Renaming issues - serial number repetition

Submitted by trickyb_uk on #1

Michael,

I see from searching the forum that renaming the attached USB devices has been a bit of an issue...

Am I right in thinking that, should a VID/PID/Serial number not be provided by the dongle, the server generates them - or works to that effect...?

We've got several (more than 10) which return properties of:
Vendor: AKS
Product: HASP HL 3.25
VID: 0529
PID: 0001
Serial: 81b...e8a0 - 9

All subsequent dongles connected after the 9th are also given the serial number ending in 9 - hence there are clashes and they can't be renamed.

I hope that's clear?

Richard

Submitted by Michael on Wed, 2016/04/06 - 15:38

#2

OK that can be done as there are two nickname modes. The first mode uses the serial to qualify the device and the second method uses the address.

To use the second method:

1. Plug all your dongles into the server
2. start the virtualhere client
3. Open a command prompt and type vhui64.exe -t list
4. Note all the numbers next to the devices, these are the addresses, also from the virtualhere gui note the vendor id and the product id for the HASP device
5. Stop the virtualhere server
6. Edit the config.ini file of the server using vi and add the line
DeviceNicknames=<nickname>,<vendor id in hex>,<product id in hex>,<address>,[<nickname>,<vendor id hex>,...]

e.g

DeviceNicknames=My First iPad,05ac,12ab,114,My Second iPad,05ac,12ab,115

7. Save the config.ini file and restart the virtualhere server.

Submitted by trickyb_uk on Wed, 2016/04/06 - 16:24

#3

Michael,

Thanks again for the response...

As a semi-skilled Linux/Unix user, can you run me through the editting of the config.ini file? I'm using a synology DS216SE and currently have WinSCP (on Windows Server 2012) installed to browse through the NAS.

Using that software, I get permission issues trying to save the editted file.

I am aware of basic vi commands, but could do with assistance... can you spare a few minutes to guide me through?

Thanks

Richard

Submitted by trickyb_uk on Wed, 2016/04/06 - 16:53

#4

Again, ignore me. Google was my friend (eventually) and i've got root access through PuTTY.

As soon as I can get everyone off the server, i'll give your method above a go.

Thanks

Richard