Buffalo Cloudstor CS-WV series, User Manual

Page 1: ...User Manual CloudStor CS X CS WX and CS WV series www buffalotech com v2 84 ...

Page 2: ...oudStor lets you serve up files photos and multimedia over the Web to any of your devices wherever you may be Turn to page 4 to set up your CloudStor Because we re constantly updating our products the images and text in this manual may vary slightly from the images and text displayed by your CloudStor As time passes future user interfaces updated software and later versions of this manual may be a...

Page 3: ...Renaming Devices 23 Active Copy 24 Settings and Configuration General Settings 25 Social Settings 26 Media Settings 28 Security Settings 29 Upload Settings 30 Adding a Printer 31 Device Settings 34 Local Settings 35 Adding a Second Drive 38 Adding a Second Drive 39 Time Machine 41 BitTorrent Client 42 Direct Copy 44 Troubleshooting Status LED Flash Codes 46 Appendix Specifications CS WX CS WV 48 S...

Page 4: ...plug com Click Set Up Your CloudStor Plug one end of the included Ethernet cable into the Ethernet port on your CloudStor and the other end into any available LAN port on your router In the browser window click Next Setup USB FUNCTION AUTO ON OFF DC IN LAN LAN WAN LAN LAN ...

Page 5: ...Wait for the CloudStor to boot This will take about 5 minutes When the power LED on the front panel stops blinking and glows steadily the unit has finished booting The info error LED should not be blinking If it is turn to the next page to troubleshoot In the browser window click Next Follow the instructions on the screen to finish installing your CloudStor USB FUNCTION AUTO ON OFF DC IN LAN ...

Page 6: ... CloudStor CS WX and CS WV models only flashing Check the following Is the Ethernet cable connected to your CloudStor and to your router Is your router turned on Is your router configured to automatically assign IP addresses DHCP Do you have a firewall installed that blocks UDP or is UDP disabled on your router If you have verified all of the above and the info error LED on the front of your Cloud...

Page 7: ...7 Back Panel Layout Front CS WX and CS WV Power LED Function LED Info Error LED Front Cover pull the left side straight toward you to remove ...

Page 8: ...8 Back Panel Layout Front Panel Removed CS WX and CS WV Spare drive bay for optional 2nd drive Main hard drive Press tab to release drive ...

Page 9: ...9 Front Panel Layout Rear CS WX and CS WV Function Button USB Fan Auto Power Power On Power Off Ethernet to router Power Socket for Kensington style lock Power cord stress relief ...

Page 10: ...vailable from www buffalotech com on your PC for this feature to work Otherwise if you move the switch to Auto your unit will power down by itself and you will have to manually turn it back on Move the switch to the On middle position to have the CloudStor turn on and stay on To turn off the CloudStor move the switch to the Off position It will take several minutes to fully shut down Do not unplug...

Page 11: ...11 Back Panel Layout Front CS X Power LED ...

Page 12: ...12 Front Panel Layout Rear CS X Ethernet to router Power Socket for Kensington style lock ...

Page 13: ...13 Using Your CloudStor Login To access your CloudStor open a browser and go to https cloudstor pogoplug com Enter the email address and password that you registered during setup ...

Page 14: ...ike to upload to If this is your first time using the CloudStor click on the cloudshare folder Click Upload Files on the grey toolbar at the top of the screen When the upload files dialogue appears select Add File s and choose the file s you would like to upload Click Upload ...

Page 15: ...inter Hover over the file to see the down arrow Click the down arrow and choose Download The file will be saved to the download location specified in your browser preferences If you are downloading an entire folder it will be compressed to a zip file automatically before download Downloading ...

Page 16: ...the ability to access files on your CloudStor from anywhere anytime on your mobile device To download the Pogoplug applications visit Pogoplug Applications www buffaloCloudStor com support downloads or click on the blue Install Pogoplug on your computer button at the top left of the home page Note Because the software is client based and the CloudStor drives are not physically attached to your com...

Page 17: ...ultiple people by adding multiple email addresses separated by either a comma or semicolon Email addresses you enter are saved into the address book for easy access 3 You have the option to send a message to the user you are sharing with in the Message text box 4 If you re logged in to Facebook you post to your friend s wall by adding a check next to their name 5 Click Finish 6 A link will be emai...

Page 18: ...he share removes them from the share list and adds them again a new link will be generated and sent with a 2 week expiration To stop sharing a drive folder or file 1 In List mode click on the arrow to the right of the drive folder or file In Icon mode hover your cursor over the icon and click on the down arrow 2 Choose Stop sharing this ...

Page 19: ...that category In each category view options appear in the left side menu The Jukebox category lets you view your music by artist albums or genre The Gallery category lets you view by date or create custom slideshows The Cinema category lets you organise your videos by date To search for a file enter its name in the Search for box and click the icon to the right of the box Search ...

Page 20: ...lect the Galleries tab then select Custom Slideshows Click Create 2 Enter a name for the new slideshow in the popup window 3 Put a check next to the folders and files that you want in the slideshow 4 Select the file of folder of the music that you want to play during your slideshow optional 5 Click Start slideshow Slideshows ...

Page 21: ... at the left of the screen select the device where you would like to create the new folder Then under Name select the folder where the new folder will go Click Create New Folder Give your new folder a name Creating New Folders ...

Page 22: ...le you would like to rename and click on the abc icon to the right of it You can then change the name of the file or folder Or click the down arrow at the far right and choose Rename You can then change the name of the file or folder Renaming Files and Folders ...

Page 23: ...dow You will see a list of your PogoPlug enabled devices Next to each device there is a rename link Click the link to enter a new name The new name may include up to 15 alphanumeric characters hyphens and underscores Renaming Devices and Top Folders ...

Page 24: ...drive software on your computer you can also use it with Active Copy To configure Active Copy click on Settings then Backup Click on Set up Active Copy on a New Folder Choose the source folder then the target folder Click Finish when done Depending on how many files are in the source folder and the speed of the network between the two devices it may take some time for Active Copy to complete Activ...

Page 25: ...th your account You may associate multiple email addresses with your account Each email address has full access to all drives and shares associated with the account To add additional email addresses to your account simply click the add link next to Your email addresses General Settings Settings and Configuration ...

Page 26: ...al Settings To log in to a service click sign in and step through the wizard Note you may have to disable your pop up blocker to log in Once you re logged in you can share folders and files on your social networks Click Return to Library select a folder or file click the down arrow and click Share Social Settings ...

Page 27: ...ext for your message If you want to post the message to a social network click on More sharing options or click Finish to send the message now If you re sharing the message to a social network put a check in the box next to each social network that you want to publish to and click Finish ...

Page 28: ...r playback convert into web friendly H 264 encoding create media meta data fetch music album art iPhoto dates etc and generate thumbnails which allows for previewing All of these options can be turned on or off Click Apply Below Changes to confirm your choice You can preview a video by hovering the mouse pointer over the thumbnail for a video You can turn off this feature on the Media Settings pag...

Page 29: ...n in with full security keeping your password and account access safe Security Settings Require sign in to view email shares Check the box next to Require sign in to view email shares to require the people you share with to enter a password before viewing the contents of the share If they have not previously assigned a password with CloudStor they will be prompted to add one This feature can also ...

Page 30: ... CloudStor to automatically upload files that are emailed as attachments to upload mypogoplug com Check the box next to Upload my email attachments to Choose a folder to store uploaded attachments then click OK Upload Settings ...

Page 31: ...orted printer To enable this feature go to Print Settings and check Enable printer discovery Select your CloudStor from the drop down menu and click OK You can then print documents stored on the CloudStor by clicking on the printer icon on the document s icon Enabling Print my email attachments to allows you to print files by sending or forwarding an email from your registered email address with t...

Page 32: ...he Sharing tab click on printers I share select Share chose the printer then the people you want to share the printer with Enter an email address in the To field Enter a message optional in the Message field if desired Click Finish The person you ve invited can now print documents by sending them as attachments to print mypogoplug com ...

Page 33: ...33 To edit the share or to stop sharing the printer go to the Sharing tab click the black down arrow to the right of the printer and select Edit share or Stop sharing this ...

Page 34: ...34 Click Manage to open local settings or BitTorrent to open BitTorrent settings Device Settings ...

Page 35: ...older By default the BitTorrent username is admin and the password is blank no password Local Settings Backup Time Machine To use Time Machine you ll create a folder for backups on the CloudStor This folder is not visible from Windows Time Machine targets can be added and removed from the UI See page 40 for instructions on configuring Time Machine Direct Copy You may choose the folder where files ...

Page 36: ...ate and time Click Use Local Time to use the time from your computer Click Save when done Network You may configure the IP address settings on the CloudStor manually or automatically Automatically via DHCP is recommended for most users If Manually is selected enter the appropriate network settings and click Save This setting can only be changed when you are connected to the CloudStor locally as de...

Page 37: ...restarted This operation cannot be stopped or reversed Note Restore and Rebuild Media Library can only be used when you are connected to the CloudStor locally Updates If enabled the CloudStor will be automatically updated with the latest firmware This is enabled by default If an update results in unexpected behavior clear your browser s cache Status This gives you current system settings for your ...

Page 38: ... drive to your CS WX or CS WV CloudStor for additional storage or backup Before connecting the USB drive to the CloudStor use your computer to format it with NTFS or HFS Use NTFS if you are formatting with a Windows computer or HFS if you are formatting with a Mac ...

Page 39: ...at http x x x x where x x x x is the IP address of your CloudStor The new drive will be listed in Storage Adding a Second Drive Click on Change Disk Settings Select either Keep them independent of each other or Group them Disk Mirroring If independent the new drive is formatted and the original drive is unchanged The info error LED flashes amber until the format is complete For RAID 1 the new driv...

Page 40: ...ent They may contain different data The full capacity of both drives is usable There is no redundancy If a drive fails all data on that drive is lost In RAID 1 disk mirroring provides fault tolerance but also decreases overall capacity An array of drives is created and the system saves the data to both hard drives in the array simultaneously If a drive fails the healthy drive continues to work and...

Page 41: ...n by navigating to Device Settings Backup in the local user interface and clicking Enable then Apply On your Mac open Time Machine Click on Choose Backup Disk Choose your CloudStor from the list and click Use for Backup In 120 seconds Time Machine will begin running a backup Time Machine ...

Page 42: ...To enable it select Enable Click Apply Then click Open Download Manager Enter your BitTorrent username and password This is not the same as your CloudStor username and password The default BitTorrent username is admin and the default password is blank no password BitTorrent Client ...

Page 43: ... the top left The Add Torrent dialog will open Click Browse navigate to the torrent file and open it Click OK Alternately click the second blue icon and enter the URL of the torrent in the Torrent URL field Click OK The file s will automatically download in the background ...

Page 44: ...to the folder on the CloudStor selected in Device Settings Direct Copy When the copying is finished the function LED will stop blinking When the copy is finished hold down the function button until the function LED glows a steady blue This dismounts all attached USB devices and it s now safe to unplug your device Notes The CS X CloudStor doesn t support Direct Copy If the function LED does not glo...

Page 45: ...irect Copy Pictures jpg jpeg gif png tif tiff yuv bmp raw Movie avi divx asf mpg mpe m1v vob mts m2ts m2t mpeg mpeg2 vdr spts tp ts 3gp mov m4v wmv dvr ms xvid mp4 m4v Music mp3 mpa wma aac apl ac3 lpcm pcm wav m3u m4a m4b aif aiff flac ogg mp2 mp1 ...

Page 46: ...shes with the number of shorter flashes to produce a two digit error code E00 no flashes MPU failure E01 DRAM data line problem E02 DRAM address line problem E03 RTC chip error E04 failed to extract kernel E06 corrupted firmware E07 a hard disk was not found E10 UPS error E11 fan error E15 hard drive I O error E16 no hard disks detected E17 internal controller error Troubleshooting Troubleshooting...

Page 47: ...the error codes these alternate between flashing for 1 second tens digit and 1 2 second ones digit Combine the number of longer flashes with the number of shorter flashes to produce a two digit information code I19 erasing disk I23 initializing system I25 updating firmware I26 initializing Web configuration I27 checking USB disk I28 formatting USB disk I53 cannot communicate with cloud service ...

Page 48: ...ndows XP Windows Server 2003 2008 Windows Server 2003 2008 R2 Mac OS X 10 4 or later Power Consumption 17 W average 48 W max Dimensions 5 0 x 3 4 x 8 1 127 x 86 x 206 mm Weight 3 3 pounds 1 5 kg Operating Environment 41 95 F 5 35 C 20 80 non condensing Mac and Mac OS are trademarks of Apple Inc registered in the U S and other countries Windows is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation in ...

Page 49: ...0 V 50 60 Hz Client OS Support Windows 7 32 bit 64 bit Windows Vista 32 bit 64 bit Windows XP Windows Server 2003 2008 Windows Server 2003 2008 R2 Mac OS X 10 4 or later Power Consumption 18 W average Dimensions 3 0 x 5 9 x 7 1 75 x 150 x 180 mm Weight 1 9 pounds 0 88 kg Operating Environment 41 95 F 5 35 C 20 80 non condensing ...

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