T-Mobile Net Card, User Manual

Page 1: ...2006 Flarion Technologies Inc Multimedia Net Card User Guide Version 1 2 Date 01 11 2006...

Page 2: ...ITY FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE TITLE AND NON INFRINGEMENT THE PRODUCT ITS COMPONENTS INTERFACES ANY RELATED EQUIPMENT ANY DOCUMENTATION AND OTHER MATERIALS ARE PROVIDED TO YOU STRICTLY ON AN AS...

Page 3: ...applied EN 60950 1 Safety of Information Technology Equipment Part 1 General Requirement Incl Deviation of CENELEC Countries Protection requirements concerning electromagnetic compatibility to Article...

Page 4: ...Directive EN 301 908 4 V2 2 1 Base Stations BS Repeaters and User Equipment UE for IMT 2000 Third Generation Cellular Networks Part 5 Harmonized EN for CDMA Multi Carrier cdma2000 UE covering essenti...

Page 5: ...ers for Windows 98 24 2 1 4 2 Loading Device Drivers for Windows 2000 XP 25 2 2 Using the Multimedia Net Card 26 2 2 1 General Usage Guidelines 26 2 2 2 Using T Mobile Mobility Manager 27 2 2 2 1 Moni...

Page 6: ...Mobility Manager System Tray Icon 27 Figure 19 T Mobile Mobility Manager Indicators 28 Figure 20 Connection Status and Connection Time 29 Figure 21 Kilobytes Received and Sent 30 Figure 22 Signal Str...

Page 7: ...l Version 1 2 Page 7 LIST OF TABLES Table 1 Hardware Requirements for the Multimedia Net Card 13 Table 2 Multimedia Net Card Troubleshooting for Notebook Usage 50 Table 3 Multimedia Net Card Technical...

Page 8: ...mpatible with a standard Type II PCMCIA card slot The Multimedia Net Card is based on FLASH OFDM technology from Flarion Technologies Inc This technology was designed around the Internet Protocol Figu...

Page 9: ...l Private Network VPN access File transfer Online gaming Streaming video and audio Video conferencing 1 4 Multimedia Net Card Package Contents The Multimedia Net Card package includes the following Mu...

Page 10: ...Mobile Mobility Manager interface Note The User Guide is available in PDF format To read the User Guide Adobe Reader must be installed on your computer If it is not installed insert the Multimedia Ne...

Page 11: ...Automated upgrade Help information o On line help o About information 1 6 2 About Driver Software Multimedia Net Card driver software establishes the interface between the device and the operating sys...

Page 12: ...he Multimedia Net Card WARNING FOR WINDOWS SYSTEMS MULTIMEDIA NET CARD SOFTWARE NEEDS TO BE INSTALLED ON THE COMPUTER BEFORE INSERTING THE MULTIMEDIA NET CARD INTO THE PCMCIA SLOT THE APPLICATION WILL...

Page 13: ...the Multimedia Net Card Category Requirement Card Slot Type II PCMCIA RAM 128 MB Hard Disk Space 15 MB Disk Drive CD ROM I O Resources 1 IRQ 256 Bytes I O space Suggested Minimum Processor Speed 600...

Page 14: ...e following installations Windows Linux Macintosh 2 1 2 1 Installing for Windows For Windows systems T Mobile Mobility Manager software must be installed prior to insertion of the Multimedia Net Card...

Page 15: ...k Browse to locate and select the install exe file on the CD ROM drive 3 Click OK The CD Launcher menu appears 3 On the CD Launcher menu click Install Multimedia Net Card Software The Mobility Manager...

Page 16: ...ctions for building a new set of binaries are available on the readme txt file available in the installion CD Linux folder To install for Linux 1 On the installation CD locate the Linux folder 2 Extra...

Page 17: ...names as well as content of installation screens may vary slightly from those that appear in this document For example End User License Agreement material and other text may be modified To install for...

Page 18: ...rd User Guide Page 18 3 Open the FPC2000 Installer pkg file The Introduction screen appears Figure 4 Introduction Screen 4 In the Introduction screen click the Continue button The Welcome screen appea...

Page 19: ...ard Version 1 2 Page 19 5 In the Welcome screen click the Continue button The Read Me screen appears Figure 6 Read Me Screen 6 In the Read Me screen click the Continue button The License screen appear...

Page 20: ...menu and select the language of choice Read the license agreement and click theContinue button The License Agreement screen appears Figure 8 License Agreement Screen 8 If the license is agreed to cli...

Page 21: ...n screen click the appropriate volume and click the theContinue button The Installation Type screen appears Figure 10 Installation Type Screen 10 Na obrazovke Installation Type kliknite na tla idlo Up...

Page 22: ...thenticate screen type in Name and Password information and click OK The Restart Notice screen appears Figure 12 Restart Notice Screen 12 In the Restart Notice screen click Continue Installation The i...

Page 23: ...ltimedia Net Card ships with a standard antenna This enhances reception when in areas on the edge of the network coverage area When T Mobile Mobility Manager installation is complete optionally attach...

Page 24: ...he Multimedia Net Card connects to the network o The Found New Hardware Setup appears This prompts you for action according to the type of operating system on your computer 2 1 4 1 Loading Device Driv...

Page 25: ...the Hardware Installation for XP users or Digital Signature Not Found for 2000 users page appears click Continue Anyway or Yes Figure 15 Hardware Installation Windows XP Figure 16 Digital Signature No...

Page 26: ...rd 2 2 1 General Usage Guidelines Use the following guidelines to assure proper functionality and effectiveness of the Multimedia Net Card When attaching the antenna be sure to click it into the circu...

Page 27: ...well as connection and upgrade functionality After installation the T Mobile Mobility Manager icon appears on the computer desktop Figure 17 T Mobile Mobility Manager Icon After installation and ever...

Page 28: ...ns Menu Help Menu Close Window does not end session Connection Status Connection Time Kilobytes Received Kilobytes Sent Signal Strength Signal Quality Link to home page Figure 19 T Mobile Mobility Man...

Page 29: ...r notebook computer has been connected to the network When you end the session turn the computer off or disable the session this value is reset to zero Connection Status Connection Time Figure 20 Conn...

Page 30: ...your session refer to the relevant received sent indicators Kilobytes Received Kilobytes Sent Figure 21 Kilobytes Received and Sent These indicators show the total number of bytes transmitted and rec...

Page 31: ...When the signal is strongest four bars are shown When it is weakest one bar is shown When the Multimedia Net Card is searching for a signal the bars will scan from left to right Signal Quality measure...

Page 32: ...top The T Mobile Mobility Manager window will pop up again and the icon will reappear in the system tray Note that exiting the T Mobile Mobility Manager application does not end the session Shutting d...

Page 33: ...Using the Multimedia Net Card Version 1 2 Page 33 Options Menu Exit Enable Disable Close Window does not end session Figure 23 Closing Exiting and Ending...

Page 34: ...ity Manager displays Ready Connected o Disable T Mobile Mobility Manager displays Disabled Windows 98 SE o Enable When enabled T Mobile Mobility Manager displays Ready Searching when it is searching f...

Page 35: ...nctionalities are available for use Upgrades to Multimedia Net Card software may include any or all of the following software components DSP Image Multimedia Net Card Drivers T Mobile Mobility Manager...

Page 36: ...T Mobile Mobility Manager maintains contact with an Over the Air OTA server The server informs T Mobile Mobility Manager software when an upgrade is available Notification typically appears in the for...

Page 37: ...pdates is not selected T Mobile Mobility Manager will automatically upgrade DSP firmware without prior notification Note By default Always notify me before downloading and installing updates is not se...

Page 38: ...re 24 message click Yes T Mobile Mobility Manager downloads the update see Figure 26 and presents the Click OK to Update message see Figure 27 Figure 26 Downloading Update Message Figure 27 Click OK t...

Page 39: ...than waiting for automated notification This method enables immediate checking of upgrade availability rather than waiting for a preset polling interval To manually check for upgrades 1 From the Opti...

Page 40: ...g message see Figure 29 appears Figure 29 No Files Need Updating Message If an upgrade is available whether DSP Image or full package the Update Available message appears see Figure 30 along with an U...

Page 41: ...ick Yes T Mobile Mobility Manager downloads the update see Figure 32 and presents the Click OK to Update message see Figure 33 Figure 32 Downloading Updates Message Figure 33 Click OK to Update Messag...

Page 42: ...My Computer icon on your desktop 2 Double click the Control Panel icon in your My Computer folder 3 Double click the Add Remove Programs icon 4 Scroll down to T Mobile Mobility Manager and click it Th...

Page 43: ...2000 and Windows XP require user login per configured user rights These rights affect the upgrade process as follows o Users logged in as Administrators have full rights regarding upgrade They can in...

Page 44: ...ray 2 From the options presented select Stop FLASH OFDM NIC device Click Stop A dialog box appears notifying you that it is safe to eject the card 3 Press the Ejector button at the side of the PCMCIA...

Page 45: ...EN REMOVING THE EXTERNAL ANTENNA FROM THE MULTIMEDIA NET CARD DO NOT PULL FROM THE TOP OF THE ANTENNA THIS MAY CAUSE THE ANTENNA TO BREAK To remove the external antenna from the Multimedia Net Card 1...

Page 46: ...nstall Multimedia Net Card software follow the procedures for the specific computer system 2 2 5 1 Uninstalling for Windows To uninstall Multimedia Net Card software for Windows T Mobile Mobility Mana...

Page 47: ...move Programs Screen 3 Scroll to T Mobile Mobility Manager and click it 4 Click Change Remove 5 Click Next 6 Click Finish The software is now uninstalled 2 2 5 2 Uninstalling for Linux To uninstall Mu...

Page 48: ...dia Net Card software for Macintosh 1 Navigate to the Mac Driver folder available on the installation CD The Macintosh driver files appear Figure 37 Macintosh Driver Files 2 In the Mac Driver folder o...

Page 49: ...The Authenticate screen appears Figure 39 Authenticate Screen 4 In the Authenticate screen type Name and Password information and click OK The software uninstalls and the Successful Message screen ap...

Page 50: ...ultimedia Net Card to function The wrong driver has been installed Identify possible causes and solutions to problems from the Troubleshooting Table Table 2 Multimedia Net Card Troubleshooting for Not...

Page 51: ...e package via My Computer Control Panel Add Remove Programs T Mobile Mobility Manager Change Remove 3 Run ft1000clean exe located on the distribution CD under the Tools directory 4 Reboot the system a...

Page 52: ...ia Net Card Your computer locks up You probably ejected and re inserted the Multimedia Net Card while it was enabled which causes the computer to lock up Make sure that you disable the card and follow...

Page 53: ...na Connectors 3 SSMB Dimensions excluding external antenna 118 x54 x 12 Weight including external antenna 60g Power4 supply PCMCIA 5V PCMCIA slot 3 3V Operating voltage Peak current draw 0 9A Operatin...