Sierra Wireless AirCard 550PCS Connection Card, User Manual

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Section 2: Installing the PCS Connection Card
2A: Installation on Notebook PCs 15
To install the PCS Connection Card, you require these system
resources:
Tip:
A driver is software that forms the interface between a device (such
as the PCS Connection Card) and the operating system on your PC (such
as Windows Me).
Special Note for Windows 98 and 2000 Users: To function properly, the
PCS Connection Card’s IOTA protocol requires support for high-security
128-bit encryption. If the installer does not detect high-security support on
your system, a pop-up window will appear instructing you to update your
Internet Explorer to version 6 (Windows 98) or update your Windows 2000 to
support 128-bit security (Windows 2000). Follow the onscreen instructions to
update your system.
Installing the PCS Connection Manager SM
Software (Windows 98 SE, Me, and 2000)
Note for Windows 2000 Users:
Users of Windows 2000 must be logged in
with administrative privileges to install the PCS Connection Manager
Software. If the “Digital Signature Not Found” window appears during the
installation process, you may safely click
Yes to proceed.
Installing the PCS Connection Manager Software and the
PCS Connection Card driver:
1.
If the PCS Connection Manager CD is not already in your
CD-ROM drive, insert it. The CD should auto-start and
display a menu.
Table 1: System Resource Requirements
Card slots
1 Type II PCMCIA (PC Card) slot
Communications ports
1 available
Disk drive
CD-ROM
I/O resources
1 IRQ, 40 bytes I/O space
Memory
32 MB
Disk space
7 MB