You can easily share an external USB drive or a printer over a network. But why can`t you share all the rest of your USB devices just as easily? Lab instruments, scanners, cameras, card readers, bar code scanners, PDAs, USB keys and others are usually considered to be non-shareable. Thus, normally you need to move your USB devices from one computer to another. Sometimes, though, this is not an easy task, especially when you need to use a device that is physically located in another building or even another city. USB is the standard interface used by most modern computer devices today. But, USB was designed to connect electronic peripherals only to a single computer. Previously, the only way to share a non-shareable device was to buy an expensive hardware USB switch. A hardware switch takes up space, consumes power and is often quite expensive.
USB Over Network is a revolutionary software solution from FabulaTech. No need to move devices from one computer to another, and no need to buy expensive hardware switches. You can access a USB device connected to a remote computer from your computer via a LAN or the Internet as if it were physically plugged into your own PC. The program consists of a "Server" and a "Client". You should install the Server on the computer to which the device you want to share is physically connected. You can install the Client on all PCs from which you need to access the shared device.
USB Over Network is easy to install and use. It supports a wide range of USB devices. The program does not require any special knowledge and installs easily right out of the box. Share your USB device without risk of losing it! Access remote instruments without leaving your chair!
Update history of USB over Networkv4.7.3 (March, 6. 2012)
Sharing of some problem devices fixed. Rare issue when the server doesn't listen to incoming connection fixed.
v4.7.2 (December, 21. 2011)
Installation over older versions improved. Get/Set Troubleshooting physical API commands added. Activation error in Windows Vista fixed. Bug causing long service startup fixed. Support of devices with the same HWID and serial numbers added. BSoD on the physical side fixed.
v4.7 (September, 22. 2011)
The feature of sharing USB ports added. The algorithm of sharing the same USB devices without serial numbers improved. GUI improved. A lot of bugs fixed.
v4.5.3 (December, 12. 2010)
Client API fixed.
v4.5 (October, 17. 2010)
- Device driver is not needed anymore on server side when sharing device manually
- Individual device sharing for identical USB devices (the same Hardware ID) is implemented
- Unicode support
- Citrix support is improved
- udev support is added for Linux version
v4.4 (April, 22. 2010)
A lot of bugs fixed. Stability improved.
v4.3 (December, 25. 2009)
Initial SSL support added.
Many bugs fixed.
This version is not compatible with the previous one.
v4.2 (November, 23. 2009)
- Device sharing is fixed on Windows7 64bit,
- Multiple configuration devices are handled properly,
- Force disconnect in conjunction with auto-connect is working properly now.
v4.1.1 (August, 3. 2009)
Developer API extended. Functionality of command line control utility extended.
v4.1 (July, 17. 2009)
USB over Network Client CLI utility added. Possible BSOD is fixed. Other minor fixes.
Distribution permissions for USB over Network
FabulaTech allows product distribution in accordance with license agreement enclosed within product package.