Orban OPTIMOD-FM 8700, Operating Manual

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INSTALLATION ORBAN MODEL 8700i
This will clear the I
NIT
S
TRING
field of U
NDEFINED
so that you can enter
your Init String.
e) Set the I
NIT
S
TRING
to S0=4.
L
OCATE
to the first number and press the E
NTER
button; repeat until you
have selected all the numbers in the Init String.
C) Set 8700i passcodes as desired. See Security and Passcode Programming on
page 2-44.
D) Modem setup:
You will need two modems and two available phone lines, one of each
for your PC and your 8700i.
Reminder: Orban Customer Service supports only the 3Com / U.S. Robot-
ics® 56kbps fax modem EXT on the 8700i side (although other 56kbps
modems will often work OK).
a) Connect the modem to the 8700i’s
SERIAL 1
port with a standard (not null)
modem cable. The cable provided with your 8700i is a null modem cable
and will not work.
You can use either an internal or an external modem with your PC.
b) Connect the telephone line from the wall phone jack to the wall connec-
tion icon on the back of the modem (modem in).
c) Connect the modem cable from the modem to the S
ERIAL
1 port of the
8700i.
d) Set the modem to
A
UTO
A
NSWER
and turn it on.
For 3Com / U.S. Robotics® 56kbps fax modem EXT, set dip switches 3, 5,
and 8 in the down position to activate the
A
UTO
A
NSWER
setting. All
other dip switches should be set to the up position.
Installing 8700i PC Remote Control Software
This section briefly summarizes the procedure for installing 8700i PC Remote soft-
ware on existing 8700is. If required, you will find more detailed instructions in the
.pdf file automatically installed on your computer by Orban’s installer program,
Setup8700i_x.x.x.x.exe
, where “x.x.x.x” represents the software version you
are installing. (For example, for version 1.0 software, this would be 1.0.0.0.)
The PC Remote software is supplied on a CD shipped with your 8700i. You can also
download it from
ftp.orban.com/8700i .
Instructions for using the PC Remote software start on page 3-91.
Installing the Necessary Windows Services
The 8700i PC Remote application uses Windows’ built-in communications and net-
working services to deal with the low-level details necessary to communicate with