Motorola SM56, Quick Start User Manual

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the Control Panel application (under the Advanced tab). The SM56 PCI Data/Fax/TAM only
modem does not have a Microphone/Speaker Gain selections.
Determining Microphone Gain Setting
If you connect the modem to the sound card through the internal TAPI connector, use the following
procedure to determine the appropriate microphone gain.
Determine whether the sound card has applied any gain to the microphone signal that is presented
at its TAPI
connector.
Note: The SM56 PCI modem (Data/Fax/TAM/Speakerphone only) Control Panel application
provides slider bars so users can fine tune speaker and microphone gains more easily.
6-2 Installing SM56 Software on Windows NT 4.0
Important -- The SM56 software for Windows NT is Data/Fax only, there is no speakerphone
or TAM supported.
Windows NT 4.0 does not fully support plug and play (PnP). Therefore, after installing the modem
board in the computer and booting, the operating system will not automatically recognize that new
hardware is present. You must manually install the modem as follows:
Step 1 -- Install a COM port for the modem
You must install a COM port for the SM56 modem as follows:
1. Open the Windows NT Control Panel.
2. Double click the Ports icon. The Ports window opens.
3. Select Add.
4. Select a COM port number (in the range 1-4 preferably) that is not already installed, and
allocate to it the standard resources as follows:
COM Port IO Address IRQ
1
3F8 4
2 2F8 3
3 3E8 4
4 2E8 3
5. When your selections are complete click OK.
6. You will be prompted to restart the computer, do not do so yet. Select Don't Restart Now.
7. Close the Ports window.
Step 2 -- Install the SM56 modem software