Upon completion of this course you should be able to:
Course Prerequisites:
None
Students are expected to have a working knowledge of:
N/A
1. Installing AiData and connecting to ASUSTOR NAS
1.1 Installing AiData
1.2 Connect to your NAS using AiData
1.3 Share login info and manage server list
1.4 Waking your NAS with AiData
2. Accessing data on an ASUSTOR NAS
2.1 Browsing NAS shared folder files
2.2 Browsing NAS EZ Sync files
2.3 Browsing multimedia files on an ASUSTOR NAS
3. Managing downloaded files
4. Monitoring file transfers
5. Additional notes
AiData brings access to your NAS’s files to your smartphone or tablet. AiData helps you browse and manage files on your NAS directly from your phone or tablet. AiData also supports file sharing, making it easy to share files right from your smartphone and tablet, bringing your data to your fingertips.
AiData is available for both iOS and Android. In this course we will be using the Android version of AiData as an example.
After installing AiData, there are a variety of ways to sign in to the ASUSTOR NAS from AiData.
If using AiData for the first time:
Please ensure Wi-Fi on your device is turned on. Your NAS will not appear if it is not on the same network.
If you have installed other ASUSTOR mobile apps and signed in to your NAS:
Note: It is recommended to enable the EZ-Connect service and use Cloud ID to sign in.
The new ASUSTOR mobile apps share mobile login data with other ASUSTOR mobile apps by default to make using ASUSTOR mobile apps easy. This can be turned off.
After logging in to your NAS with AiData, you'll be able to wake up your NAS both within and outside your local network, provided settings are set correctly. Click here to read more about Wake on LAN (WOL) and Wake on LAN (WOW) support.
In addition to browsing files in an ASUSTOR NAS with a web browser, shared folders are directly accessible on your phone or tablet through AiData. Mounted CIFS folders, USB external devices, MyArchive hard drives and EZ Sync synchronization data are all supported and can be easily accessed, moved or copied from within AiData.
After using AiData to connect to your NAS, click on Folders to browse all files with proper permissions in shared folders, CIFS folders, USB external devices and MyArchive hard drives on your ASUSTOR NAS.
AiData browses data in list mode by default. Click to switch to grid mode.
Menu options:
The followings actions will switch the page to selection mode:
Menu options for selected items: Options vary depending on if one or more items are selected.
Recycle Bin menu options: Options vary depending on if one or more items are selected.
Click on EZ Sync to browse all files inside EZ Sync Manager.
EZ Sync menu items:
AiData can directly browse images as well as stream music and videos on a phone or tablet with a built-in multimedia player.
Click on Open with... to select other appropriate apps installed in an Android device to play music or videos.
AiData can also open other files stored on an ASUSTOR NAS by selecting appropriate apps on a phone or tablet through AiData.
AiData can browse downloaded files to your phone or tablet even when not connected to an ASUSTOR NAS. Click Downloaded to browse downloaded files on your phone or tablet offline.
After using AiData to connect to your NAS, click Tasks to view the file transfers as well as monitor tasks on your NAS.
Upload, Download: Shows the status of in progress, completed, or failed file transfers.
Task Monitor: Shows the status of tasks on a logged-in NAS.
Click the user icon to set up more options.