Zypcom Z34-PC, User Manual

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For either modem, you must provide a telephone line
terminated with a modular jack, as well as a
screwdriver. For the Z34-PC, you must also provide a
set of speakers and/or a phono plug cable (i.e., a mini-
RC cable) if you use sound in your PC. For the Z34-SC,
you must also provide a serial modem cable to connect
the modem to your PC. Check with your PC dealer for
the correct one for your machine. Normally, a standard
modem cable will have pins 1 through 8 and 20.
Z34-PC COM Port and IRQ Settings or Plug-and-Play Settings
If you have the Z34-PC, you must, first of all before
installing it, either set your modem to a COM port and
IRQ or set up your modem for Plug-and-Play. If you
know your system has a free COM port and Interrupt
(IRQ) (perhaps because you are replacing a lower-speed
modem), use those settings on your Z34-PC. If you do
not know of an available COM port and IRQ, then try
Plug-and-Play. Plug-and-Play is Microsoft technology
that will attempt to find the free settings available and
assign your modem a COM port and IRQ that will make
your modem operational. However, this sometimes does
not work and is difficult to recover from once Plug-and-
Play does an incorrect assignment.
If you decide to set your modem to a COM port and IRQ,
you can keep it set to COM port 2, IRQ 3 (its default
setting that it came with). However, if this configuration
conflicts with another device on your system, you can
set your modem to another COM port and IRQ (that are
not being used). To do this, place jumpers according to
the jumper setting table on the modem card, or refer to
the diagram below.