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Appendix

FX-DS110-PCC

Appendix

Product Specifications

Table 7.1. FX-DS110-PCC

Wireless LAN unit

Transmission format

IEEE 802.11b standard DS spectrum diffusion

Data transmission speed

11, 5.5, 2, 1Mbps (Switched automatically)

Access method

CSMA/CA + ACK (RTS/CTS)

Transmission packet

IEEE 802.11b frame

Wireless category

ISM Baud 2400 to 2483.5 MHz

Aerial power

10mW/MHz or less

Security

Proprietary scramble/WEP

External Dimensions (mm)

114 x 54 x 5

500times

Weight

42g

Power consumption

transmission 1.6W Reception 1.25W

Operating temperature

0 to 50°C

Operating humidity

10 to 90% (no condensation)

Guaranteed number of times of plugging/
unplugging the antenna connector

FX-DS110-PCC

Specification

Summary of Contents for Flexlan PC Card FX-DS-110

Page 1: ...FX DS110 PCC FLEXLAN DS110 Series PC Card User s Guide ...

Page 2: ... omission or any questionable item in this document please feel free to notify CONTEC Co LTD Regardless of the foregoing statement CONTEC assumes no responsibility for any errors that may appear in this document nor for results obtained by the user as a result of using this product Trademarks MS Microsoft Windows Windows NT and MS DOS are registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporatio...

Page 3: ...up the contents of the disk before use User s Manual this booklet 1 FX DS110 PCC Disk User s Manual User s Manual WIRELESS LAN CARD Check the contents to make sure that you have everything listed above If you do not have all the items contact your distributor or CONTEC group office where you purchased ...

Page 4: ...ed to Electromagnetic Interference 5 About the Manual 6 2 Overview 7 Component Locations 7 List of Options 9 Outline of the FLEXLAN DS110 series 10 Features of the FLEXLAN DS110 series 10 Production introduction to the FLEXLAN DS110 series 11 3 Installation of a driver 13 Plugging the FX DS110 PCC 13 Unplugging the FX DS110 PCC 14 Installation in a network 15 Features of the wireless network 15 Op...

Page 5: ...indows 2000 28 Uninstalling the driver in Windows NT 28 5 Using and Setting up the Utility Software 29 Installing and uninstalling the utility software 29 Installation 29 Uninstallation 30 Using and setting up the utility software 31 Task Bar Icons 31 Communication settings 32 RSSI indicating the signal strength of a radio station 33 Editing the name of a radio station 34 6 Troubleshooting 35 Cann...

Page 6: ...nit 11 Figure 2 3 Access point 11 Figure 2 4 Micro access point 12 Figure 3 1 Infrastructure Mode 18 Figure 3 2 ADHOC Mode 19 List of Tables Table 2 1 LED states during normal operation 8 Table 5 1 Task Bar Icons 31 Table 5 2 Main communication settings 32 Table 7 1 FX DS110 PCC 39 ...

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Page 8: ... 11b wireless LAN standard Providing a wireless network environment The product can connect your PC to the LAN without cabling It provides a mobile environment even for a battery powered device such as a notebook PC while reducing the wiring cost Providing transmission in the 2 4 GHz band using direct sequence spread spectrum DSSS Spread spectrum makes it very difficult to perform radio tapping co...

Page 9: ...FX DS110 PCC to be connected to an ISA or PCI bus slot Capable of constructing a network only with the FX DS110 PCC You can use multiple FX DS110 PCC cards to construct a Peer to Peer ad hoc network Thin flat antenna The FX DS110 PCC fits even a notebook PC Terminology Abbreviations The following terms and abbreviations are used in this manual for convenience FX DS110 APL Access point AP APL FX DS...

Page 10: ...f the device has been tampered with or damaged through abuse mistreatment neglect or unreasonable use or if the original invoice is not included in which case repairs will be considered beyond the warranty policy How to Obtain Service For replacement or repair return the device freight prepaid with a copy of the original invoice Please obtain a Return Merchandise Authorization Number RMA from the ...

Page 11: ... the device if it has been modified Do not use or store this device where it is exposed to direct sunlight or near stoves or other sources of heat Operating temperature range 0 to 50 C Do not use or store this device where it is exposed to dust or high humidity Operating humidity range 10 to 90 Do not use or store this device near strong magnetic fields or devices emitting electromagnetic radiatio...

Page 12: ...er or CONTEC if the product has trouble such as recurrent radio interference with mobile identification local radio stations or specific low power radio stations This product operates in the 2 4 GHz band and uses DSSS for modulation The interfering distance is 40 mm Precautions Related to Electromagnetic Interference This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules Operation is subject to the fo...

Page 13: ...stallation of a driver Describes the contents of the driver floppy disk for the FX DS110 PCC and the procedures for installing the driver Chapter 5 Using and setting up the utility software Describes the basic settings required for using the FX DS110 PCC and how to use and set up the utility software Chapter 6 Troubleshooting Describes possible problems with the FX DS110 PCC and the solutions Chap...

Page 14: ...ocations Flat antenna This product transmits and receives radio waves via the antenna Since the antenna is connector coupled with the body of the FX DS110 PCC an optional antenna can be connected Note Use the original combination of the flat antenna and the PC Card unit Be careful not to apply force to the antenna in either of the directions of the arrows or the joint section may break antenna PC ...

Page 15: ...D states during normal operation ADHOC Simple Mode Infrastructure Standard Brouter Mode Blink Searching for an AP Lighting Logging into the AP Inside Orange Lighting Position of LED Color State The contents of a display Always on Power on Outside Yellowish green For the ADHOC Simple Mode and Infrastructure Standard Brouter Mode see the Operation of the FLEXLAN DS110 in Chapter 3 ...

Page 16: ...s adapter and FX PCI WOL as the PCI bus adapter for Wake on LAN FX PCI EXT2 PC CARD PC H FX PCI WOL Antenna An extension antenna can be used depending on the operating environment and application Use the one in a poor communication state for example with the user unit blocked by an obstacle There are three types of extension antennas FX ANT P2 as the device embedded antenna FX ANT P3 for notebook ...

Page 17: ...g easy interception of radio waves Data transfer rate of 11 Mbps The product switches its data rate automatically to 11 5 5 2 or 1 Mbps depending on the radio conditions PC Card ISA bus or PCI bus interface to the user unit Access point FX DS110 APE providing advanced features The FX DS110 APE provides advanced features It allows for a variety of forms of operation and is best suited even for a la...

Page 18: ...pe The PC CARD PC H FX PCI EXT2 and FX PCI WOL are the ISA bus adapter PCI bus adapter and PCI bus adapter for Wake on LAN respectively available as options FX DS110 PCC WIRELESS LAN CARD Figure 2 2 User unit Access point FX DS110 APE The access point is used to manage the wireless network relay messages and serve as the bridge to a wired LAN It has advanced functions such as routing and tunneling...

Page 19: ...cess point in a small scale wireless LAN system or as a station between the Ethernet and wireless converter You can construct a wireless LAN easily by connecting the micro access point to an Ethernet built in device with an UTP cable POWER WRX WLI NK LINK RX FX DS110 APL Figure 2 4 Micro access point ...

Page 20: ...e inserting direction mark s face up Notes Check the orientation of the card and insert the PC Card slowly Applying excessive force to it may break the connector The antenna can be detached so that an optional antenna can be attached instead Do not detach or attach the antenna inadvertently as doing so degrades its performance Do not use the PC Card with no antenna attached or the PC Card can come...

Page 21: ... the PC before unplugging the PC Card 1 In Windows open the Start Menu and select Settings and then Control Panel Double click on the PC Card icon in the Control Panel 2 On the Socket Status sheet in the PC Card Properties dialog box select CONTEC FX DS110 PCC and click on OK 3 When the confirmation message has appeared unplug the FX DS110 PCC Wait for a while until the message appears Warning Han...

Page 22: ...ed PCs terminals Assured mobility of connected PCs terminals On the other hand the wireless network has the following drawbacks from the operational point of view due to the nature of radio waves Signal attenuation Signal interference Operating environment and radio waves When using this product to construct a network install and operate it considering the radio environment to optimize the perform...

Page 23: ... excluding plants and factories 2 4 GHz band wireless network Other sources Microwave ovens Security gates Installed near the entrances of some department stores and rental shops Copiers Where there is a large metal wall such as in a warehouse the radio wave generated from the sender is reflected resulting in those radio waves reaching the receiver which have taken different routes thereby phase s...

Page 24: ...terference covering almost the entire area of small and medium scale offices and plants Note however that extending the communication distance beyond a certain degree increases the number of transmission and reception errors 5 When installing the PC Card use the FLEXLAN DS110 utility to check the RSSI value In general a remote party s RSSI value of 70 or more assures stable communication Even when...

Page 25: ...10 PCC only use it in the ADHOC Simple Moe When the FX DS110 APE the AP access point in the FLEXLAN DS110 series is used with the FX DS110 PCC use it in the Infrastructure Standard Brouter Mode Infrastructure Standard Brouter Mode In this mode communication is performed always via the AP The AP has features 100BASE TX and 10BASE T for connection to Ethernet enabling connection between the wireless...

Page 26: ...unication can be expected than in the AP centralized configuration When installing the terminals place them all within their operating distance for communication to prevent the hidden terminal problem In the following example the terminals can be connected to Ethernet via the AP operating in simple mode Although the network can be constructed only with the FX DS110 PCC no terminal can be connected...

Page 27: ...Installation of a driver FX DS110 PCC 20 ...

Page 28: ... FX D110 PCC on your PC This chapter contains the driver installation procedures for Windows Me Windows 98 Windows 95 Windows 2000 and for Windows NT 4 0 Driver software The Driver Disk 1 floppy disk is supplied with this product Back it up before using the copy and keep the original disk in a safe place The floppy disk contains the following LAN drivers NDIS driver for Windows Me NDIS driver for ...

Page 29: ... Insert the disk labeled Windows Me CD ROM and then click OK follow the instruction and click on OK If your PC is a Windows preinstalled machine without the Windows Me CD ROM bundled specify the following path in the hard disk This procedure assumes the hard disk drive as drive C C WINDOWS OPTIONS CABS 6 If the message File ds110 sys could not be found is displayed during copying of files specify ...

Page 30: ...earched for then click on Next 5 When prompted with the message Please Insert the disk labeled Windows 98 CD ROM and then click OK follow the instruction and click on OK If your PC is a Windows preinstalled machine without the Windows 98 CD ROM bundled specify the following path in the hard disk This procedure assumes the hard disk drive as drive C C WINDOWS OPTIONS CABS 6 If the message The xxx f...

Page 31: ... A A 4 Click on the Finish button 5 If this is the first time for your machine to be networked the Network dialog box appears Enter the computer name and workgroup name then click on the Close button Note A workgroup requires a workgroup name assigned by the network administrator 6 During copying of files you will be prompted to insert the Windows 95 CD ROM The next step to take varies depending o...

Page 32: ...PCC 25 7 The message DS110 sys could not be found will be displayed during copying of files specify the file copy source as follows and click on OK A 8 Eject the floppy disk then restart the system for the system settings to take effect ...

Page 33: ...t Search for a suitable driver for my device then click on Next 4 Check Floppy disk drive to identify the driver file Insert the Driver Disk 1 floppy disk into the floppy disk drive then click on Next 5 The driver will be detected Click on Next to install the driver 6 Although the message Digital Signature Not Found appears there is no problem Click on Yes to continue installing the driver 7 Upon ...

Page 34: ... on the OK button 7 The dialog box for advanced settings will be displayed Check if the PC Card is in contention with an existing device for the same I O port addresses IRQ or memory addresses refer to the Windows NT document When there is no contention click on the OK button to proceed If the PC card is in contention for any of the resources specify the start number for the I O port address range...

Page 35: ...n the Start button and select Settings and then Control Panel 2 Double click on the System icon then select the Hardware tab 3 Select Device Manager 4 Select CONTEC FX DS110 PCC Adapter under Network Adapters and click on the Delete button Click on the OK button in the message window confirming your action to delete the device Uninstalling the driver in Windows NT 1 Click on the Start button and s...

Page 36: ...ouble click on My Computer This procedure assumes the floppy disk drive as drive A 2 Double click on the 3 5 inch FD icon and then the setup exe icon The InstallShield wizard will be invoked 3 Click on the Next button 4 The Choose Destination Location dialog box appears By default the utility software is installed in the following directory C Program Files wlan rssi Click on the Next button to ins...

Page 37: ...t button and select Settings and then Control Panel 2 Double click on the Add Remove Programs icon 3 Select FLEXLAN DS Series Utility then click on the Add Remove button 4 You will be prompted to confirm your action to delete files Click on the OK button 5 The system will start deleting files When the uninstall completion message appears click on the OK button 6 You have now finished uninstalling ...

Page 38: ...nother device in the FLEXLAN DS series Receiving from another device in the FLEXLAN DS series Sending receiving to from another device in the FLEXLAN DS series Infrastructure Standard Brouter Mode Indicates that the radio signal strength RSSI value of the logged in AP is 70 or more Indicates that the RSSI value of the logged in AP is between 50 and 70 Indicates an RSSI value of 50 or less Sending ...

Page 39: ...can break up a network by assigning different ESS IDs to the terminals A string of up to 32 single byte alphanumeric characters The string is case sensitive Local Group half size Network mode The operation mode set to fit the form of the LAN to be used The ADHOC Simple and Infrastructure Standard Brouter Modes are described in Operation of the FLEXLAN DS110 in Chapter 3 Select ADHOC or Infrastruct...

Page 40: ... ID The RF Signal Strength table lists only the APs excluding those serving as stations when this product is operating in the Infrastructure Standard Brouter Mode When the product is operating in the ADHOC Simple Mode the table lists both of APs and user units RSSI is displayed in a bar chart In the bar the blue yellow yellowish green and cyan portions indicate the terminals whose RSSI value is 0 ...

Page 41: ...the Add button enter or select the MAC address of the terminal then enter the name The name can be up to 22 single byte characters or 11 double byte characters long It accepts kanji characters The terminal registration information the combination of the MAC address and name can be filed saving the time and labor for registration To read registration information from a file click on the Import butt...

Page 42: ... Other devices Open the Device Manager sheet Check if CONTEC FX DS110 PCC is listed under Other devices If it is delete the entry according to Uninstallation of hardware in Chapter 4 and install the driver over again Possible causes are as follows Windows 95 or Windows 98 was installed with this product already plugged Do not plug the PC Card before installing the OS This state may be caused by ab...

Page 43: ...etected the Advanced button is displayed Click on the Advanced button and the device deleted above appears in the Detected Hardware column Check it then click on the Finish button 4 In the PC Card Wizard dialog box click on the Next button 5 The completion message will be displayed Click on the Finish button 6 Restart your computer for the settings to take effect ...

Page 44: ...as that of the recipient Check whether the data encryption setting is the same as that of the recipient Check whether the driver has been installed normally Check the properties of the CONTEC FX DS110 PCC under Network Adapters in Device Manager Check whether the channel being used matches that of the recipient Check the peripheral environment and place of installation A nearby source of electroma...

Page 45: ...ups different in channel may improve the data rate Sometimes communication is hindered by attenuation of electric waves Attenuation occurs naturally as distance from the source of transmission increases but may also be caused by objects in the path of the transmission The objects primarily responsible for attenuation are the following Concrete walls Metallic surfaces around antennas ...

Page 46: ...CA ACK RTS CTS Transmission packet IEEE 802 11b frame Wireless category ISM Baud 2400 to 2483 5 MHz Aerial power 10mW MHz or less Security Proprietary scramble WEP External Dimensions mm 114 x 54 x 5 500times Weight 42g Power consumption transmission 1 6W Reception 1 25W Operating temperature 0 to 50 C Operating humidity 10 to 90 no condensation Guaranteed number of times of plugging unplugging th...

Page 47: ...control protocol that places as little load on the network as possible LAN Local Area Network A network configured from mutual connections between computers within a limited area Also called an intranet or business or regional data communications network Peer To Peer A network in which two or more nodes can communicate directly with each other without going through another device AP ACCESS POINT A...

Page 48: ...ence A type of spectrum diffusion signal using narrow band modulation with phase modulation in which the diffusion is by means of phase modulation using a broad band diffusion signal pseudo random strings CSMA CA Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collision Avoidance CSMA is a method of avoiding collision by which wireless terminals listen before transmitting and do not transmit if they can year t...

Page 49: ...ven to more than one wireless terminal Conversely a wireless network can be partitioned by using different ESS ID names Channel This term has the same meaning as a television or radio channel In the ISM band used by this product the IEEE 802 11 standard provides for division into 11 FCC model or 13 CE model channels numbered 1 to 11 or 13 Even on the same network wireless devices operating on diff...

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