File menu: Preferences

Detect AnywhereUSB Remote Hubs automatically and Frequency of detection in seconds: Configure how often to query the network for AnywhereUSB devices.

Note AnywhereUSB devices are automatically detected when you open the AnywhereUSB Remote Hub Configuration Utility. Enabling this setting will make the AnywhereUSB Remote Hub Configuration Utility re-scan the network for newer AnywhereUSB devices at the configured frequency.

Detection Timeout: Configures how long the Remote Hub Configuration Utility will wait to hear from all the AnywhereUSB devices before the Remote Hub Configuration Utility updates the list of devices in the Main Window.

Use Microsoft Device IDs: Changes how the AnywhereUSB software creates the device ID for attached USB devices. A device ID consists of three parts: the name of the bus driver, the Product Identifier, and a unique serial number. For example, a Digi Edgeport USB to Serial converter that is plugged directly into the USB port of a computer would have a Device ID similar to (where USB indicates the Microsoft USB bus driver):

USB\VID_1608&PID_0215\A20299384

When attaching devices to an AnywhereUSB device, the bus driver name is AWUSB. Therefore the same device plugged into an AnywhereUSB device would have a Device ID of:

AWUSB\VID_1608&PID_0215\A20299384

Some USB class drivers expect to see the bus driver name as “USB”, and as a result will not operate unless the Use Microsoft Device IDs checkbox is checked.