USB Server Installation

Please install USB Server (+ USB Client) on your computer. All necessary instructions are here.

If you have some problems during USB Server installation, please read the following.

If installation completed successfully daemon usbsrvd will be run in your system. You need to use the special utility usbsrv for sharing/unsharing USB devices and usbclnt for connect/disconnect USB devices. It is also installed in your system. All further operations are carried out with the help of this utility

Keys for using usbclnt utility

usbclnt [-l] [-a hostname:tcpport] [-r h_usbserver] [-c h_usbserver-h_usbdevice]
[-d h_usbserver-h_usbdevice]

Generat options:
-l, --list
Show the list of all USB servers currently present in configuration.

-a, --addserver
Add USB server into configuration.

-r, --removeserver
Remove USB server from configuration.

-c, --connect
Connect USB device.

-d, --disconnect
Disconnect USB device.

How to get the list of USB Server with USB devices:

To get the list of USB Servers with USB devices you need to carry out usbclnt -l

Utility outputs the information about USB devices the following way:

[h_usbserver:] on [hostname]:[tcpport] status:[connection status]
'-->[h_usbdevice:] device description
busid: x-x hwid xxxx-yyyy
speed[low/full/high] status: [device status]

h_usbserver - uniq handle of USB Server (marked yellow line).

h_usbdevice - uniq handle of USB Device (marked yellow line).

Each USB device has its own status:

device is available for connection - USB device is shared on remote computer and available for connection!

device is not available - USB device is shared on remote computer, but not plugged

device is in use by client - USB device connected to the remote client.

Connect USB device

To connect USB device you have to carry out "connect" command and point out usbserve and device's: h_usbserver and h_usbdevice

E.g. to coonect USB Receiver Logitech - Composite USB Device you have to carry out this command:
usbclnt -c 1-1

And indicate both h_server (1) and h_device (1) for this device.

Disconnect USB device

To disconnect USB device you have to carry out "disconnect" command and point out usbserve and device's: h_usbserver and h_usbdevice

E.g. to disconnect USB Receiver Logitech - Composite USB Device you have to carry out this command:
usbclnt -d 1-1