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       10/100 Fast Ethernet

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56K V.90 Fax/Modem

Multifunction PC Card

User  Manual

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Page 1: ...PC PCMCIA 10 100 Fast Ethernet 56K V 90 Fax Modem Multifunction PC Card User Manual ...

Page 2: ...II 56K BPS USER MANUAL PCMCIA 10 100 FAST ETHERNET 56K V 90 FAX MODEM MULTIFUNCTION PC CARD First Edition September 1998 Document No M LF560 rev1 0 Printed in Taiwan ...

Page 3: ...unctioning it may also be causing harm to the telephone network this device should be disconnected until the source of the problem can be determined and until repair has been made If this is not done the telephone company may temporarily disconnect service 3 The telephone company may make changes in it s facilities equipment operation and procedures if such changes affect the compatibility or use ...

Page 4: ...rference in a residential installation This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions may cause harmful interference to radio communications However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television recept...

Page 5: ...2 2 INSTALLING THE SOFTWARE 2 2 1 NOVELL NETWARE 2 2 2 MICROSOFT LAN MANAGER 2 2 3 PACKET DRIVER 2 2 4 WINDOWS FOR WORKGROUPS 3 11 2 2 5 WINDOWS NT 3 51 4 0 2 2 6 WINDOWS 95 WINDOWS 98 2 2 7 ARTISOFT LANTASTIC 6 0 3 GENERAL INFORMATION 3 1 NOTES FOR NDIS DRIVER 3 2 NOTES FOR PACKET DRIVER 3 3 NOTES FOR WINDOWS FOR WORKGROUP 4 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 5 APPENDIX A PRODUCT SPECIFICATIONS 6 APPENDIX B A...

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Page 7: ...ve data up to 56 000 bps 2 send and receive FAXes from computers or FAX machines 3 connect to an 10 100 Fast Ethernet LAN And it uses only one PCMCIA socket while it can provide the functions listed above This PC Card is a credit card size Type II PCMCIA adapter that complies with the PCMCIA 2 1 and JEIDA 4 1 standards and works with computers that incorporate a compatible interface It is Bell ITU...

Page 8: ...other PCs Bulletin Board Services BBS or on line computer networks such as CompuServe and America On line 1 2 1 Specifications PC Card Interface PCMCIA Type II Dimension 3 37 X 2 128 X 0 197 or 85 6 mm X 54 mm X 5 mm Weight 60 g Power 5V 5 Cable and Connector Two 15 pin detachable connector to PC Card one with a RJ 11 6 pin jack for 56K Fax Modem and one with a RJ 45 8 pin jack for 10 100 Fast Eth...

Page 9: ...Socket Service drivers 2 High degree of reliability letting you out of trouble 3 Easy to install and play 4 Support most of the popular Network Operating Systems 5 Include popular 56K Fax Modem communication programs 6 Hot swappable 7 Feature concurrent use of 10 100 Fast Ethernet LAN and 56K Fax Modem 8 NE2000 compatible 1 3 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS An IBM compatible PC or notebook computer with 386SX...

Page 10: ...ectivity to your network resources Driver software loaded on your PC Data and or fax communications software 1 4 CONTENTS INCLUDED IN THE PACKAGE Multifunction 10 100 Fast Ethernet 56K Fax Modem PC Card Two 15 pins PCMCIA cable with RJ 11 and RJ 45 jacks A 3 1 2 driver diskette User Manual Windows based 56K Fax Modem application program ...

Page 11: ...1 HARDWARE INSTALLATION 1 Hold the card label up and insert the card into the computer s PCMCIA slot with the 68 pin connector facing the computer 2 Plug the two 15 pins PC Card connector into the two 15 pins socket on the PC Card Now the hardware installation is completed The PC Card is powered directly by the PC 3 Connect the RJ 45 8 pin plug to the LAN and the RJ 11 6 pin plug to the telephone ...

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Page 13: ...w the steps bellow to complete the Novell Netware installations 1 Run installation program INSTALL EXE in the driver disk for example A INSTALL 2 Select Netware 3 x and 4 x Workstation in the installation program dialog box 3 Check the card settings If current settings are correct select Start Installation and go to step 5 Otherwise select Modify Parameters to change settings 4 Select the appropri...

Page 14: ...rt your computer to make Netware connections To install the ODI driver manually follow the instructions below 1 Copy the file NETWARE LM28ODI COM NETWARE NET CFG and the file ENABLER CARDEN EXE ENABLER LMVXD 386 from the driver disk to your local hard disk 2 Using text editor to edit the NET CFG for setting the frame type The frame type default is set to 802 3 for Netware 3 11 server and 802 2 for...

Page 15: ...nager Installation 1 Cast a look at the README TXT in the NDIS2 directory in 10 100 Fast Ethernet 56K Fax Modem multifunction PC Card driver disk Before installing the drivers please ensure that the Microsoft LAN Manager has been installed in the target path The installation program will check and modify the PROTOCOL INI file for LAN Manager 2 Run INSTALL EXE in the root of driver diskette A INSTA...

Page 16: ...ompleted 8 Reboot the computer to load driver and start LAN Manager Example of PROTOCOL INI PROTMAN DRIVERNAME PROTMAN DYNAMIC YES PRIORITY NETBEUI NETBEUI_XIF Drivername netbeui SESSIONS 6 NCBS 12 BINDINGS LMNDIS_NIF LANABASE 0 LMNDIS_NIF protocol ini session for multifunction LAN MODEM driver IOADDRESS 0x320 INTERRUPT 11 DRIVERNAME LMNDIS 2 2 3 Packet Driver Installation 1 Run INSTALL EXE file i...

Page 17: ...t directory of 10 100 Fast Ethernet 56K Fax Modem PC Card driver disk 2 Select Windows for Workgroup in Network Operating System screen 3 If current settings are accepted select Start Installation and go to step 13 Otherwise select Modify Parameters to make modifications 4 Move cursor to the setting you want to make a change for then press Enter to select a fit value When the configuration is acce...

Page 18: ...ork Adapter dialog box Select Unlisted or Updated Network Adapter and press OK 12 Windows will prompt a Install Driver dialog box put the driver diskette into floppy drive then press OK 13 Select Enhanced mode NDIS3 for then press OK 14 Follow Windows instructions to complete the installation and exit Windows 15 Reboot the computer to run with WFW 3 11 2 2 5 Windows NT 3 51 NT 4 0 Installation Get...

Page 19: ... devices are removed press Close Add PCMCIA to Your Laptop 1 Open Program Manager à Main group à Control Panel à Devices 2 Select PCMCIA 3 Press STARTUP 4 Select BOOT then press OK 5 When all PCMCIA adapters are added press Close and restart Windows NT Check Event Viewer when system reboots Ask your laptop dealer for help if any problems occur during the pre installation 10 100 Fast Ethernet 56K F...

Page 20: ...nter the correct path A 12 Take a choice for the 10 100 Fast Ethernet 56K Fax Modem PC Card then press OK 13 A dialog box will be poped up for the driver settings change 14 Give appropriate system resources to the 10 100 Fast Ethernet 56K Fax Modem PC Card the settings must be unique for this device Resources Recommendation I O Base I O 300 Possible alternative 220 320 340 Interrupt IRQ IRQ 5 If y...

Page 21: ...r the questions accordingly 17 Connect to your network using the provided 10 100 Fast Ethernet RJ 45 jack 18 Reboot the system Getting Start for Windows NT4 0 1 Remove all existing PC Cards from the system 2 Run Windows NT 4 0 3 Login with a full access level i e ADMINISTRATOR 4 Remove all existing network support from MY COMPUTER à CONTROL PANEL à NETWORK à ADAPTERS 5 Press CLOSE after all networ...

Page 22: ...he 10 100 Fast Ethernet 56K Fax Modem driver disk into drive floppy disk drive then enter the correct path select the only one choice for the 10 100 Fast Ethernet 56K Fax Modem PC Card then press OK and NEXT Windows NT 4 0 will grant configurations for TCP IP NWLink IPX SPX NetBEUI These configurations are unique for each network If you want to change them ask your network administrator for help P...

Page 23: ...will pop up Give appropriate system resources to the 10 100 Fast Ethernet 56K Fax Modem PC Card the settings must be unique for this device Refer to esources Recommendation for NT 3 51 details Press OK when all setting are completed Press CLOSE to complete NETWORK setting Reboot Windows NT Modem configuration for NT 4 0 1 Open MY COMPUTER à CONTROL PANEL à MODEMS 2 Using default settings and press...

Page 24: ...r dealer for technical support 2 Insert 10 100 Fast Ethernet 56K Fax Modem multifunction PC Card into PCMCIA slot Windows 95 98 will prompt New Hardware Found dialog box In New Hardware Found dialog box select Driver from disk provided by hardware manufacturer 3 Enter the correct path i e then insert 10 100 Fast Ethernet 56K Fax Modem PC Card driver disk The driver will be installed automatically ...

Page 25: ... 2 Run INSTALL EXE in the 10 100 Fast Ethernet 56K Fax Modem multifunction PC Card driver disk root directory 3 Select LANTASTIC 6 0 in Network Operating System screen then enter Driver Install screen 4 If current settings are correct select Start Installation and go to step 6 Otherwise select Modify Parameters to make changes 5 Move cursor to each field you want to make modification and press Ent...

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Page 27: ...o configure and control the PC Card Commands are usually sent to the modem in way of communication software but can also be entered manually with the computer keyboard Command statements must be written in a specific form in order for the 10 100 Fast Ethernet 56K Fax Modem PC Card to recognize them A command statement always begins with the letters AT or at It is then followed by one or more comma...

Page 28: ... 100 Fast Ethernet 56K Fax Modem PC Card is connected to your computer serial port and telephone line open the Windows 95 98 ccessories program group and open the Hyper Terminal Program The program will prompt you for a name and icon to use for your new connection Type the name Test Connection then press Enter Next you will be prompted for country information area code phone number and the device ...

Page 29: ...mand Type ATA Enter The LANmodem will pick up the phone line and try to communicate Normally this command is only used to answer an incoming call made from another modem Thus the high pitched noise you will hear from the speaker To abort the operation press any key or select isconnect from the all menu 3 2 Dialing and Answering Techniques Depending on what communications software you use to make m...

Page 30: ...ATDT 9 555 1212 Auto Answer and Hook Controls Enabling Auto Answer ATS0 n Note In this example n is a number from 1 to 255 that corresponds to the number of rings after which your modem answers an incoming call Disabling Auto Answer ATS0 0 Manually Answering a Call ATA Take modem off hook ATH1 Hang up modem on hook ATH0 Manually Disconnecting a Call ATH ...

Page 31: ...com n mir n device c cardsoft cardid exe device c lanman dos deivers protman dos i c lanman dos device c lanman dos drivers 10 100 Fast Ethernet lm28 lmndis dos Examples of partial AUTOEXEC BAT file set path c lanman dos netprog path net start workstation load netbeui The 10 100 Fast Ethernet function configuration information for the DOS NDIS driver is contained in the PROTOCOL INI file To make a...

Page 32: ...value of 0 INTERRUPT value where values is one of the following interrupts 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12 15 To have Card Services select an available interrupt resource then place a value of 0 at this location 4 2 Notes for Packet Driver The following are examples of CONFIG SYS file for loading System Soft Card Services and packet driver Examples of partial CONFIG SYS file device c cardsoft ss365sl exe devic...

Page 33: ...directory If the driver of PC Card is not successfully loaded replace the two ABO file for related file and try to start the system again The following are examples of CONFIG SYS and AUTOEXEC BAT for loading System Soft Card Services and drivers for Windows for Workgroups Examples of CONFIG SYS file device c cardsoft ss365sl exe device c cardsoft cs exe device c cardsoft csalloc exe c cardsoft csa...

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Page 35: ...ort It might be best to set it to COM3 or COM4 Even if you are not using a serial port which is set to the same COMx port as the modem it can still interfere with the modem Be sure to update your software COMx port setting as well C The Interrupt that the modem is using may be the same Interrupt that another card is using A Change the IRQ settings to a different unused IRQ Even if you are not usin...

Page 36: ...T command was executed C Make sure you did not type an invalid command C Make sure your command line is 40 characters or less in length Q The modem goes off hook and disables the telephone line C The modem may be set to auto answer the phone when it rings A Disable auto answer by typing ATS0 0 then Enter at the command line Q The modem does not auto answer the phone C If necessary make sure the so...

Page 37: ...ftware have the echo feature turned on A Since only one needs an echo turn the software echo feature off C The remote modem is echoing your typed characters A Type ATE1 then Enter at the command line Then turn off the software echo feature Q No text appears on the screen when in data mode C The remote modem is not echoing your typed characters A Type ATE0 then press Enter at the command line Then ...

Page 38: ... C Make sure the software dialing prefix is ATDT C Make sure the software and modem are set to the same COMx port C The modem may not have hung up the phone line since the last call A Change to command mode and type ATH then press Enter Q The modem can connect to some modems but not others C The remote modem may not support data compression or error correction which might cause it to take too long...

Page 39: ...ddle of use C The remote modem may have locked up C The telephone switch may have disconnected your call C Your software may have turned off the DTR signal Q The modem does not connect with another modem C There may be a problem with the remote modem if you do not hear the high pitched tone from the remote modem Q Occasionally the modem gives a burst of errors C The telephone line may be noisy or ...

Page 40: ...Configure your software to use RTS CTS flow control That will cause your computer to pause long enough for the file to be stored to disk Q The text on the screen is not legible C Your software settings may not match the settings on the remote site A Make sure your data bits stop bits and parity settings match the settings that the other computer is using The two most common settings are 8 data bit...

Page 41: ...nfigure your software to use hardware flow control RTS CTS ON Q When the modem is connecting to another modem it reports a higher connect baud rate that it is really using C The modem defaults to report the modem to computer baud rate when it responds with CONNECT A Go to command mode with your communication program like Telix and type ATW2 then press Enter This tells the modem to report the modem...

Page 42: ... of the following I O space 0x300 0x320 0x340 0x360 The 56K Fax Modem ports have to be located at one of the 0x2F8 0x3E8 0x3E8 Besides for the compatibility consideration with some of the 56K Fax Modem applications The Modem interrupt MIR is recommended to be assigned at value less than 7 IRQ3 to 6 Make sure that the resources are available for the LAN Modem card Q How can I know the LAN Modem car...

Page 43: ...Press OK Win 95 will request to withdraw the card 9 Insert the card again 10 Follow the instruction to insert the diskette and input the path A for LAN Modem driver 11 Add client and service as you wanted by Network Icon in Control Panel 12 Reboot the system Q The Netware driver runs successfully but fails to login on to the Netware server C Frame type imcompatiable with server A The default frame...

Page 44: ...4 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 5 10 frame type at client site or add the frame type which can be accepted at sever site ...

Page 45: ...the Network Settings screen 4 Click Drivers button to select network driver 5 In Network Drivers dialog box press Add Adapter button to enter Add Network Adapter dialog box Select Unlisted or Updated Network Adapter then press OK 6 Windows will prompt a Install Driver dialog box In this time put the driver diskette into floppy drive then press OK 7 Select the Real mode NDIS2 for string then press ...

Page 46: ...les to the destination directory and modifies AUTOEXEC BAT under user agreement 15 Reboot the computer to let the driver take effect ODI Driver for Workgroups 1 Run Windows for workgroups and click Network Setup icon in Network group 2 In Network Settings dialog box click Networks button to select the network operating system 3 In Networks dialog box check the radio button before Install Microsoft...

Page 47: ... settings are accepted select Start Installation and go to step 13 Otherwise select Modify Parameters to make settings changed 12 Move cursor to the setting you want to make a change for then press Enter to select a fit value When the configuration is set completely press Enter on the OK field to exit the screen 13 Select Novell Netware Server as the network server that you will connect to then pr...

Page 48: ...allation guide is used to conduct the users to fully uninstall the LAN 56K Fax Modem properties in Windows 95 98 1 Remove the Multi function adapters properties from the Device Manager folder of System in Control Panel program group Supposedly the Intelligent xxxxx Modem Card in Modem properties and the Intelligent xxxxx 10 100 Fast Ethernet Card in Network adapters properties will be removed auto...

Page 49: ...B AT COMMAND SET 7 5 2 Click Start button in Windows 95 98 main screen then select Run ...

Page 50: ...T 7 6 3 Insert the 10 100 Fast Ethernet 56K Fax Modem Program Driver Disk then enter A delinf exe then click on OK 4 Re start Windows 95 98 Now the 10 100 Fast Ethernet 56K Fax Modem PC Card is completely uninstalled ...

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