How to Redirect a USB Device for Servicing

How to Redirect a USB Device for Servicing

Redirecting a USB device via USB Redirector Technician Edition is very easy, you need to:

1.Start Customer Module on the customer's computer.

2.Start USB Redirector Technician Edition on the technician's computer.

3.Establish connection with customer and connect the USB device.

Please see below for details.

On the Customer's Computer

Start USB Redirector Technician Edition's customer module and wait while it initializes. After initialization has been finished, you should see the following message:

USB Redirector Technician Edition Customer Module welcome screen

To continue, click Next button. USB Redirector Technician Edition will proceed to the next step where the customer needs to enter your Technician ID and fill the Additional information that will help you to distinguish between different customers (it can be an order number, e-mail address, name or any other text).

USB Redirector Technician Edition Customer Module connection screen

After filling the fields, click Connect to establish connection with the technician. Connection progress will be displayed in the next window:

In case of any problems with the connection, please refer to the Prepare Tehnician's Computer for Remote Servicing section and make sure you followed the recommendations carefully.

USB Redirector Technician Edition Customer Module connectino progress screen

Once the connection is established, USB Redirector Technician Edition will ask to plug a USB device:

USB Redirector Technician Edition Customer Module USB device servicing, step 1

Please follow all the steps in this window. The current step will be highlighted:

USB Redirector Technician Edition Customer Module USB device servicing, step 3

After reaching the last step, the customer can unplug the device from USB port:

USB Redirector Technician Edition Customer Module USB device servicing, step 4

 

On the Technician's Computer

When customer connects, it will be displayed in the USB Redirector Technician Edition window:

USB Redirector Technician Edition main window with customer connected

 

To start servicing a USB device, you need to connect the device to your computer. Simply select the device and click Connect button on the toolbar:

Connecting a USB device in USB Redirector Technician Edition

 

Once the USB device is connected, its icon changes to the green check mark:

Connected USB device in USB Redirector Technician Edition

Now you can start servicing the USB device just like it was attached directly to USB port of your computer!

If you need to reboot during the servicing procedure, you can do it without loosing the connection with customer. Simply run USB Redirector Technician Edition after reboot and wait for a few seconds until the customer re-appears. You will have to re-connect the device manually, though.

 

After servicing is finished, you need to disconnect the customer. For this, select the customer connection and click Disconnect Customer button. Disconnecting the customer makes Customer Module to proceed to the step (see above).

Disconnecting a customer in USB Redirector Technician Edition

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