Orban OPTIMOD-FM 8500S, Operating Manual

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INSTALLATION ORBAN MODEL
C) Press the M
ODEM
I
NIT
soft button.
D) If the string that appears in the display is S0=4 , this is correct. Press the Escape
button and skip steps (E) and (F) below.
S0=4 is the 8500S default setting. This activates auto-answer functionality
in the modem.
E) Set the
I
NIT
S
TRING
to S0=4. Use the
Next
and
Prev
KEY
s to move the cursor in
turn to each character in the modem initialization string. Use the knob to set
the character to the desired value. Repeat until you have set all the characters
in the initialization string.
F) Press the
S
AVE
soft button to confirm your setting.
3. Modem setup:
You will need two modems and two available phone lines, one of each for your
PC and your 8500S. Orban Customer Service supports only the 3Com/U.S. Robot-
ics® 56kbps fax modem EXT on the 8500S side of your connection, although
other 56kbps modems will often work OK.
You can use either an internal or an external modem with your PC.
A) Connect the telephone line from the wall phone jack to the wall connection
icon on the back of the modem (modem in).
B) Connect the modem to the 8500S’s serial port with a standard (not null) mo-
dem cable.
The cable provided with your 8500S is a null modem cable and will not
work.
C) Set the modem to A
UTO
A
NSWER
and turn it on.
For 3Com/U.S. Robotics® 56kbps fax modem EXT, set dipswitches 3, 5,
and 8 in the down position to activate the
A
UTO
A
NSWER
setting. All other
dipswitches should be set to the up position.
4. Prepare the 8500S for direct serial connection through the serial port:
[Skip this step if you will not be using a modem connection.]
A) Navigate to Setup > N
ETWORK
& R
EMOTE
.
B) Hold down the PC C
ONNECT
soft button and turn the knob until you see
D
IRECT
on the display.
You are now ready to connect your computer to your 8500S through a
null modem cable connected to your computer’s serial port. Refer to
Installing 8500S PC Remote Control Software on page 2- 57.