2400 BPS Internal Modem (250-3555) Installations Faxback Doc. # 4773 Caution: Static electricity can destroy integrated circuits. Be sure to discharge any built-up static electricity from yourself by touching a grounded metal object before handling the modem. Install the modem by doing the following: 1. Be sure that the computer is turned off. 2. Disconnect the computer's battery and any peripheral devices. 3. Remove the metal plate that covers the modem port (the upper port on the back of the computer, near the power button). Save the two screws that hold the plate in place. 4. Slide the modem, component side up, into the modem slot. Guide the modem so that the card edge fits into its connector inside the computer. 5. Push the modem, and it will click into place. Push it again, and a second. click indicates that it has been securely fitted. 6. Use the two screws removed in Step 3 to fasten the modem in place. 7. Reconnect the computer's battery and all peripheral devices. 8. Connect one end of the phone cable into the phone jack on the modem marked "modem." Connect the other end to a standard wall jack. If you had to unplug a telephone from the wall jack so that you could plug in the modem, plug the telephone cable into the jack on the modem marked "wall. "You can leave the modem connected even when you turn off the computer. The modem will not affect the normal use of your telephone. SETUP To use the modem, the computer must recognize it as part of the system configuration. To do this, run the Setup program that came with the computer. In the Setup program, designate the modem as one of the COM serial ports and switch the port to ON. Some of the options you choose when creating your own autolog files will depend on the requirements of the host computer. 1. Select Set from the Commands Menu. At the various dialog box prompts, choose the options that the host computer requires and that are compatible with the capabilities of you modem. If you are connected directly to another computer, continue at Step 3. 2. Select Call from the Commands Menu. At the Phone number: prompt, enter the host's telephone number 9 up to 30 digits). If you have an auto-dial modem, the number is dialed automatically when you execute the file. For other modems, you must manually dial the host's telephone number immediately before executing the autolog file. 3. Select the additional commands required by the host computer. For example, you host might require that you use the Send option on the Commands Menu to tell Telecom that you want to send either a string of characters or a break sequence to the host. Some host systems might require a break sequence to gain the attention of the system's computer. You might also need to use the Wait option so that DeskMate will wait for a response from the host computer. 4. Select Execute from the Commands Menu to execute the new file. The terminal screen appears, and the communication process begins. 5. When the communication process is finished, press ALT+C to return to the Command screen. Then, select Disconnect form the Options Menu to disconnect the communication process. To save this autolog file, select the Save as option on the File Menu, and then name you file. You can later execute this file by simply selecting the Autolog option on the File Menu and choosing this filename in the Open File dialog box. You can disconnect automatically by ending your file with the Exit command. You return to the desktop. (dkh-07/28/93)