*** NOTICE *** This driver is offered "AS IS" and is NOT supported by IBM. You are free to use this driver for use of this adapter under Windows 95. IBM will not provide support in trying to get this driver to work if problems occur. The Home and Away adapter is a withdrawn IBM product, and any support provided will be fee-based. ------------------------------------------------------------------- This file describes Windows 95 Operation for the Fax+Modem+Ethernet card. The following sections are included: INSTALLATION Section - Installing the Fax+Modem+Ethernet card. CARD MODIFICATION Section - Updating the card for Windows 95. HINTS Section - Tips, known problems, etc. MULTIFUNCTION Section - Advanced information on MultiFunction cards. CELLULAR Section - Advanced information for Cellular use. 㵵 INSTALLATION Section The main steps are listed below, followed by details on each step. Please note that "PCMCIA" and "PC Card" mean the same thing. 1) Scan the "Hints" section. 2) Enable PCMCIA support for Windows 95. 3) Insert the card. 4) Supply diskette when prompted by Windows 95. 5) Verify successful installation. 1) Scan the "Hints" section. (Details) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- There may be certain precautions you should take during installation due to your computer's hardware/software profile. Looking over the "Hints" section below will warn you of possible problem scenarios. 2) Enable PCMCIA support for Windows 95 (Details) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- OVERVIEW: Windows 95 does not enable PCMCIA support by default. You will need to enable this support so that the card will be detected when inserted into a PCMCIA slot. If you have PC Cards in your computer that were installed BEFORE Windows 95, then you may need to refer to the Hints section on "Old Card and Socket Services." DETAILS: From the Windows95 desktop: -Shut down any open applications -Double-Click "My Computer" -Double-Click "Control Panel" -Double-Click the "PC Card (PCMCIA)" icon -Follow the screens answering depending on whether you have preexisting Card and Socket Services. NOTE: If your computer already has non-Windows 95 card and socket services installed, then you will not be able to use the standard Windows 95 install procedure. Please refer to the hints section for more detail. -At the last screen you will be asked whether to restart the computer. Answer "YES." -After rebooting, PCMCIA support should be enabled. 3) Insert card (Details) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- OVERVIEW: Once PCMCIA support is enabled, Windows 95 should automatically detect the presence of the Fax-Modem-Ethernet card when it is inserted into any PCMCIA slot. When you insert the Fax-Modem-Ethernet card for the first time, Windows 95 should display a banner with the Fax-Modem-Ethernet card name. If Windows 95 does not recognize the card then you may need to modify your card, as described below. DETAILS: From the Windows95 desktop: -Shutdown all applications -Insert the card -A window displaying the card name should appear. 㵵 CARD INFORMATION MODIFICATION UTILITY: IMPORTANT NOTE: If your Fax-Modem-Ethernet card is not recognized by Windows 95, you may need to run the card modification utility from your Fax-Modem-Ethernet Windows 95 Installation disk. If Windows 95 does not display a window with the "Fax-Modem-Ethernet" card identified by name when insert the card for the first time, then please go to the "Card Modification" section later in this file and follow the directions for running the update utility. After running the update utility, resume with this step and continue. 4) Supply diskette when prompted by Windows 95 (Details) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- OVERVIEW: Once the card is recognized by Windows 95 you will be asked to supply a driver diskette. Windows 95 will read product installation information from this diskette. Since your card is a "MultiFunction" (Modem+LAN) card, the installation process will have several phases. (Just as if you were installing a modem card and a LAN card separately.) DETAILS: From the "New Hardware Found Screen" -Select "Driver from disk provided by Hardware Mfg" -Click "Okay" -You should now go to the "Install from Disk" screen -Insert the product diskette into your diskette drive -Ensure that drive selector (A:) is correct. -Click "Okay" -Windows 95 will read installation information from the disk -Windows 95 may re-display the "New Hardware Found" screen several times. Each time, re-select "Install from Disk" and click "Okay" -Windows 95 may prompt you for your Windows 95 product diskettes or CD as it looks for network support files. Please have these ready. -You may be asked several times whether to restart the computer. Each time, remove the diskette from the drive and answer "YES." -During the installation you will be prompted by Windows95 Modem and LAN configuration information. Answer these screens just as you would for any other Modem or LAN card you might install under Windows 95. 5) Verify successful installation (details) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- OVERVIEW: The Windows 95 Control Panel indicates the status of installed PCMCIA cards. The following steps will let you verify that all components on the card installed correctly. DETAILS: From the Windows 95 Desktop -Double-Click "My Computer" -Double-Click "Control Panel" -Double-Click "System" -Select the "Device Manager" tab -Double-Click the "Modem" icon -You should see a modem icon followed by the name of the Fax-Modem-Ethernet card. -Double-Click on the Fax-Modem-Ethernet modem name -This will take you to the modem "Properties" screen, where you should see the following Device Status: "This device is working properly." -Exit back out to the "Device Manager" screen -Double-Click on "Network Adapters" -You should see a Network icon followed by the name of the Fax-Modem-Ethernet card. -Double-Click on the Fax-Modem-Ethernet network card name -This will take you to the network card "Properties" screen, where you should see the following Device Status: "This device is working properly." This completes successful installation of the MultiFunction card. For further configuration of protocol stacks, modem application programs, and so on, please refer to the documentation supplied by the application vendor. 㵵 CARD MODIFICATION Section Early versions of Windows 95 do not support the advanced multifunction features of the Fax-Modem-Ethernet card, resulting in incorrect installation. To correct this problem, a utility has been provided to modify the Fax-Modem-Ethernet card, enabling Windows 95 to recognize and install it properly. The modification, if necessary, is Windows 95 specific. After modification, your Fax-Modem-Ethernet card may not be recognized by other operating systems. You should only use the modified version of the card with Windows 95. If your Fax-Modem-Ethernet card is not recognized by Windows 95 then you need to run the utility. DIRECTIONS: 1) Shut down your computer and turn it off. 2) Remove all PCMCIA cards. 3) Insert the "Fax-Modem-Ethernet Windows 95 Installation Diskette" into drive A: 4) Turn the computer on. 5) A menu will appear with the following options. Options: Press 1 to check the current state of your PC Card. Press 2 to modify your card information to support Windows 95. Press 3 to undo the Windows 95 modifications. Press 9 to exit and reboot. 6) Choose option 2 to modify the card. 7) After the modification is complete, the menu will reappear. Choose option 1 to verify that your card is ready for Windows 95. 8) Remove the diskette and turn your computer off. 9) Replace the PCMCIA cards removed in step 2. 10) Reboot Windows 95 and proceed with installation. NOTES: >> You must boot from the diskette. >> Do NOT run the utility under Windows. >> Do NOT run the utility under a Windows virtual DOS session. After your card has been modified, it may not be recognized by other operating systems. Please use the modified card ONLY for Windows 95. The utility can be used at any time to determine the state of your card (option 1) or to UNDO the modification (option 3) for running your Fax-Modem-Ethernet card in operating systems other than Windows 95. It is likely that future versions of Windows will be able to recognize MultiFunction cards and will not require the modification. Please keep the diskette so you will be able to UNDO the modification if needed for future versions of Windows. 㵵 REMEMBER: Use the modified card ONLY with Windows 95. UNDO the modification for other systems. Keep the utility for future use. 㵵 HINTS Section Slot Preferences: In some computers Windows 95 is unable to correctly identify the Fax-Modem-Ethernet PC Card in certain PCMCIA slots. If your Fax-Modem-Ethernet is not identified by name when the card is inserted for the first time, or if it is identified as an SRAM memory card, try another slot. Here are preferred slots for various computers: Computer Preferred Slot --------------------------------------- -------------- IBM ThinkPad 755 (all models) Use slot B Old Card and Socket Services: Windows 95 comes with Card and Socket Services to enable PC Cards. However, some computers may have old Card and Socket Services already installed before being upgraded to Windows 95. If this is the case with your computer, you need to determine if the old Card and Socket Services are required. - If you use no other PC Cards in your computer then the old Card and Socket Services are not required and you should remove them when enabling Windows 95 PCMCIA support through the control panel. - If you use other PC Cards that previously ran with the old Card and Socket Services, try running them with Windows 95 services. Do this by enabling PCMCIA support, indicating that you want the old services removed when prompted, then seeing if Windows 95 configures your other PC Cards automatically. In some cases you may need to contact the other card vendor to obtain Windows 95 installation files, but in many cases the required files are already included with Windows 95. - If you use other PC Cards and they *require* the old Card and Socket services, then you will not be able to use Windows 95 plug and play features. Portable Option under Windows 95 Installation: When you install Windows 95 you are given several installation profiles. If you selected "Portable" then you should have all of the support files required to enable your PCMCIA slots. If you did not install with the portable option then you may need to reinstall Windows 95. If you don't see the PCMCIA icon in the Control Panel then you may have this problem. Improper RE-assignment of resources: When the Fax+Modem+Ethernet card is installed properly all components of the card share resources. For example, the MultiFunction "parent" and the "modem" child device and the "network card" child device will all show up at the same interrupt in the Windows 95 Device Manager. If you then insert another PCMCIA card that can ONLY run at the interrupt occupied by the Fax+Modem+Ethernet card, Windows 95 will move the Fax+Modem+Ethernet card to a new interrupt and give the original interrupt to the new card. This is dynamic reallocation of resources and is one of the features of Windows 95. HOWEVER, Windows 95 may only move the parent MultiFunction device to the new interrupt, leaving the modem and network card children at the old interrupt, resulting in a resource conflict. The resource conflict will be shown in the device manager. WORKAROUNDS: 1) Insert the other PCMCIA card first. The other card will acquire it's desire resources. Then insert the Fax+Modem+Ethernet card. The Fax+Modem+Ethernet card will configure around the first card, avoiding resource conflicts. 2) If you will be taking the other card in and out frequently you should reserve the desired resources through the device manager. Then the Fax+Modem+Ethernet card will always configure around the other card's resources, even when the other card is not installed. Note: this is only a problem when using the Fax+Modem+Ethernet card with other cards that have very rigid resource requirements. For example, an older PCMCIA card that can only run at a single interrupt level. 㵵 MULTIFUNCTION Section A) How the Device Manager displays multifunction cards: The Fax+Modem+Ethernet card is a "MultiFunction" PC Card conforming to the 1995 PCMCIA PC Card Specification. Windows 95 installs this single card in 3 parts -- MultiFunction parent device plus modem child device plus network card child device. After installation, the Windows 95 device manager will display a device tree similar to this: My Computer | +Modem | +Multi-function adapters | +Network adapters If you click on the "+" to display the subnodes, you will see something like this: My Computer | -Modem Fax+Modem+Ethernet card (Modem child) | -Multi-function adapters Fax+Modem+Ethernet card (Parent) | -Network adapters Fax+Modem+Ethernet card (Network child) B) Automatic versus manual resource assignment: Your Fax+Modem+Ethernet card is able to operate with any interrupt or COM port. In normal cases, window 95 will handle the assignment these resources without help from the user. However, it is possible to manually assign resources if you wish. To manually assign resources, use the Device Manager to display the Fax+Modem+Ethernet parent and children. Then do the following: - Select the Fax+Modem+Ethernet card (Parent) - Click the "Properties" button on the Device Manager. This will take you to a property sheet for the parent device. - Select the "Resources" tab at the top of the property sheet. - Click "Set Configuration Manually" - De-select "Use Automatic settings". The default state is to use automatic settings, indicated by a check mark in the selection box. Click the selection box to make check mark disappear. You are then able to override the automatic assignments. - From the "Setting based on" box, select the Logical Configuration you would want to use. Your Fax+Modem+Ethernet card supports 8 logical configurations: Logical Config Name Interrupt COM Port ------------------------ --------- -------- Basic Configuration 0000 3 COM2 Basic Configuration 0001 4 COM3 Basic Configuration 0002 3 COM4 Basic Configuration 0003 4 COM1 Basic Configuration 0004 any COM2 Basic Configuration 0005 any COM3 Basic Configuration 0006 any COM4 Basic Configuration 0007 any COM1 - If the logical configuration you select causes a conflict with other devices you will be warned in the "Conflicting Device List" window on the same screen. NOTES: 1) Manually assigning resources prevents Windows 95 from reconfiguring your devices dynamically as other cards are inserted. Generally speaking, it is preferable to let Windows 95 handle this. However, if you are using older Windows 3.1 applications that are manually configured to use a certain COM port, you can use this approach to "lock down" the COM port your communications program is expecting to use. This should not be required for newer TAPI communications programs. 2) Remember to select the "Parent" device when reassigning resources. The Network and Modem child devices cannot be reassigned directly. You must work with the Parent. 㵵 CELLULAR Section The Fax-Modem-Ethernet card may be used in cellular mode with the additional of a cellular upgrade kit and a cellular phone. The installation files that come with the Fax-Modem-Ethernet card use default settings that should allow the card to work with any cellular phone supported by your cellular upgrade kit. However, it is possible to increase cellular performance by adjusting the power level used with the cellular phone. The ideal power setting depends on the cellular phone and should be documented with the cellular upgrade kit or with the cellular phone documentation. Your cellular modem is configured so that all cell phones are operated at a default power setting. It is possible to optimize the performance of many supported phones by using an "AT" command to change the power setting. OPTIMIZING CELLULAR PERFORMANCE FOR NON-TAPI APPLICATIONS: For non-Windows 95 (non-TAPI) applications, the user should include the power setting in the initialization string of the terminal applications that the cellular phone will be used with. 1. Consult the terminal application's (eg. QuickLink Mobile) users guide to locate methods for updating the initialization string. 2. Add AT-sec=1,XX (were XX equals the power level for the individual phone) to the end of the initialization string. This change will be required for each non-TAPI application. OPTIMIZING CELLULAR PERFORMANCE FOR TAPI APPLICATIONS: For Windows 95 (TAPI) applications the user should use the modem wizard "Extra Settings" object box to enter the power setting. 1. Select "Contol Panel" under "Settings" after clicking the "Start" icon. 2. Choose the "Modems" icon. Click on the "Properties" button. Click on the "Connection" tab. Then click the "Advanced" button. The "Advanced Connections Settings menu should be displayed. 3. Type the power setting "AT" command into the "Extra Settings" box leaving the "AT" off of the beginning. (ex. -sec=1,XX where XX = the power setting for the chosen phone) This change will cause the new power level to used by all TAPI modem applications running on your Windows 95 system. NOTE: "TAPI" stands for Telephony Application Programming Interface.