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Legal Notice FRITZ!CARD USB This manual and the software it describes are protected by copyright. The manual and software as presented are the object of a license agreement and may be used only in accordance with the license conditions. The licensee bears all risk in regard to hazards and impairments of quality which may arise in connection with the use of this product.
Contents CONTENTS 1 Welcome to FRITZ!Card USB .....................................5 1.1 What is in the Package? ............................................................................. 5 1.2 Driver Updates for the FRITZ!Card USB ...................................................... 6 1.3 Where to Find Us ........................................................................................ 6 2 All About the FRITZ!Card USB ...................................7 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.
Contents Symbols and Highlighting in this Manual Symbols The hand indicates especially important instructions that absolutely must be observed in order to avoid malfunctions. FRITZ! points to helpful hints to make your work easier. Highlighting Keyboard entries, dialog pushbuttons or program icons to click are indicated in bold type. Examples: Return eturn, OK OK, Connect Connect. Quotation marks indicate menu names, commands in the menus, dialog options, etc.
1 Welcome to FRITZ!Card USB 1 WELCOME TO FRITZ!CARD USB dU SB. This documentation is your introduction to the FRITZ!Car ITZ!Card USB. It contains important information on what the product can do, how it works and how to install both the ISDN-Controller and the accompanying software 1.
1 Welcome to FRITZ!Card USB If the computer on which you want to install the FRITZ!Card USB does not have a CD-ROM drive, you may copy the required software to floppy disks for the purpose of a single installation. AVM does not ship the FRITZ!Card software on floppy disks. R ITZ!Car dU SB Manual • 1 FFR ITZ!Card USB This is what you are reading now. egistr ation Car d • 1R Registr egistration Card dU SB in the AVM ITZ!Card USB Send in this card to register your F RITZ!Car customer database.
2 All About FRITZ!Card USB 2 ALL ABOUT THE FRITZ!CARD USB dU SB is an all-in-one communications package AVM’s F R ITZ!Car ITZ!Card USB that offers all the advantages of ISDN: high data speed, fast connect times, optimum line quality and maximum reliability. FR ITZ!Car dU SB is available for the Windows 98 operating system USB ITZ!Card with Plug & Play capability. The driver architecture conforms to the Microsoft Win32 Driver Model (WDM).
2 All About FRITZ!Card USB 2.1 What Does the FRITZ!Card USB Require? To operate the AVM ISDN-Controller FR ITZ!Car dU SB, you must ITZ!Card USB, meet the following prerequisites: • Your computer must have an USB port. • You must have an IBM or 100% compatible computer with a hard disk drive and a CD-ROM drive. • F R ITZ!32 requires the Microsoft Windows 98 operating system. • If you want to use the C AP APII SoftF SoftFax APII ax G3 and C AP SoftCompr ession X.75/V .
2 All About FRITZ!Card USB software controls the communications processes and the data transfer itself, including the simultaneous use of the two B channels, for example. Data interchange in a given ISDN service is handled by the appropriate data protocol. Both communication partners must support the same data protocol, such as HDLC transparent for Internet access, T.30 for fax or X.75 for FR ITZ!data. dU SB drivers support all commonly used data The FR ITZ!Car ITZ!Card USB protocols.
2 All About FRITZ!Card USB Additional Driver for Windows Dial-Up Networking The TCP/IP protocol used in Internet communications, has been part of the Windows operating system since 1995. To use this protocol with the ISDN-Controller, additional drivers must be installed in the operating system to support TCP/IP over the CAPI interface. For further information on the drivers supplied for this purpose, please see Chapter 4, “Internet Access with the FRITZ!Card USB”.
2 All About FRITZ!Card USB Currently used standards are listed below: Internet access For dial-up connections to an Internet service provider using Windows 98’s and Windows NT 4.0’s Dial-Up Networking, use the protocol PPP over ISDN (also called synchronous PPP) with AP er er or the AVM N DI S WAN C SDN C AP or er.. NDI DIS CAP APII Driv Driver Por ortt Driv Driver the AVM IISDN CAP APII P For details please read Chapter 4, “Internet Access with the FRITZ!Card USB”.
2 All About FRITZ!Card USB Remote Access Service, Intranet, X.31 etc. If you would like to use any of these services, please consult the respective service provider for information on access conditions and settings. 2.4 FRITZ!Card USB on the ISDN Line When your ISDN line is installed, the ISDN network operator first installs an NT (Network Terminator) with two ISDN jacks. Each of these jacks is an S0 interface.
2 All About FRITZ!Card USB Some ISDN PBX systems provide not only analog, but also digital extension lines, usually designated as internal S0 interfaces. ISDN terminal equipment can be connected to these digital extensions as well as to the “external” S0 interface provided by the NT.
2 All About FRITZ!Card USB 2.5 What is USB? F R ITZ!Car dU SB, a product in AVM’s FRITZ!Card line, is an ITZ!Card USB, d U SB USB SB’s USB socket is external ISDN-Controller. F R ITZ!Car ITZ!Card connected to that of the computer or USB hub using the cable provided. USB stands for U niversal Serial B us. USB devices can use the bus with a throughput of 12 Mbit/s or 1.5 Mbit/s.
2 All About FRITZ!Card USB 2.6 Installation: Getting it Right dU SB Please note the order in which the following FR ITZ!Car ITZ!Card USB components are installed: You must: 1. Install the FR ITZ!Car dU SB and its driver software (Chapter ITZ!Card USB 3, “Installing the FRITZ!Card USB”). You should: 2. Install the F RITZ!32 communications software (Chapter 5, “The Communications Software FRITZ!32“). The AVM ISDN CAPI Port Driver is installed together with FRITZ!32. You may: 3.
3 Installing the FRITZ!Card USB 3 INSTALLING THE FRITZ!CARD USB Be sure to perform the installation steps in the exact order given. Otherwise the FRITZ!Card USB may not function correctly! dU SB installation is performed in two parts: The F R ITZ!Car ITZ!Card USB dU SB to 1. Connecting the F RITZ!Car ITZ!Card USB • the ISDN line and • the computer or hub; 2. Setting up a new hardware component in the operating sysdU SB ITZ!Card USB SB.
3 Installing the FRITZ!Card USB • Then connect the square Series B plug to the socket ladU SB beled “USB” on the F R ITZ!Car ITZ!Card USB SB. After 1 to 2 seconds, the LED labeled “Power” on the dU SB should light up. If your ISDN socket is a USB ITZ!Card FR ITZ!Car PBX extension line, the D channel LED (labeled “D”) may also light up, depending on the particular PBX concerned. dU SB is now connected to your computer or hub The F R ITZ!Car ITZ!Card USB and to the ISDN line. 3.
3 Installing the FRITZ!Card USB • The next dialog announces, “The software for the new hardware component has been installed.” The “USB” LED dU SB lights up. on your FRITZ!Car ITZ!Card USB • Acknowledge by clicking on the Finish button. • Next, the sign-on window of the AVM IISDN-Contr SDN-Controller SDN-Contr oller SB installation program appears automatically.
3 Installing the FRITZ!Card USB 3.3 Plug & Play with the Computer Running Windows 98’s “hot plug & play” capabilities allow you to disdU SB from the ISDN line or from the USB connect the F R ITZ!Car ITZ!Card USB interface without shutting down the computer. Nonetheless, you must first terminate any CAPI applications that dU SB from ITZ!Card USB are active. Then you may disconnect the F RITZ!Car the ISDN line or from the USB bus.
4 Internet Access with the FRITZ!Card USB 4 INTERNET ACCESS WITH THE FRITZ!CARD USB In addition to the “traditional” ISDN services based on the ISDN interface Common ISDN API (CAPI)—file transfer, fax, telephony dU SB also supports Internet connections usetc.—FF R ITZ!Car ITZ!Card USB ing Windows’ Dial-Up Networking.
4 Internet Access with the FRITZ!Card USB default protocol settings. For example, the “AVM ISDN Internet (PPP)” modem can be used with Dial-up Networking for Internet connections; the “AVM ISDN X.75” modem with HyperTerminal for BBS access; or the “AVM ISDN Fax G3” modem under Microsoft Exchange for connections to fax machines. The special advantage of this concept is that the full capabilities of CAPI remain available to other applications in the system at the same time.
4 Internet Access with the FRITZ!Card USB in Windows 95/98/NT. Like all standard ISDN applications, the driver addresses the ISDN-Controller through its CAPI 2.0 software interface. The NDIS WAN CAPI Driver for Windows 98 is implemented in accordance with the Win32 Driver Model (WDM), and uses the CAPI driver’s kernel mode interface.
5 The Communications Software FRITZ!32 5 THE COMMUNICATIONS SOFTWARE FRITZ!32 The CD-ROM contains the current version of AVM’s ISDN communications software FR ITZ!32 for Windows 98. 5.1 What Can FRITZ!32 Do? FR ITZ!32 is composed of the modules F RITZ!data (file transfer), FR ITZ!fax (Group 3 fax), FR ITZ!fon (virtual desk phone), FR ITZ!v ox ITZ!vo (ISDN answering machine) and F RITZ!com (BBS terminal).
5 The Communications Software FRITZ!32 dU SB icon in the Help window that • Click on the F R ITZ!Car ITZ!Card USB appears. e • On the next page, click on the icon for the F R ITZ!32 Softwar Software Package ackage. • To start the installation, click on the Install button. • The message “Initializing Setup” appears, followed by the Setup program’s sign-on dialog. Click on Continue Continue. You can stop the installation at any time by clicking on Cancel Cancel.
5 The Communications Software FRITZ!32 5.3 Help on FRITZ!32 Complete information can be found in the FRITZ!32 manual and in the FRITZ!32 on-line Help. FR ITZ!32 is supplied with a printed manual as well as the complete manual in PDF (Portable Document Format) on the CDROM. You may read, search and print these documents using the Adobe Acrobat Reader. The installation program for the d CD.
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