FCC COMPLIANCE STATEMENTS 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 instructions, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference to 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 Distance between the equipment and receiver. Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected. Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help. TRADEMARKS MS-DOS, Windows, Windows 98/NT/2000/ME/XP are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. Macintosh and Mac are trademarks of Apple Computer *All of the third-party brands and names are the property of their respective owners. TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................................................................................ 2 2. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS ............................................................................................................................................................................... 3 3. HARDWARE INSTALLATION........................................................................................................................................................................... 3 USB2.0 PCI Card / Combo Hub ........................................................................................................................................................................... 3 Installing USB 2.0 Drivers ................................................................................................................................................................................ 3 Installing USB 2.0 drivers in Windows 98........................................................................................................................................................ 3 Finalizing USB 2.0 Hi-Speed hardware settings............................................................................................................................................... 5 Connecting the Kanguru DataBank....................................................................................................................................................................... 6 Labeling your Kanguru Disks ............................................................................................................................................................................... 6 4. DRIVER INSTALLATION................................................................................................................................................................................... 6 4.1WINDOWS 98SE ............................................................................................................................................................................................ 6 4.2 WINDOWS ME/2000/XP............................................................................................................................................................................... 7 4.3 Mac OS............................................................................................................................................................................................................ 8 5. OPERATING THE KANGURU DATABANK.................................................................................................................................................... 9 5.1 Connecting your Kanguru DataBank: ............................................................................................................................................................. 9 5.2 Disconnecting your Kanguru DataBank: ........................................................................................................................................................ 9 5.2.1 Windows 98:............................................................................................................................................................................................. 9 5.2.2 Windows 2000:......................................................................................................................................................................................... 9 5.2.3 MAC OS................................................................................................................................................................................................. 10 Inserting/Removing Drives ................................................................................................................................................................................. 10 Windows 98:.................................................................................................................................................................................................... 10 Windows 2000/ME/XP ................................................................................................................................................................................... 10 6. PARTITIONING AN INDIVIDUAL KANGURU DISK FROM YOUR KANGURU DATABANK............................................................. 11 6.1 Partition under Windows 98/ME................................................................................................................................................................... 11 6.2 Partition under Windows 2000 ...................................................................................................................................................................... 12 Tech Support............................................................................................................................................................................................................ 13 Call 1-508-663-0105 or................................................................................................................................................................................... 13 1. INTRODUCTION The KanguruData Bank is a first of its kind, patent pending, storage device designed to simplify network data storage. Functioning as either a network attached or direct attached storage device, the KanguruData Bank offers true plug and play ability with little or no need for special configurations to connect it to your network. Just plug it into an existing USB or USB2.0 port! Each KanguruData Bank starts with 80GB of internal drive space, which can easily be increased by inserting various capacity KanguruDisks. Add massive amounts of storage with each KanguruDisk you insert. Note1: In order to reach USB 2.0 speed, you must have a computer or host adapter card that has USB 2.0 support. This device will automatically sense the speed of your USB port and adjust between USB 1.1 and USB 2.0 speed. If you do not have USB 2.0 support, the device will work at USB 1.1 speeds. Your Kanguru DataBank comes supplied with a PCI USB2.0 card. This card must be installed before you use your DataBank if you want to reach maximum transfer speeds. Note2: Kanguru DataBanks can be custom built to include CDRW, DVDRW, and Card Reader drives. If your Databank has one of these custom drives, then follow the instructions for operating that particular drive. If not, then disregard the custom drive instructions. Depending on your system's configuration, your Kanguru DataBank may conflict with your current networked drives and cause the drives' paths to be changed. For example, you computer connects to drives E and F on your network, and when you plug in your DataBank these networked drives get bumped to J and K. To avoid this change the Drive Letter and Path for each of the Kanguru Disks. For example, change drives E:F:G:H to W:X:Y:Z. This ensures that networked drives E:F:G:H will remain unchanged, and the Kanguru Disks will always show up as W:X:Y:Z. Note3: 2. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS Hardware: Notebook or desktop computer with USB or USB2.0 port supported. Operation system: Win98SE, Win-ME, Win2000, Win XP, Mac OS 8.6 or above. 3. HARDWARE INSTALLATION USB2.0 PCI Card / Combo Hub Every DataBank comes supplied with a USB2.0 PCI card that is required to meet USB2.0 speeds. However, if you already have a USB2.0 connection, then there is no need to install the supplied card. First insert your USB2.0 PCI card into a free PCI slot, and then follow the Driver instructions below. Installing USB 2.0 Drivers Once the card is installed and the computer has restarted, Windows will detect the board and attempt to load the drivers for it. Installing USB 2.0 drivers in Windows 98 · · · · Windows will detect a "NEC USB Open Host Controller". Click "Next." Select "Search for the best driver for your device." Click "Next." Uncheck all boxes in Figure 1. Click "Next." Windows has found an updated driver for this device. Click "Next." Then Click "Next" again. Figure 1 · The "Windows has finished installing the software that your new hardware device requires" dialog appears. Click "Finish." Repeat the above process for the second NEC USB Open Host Controller. Figure 2 · · After you have installed the two NEC USB Open Host Controllers, Windows will find a "PCI Universal Serial Bus" device. Click "Next" to continue. Another dialog will appear. Select "Display a list of all the drivers in a specific location, so you can select the driver you want". Click "Next." In the dialog that appears, highlight "USB Controllers". Click "Next." Figure 3 Click on the "Have Disk" button as shown in figure 4. In the dialog that appears, click on the "Browse" button. Navigate to the folder that contains the USB 2.0 drivers. Click "OK." A dialog will appear with "NEC PCI to USB Enhanced Host Controller" highlighted, click "Next" to continue. Figure 4 · · · · · · · The "Windows driver file search for the device" dialog appears with the location of the driver. Click "Next" to continue. The "Window has finished installing the software that your new hardware device requires" dialog appears. Click "Finish." Restart Windows. Figure 5 · · Finalizing USB 2.0 Hi-Speed hardware settings USB 2.0 Hi-Speed products that use an NEC chipset have 3 USB host controller engines on board. Two of the host controller engines handle USB 1.1 transactions. One of the host controllers engines handle, USB 2.0 transactions. USB data traffic is automatically routed to the proper host controller engine depending on the speed of the device that is plugged into the USB 2.0 port. This essentially creates 3 concurrent USB buses. These USB buses allow devices to run in a less congested traffic environment. This helps devices such as color printers, scanners, video cameras and mass storage devices, which require a high bandwidth, to work well together. The NEC PCI to USB Enhanced Host Controller driver handles USB 2.0 Hi-Speed (480 Mbits/s) traffic. The two NEC PCI to USB Open Host Controllers handle Full-Speed (12 Mb/s) and LowSpeed (1.5 Mb/s) traffic. Check your Windows System/Device Manager to confirm proper installation of USB 2.0 Hi-Speed drivers: NEC PCI to USB Enhanced Host Controller NEC PCI to USB Open Host Controller NEC PCI to USB Open Host Controller USB Root Hub USB Root Hub Connecting the Kanguru DataBank 1.) Boot-up your computer and make sure the USB / USB2.0 port device driver has been installed and is available in operating system. 2.) Plug the USB2.0 cable into the USB2.0 Port of computer. 3.) Plug the AC power cord to the inlet of your Kanguru DataBank and power on the DataBank. Your Kanguru DataBank will be ready to use. 4.) Follow the Software Installation as seen below. NOTE: Labeling your Kanguru Disks One of features of the Kanguru DataBank is that the Kanguru Disks are hot swappable. This feature allows you to take any of the Kanguru Disks out while the DataBank is still operating, and replace it at a later time. When you want to remove a disk you have to disconnect it from the OS first. We highly recommend that users label their Kanguru Disk both internally and externally. By internally we are suggesting that you change the label of the drive. You can change a drive's label by going into DEVICE MANAGER, and then into DISK MANAGEMENT. From here you can right click on the drive that you want to rename, then select PROPERTIES. This is where you can change the name of the drive. ...