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Home and Away Credit Card Adapter - Advanced information on Multi-function cards
Applicable to: World-Wide
How the Device Manager displays multifunction cards:
The Fax+Modem+Ethernet card is a "MultiFunction" PC Card conforming to the 1995 PCMCIA PC Card Specification. Windows 95 installs this single card in 3 parts:
MultiFunction parent device + modem child device + network card child device.
After installation, the Windows 95 device manager will display a device tree similar to this:
My Computer
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+Modem
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+Multi-function adapters
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+Network adapters
If you click on the "+" to display the subnodes, you will see something like this:
My Computer
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-Modem
Fax+Modem+Ethernet card (Modem child)
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-Multi-function adapters
Fax+Modem+Ethernet card (Parent)
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-Network adapters
Fax+Modem+Ethernet card (Network child)
Automatic versus manual resource assignment:
Your Fax+Modem+Ethernet card is able to operate with any interrupt or COM port. In normal cases, window 95 will handle the assignment these resources without help from the user. However, it is possible to manually assign resources if you wish.
To manually assign resources, use the Device Manager to display the Fax+Modem+Ethernet parent and children. Then do the following:
- Select the Fax+Modem+Ethernet card (Parent)
- Click the "Properties" button on the Device Manager. This will take you to a property sheet for the parent device.
- Select the "Resources" tab at the top of the property sheet.
- Click "Set Configuration Manually"
- De-select "Use Automatic settings". The default state is to use automatic settings, indicated by a check mark in the selection box. Click the selection box to make check mark disappear. You are then able to override the automatic assignments.
- From the "Setting based on" box, select the Logical Configuration you would want to use. Your Fax+Modem+Ethernet card supports 8 logical configurations:
Basic Configuration 0000 3 COM2
Basic Configuration 0001 4 COM3
Basic Configuration 0002 3 COM4
Basic Configuration 0003 4 COM1
Basic Configuration 0004 any COM2
Basic Configuration 0005 any COM3
Basic Configuration 0006 any COM4
If the logical configuration you select causes a conflict with other devices you will be warned in the "Conflicting Device List" window on the same screen.
NOTES:
1. Manually assigning resources prevents Windows 95 from reconfiguring your devices dynamically as other cards are inserted. Generally speaking, it is preferable to let Windows 95 handle this. However, if you are using older Windows 3.1 applications that are manually configured to use a certain COM port, you can use this approach to "lock down" the COM port your communications program is expecting to use. This should not be required for newer TAPI communications programs.
2. Remember to select the "Parent" device when reassigning resources. The Network and Modem child devices cannot be reassigned directly. You must work with the Parent.
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Modems, Networking, PCMCIA (PC Card) | |
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Date Created |
28-04-97 | |
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Last Updated |
19-11-98 | |
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Revision Date |
19-11-99 | |
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IBM Options | |
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Product Family |
Modems | |
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14.4K | |
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10H4707 | |
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