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USING THE HAL MODEM WITH ANOTHER MODEM
There are two possible setups for this situation. One setup is to have HAL use the HAL Voice Portal for its
telephone features
– such as answering the phone – and to have HAL use the other modem for downloading
information from the Internet. The other setup is to have HAL use the HAL Voice Portal for the telephony
and
Internet features, and use the other modem for manually connecting to the Internet and browsing it.
NOTE: If using the second method, then you may want to use two separate phone lines so that you can browse the
Internet at the same time that HAL downloads information or answers phone calls. Please note, however,
that using two phone lines may prevent you from using all of the phones in the house to communicate with
HAL (you can still use one phone connected directly to the modem
– see below). See the HAL Online Help
Guide for more information on using house phones with HAL.
Advantages
Regardless of which setup you choose, there is no need to connect to the Internet through HAL or to
release the modem from HAL's control so that you can browse the Internet.
Disadvantages
The other modem and the HAL Internal PCI Voice Portal will each take one expansion slot, thereby
reducing the number of available slots for other hardware cards. In addition, depending on which setup
you choose, you may not be able to use house phones with HAL (see the note above and the Online Help
Guide for details).
Installation
Install the HAL Voice Portal following the instructions in this guide.
Computer Setup
If the two modems are using the same phone line, then you will need a telephone splitter, available from
any telephone or electronics store. Plug this splitter into the telephone jack in the wall. Run a telephone
cable from one of the jacks in the splitter to the Line jack on the HAL Voice Portal. Run a second
telephone cable from the other jack in the splitter to the Line jack of the other modem.
NOTE: If one modem is using the phone line, then the other modem will not have access to it.
If the two modems are using different phone lines, then you will still need a splitter, but the splitter should
be designed for two separate phone lines, instead of sharing one line. Connect a phone cable to the Line
One connection in the splitter and to the Line jack on the HAL Voice Portal. Connect another phone cable
to the Line Two connection in the splitter and to the Line jack of the second modem.
NOTE: You can communicate with HAL through a telephone connected directly to the HAL Voice Portal by
connecting the phone to the Phone jack in the HAL Voice Portal.
In order for HAL to be able to download information from the Internet, a Dial-Up Networking (DUN)
connection must be set up on the computer. This DUN connection will contain the information that the
modem will use to connect to your Internet Service Provider (ISP). If both modems will be used for
accessing the Internet (one modem for manual connection and one for HAL to use to connect to the
Internet), then two DUN connections must be set up
– one DUN connection will specify the HAL Voice
Portal and the other DUN connection will specify the other modem. Go to the Windows® online help
guide for information on setting up a Dial-Up Networking connection.
HAL Configuration
After HAL is installed, the
HAL Setup Wizard
will run. In the second “HAL Internet Services” screen,
select the "Phone Line Method" option, then click NEXT. In the next screen, select the DUN connection
for whichever modem HAL will use to connect to the Internet. Click NEXT and continue through the rest
of the
Setup Wizard
. When it reaches the telephony section, it will ask if you wish to allow remote access
of HAL and have HAL act as an answering machine. If you respond with "yes" to either of these options,
then HAL will automatically search for a modem. Because there are two modems on the computer, the
Setup Wizard
will ask which modem you wish to use. Select the HAL Voice Portal. Continue through the
rest of the
HAL Setup Wizard
.
