspend functions of the NAS. Select the time dura tion the HDD will ent er sta ndby mode. HDD S.M.A .R. T Monitor the hard disk drives (HDD) health, temper a ture, and the u sag e status by HDD S.M.A.R. T .[...]

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    32 Firmw are Upgr ade  Whenever a new firmware released, we can upgrade the NAS firmware from here.  The system update may take tens of seconds to several minutes to complete depending on the network connection status. Please wait patiently. The system will inform you when system update is completed. Note: Synchroni ze w ith an Inter net time[...]

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    33 Sav e & Res tore Con fig Here allow us to backup the setting we ’ ve set for future use. (Including the settings in LAN, System, and service settings)  To back up the settings, including server name, the settings in LAN, System, and service settings etc., click “ Save ” and select to save the setting config.  Items which will be [...]

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    34  To restore the settings, click “ Restore ” , click “Browse” to select a previ ously saved setting config and click “Restore” again. Note: User can not shutdown the NAS during R es tore.[...]

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    35 F actory Default  To reset the settings to default, click “ Default Setting ”.  NAS will be reboot for the new setting to be effective.  When you press “ Default Setting ” on this page, all the system settings are cleared and restored to default. Please ma ke sure you have backed up all the system settings before resetting the N[...]

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    36 Download r ate 300 Upload r ate 20 iT unes Serv er Enabled Media Serv er Enabled[...]

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    37 Sy st em Log  The NAS can store 50 recent event logs, including warning, error, and information messages. Log type Detail Message System start Date/time System start at mm/dd/yyyy, time NTP Date/time Use NTP to synchronize date & time successfully NIC 1 get DHCP/Fix IP Date/time & IP NIC 1 get DHCP/Fix (IP.192.xxx.xxx) at mm/dd/yyyy, [...]

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    38 Chapter 6 : GPIO Definition Location Meaning Color Status Explanatio n D2 SATA1 HDD Display LED System Stat us + HDD 0 Status Blue Slow flashing Boot up,Linux OS has not bo oted up yet. Light on When Linux OS is ready,use r can use this device. Flashing When HDD0 is reading and writing dat a. D3 SATA2 HDD Display LED System Stat us + HDD 0 Statu[...]