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Chapter3 Basic Installation
3.1 Connecting the Hardware
1. Make sure that your USB devices are switched off and that the
MFP server’s Power Adapter is disconnected.
2. Connect the USB devices to the USB ports using the USB
cables.
3. Connect the MFP server to the network using a twisted pair
category 5 cable, 10baseT or 100baseTX.
4. Turn on the USB devices and make sure it is ready for use.
5. Connect the Power Adapter to the server. The power indicator
will light up and USB1 and USB2 indicators will flash in turn.
When the Link indicator lights up, the server is correctly
connected to the network. When USB1 and USB2 indicators do
not flash, the server starts to work normally.
6. If you connected USB HP printers to server, please press the
Init button for 3 seconds on the server once to print a page of
server configuration report.
3.2 Assigning an IP Address to the MFP Server
3.2.1 Preliminary
If you have a DHCP server on your network, your MFP server
will receive an IP address automatically. The IP address will
then appear on user software: FPS-3003 MFP Control center
or on the page of configuration report that you printed earlier.
If your DHCP server does not give IP address to the server, the
server will use the Factory IP address: 192.168.1.100.
If you are not working in a DHCP network, you need to set an
IP address of MFP server manually.
3.2.2 Ethernet Address
You do not need to know the Ethernet address of your FPS-3003 USB
MFP server for assigning an IP address to it. MFP Control Center
software can automatically search MFP servers and list their Ethernet