Micronet SP3200A/AL 128K ISDN TA Card Manual

CE Approval

All CE approved ISDN devices may be connected to the

Euro-ISDN in all countries of the EU.

The ISDN card has been approved by the German BZT or

TÜV according to the new European procedure and may therefore be connected to the Euro-ISDN in all EU countries.

This ISDN card therefore complies with:

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NET 3 or CTR-3 (ISDN Basic Rate Access)

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Electromagnetic Compatibility Standards

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Safety Standards

CE/EMC Restriction of Liability

The product described in this handbook was designed, produced and approved according to the EMC-regulations and is certified to be within EMC limitations.

If the product is used in an uncertified PC, we undertake no warranty in respect to the EMC limits. The described product in this handbook was constructed, produced and certified so that the measured values are within EMC limitations. In practice and under special circumstances, it may be possible, that the product may be outside of the given limits if it is used in a PC that is not produced under EMC certification. It is also possible in certain cases and under special circumstances, which the given EMC peak values will become out of tolerance. In these cases, the user himself is responsible for compliance with the EMC limits.

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Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction

1.1 Overview of SP3200

1.2 ISDN Phone Software (Optional)

1.3 Package Contents

1.4 Features of SP3200

Chapter 2 Installation

2.1 Before Installing

2.2 Installing SP3200

2.3 Installing Drivers of SP3200

2.4 ISDN Utility Installation

2.5 The Diagnostic Program

2.6 Using Multilink in Windows 95, OSR2 or 98

2.7 Uninstalling SP3200

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Chapter 1 Introduction

1.1 Overview of SP3200

Micronet SP3200 ISDN TA Card is ideally suited to give your PC access to the world of the Integrated Services Digital Network. The card is easy to install, and easy to configure because it is fully Plug and Play compatible. The Windows

95/OSR2 or 98 operating system will automatically install and configure the SP3200.

Figure 1-1: The ISDN System

With the SP3200, you can have an ISDN telephone, answering machine, file transfer, videotex, G3/G4 Fax functions, and Internet access. This will bring you more versatility and efficiency in the ISDN era.

1.2 ISDN Phone Software (Optional)

The SP3200 transmits voice signals with a much greater quality, clarity, and speed than analog voice transmissions.

Included in some product package is the ISDN Phone software program, which takes full advantage of the SP3200’s digital transmission capabilities. This program makes it easy for you to make and receive voice communications. With the

Phone program and some ISDN card, you will be able to use the two B channels simultaneously, allowing you to send voice and data over the SP3200 at the same time. You can use your SP3200 to make a voice communication over one B channel while sending data or connecting to the Internet using the other B channel.

The ISDN Phone has the following additional features:

A Software

Dialer

Hot Key

Dialing

Speed Dialing

Automatic

Redial

The Software Dialer allows you to dial the telephone number using either the mouse or your keypad.

The Hot Key feature allows you use a hot key combination to automatically dial a number that has been copied to the clipboard. If you have a database with phone numbers stored in it, you can use the Windows shortcut keys [Ctrl] + [C] to copy the number, and then use the assigned

ISDN Phone hot key to dial the number for you.

The Speed Dialing function allows you to dial a number with a single mouse click. You can store up to 16 numbers with the Speed Dialing function

Automatic Redial frees you from having to manually redial if the line is busy. You can set the Automatic Redial function to redial after a

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Phone Book

Call Logs

Supplementary

Services designated period of time.

The Phone Book allows you to store phone numbers and other important information about your contacts. You can even insert a photograph image to help you with identification.

Call Logs help you keep track of incoming and outgoing communication data such as caller identification, duration of the call, and the date and time the call was made.

“Call hold/retrieve”, “suspend/resume”, “call waiting”, “call transfer”, “call forwarding”, etc.

For more information about the ISDN Phone program, please consult the ISDN Phone

User’s Manual.

The product package comes with the following accessories:

1. One SP3200 ISDN TA card

2. The installation diskettes or CD of SP3200

3. The installation diskettes or CD of the bundled application software programs

4. One RJ-45 cable

5. Headset with RJ-11 connector (optional)

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1.4 Features of SP3200

The SP3200 supports many standard and enhanced features, including the following:

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Fully Plug and Play compatible

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Provides telephony functions with a headset (optional)

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Supports both 16-bit and 32-bit CAPI drivers for Windows 95/OSR2, 98 and NT

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Supports TAPI and NDIS WAN miniport drivers for

Windows 95/OSR2, 98 and NT

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Supports Multilink PPP (MP) for 128Kbps (two B channels) internet access and data transfer

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Supports X.75, T.70NL, ISO8208, T.90, and HDLC transparent protocols on the B channel for T-Online,

AOL, CompuServe, BTX, BBS, Eurofile transfer, and

G4 Fax.

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Has support for a bit-transparent driver on the B channel for answering machine and G3 Fax functions

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Supports both V.110 and V.120 rate adaptation

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Supports COM port simulation for modem-based application programs

If you want to send and receive the Group 3

(G3) fax at 14.4Kbps, you should have a

Pentium processor.

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Chapter 2 Installation

Make sure that you have all you need to install the SP3200.

You should have the following:

1. An IBM compatible 486 DX2-66 or above with at least

8MB of RAM.

2. One free interrupt (IRQ).

3. Microsoft Windows 95/OSR2, 98 or NT.

4. At least 5MB of free disk space for the controller software.

5. A VGA compatible monitor.

6. An IBM or Microsoft compatible mouse.

7. An ISDN basic rate S0 interface released by PTT (Post,

Telephone and Telegraph administration).

Please refer to the following instructions and figures for installation procedures:

1. Turn off the power to your computer and all peripherals such as your monitor or printer.

2. Remove the computer system cover unit.

3. Remove the bracket from any unused expansion slot.

Set the bracket screw aside.

4. Gently insert the SP3200 into the expansion slot. Make sure that the card is securely seated in the slot. If the connection is not secure, the card will not work.

5. Secure the SP3200 with the bracket screw that you removed in step 3.

6. Connect your ISDN line to the RJ-45 jack labelled

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LINE” on the card as shown in Figure 2-1.

Figure 2-1: Connecting the ISDN Line

7. Optionally connect your headset to the RJ-11 jack on the SP3200.

8. Replace the computer system cover unit and reconnect your peripheral devices.

2.3 Installing Drivers of SP3200

For Windows 95, OEM Service Release 2 (OSR2) or Windows 98:

1. Start Windows. After the opening banner, Windows will tell you that your SP3200 has been detected. You will then see the following screen for Windows 95:

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Figure 2-2: ISDN PnP Card Found in Windows 95

Or you will see the following screen for OSR2:

Figure 2-3: ISDN PnP Card Detected in OSR2

Or you will see the following screen for Windows 98:

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Figure 2-4: ISDN PnP Card Found in Windows 98

2. Insert the Driver Installation Diskette or CD into the appropriate drive (A:, B:, or D:, etc.).

3. Select “Driver from disk provided by hardware manufacturer” for Windows 95, or “Next >” for OSR2 and

Windows 98.

4. Follow the instructions on the screen. Windows will copy the driver files to Windows sub-directories.

5. Then, Windows will start copying system files and you might see the following screen prompting for the path of the Windows source files.

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Figure 2-5: Entering the Path of Windows Disk

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6. For Windows 95 or OSR2, if the Microsoft ISDN Accelerator Pack 1.1 or Dial-Up Networking 1.2 has been installed before, Windows will detect some files with newer versions.

Figure 2-6: Keeping the Newer System Files

7. Press “Yes” to keep the newer files.

8. For Windows 95 or OSR2, if the Microsoft ISDN Accelerator Pack 1.1 or Dial-Up Networking 1.2 is not installed before, you should see the following screen.

Figure 2-7: Installing the Multilink PPP from Microsoft

9. For more details about multilink PPP, please refer to

Section 2.6, Using Multilink in Windows 95, OSR2 or 98.

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10. After complete installing the driver of SP3200, you will be prompted to restart the computer.

Figure 2-8: Restarting the Computer

11. Press “Yes” to restart your computer.

For Windows NT 4.0:

1. Start Windows. Insert the Installation Diskette or CD into drive A: (B:, or D:, etc.).

2. For diskette, run “setup.bat”.

3. For CD, press “NT Drivers for ISDN Cards”.

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Figure 2-9: Adding the ISDN Card as a Network Adapter

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4. Click “OK” to begin copying files. After that, the

“Setup Program” will start.

Figure 2-10: Setup Program of the ISDN Card

5. If your PC has PnP BIOS, you can choose “Auto Setting”. Then the IRQ and I/O Port of the SP3200 will be configured by the system.

6. After setting the properties of the SP3200, you might see the following screen prompting for the path of the

Windows NT source files to installing the Remote Access Service (RAS).

Figure 2-11: Entering the Path of Windows NT Disk

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7. When the RAS is installed, you will see the following screen for configuring ISDN ports as RAS devices.

Figure 2-12: Adding the ISDN Ports for RAS

8. Press “OK” to select “ISDN1-NTWANMP” as one of the “RAS Capable Devices”, you should then see the following screen.

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Figure 2-13: List of RAS Communication Ports

9. Click “Add...” for adding “ISDN2-NTWANMP” to the list of RAS communication ports. The “ISDN1” and

“ISDN2” ports make the ISDN card be capable of dialing or receiving multilink calls. For more details about configuring the multilink support in Windows NT 4.0, please refer to the on-line help of RAS.

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10. Click “Continue” to complete RAS setup, and you should see the SP3200 has been installed as a network adapter.

Figure 2-14: ISDN card Installed as a Network Adapter

11. Click “Close”, you will be prompted to restart the computer.

12. Press “Yes” to restart your computer and finish the driver installation.

2.4 ISDN Utility Installation

The ISDN Utility includes helpful programs for the SP3200, such as diagnostic program, uninstallation program, and online manual. To install the ISDN Utility under Windows

95/OSR2, 98 or NT, please follow the instructions listed below.

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1. Insert the Utility Installation Diskette or CD into drive

A: (B:, or D:, etc.).

2. For diskette, press “Start” on the task bar and then click

“Run”. Type “A:\setup” in the Run Dialog Box and press “OK”.

3. For CD, press “ISDN Utility” button

4. The InstallShield Wizard will load the ISDN utility installation program.

Figure 2-15: The ISDN Utility Installation Wizard

5. Press “Next>” to begin installing the ISDN Utility. Follow the instructions on the screen to complete the installation.

2.5 The Diagnostic Program

After you have installed your SP3200, you can use the diagnostic program to test the configuration. To run the diagnostic program please follow these instructions:

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1. Open the “Programs” folder on the “Start” menu and click on the “ISDN Utility” item.

2. Click on the “Diagnostic Program” item, you will see the following screen.

Figure 2-16: The Diagnostic Program

3. The IRQ and I/O Port hardware configuration is listed.

4. In the “Own ISDN Number” box, type in the subscriber number of your own ISDN line.

5. Press “Loopback Test” to begin the diagnostic procedure. It will make a call from the B1 channel that returns through the B2 channel. The D and B channels will be tested for line integrity.

Figure 2-17: The Loopback Test

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2.6 Using Multilink in Windows 95, OSR2 or 98

While you installing the SP3200 in Windows 95 or OSR2, the Microsoft ISDN Accelerator Pack 1.1 or Dial-Up Networking 1.2 will also be installed. It includes updates to

Windows 95/OSR2 Dial-Up Networking to support the combining of two 64Kbps data channels into the equivalent of a single 128Kbps line. The Dial-Up Networking 1.2 has already been included in Windows 98.

To use multilink, the answering Internet

Service Provider (ISP), online service or corporate LAN must provide multilink capabilities.

To configure multilink support in Windows 95, OSR2 or 98, please follow these steps.

1. Double click on the “My Computer” icon on your Windows Desktop, then double click on the “Dial-Up

Networking” (DUN) folder.

2. The DUN folder displays an icon labelled “Make New

Connection”, plus icons for each of the connections that you have already created. If you have not yet created a connection, double click on “Make New Connection” to define a connection to the dial up service you wish to use.

3. When you have created your connection, or if the connection you wish to use for multilink access already exists in the folder, use the mouse to right click on the connection icon. Choose the “Properties” option. This displays a dialog box with several category tabs at the top.

4. For the Dial-Up Networking 1.2, select the “Multilink” tab to display the “Set Additional Devices” dialog.

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5. As for the ISDN Accelerator Pack 1.1, you will see a section labelled “Set Additional Devices” at the bottom of the “General” tab. Click on the “Settings” button to display the “Set Additional Devices” dialog.

6. On the “Set Additional Devices” dialog, click on the

“Use Additional Devices” radio button.

7. Use this dialog to specify the devices to be bundled together to form the “multilink” connection.

8. Use the “Add”, “Remove”, and “Edit” buttons to change the list of additional devices.

9. You may enter a different phone number for each device, and both phone numbers will be stored. If you subsequently change the phone number for the connection icon, the phone numbers associated with additional devices on this page will not change.

After your additional devices are configured, you are ready to dial your multilink connection. Once the connections are established, you can view status information about the link by double clicking on the “communicating computers” icon displayed in the taskbar.

The status information includes the number of bytes sent and received, the network protocols negotiated for use on the connection, and a list box showing each of the additional devices. As you highlight a device in the list box, a “Suspend” or “Resume” button is displayed.

If a Suspend button is displayed, then the device is now in use and “bundled” into the multilink connection. Clicking on the “Suspend” button disconnects that line and removes the line from the bundled connections.

If the “Resume” button is displayed, then click on “Resume” to dial that connection and add that line to the bundle. You

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may suspend and resume individual links without dropping the connection.

The setup information for the SP3200 is saved by Windows.

If you decide to permanently remove the ISDN card from your system, you must run the uninstallation program from the ISDN Utility program group. To remove the driver and utility program of the SP3200 from your system, please follow these steps.

1. Open the “Programs” folder on the “Start” menu and click the “ISDN Utility” item.

2. Click the “Uninstall DRV & UTL” item. The uninstallation program will run.

Figure 2-18: The Uninstallation Program

3. Check the items that you want to completely remove from the system and press “OK”.

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