Chapter 2 - Installation

Windows NT and the CAPI Interface

Before using the standard CAPI interface, install a CAPI compliant application such as RVS-COM Lite.

Under NT, The CAPI modems available through RVS-COM must be added as modems and also made available through RAS (Remote Access Services). To add a new modem:

1.Select Start>Settings>Control Panel>Modems>>Add

2.Select Don’t detect my modem, I will select it from a list.

3.On the Install New Modem screen, select RVS Datentechnik from the Manufacturers list on the left side of the window. The RVS modems will display in the models column on the right side of the window. Select the RVS-COM modem you would like to use for your ISDN connection (in this example RVS Fax has been selected). Click Next to continue.

Figure 2-13. Selecting an RVS-COM modem

4.On the screen which follows, select the port you’d like to associate with this modem. Click Next>Finish to finish adding this first modem.

You may press OK when complete. If you will be using linked channels, Add the second modem at this time by repeating the steps above. Associate the second modem with a unique COM port.

5.The screen shown in figure 2-14 appears asking if you would like to configure Dial-Up Networking. Respond by clicking Yes.

Figure 2-14. Dial-Up Networking dialog box

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