Specifications
19 MT9234ZBA‐USBUserGuide
Chapter 3 – Operating the Modem
FrontPanelOverview
TheMultiModemproducthas6LEDindicatorsonthefrontpanelthatindicatestatus,configuration,andactivity.
TransmitData.TheTDLEDflasheswhenthemodemistransmittingdatatoanothermodem.
ReceiveData.TheRDLEDflasheswhenthemodemisreceivingdatafromanothermodem.
CarrierDetect.TheCDLEDlightswhenthemodemdetectsavalidcarriersignalfromanothermodem.Itison
whenthemodemiscommunicatingwiththeothermodemandoffwhenthelinkisbroken.
Off‐Hook.TheOHLEDlightswhenthemodemisoff‐hook,whichoccurswhenthemodemisdialing,online,or
answeringacall.TheLEDflasheswhenthemodempulse‐dials.
TerminalReady.TheTRLEDlightswhenacommunicationsprogramisusingthemodem.Itmeansthemodem
isreadyforanoutgoingorincomingcall.Itgoesoffwhenthecommunicationsprogramdisconnects.Whenit
goesoff,aconnectedmodemalsodisconnects.
Power.ThePWRledlightswhenthemodemisinstalledinWindows.
ConnectingtotheInternet
TouseyourMulti‐TechmodemforInternetaccess,establishadial‐upaccountwithanInternetserviceprovider
(ISP).TolocateanISPnearyou,lookinalocaldirectoryorcomputerpublication.YourISPprovidesyouwiththe
followinginformation:
● Username(alsocalleduserID)
● Password
● Accessnumber(thenumberyoucalltoconnecttotheserver)
● Hostnameand/ordomainname
● DomainNameServer(DNS)serveraddress
If,besidestheWeb,youusetheInternetfore‐mailandnewsgroups,yourISPcanalsoprovideyouwiththe
followinginformation:E‐mailorPOPmailaddress;POPserveraddress;MailorSMTPaddress
SettingUpRemoteNodeClientProgram
BeforeyoucanconnecttotheInternet,youmustsetupaonyourcomputer.Most,ifnotall,Windowsbro wsers
canautomaticallyopenthisconnection.Forinstructionsonhowtosetupthisconnection,consultyourISPor
youroperatingsystem’sonlinehelporprinteddocumentation.ManyISPscangive
youaprogramthatcaninstall
andconfigurethisconnec tionautomaticallyforyou.