FPC-0103TX Fast Ethernet PC Card
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1. insert the CardBus FPC 0103TX Fast Ethernet PC Card with media coupler attached into the CardBus Socket 2 Click Next on Update Device Drivers Winzard 3 Click The Others Locations button 4 Insert driver diskette into the floopy disk 5 Type A The driver will be installed and you may be asked for the original Windows 95 CD disks 6 For the first time installation please click icon in Control Panel to add Protocols Client and Service if you needed 7 Reboot the machine and the card will be fully functional 14 Windows NT 4 0 Installation Assumed that the Network Services already installed in the NT 4 0 system 1 Insert the CardBus FPC 0103TX Fast Ethernet PC Card into any one of PC Card Slots in system 2 Power up Windows NT 4 0 3 Open My Computer 4 Open Control Panel icon 5 Double click the icon 6 Select tab 7 Press Add to add network adapter 8 Press button 9 Insert the driver disk into floppy drive 10 Specify the path to A and press OK Or type the path name whereever you place the driver programs 11 A dialog box will appear to adjust the driver s settings The resources assignment to the adapter must be unique in the system 12 Press OK when all setting are completed 13 Press to complete network setting 15 Windows NT 3 5x Installation 1 In Main Group of NT 3 5x open Control Panel and click on icon 2 In Network Settings dialog box push Add Adapter button The2. Add Network Adapter dialog box will appear 3 Choose lt Other gt requires disk from manufacturer from the network adapter card list and press 4 When Windows NT prompts for manufacturer disk insert driver diskette and press OK until the Network Setting Change dialog box appears 5 Restart now to have the card take effect 16 DOS Mode Installation The pure DOS mode not the DOS prompt under the Windows 95 or Windows NT doesn t support any PC Card device Many BIOS vendors develop the Card services and Socket Sevices for DOS Because the CardBus technology is new to market all the current shipping versions of Card and Socket Services don t support CardBus PC Card We implements the DOS driver sets with this acknowledge in mind All our DOS modes drivers were built to include the Direct Enabler in them to fulfill the essential of DOS mode Card Service and Socket Service program Besides We provide a menu driven installation utility to help you install the various driver in the DOS mode Just plug the driver diskette into the floppy drive and set the current drive to the floppy drive Then run INSTALL to install the real mode drivers such as ODI or NDIS 2 x or Packet Drivers into the target disk Novell Netware There are two methods to install the Netware client ODI driver the menu installation and Netware 3 12 or 4 x Client installation Menu Installation 1 Run INSTALL EXE from the root directory of driver disk
3. PC Card Grasp the PC Card 15 pins connector at the end of the media coupler with the pointing triangle facing upward Gently insert it into the mating connector on the PC Card until it clicks in place at both sides Attention should be paid when removing the 15 pins connector Please press the both sides of the connectors before dragging it out of the PC Card Connecting to the Network Connect unshielded twisted pair UTP cable to the RJ 45 connector of media coupler before loading any network driver e For operation in the100Mbps 100Base TX Ethernet network a Category 5 unshielded twisted pair UTP cable should be used to connect between media coupler and 100Mbps hub or switch e For operation in the 10Mbps 10Base T Ethernet network Category 3 4 or 5 unshielded twisted pair UTP cable could be used to connect between the media coupler and a 10Mbps hub or switch LED Indicators Activity Blink Orange Green 100Mbps On Link Integrity On 10Mbps Off SOFTWARE INSTALLATION Extensive software drivers have been developped for CardBus 10 100Mbps Fast Ethernet PC Card including DOS Mode Microsoft Windows 3 x Windows 95 Windows NT Some of the Operating Systems and PC Card Socket Services haven t been well implemented to support new CardBus technology at the present time Our unique drivers and utility enable the CardBus FPC 0103TX Fast Ethernet PC Card to run almost all the major environments This Chapter c
4. created in your DOS directory Typically this file contains the following lines Link Driver CB100 FRAME Ethernet_802 3 FRAME Ethernet_802 2 16 An STARTNET BAT for the ODI workstation performs as the following SET NWLANGUAGE ENGLISH Set NetWare 4 X to English language LSL Link Support Layer Module provided by Novell CB100 Hardware Specific Module IPXODI IPX Protocol Stack Module provided by Novell VLM DOS Support Module provided by Novell F Change to connected device LOGIN xxx _ Login to file server as user xxx 17 Run STARTNET to access the Novell network MS LAN Manager 20 1 View the README TXT on the installation diskette in the NDIS2 directory Before installing the drivers please ensure that the Microsoft LAN Manager has been installed in the target path The installation program will check and modify the PROTOCOL INI file for LAN Manager 2 Run INSTALL EXE from root directory of driver diskette 3 Select Microsoft LAN Manager item on the menu screen 4 If current settings are acceptable select Start Installation and go to step 6 Otherwise select Modify Parameters to make setting changed 5 Move cursor to each field you want to make a change and press lt Enter gt to select a preferable path name When the configuration are set completely press lt Enter gt on the OK field to exit the screen and go back to step 4 6 Installation program starts to copy related files from driver disket
5. driver to support any new CardBus controller come to the market If you encounter this message please contact your local dealer to get the newest driver set If you still have problem with it please contact us to further support Q The ODI driver is run successfully but fail to login to the Netware server C Frame type imcompatiable with server or Interrupt miss match A The default frame type for Netware 3 11 and before is 802 3 but it is changed to 802 2 in Netware 4 x and 3 12 You may check the content of NET CFG to see if the frame type is acceptable by the server If the frame type cannot accept by server please edit NET CFG to change the frame type at client site or add the frame type can be accepted at sever site driver 26 Specifications SPECIFICATIONS Network Interface Specifications e 10Mbps Ethernet IEEE 802 3 standard 10BaseT baseband CSMA CD local area network e 100Mbps Ethernet IEEE 802 3u standard 100Base TX baseband CSMA CD local area network e 20 200Mbps full duplex support Autonegotiation between all four operation modes Host Interface and Physical Specifications e Cardbus PC Card Standard compliant Type II PC Card form factor e 3 37 x 2 128 x 0 197 86mm x 54mm x 5 0mm e 40gw in weight Operating Environments Novell Netware 3 x 4 x Microsoft LAN Manager Packet Driver Applications Microsoft Windows for Workgroups 3 11 Windows 3 1 Microsoft Windows NT 3 5x NT 4 0 Wi
6. models implement a setting in the Computer s BIOS to switch between Cardbus and 16 bit PC Card modes You could consult the User s Guide of your notebook and properly set on the CardBus or Auto_Detect mode HARDWARE INSTALLATION This chapter describes how to install the CardBus FPC 0103TX Fast Ethernet PC Card in your notebook computer and connect it to network It s referred to the PC Card in this manual The PC Card could be connected to either 100Mbps Fast Ethernet or 10Mbps Ethernet over unshielded twisted pair UTP calbe The PC Card have the ability of automatic sensing and operating on either speed without manual recofiguration After finishing the installation of PC Card into your Notebook please refer to Chapter 3 Software Installation on how to install network drivers using menu driven installation utility Inserting the CardBus Dual Speed PC Card 1 Hold the CardBus FPC 0103TX Fast Ethernet PC Card with wide connector toward the slot and the brand lable facing upward 2 Insert the CardBus FPC 0103TX Fast Ethernet PC Card and push it firmly into the bottom Please see the figuer on the next page for reference Removing the CardBus FPC 0103TX Fast Ethernet PC Card It s quite different for various computer mechanical design Please refer to the PC Card removal instruction in the document for your notebook computer Connecting and Removing the Cable of Media Coupler to the CardBus FPC 0103TX Fast Ethernet
7. 2 Windows 95 or Later section for installation Native Windows 95 Though Non OSR2 Windows 95 doesn t support CardBus PC Card you could use our driver to run the the CardBus FPC 0103TX Fast Ethernet PC Card 1 Insert the CardBus FPC 0103TX Fast Ethernet PC Card into the socket 2 Click on the button 11 3 Select 4 Select Control Panell And the Control Panel show up 5 Double click the icon And the Network Menu prompt up 6 Click the Add button And Select Network Components Type Menu shows 7 Double click the Adapter The Select Network Adapters Menu opens 8 Click the Have Disk button The Install From Disk Menu shows 9 Insert the Drive Disk 10 Give Al in the input box Click OK Or type the path name whereever you place the driver programs 11 Select the CardBus Fast Ethernet 10 100 Adapter manual load Click the Network adapters that matches your hardware and then click OK If you don t know which model you have click OK This list shows only what was found on the installation disk Models CardBus Fast Ethernet 10 100 Adapter CardBus Fast Ethernet 10 100 Adapter manual load Have Disk cars 12 12 Click OK A dialog box will appear to adjust the driver s settings The resources assignment to adapter should be unige in the system 13 The Newwork window reopens 14 Click OK 15 Insert your original Windows 95 CD or disk set Input the drive whi
8. 45 connector for 10BASE T and 100BASE TX network 3 5 driver diskette User s Manual Plastic protection case for base PC Card INTRODUCTION TO CARDBUS Cardbus is the next generation 32 bit version issued by PCMCIA PC Card standard In addition to support a wider bus 32 bits instead of 16 bits CardBus also supports bus mastering and operation speeds up to 33 MHz The 132MBytes bus tranfer rate compares with legacy 16 bit I 0 PC Card 20MByte provides the mobil user to enjoy the high bandwith network connection A mobil computer which equipped with CardBus and properly configured is the fundamental require ment to use the CardBus FPC 0103TX Fast Ethernet PC Card to make sure about this point please follow the guideline listed below Cardbus is designed to support both 16 bit and Cardbus Card But the legacy 16 bit PC Card slot couldn t accept the CardBus FPC 0103TX Fast Ethernet PC Card In oder to prevent the wrong operation CardBus is devoloped with particular machanical consideration to prevent it fit into the legacy 16 bit PC Card Slot If you can t insert the CardBus FP C 0103TX Fast Ethernet PC Card into the slot firmly reaching the bottom your notebook probably hasn t the capability to support CardBus techno logy Please check your notebook manual for detail information NoteBook with only 16 bit PC Card Capability 16bit PC Card CardBus PC Card Due to variant design of notebook computers some
9. FPC 0103TX Fast Ethernet PC Card CONTENTS CONTENTS seisccsosscsssisntsasctssussusensinvesnecscanedsconnseceutssagusssussxendeasnesesecuveusdesesocton 1 INTRODUCTION TO CARDBUS essesesosoesesosecsosecoesecosseoososocoesocoesesossesose 4 HARDWARE INSTALLATION essesvessessesseeseeseensensenseeneeneenesnnsnnssessessneneene 6 SOFTWARE INSTALLATION essesvessessesseesesseensensenseeneenesnesnnsnnssessesseeneene 9 Windows 95 Installation occcccccccccsscssccsccsscsscsscsscsscssssssssscssesseessesssssesssssessees 10 Windows NT 4 0 Installation sesoesovorvosvernvsnernesnernennvrnvenvesvesvesvesvesvesveenes 15 Windows NT 3 5x Installation sessnsnnonvosvesnvsnesnesnesnennvnnrenvenvesvesvasvesvrsvrenee 16 DOS Mode Installation svrsrrrnnronrnvverververnesnesnesnernernrrsvevvesvesvesvesvesvrsveenes Novell Netware na cis3s33essiss fe hE Re R R E ee Ars MS LAN Manager Packet Driver casio seeiistesewciies Windows for Workgroups 3 11 Artisoft Lantastic 6 0 Installation rreoorrrronrorrnrrrronrrrnnrrrrnrrrrnrrrnnnrrrnnrssnnner 23 QUESTIONS amp ANSWERS sesesessessssevsseseenssseseenesesnessenesnenssnesnesesnenssseenee 25 SPECGIFICATIONS css sssdesdeses cecscsscoscsstascascassasesscssuvsnsasssusensenssnsendenssscveaesvasse 27 About This Manual This manual will explain how to install and use your CardBus FPC 0103TX Fast Ethernet PC Card The following guideline will help you through the installation process Chatper 1 pres
10. Module provided by Novell gt NETx Shell Support Module provided by Novell gt LOGIN Novell Client Installation 1 Run the NetWare Client Install V1 21 Get the 4 Client disks from the network administrator or Run the NWCLIENT INSTALL EXE in a previous Installation 2 A message appears on the screen asking you whether or not you want the program to perform modifications on your AUTOEXEC BAT and CONFIG SYS files 3 Answer Yes The program then modifies your AUTOEXEC BAT and CONFIG SYS files accordingly and creates backup copies 4 The following message appears Install support for MS Windows Y N 5 Answer accordingly and provide a path if necessary 6 The program displays the following Configure your workstation for backup by a NetWare server running software such as BACKUP Y N 7 Answer accordingly and provide a path if necessary 8 Select a driver for your network board 19 9 From the driver list select Other Drivers 10 Go to the Insert the Driver Disk dialog box and specify the path where the ODI driver and INS files reside For example C ODLDOS 11 Press Enter and select the target ODI driver 12 Specify the driver s optional settings 13 Press F10 to save to new configuration 14 Highlight Install press here and press lt Enter gt to install The program copies the necessary files for NetWare Client Continue the installation procedure to completion Upon completion a new NET CFG file will be
11. ch contain the source Click 16 After the copy file process is complete the system will promt you to restart the Computer 17 For the first time installation you need to go to the Network in the Control Panel to setup the protocols clients and services properly according to your need Note If you start the computer without the CardBus FPC 0103TX Fast Ethernet PC Card installed in the socket the native Windows 95 system will prompt you the warning message Your Network Adapter CardBus Fast Ethernet 10 100 Adapter manual load 0001 is not working properly You may need to set it up again For more information see the network troubleshutter in the windows Help If you don t need to use the CardBus FPC 0103TX Fast Ethernet PC Card at this time you can just ignore the message Otherwise you need to insert the CardBus FPC 0103TX Fast Ethernet PC Card into the CardBus socket and just restart the native Windows 95 again to make the Card working functionally OSR2 Windows 95 and Later Windows 95 OSR2 and later versions support both CardBus and 16 bit PC Card That is you could run the 16 bit PC Card and CardBus 10 100M Ethernet PC Card simultaneously with the plug n play support In addition to the plug n play support of both types of PC Card the user also could 13 perform the Hot Swap function provided by the Card and Socket Service built in the OSR2 Windows 95 or later 1 After the Windows 95 OSR2 have successfully boot
12. dapter dialog box Select Unlisted or Updated Network Adapter and press OK 6 Windows will prompt a Install Driver dialog box In this time put the driver diskette into floppy drive and press OK 7 Select the CardBus Fast Ethernet 10 100 PC Card string and press OK 8 Follow Windows instructions to complete the installation and exit Windows Artisoft Lantastic 6 0 Installation 1 Install LANTASTIC 6 0 first 2 Run INSTALL EXE from root directory of driver diskette 3 Select LANTASTIC 6 0 in Network Operating System screen 23 4 If current settings are acceptable select Start Installation and go to step 6 Otherwise select Modify Parameters to make settings changed 5 Move cursor to focus on each field you want to make a change and press lt Enter gt to select a fit value When the configuration is set completely press lt Enter gt on the OK field to exit the screen and go back the step 4 6 Installation program starts to copy the related files from diskette to the destination directory and modifies CONFIG SYS PROTOCOL INI and STARTNET BAT under user s agreement 7 Please reboot the computer to have the driver take effect 24 QUESTIONS amp ANSWERS This chapter provides a number of examples of Questions Q Causes C and Answers A If your LAN is not functioning properly look up the problem here or ask your dealer for technical assistance Q When I run the DOS real mode driver it rep
13. ents you the basic information about the CardBus technology It also provide some methods to ensure your notebook are CardBus equipped and correctly configured After you already make sure your mobile computer is ready to run the CardBus FPC 0103TX Fast Ethernet PC Card You can go on the Chapter 2 to know how to install the PC Card and Connect it to network The CardBus FPC 0103TX Fast Ethernet PC Card provides wide range of drivers software to meet your need You can pick up the section within Chapter 3 to install and configure the network driver The Questions and Answers listed in the Chapter 4 give you some solutions when you encouter problem during installation the network drivrers Finally you can find the detail specification of this innovative product in the Appendix A System Requirement e An IBM compatible notebook computer with 486 or faster processor with CardBus supported socket e Drivers and utilities provided with this product PCMCIA PC Card compliant Card Services and Socket Services 100Base TX Fast Ethernet or 10BaseT Ethernet connectivity to your local area network Operating Environments e Windows 95 Windows 95 OSR2 Windows 98 e Novell Netware 3 x 4 x 2 Microsoft Windows NT 3 51 NT 4 0 Microsoft LAN Manager Packet Driver Applications Microsoft Windows for Workgroups 3 11 Microsoft Windows 3 1 Lantastic 6 0 Contents in the Package FPC 0103TX Fast Ethernet PC Card Media coupler with single RJ
14. ette 17 2 Select Netware 3 x and 4 x Workstation item from menu 4 Move cursor to focus on the setting you want to make change and press lt Enter gt to select a fit value When the configurations are set completely press lt Enter gt on the OK field to exit the screen and go back to step 3 5 Installation program starts copying related files from diskette to the destination directory and modifies AUTOEXEC BAT and NET CFG under user s agreement 6 Now the installation is completed Please reboot the computer to make your Netware connection If you wanted to install the ODI driver by manual you may follow the instructions list below 1 Copy the files CB100 COM and NET CFG from the path NETWARE in the driver diskette into the Netware client directory containing Novell s LSL COM IPXODI COM and NETx COM files 2 Using a text editor to edit the NET CFG for setting the default frame type In the Netware server the frame type is set to 802 3 for NW3 11 and 802 2 for NW3 12 and NW4 x The frame type must be set to the same with the 18 server or the client couldn t login to the server 3 Follow Novell s instructions on using ODI programs You can substitute the CB100 COM whenever a reference is made to the Hardware Specific Module 4 A typical ODI workstation startup batch file includes gt LSL Link Support Layer Module provided by Novell gt CB100 Hardware Specific Module gt IPXODI IPX Protocol Stack
15. in a particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the distance between the equipment and receiver Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected to Consult the dealer or an experienced radio TV technician for help
16. ndows 95 98 Lantastic 6 0 27 Specifications Power Requirements e Normal Operation 3 3V DC 380mA max e Sleep Mode 3 3V DC 80mA max General Specification LEDs Link Activity 10 100Mbps Enviroments Ranges Operating 32 F to 140 F 0 C to 60 C Storage 4 F to 158 F 0 C to 70 C Humidity 10 90 noncondensing Certifications FCC Part 15 Class B CE Mark EN55022 ClassB EN50082 1 28 FCC Part 15 Class B Certification Statement FCC ID MQ4FE2KA The United States Federal Communication Commission FCC and the Canadian Department of Communications have established certain rules governing the use of electronic equipment This device complies with Part 15 of FCC rules Operation is subject to the following two conditions 1 This device may not cause harmful interface and 2 This device must accept any interface received including interface that may cause undesired operation Warning This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device pursuant to art 15 of the FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions may cause harmful interference to radio communications However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur
17. onsists four main parts Windows 95 Windows NT 4 0 Windows NT 3 5x and various configuration in DOS mode The user could refer to specific section for installation Windows 95 Installation Windows 95 released two major versions at the time when this manual is written The first version refer to Native Windows 95 afterward supports for 16 bit PC Card but not for CardBus PC Card The latest version Windows 95 with OEM Service Release 2 refer to OSR2 Windows 95 or later supports both 16 bit and CardBus PC Card The CardBus FPC 0103TX Fast Ethernet PC Card could operates in either Native or OSR2 version Windows 95 environments However the installation procedures are different The section will presents you how to identify your version of Windows 95 first Then you could decide which kind of installation process should be followed Determining the Version of Windows 95 1 After successfully booting and login the Windows 95 Click on the Start Button Select the Settings Select Control Panel Within the Control Panel double click the Select the Tab this system information will displayed like the following figure ve YN 10 Version Information here gt 4 00 950 or 4 00 950ais first released Windows 95 which don t support CardBus Refer to Native Windows 95 section for installation gt 4 00 950B is Windows 95 with OEM Service Release 2 which support both PC Card and CardBus PC Card Refer to OSR
18. orts that CardBus PC Card are not present but I did install the CardBus PC Card in the slot A Currently there are no PC Card Socket Service which supports CardBus socket in the DOS mode We already built the direct enabler into each DOS mode drivers to active the CardBus PC Card Following check list could help you identify the problem 1 If you install some other DOS mode Card Socket Service from AMI Award Phoenix or SystemSoft etc please disable them by comment out these drivers in the CONFIG SYS file 2 If memory management software e g EMM386 has been installed you have to reserve some area in upper memory C000 0 EFFF F for attribute memory of PCMCIA card during enabling the card Example Device C DOS EMM386 EXE RAM X D000 D3FF Reserve DOOO D3FF for attribute memory Q When I run the DOS real mode driver it reports that PCI to CardBus bridge are not present but my notebook is equipped with the CardBus socket A Some notebook computer for example Toshiba need to enable the System s BIOS setting to support CardBus environment Pleae check your user manual to find the detail information Q How come I see the message UnKnown PCI to CardBus bridge when I try to load the driver in DOS mode 25 A The CardBus controller are rolling out from time to time The driver set of CardBus 10 100M Ethernet PC Card support all the CardBus controllers on the current market We will continue to revise our
19. te to the destination directory and modifies CONFIG SYS and PROTOCOL INI under user s agreement 7 Please reboot the computer to load driver and start LAN Manager in batch Example of PROTOCOL INI used by LAN Manager PROTMAN 21 DRIVERNAME PROTMAN DYNAMIC YES PRIORITY NETBEUI NETBEUI XIF Drivername netbeui SESSIONS 6 NCBS 12 BINDINGS CB100 NIF LANABASE 0 CB100 NIF protocol ini session for LAN driver DRIVERNAME CB100 Packet Driver 1 Run INSTALL EXE from root directory of driver diskette 2 Select Packet Driver item on the menu screen Cardus 105100 Fost Ethernet LAM INU LAN 170 Base Ma tmorb OG f rar Tyre farget Path 3 Installation program starts to copy related files from diskette to the destination directory and modifies AUTOEXEC BAT under user s agreement 22 4 Please reboot the computer to load the driver Windows for Workgroups 3 11 NDIS2 Driver for Workgroups 1 Run Windows for Workgroups and click Network Setup icon in Network group 2 In Network Settings dialog box click Networks button to select the network operating system 3 In Networks dialog box check the radio button before Install Microsoft Windows Network and No Additional Network Press OK to go back the Network Settings screen 4 Click Drivers button to select network driver 5 In Network Drivers dialog box press Add Adapter button to enter Add Network A
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