148APPENDIX B: INSTALLING AND USING THE VIRTUAL FAX MODEM
After your computer has been rebooted, the Virtual Fax Modem icon will be placed in the lower right corner of the Windows desktop.
The Presets field located in the Virtual Fax Modem application has been
The next step is to install the LAN Modem Virtual COM port driver into the
Windows operating system.
Installing the LAN Once you have installed the Virtual Fax Modem application, you must install the Modem COM Port Driver COM port driver on each computer that will use a Virtual Fax Modem.
Once your computer has rebooted (as a result of Step 5 from the previous section “Installing the Virtual Fax Modem Application”), the Install Modems screen opens.
1Click Install Modems.
The Modem Properties window opens.
Windows 2000 users will see the Phone and Modem Options screen.
2Click Add to add the new modem.
If installing on a laptop computer with a PCMCIA card, you may prompted to choose the type of modem you want to install. In this case, choose Other and then click Next.
3Click Don't detect my modem; I will select it from a list, and then click Next.
4Select 3Com Corp from the Manufacturer’s list on the left.
5Select OC Dual 56K LAN Fax Modem from the Models list on the right and click Next.
6Select the virtual port which you previously designated in the Select Ports screen (COM 5, in this example) and click Next.
Windows installs the new modem.
Windows 2000 users may be prompted by the Digital Signature Not Found screen. In this case click Yes to continue.
7Click Finish to complete the modem installation.
8Click Continue on the Install Modems screen.
9Click Close to close the Modem Properties screen
This completes the LAN Modem COM port driver installation.
The final step is to configure the LAN Modem to further define the manner in which the Virtual Fax Modem operates.
