Chapter 2 - Installation

Software Installation

Before You Begin

After installing the terminal adapter in your computer you’ll need to install and configure the adapter drivers, then set up dial-up connections.

If your ISDN application uses the CAPI interface, install a CAPI compliant application such as RVS-COM Lite.

Before you can configure your software you need to determine how you plan to use your ISDN adapter. The MultiModem ISDN terminal adapter uses three basic APIs which are further described in Appendix B of this manual. In general:

•NDISWAN connections are used for connections to the Internet, a remote Local Area Network or for RAS installations. Upon installing NDISWAN the following adapters and protocols are installed on your system:

•IINWAN95-ISDN Adapter

•NDISWAN-IINWAN95-ISDN Adapter

•VCOMM or the Virtual Modem is used for ISDN applications that do not use networking protocols, (e.g., HyperTerminal or PCAnywhere).

•ISDN (Internet MLPPP over X.75, 128K) Adapter

•ISDN (Internet MLPPP+BOD over X.75, 128K) Adapter

•ISDN (Internet MLPPP, 128K) Adapter

•ISDN (Internet PPP over X.75, 64K) Adapter

•ISDN (Internet PPP, 64K) Adapter

•ISDN Universal-1 (64K) Adapter

•ISDN Universal-2 (64K) Adapter

•CAPI allows for such functions as faxing. You’ll need to install a CAPI compliant application such as RVS-COM Lite to use this API. Installing RVS-COM Lite will make the following modems available:

•RVS ISDN

•RVS ISDN Btx

•RVS ISDN Fax

•RVS ISDN HDLC transparent

•RVS ISDN Internet PPP

•RVS ISDN Minitel

•RVS ISDN Modem Analog

•RVS ISDN V.110

•RVS ISDN V.120

•RVS ISDN X.75 T.70NL

•RVS ISDN X.75 transparent

Determining Modem Type

Refer to the following information for assistance in selecting the appropriate modem for your ISDN application.

•The Internet MLPPP protocol is for connecting to Internet Servers and other point-to-point

(PPP)protocol servers using the Multi-Link Point-to-Point protocol. MLPPP is the only protocol which can link two ISDN B-channels to establish a 128 kilobits per second bandwidth data path.

Note: Before attempting to make a 128K MLPPP connection, verify that your ISP supports this feature.

•X.75 protocol is used mostly for BBS access and file transfer, but may be used for Internet access in some locales.

•The Universal-1 and -2 are multi-purpose modems. In Universal modem mode, the ISDN driver selects HDLC protocol as the default. You can change to the appropriate protocol through the ATBn commands (see Chapter 3). The AT command can be issued through

MT128ISA/PCI

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