ODD sharing feature

Help for ODD sharing feature

Overview

ODD sharing feature provides a function to be able to access DVD drive in other computers through a network.

“Host PC” is referred as a PC which shares information in DVD drive. “Client PC” is referred as a PC which access shared DVD drive through a network.

You need to install applications for ODD sharing feature to use the function, ODD sharing feature Host for Host PC and ODD sharing feature Client for Client PC.

Also you need to complete each installation both Host PC and Client PC before using ODD sharing feature function. This is because ODD sharing feature allocates a drive using a network.

Please refer the following table to see what is supported and what is not supported by ODD sharing feature.

Supported by ODD sharing feature

- Access and use files on a disc which is on shared drive on Host PC.
Copying a file in shared drive on Host PC to Client PC or starting up an installer for an application which saved in Disc and install it onto Client PC etc..,

Not supported by ODD sharing feature

- Play music CDs or movie DVDs which saved in shared drive on Host PC.

- Overwrite in shared drive on Host PC.

Install for ODD sharing feature Client / Host

You need to install ODD sharing feature Host for Host PC and ODD sharing feature Client for Client PC before using the function.

If you have already installed the applications, you don’t need to take this step.

1) How to install “ODD sharing feature Client”.

(A) Start your PC and log in Administrator Account, Administrator or a member of Administrators.

(B) Click “Start” button on bottom left on the screen and open “Start” menu.

Windows® 7

1. Click “Computer” in “Start” menu and open “Computer” folder.

2. Choose the drive and the folder you saved this software.

Windows® XP

1. Click “My Computer” in “Start” menu and open “My Computer” folder.

2. Choose the drive and the folder you saved this software.

(D) Click “Setup” or “Setup.exe” to start the installation.

(E) Follow the instructions on the screen.

2) Install “ODD sharing feature Host”

(A) Please check following points before installing.

1. Please complete “ODD sharing feature Client” installation and have Client PC ready before installing “ODD sharing feature Host” onto Host PC.

2. Follow the procedure to install “ODD sharing feature Host”

Copy “ODD sharing feature Host” installer from Client PC to a USB memory and start the installer on Host PC. Prepare a USB memory (or some other media) in order to copy files from Client PC to Host PC. Those media needs capacity of more than 10MB.

(B) Step1: Copy “ODD sharing feature Host” installer

Following steps must be carried out on Client PC.

1. Start and log in Client PC.

2. Click “ODD sharing feature Client” icon on Desktop and menu screen appears.

3. Click “Copy Host PC Program Installer” button. You will get a message to let you know copying process is started. Click “Yes” to go next step. “Copy for Installer of Host PC” window opens.

4. Choose a folder in the USB memory (or other media you prepared) to copy “ODD sharing feature Host” and click “OK”, then copying starts.

5. If “Finished copying the Installer.” appears, copying “ODD sharing feature Host” has completed.

Following steps must be carried out on Host PC.

1. Start your PC and log in Administrator Account, Administrator or a member of Administrators.

2. Set the media you copied “ODD sharing feature Host” installer to Host PC.

3. Click “Start” button on left bottom on the screen and open “Start” menu.

4. Choose your OS and follow the steps.

Windows® 7
(a) Click “Computer” in “Start” menu and open “Computer” folder.
(b) Choose the drive and folder you set the media with “ODD sharing feature Host” installer by “2”.

Windows Vista®
(a) Click “Computer” in “Start” menu and open “Computer folder”.
(b) Choose the drive and folder you set the media with “ODD sharing feature Host” installer by “2”.

Windows® XP
(a) Click “My Computer” in “Start” menu and open “My Computer”.
(b) Choose the drive and folder you set the media with “ODD sharing feature Host” installer by “2”.

5. Click “Setup” or “Setup.exe” to start the installation.

6. Follow the instructions on the screen.

3) ODD sharing feature Host installation steps using USB Client Port.
* This installation steps are only applicable to a PC which supports USB Client Port.

(A) Please check below first.

1. Client PC and host PC have already booted up and logged in as an administrator.

(B) Step 1: Connecting USB Client Port
* This step is done on client PC.

1. Connect USB Client Port to host PC. USB Client Feature starts.

2. At USB Client Feature, click Install ODD sharing feature. USB Client Feature closes.

1. When above (B)–2 is done, new CD-ROM device is detected. Auto run menu appears, and click ‘Run EasyShare.exe’. If OS of host PC is Windows XP, EasyShare.exe is run automatically.

2. Complete the installation according to the message shown in message windows.

How to share DVD Drive

Firstly you need to complete setting on Host PC to be able to share DVD Drive with Client PC. Then access from Client PC to shared DVD Drive on Host PC. Following steps explain how to set up Host PC and Client PC.

1) Share DVD Drive in Host PC

(A) Start “ODD sharing feature Host” and set up window appears.

(B) Click “Settings” button.

(D) Click “OK” and the screen goes back to “ODD sharing feature Host” menu.

(D) Click “Share Drive” button. “User Account Control Menu” appears. Click “Continue”.

2) Access shared DVD Drive from Client PC to Host PC

(A) Start “ODD sharing feature Client” and set up window appears.

(B) Click “Settings” button.

(C) Type in “Destination Computer name or IP address” which appears on setting screen of “Computer Name” in “ODD sharing feature Host”.

(D) Type in “Shared Drive name on the destination” which you already set in “Shared Drive Name” in “ODD sharing feature Host.”

(E) Click “OK” and the screen goes back to “ODD sharing feature Host” menu.

(F) Click “Connect Share Drive”.

(G) “User name” and “Password” window comes up.

(H) Enter “User Name” and “Password” which already set in “ODD sharing feature Host” and click “OK”.

DVD drive sharing instruction steps using USB Client Port

To share DVD drive using USB Client Port, connect USB Client Port and run ODD sharing feature Host and ODD sharing feature Client.

1) On client PC, connect USB Client Port to host PC. USB Client Port starts.

2) At USB Client Feature, click ‘ODD sharing feature and USB Memory Feature’ or ‘ODD sharing feature’.

3) On host PC, please do below step depending on installed OS.

For Windows(R) 7 or Windows Vista(R) users
On host PC, auto run menu appears, and click ‘Run EasyShare.exe’.

For Windows XP users
EasyShare.exe is run automatically, so this step is not necessary. In case auto run menu appears, click ‘Run EasyShare.exe’.

4) On host PC, ODD sharing feature Host starts.

5) Share DVD drive following the same steps described in 1) of above ‘How to Share DVD drive’.

6) On client PC, ODD sharing feature starts.

7) Share DVD drive following the same steps described in 2) of above ‘How to Share DVD drive’.

<Important Notice> Using security software with ODD sharing feature

“ODD sharing feature” applies sharing function for files and folders in OS and change the setting to be able to access Client PC to DVD Drive on Host PC.

If you use security software, security software function to block unauthorized access from other computers often does not allow you to access shared files and folders on OS. In this case you are unable to use “ODD sharing feature” and fail to access and share DVD drive.

Please refer following instructions to disable this function in security software to use “ODD sharing feature”.

Using Norton Internet Security

To activate file sharing setting, add Host PC and Client PC to each “Trust Zone”. How to add a computer to “Trust zone”, please refer to your Internet Security’s manual for the detail.

Using other security software

Complete setting to share files and folders on both Host PC and Client PC before you start using them.

Set a Client PC

You can set following sections in “ODD sharing feature Client”.

Destination Computer name or IP address	Type in Computer Name or IP Address on Host computer with DVD Drive. Refer “Computer Name” in “ODD sharing feature Host” setting.
Searching for Host PC on the network	After clicking this button, you are able to see available Host PCs on a network. Chose Host PC you want to connect to and click “OK”. The Host PC will be already set in “Computer name or IP address on a network”.
Shared Drive name on the destination	Type in “Shared Drive Name” on Host PC.
Auto-Assign an available Drive	Automatically choose an available drive “M” or after, and start connecting.
Specify Drive Letter	Manually choose an available drive “M” or after.
Connect to Drive only when application is up running	“ODD sharing feature Client” appears after starting up the computer. The drive will be disconnected, after this program is finished.
Resident and minimized in Task Tray after PC startup	“ODD sharing feature Client” doesn’t appear after starting up the computer. Instead leave an icon on Task Tray. The drive will be disconnected, after this program is finished.
Connect to the previous destination, resident and minimized in Task Tray after PC startup	“ODD sharing feature Client” doesn’t appear after starting up the computer. Instead leave an icon on Task Tray. Automatically connect to previously accessed network. The drive will be disconnected, after this program is finished.

Set a Host PC

You can set following sections in “ODD sharing feature Host”.

Shared Drive	Choose a share drive. Files in the disc on the drive will be available to share and access.
Authorized user for the sharing	Choose an authorized user to access this share drive. The user name here will be the user name in “ODD sharing feature Client”.
Computer Name	PC name here is the PC carrying out this program. You cannot change this name. This Computer Name is set in “ODD sharing feature Client”.
Shared Drive Name	Type in share drive name. This Drive Name is set in “ODD sharing feature Client”.
You can change settings for Sharing only when Application window is up.	“ODD sharing feature Host” appears after starting up the computer. Share the drive only this program is active. Disable to access shared drive after this program is finished.
Resident and minimized in Task Tray after PC startup.	“ODD sharing feature Host” doesn’t appear after starting up the computer. Instead leave an icon on Task Tray. Share the drive only this program is active. Disable to access shared drive after this program is finished.
Resident and minimized in Task Tray after PC startup. Shared status is kept after the application exits.	“ODD sharing feature Host” doesn’t appear after starting up the computer. Instead leave an icon on Task Tray. If the drive is not shared, automatically change to share the drive. The shared drive will stay in connecting even after program is finished.

Limitation / Note

Access to multiple networks
You need to register as same network if you use “ODD sharing feature Host” on Windows Vista or Windows7, or using multiple networks (for example, using wired LAN and wireless LAN together , etc). There is a possibility that Client PC is unable to access DVD drive on Host PC if the setting is “Public Network” for wired LAN and “Private Network” for wireless LAN.
Getting “Your access is denied” message after referring shared drive
Please check User Name in “ODD sharing feature Client” again. “Your access is denied” message appears when you register a user name not same as a user name in “ODD sharing feature Host” on Host PC.
Using a user with empty password
You might not be able to access shared drive with Password which set as a empty user. To resolve this problem, register a password for the user or choose other user with password.
In case of using USB Client Port
In case of using USB Client Port, below IP addresses are automatically set in the installation process. If necessary, please set appropriate IP address.
Host PC: 192.168.255.1/255.255.255.252
Client PC: 192.168.255.2/255.255.255.252

Environment

Environment	Essential Requirements
OS for Client PC	- Windows® 7 Starter 32bit - Windows® 7 Home Premium 32bit - Windows® 7 Professional 32bit - Windows® 7 Enterprise 32bit - Windows® 7 Ultimate 32bit - Windows® XP Professional 32bit - Windows® XP Home Edition 32bit - Windows® XP Tablet PC Edition 2005
OS for Host PC	- Windows® 7 Starter 32bit - Windows® 7 Home Premium 32bit - Windows® 7 Professional 32bit - Windows® 7 Enterprise 32bit - Windows® 7 Ultimate 32bit - Windows Vista® Ultimate 32bit - Windows Vista® Home Premium 32bit - Windows Vista® Home Basic 32bit - Windows Vista® Business 32bit - Windows Vista® Enterprise 32bit - Windows® XP Professional 32bit - Windows® XP Home Edition 32bit - Windows® XP Tablet PC Edition 2005
Hard Disc	5MB or more free space on both Client PC and Host PC
Client PC	Fujitsu Lifebook series computer Note) This software is available only purchased computer.
Hose PC	Fujitsu Lifebook series computer

Trade Marks

Windows is a trademark of the Microsoft group of companies in America and other countries.
Microsoft, Windows Vista is a trademark of the Microsoft group of companies in America and other countries.

“ODD sharing feature” is a product of Fujitsu Limited.

The other company names and product names are each company’s brand or trademark.