User guide

Chapter 2 – Hardware Installation
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Chapter 2—Hardware Installation
Introduction
This chapter describes installation of the Multi-Tech ISI as an expansion card in your PCI-bus computer.
Telecom Safety Warnings
• 1. This product must be installed by a qualified service person.
• 2. Never install telephone wiring during a lightning storm.
• 3. Never install a telephone jack in wet locations unless the jack is specifically designed for wet
locations.
• 4. This product is to be used with UL and cUL listed computers.
• 5. Never touch uninsulated telephone wires or terminals unless the telephone line has been
disconnected at the network interface.
• 6. Use caution when installing or modifying telephone lines.
• 7. Avoid using a telephone during an electrical storm. There may be a remote risk of electrical shock
from lightning.
• 8. Do not use a telephone in the vicinity of a gas leak.
• 9. To reduce the risk of fire, use only 26 AWG or larger telecommunication line cord.
10. This product must be disconnected from its power source and
telephone network interface when servicing.Hardware Installation
Procedures
Before inserting your ISI card into a PCI slot, please run the Windows Installer program from your product CD. This
makes all Windows operating systems installations faster than the manual methods described Chapter 3.
To install the ISI Card into your PCI-bus computer, follow the steps presented below.
1. Turn off your computer, remove the power cord and any peripheral equipment connected to it.
2. Remove the cover of your computer as instructed in your computer's documentation.
Before handling the ISI Card, discharge any static in your body by touching a piece of grounded metal such
as the computer chassis. Electrostatic discharge (ESD) is the release of stored static electricity that can
damage electrical circuitry or components
. Static electricity is often stored in your body, and discharged
when you come in contact with an object of a different potential.
Perform the procedure below described in this section only at an ESD workstation using an antistatic wrist
strap. If such a station is not available, you can provide some ESD protection by wearing an antistatic wrist
strap and attaching it to a metal ground screw (lug).