OPTIMOD-FM INSTALLATION
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computer, you will have to install these services. This section summarizes the procedure
for installing these services. You will find more detailed instructions below.
• If you want to communicate through a local PC, you will need to connect a serial
(COM) port of the PC to the SERIAL 1 port of your 8400 through a null modem ca-
ble (supplied with your 8400), and then use Dial-Up Networking with a RAS null
modem (Windows 98) or Direct Cable Connect (Windows 2000 and XP) to make the
basic connection. (The Orban update installer application installs the necessary .inf
file for the RAS null modem.)
The RAS null modem is a file that installs a “virtual modem” in Windows. It
looks like a modem to Windows, but instead allows your computer and the
8400 to communicate directly between their serial ports through a null mo-
dem cable. To use it, you establish a new Dial-Up Networking Connection
and specify the RAS null modem when asked which modem you would like
to use. You then treat this Dial-Up Networking connection as you would any
other Dial-Up Networking connection that uses a real, physical modem.
• If you want to communicate through a pair of modems, you will use the Windows
Dial-Up networking service to make the connection.
• If you want to communicate through an Ethernet network, your PC must be set up for
TCP/IP Ethernet networking, your 8400 must be running version 1.0 software or
higher, and the optional Ethernet PC Card must be installed in your 8400’s rear-panel
PC card socket. (See Networking on page 2-52.)
Check Hardware Requirements
Recommended Requirements:
Computer Pentium (any speed)
Disk Space 25MB
RAM 32MB
Display 16-bit or 24-bit SVGA
Microsoft Windows 98, 98SE, 2000, or XP
COM Port 16550 (or compatible) UART
Minimum Requirements:
Computer 486DX 66MHz or compatible
Disk Space 25MB
RAM 16MB
Display VGA
Microsoft Windows 98
COM Port 16550 (or compatible) UART
To use the Optimod PC Remote application, you will need the following:
• Orban 8400 OPTIMOD-FM.
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