USB ISDN Adapter

User's Manual

Index

1.   Package Contents

2.   Specifications

3.   Hardware Requirements

4.   Windows 98 Installation

5.   Windows 200 Installation

6.   Windows ME Installation

7. Multlink setup

8. Uninstalling the drivers

 

1. Package Contents

- One USB-ISDN Adapter

- One USB Cable  

- Driver CD (Manual inside) or Driver Diskettes (Manual inside)

- Quick Start Guide

 

2. Specifications

USB Interface

* USB 1.0 Specification full compliance, 1.1 Specification full compatibility (1.1 Power Management Compliance), 12 MBps full speed

ISDN Interface & Standard 

* 2B+D Basic Rate Access

* S/T-interface: complies with ITU-T I.430

ISDN Line Rate

* 64 Kbps on 1 B-channel

* 128 Kbps on 2 B-channel

* 16 Kbps on D-channel for signaling  

ISDN Protocol

* ITU-T Q.921/Q.931 and ETSI NET3

ISDN Network

* DSS1 (Euro-ISDN)  

B-Channel Protocol

* V.110

* X.75/T.70 NL/ISO8208 

* Async-to-Sync PPP conversion

* Multi-Link PPP

* HDLC raw data  

Application Program Interface

* Microsoft NDIS Mini-port Driver

* CAPI 2.0 Driver

Operating System Support

* Windows 98

* Windows 2000

* Windows Me

Physical Specification

* RJ-45 ISDN line interface

Certificates:

*CTR3 and CE

 

3. Hardware Requirements

-Pentium based PC,

-32 MB RAM with Windows 98, 64 MB RAM with Windows 2000,

-USB port,

-Windows 98 or Windows 2000 (NT 5) CD-ROM are required,

-No power supply needed for the USB ISDN Adapter,

-One USB ISDN Adapter,

 

4. Windows 98 Installation

(1)   Start your PC as usual, and then plug in the USB ISDN Adapter to any spare USB port on your system. Windows will report that it has found a new hardware and will open the Add New Hardware Wizard reporting that it searches for the new drivers for this Device. Click on the Next button.

 

(2)   Windows will propose to search for the best drivers for your device. Click on the Next button.

(3)   Insert the driver CD (or diskette for Windows 98 driver), click Specify a location and key in the driver path (for CD, the path is D:\Driver\Win98 where D is the CD drive; for diskette, the path is A:\win98) then click Next button.

(4)   The driver for USB ISDN Adapter will be proposed. Click on the Next button.

(5)   Windows will copy driver files for this device.

(6)   Click on the Finish button to finish the installation of the USB ISDN Adapter.

(7)   ISDN Configuration windows will be shown, click on the Next button.

(8)   Select Switch protocol, please select DSS1: Euro-ISDN for European telephone company users, then click on the Next button.

(9)   You have to enter the Phone Number(s) of your ISDN line. Click on the Next button to continue.

(10)  Windows will prompt that ISDN configuration is complete. Click on Finish button, Windows will then install the CAPI drivers from Operating System CD. If it can not find the Operating system CD, then you will be prompted to provide the CD location.

(11)  After this installation process, we can check the drivers. The Device Manager panel of the System Properties will show the addition of CAPI 2.0 driver and USB ISDN adapter in the ISDN Drivers section and ISDN WAN miniport in the Network Adapters section: The ISDN driver is divided in 2 parts, the USB ISDN driver and the CAPI driver. ISDN WAN miniport is also installed in Device Manager, inside the Network adapters section.

 

5. Windows 2000 Installation

(1)   Start your PC as usual, and then plug in the USB ISDN Adapter to any spare USB port on your system. Windows will show Found New Hardware Wizard reporting that it will help to install a device driver for a hardware device. Click on the Next button.

(2)   Windows will propose to search for a suitable driver for your device, click on the Next button again.

(3)   Insert the driver CD (or diskette for Win 2000 driver); select Specify location and click on the Next button.

(4)   Key in the driver path (for CD, the path is D:\Driver\Win2K where D is the CD drive; for diskette, the path is A:\) then click OK button.

(5)   The driver for USB ISDN will be proposed. Click on the Next button.

(6)   Click Finish button to finish the installation of the USB ISDN Adapter.

(7)   After this installation process, we can check the drivers. The Device Manager panel of the System Properties will show the addition of CAPI 2.0 driver and USB ISDN adapter in the ISDN Drivers section and ISDN WAN miniport in the Network Adapters section: The ISDN driver is divided in 2 parts, the USB ISDN driver and the CAPI driver. ISDN WAN miniport is also installed in Device Manager, inside the Network adapters section.

6. Windows ME Installation

The PC has USB port, simply insert the USB to serial cable (later we will call it the device) into the USB port.

(1)Power on the PC, Windows ME will recognize the device. It will show Found New hardware Wizard, select Specify the location of the drivers and also select Specify the location, Select Search for the best driver for your device. (Recommended) Insert the driver CD or diskette, select the driver location by keying the driver path (for CD, the path is D:\Driver\WinME where D is the CD drive; for diskette, the path is A:\WinME), then click Next.

(2) Windows ME will search and recognize the driver of the Device, click Next.

(3) Windows will automatically copy the driver files and related files into the system.  

(4) After copying the driver files, the device installation is completed, click Finish.

(5) Now USB ISDN Adapter is ready to use.

 

7. Multlink Setup

 

7.1 Dial up Networking Configuration

(1)   When you want to use 2 B channels for your ISP connection then you have to do the following procedure. From Dial Up Networking, change properties on your ISP icon.

(2)   Then select Multilink Tab.

(3)   Check Use additional devices, and Press Add button.

(4)   Edit Extra Devices windows pop up, select ISDN WAN miniport-ISDN2 from the Device Name list, and PressOK.

(5)   Now select Server Types Tab and verify the log on to network option is not checked. With Windows 2000 this option is unchecked by default. You do not need it for ISP connection and it will delay your response time to server connection.

(6)   Press OK to exit the configuration.

 

7.2 Dial up Networking Connection

(1)   The main advantages of ISDN connections compare to PSTN connections is the high bit rate, up to 128Kbit/second and the low connection time. After clicking on Connect button the dialing sequence will last less than 1 second.

(2)   Now, you just have to wait for Server response time to identification and IPCP negotiation.

(3)   If the identification succeeds then the menu will close and the taskbar ISDN icon will report the new status of the connection.

7.3 Taskbar Information

(1)   The Taskbar reports useful information for quick ISDN connection status.

7.4 Connected at 128,000 bps

(1)   When you press on Details button you have access to more information on the connection, but you are also able to hang-up the second line manually with the Suspend button. If the operation succeeds then the Menu change to Connected at 64,000 bps.

7.5 Connected at 64,000 bps

(1)   When you press on Details button you have access to more information on the connection, but you are also able to activate the second line manually with the Resume button. If the operation succeeds then the Menu change to Connected at 128,000 bps.

8. Uninstalling the drivers

If your system already has the USB ISDN drivers installed, you can install a new version. However, you must first uninstall the current USB ISDN drivers, using the following procedure:

(1)   Open the Control Panel from the Start/Settings menu.

(2)   In the Control Panel, double-click on the Add/Remove Programs icon. The Add/Remove Programs Properties dialog box opens.

(3)   Select the ISDN Drivers entry, and click the Add/Remove button.

(4)   When ISDN Drivers is removed from the list, Click OK. USB ISDN drivers and devices will now be uninstalled.

If you want to upgrade the drivers, restart the PC and install new drivers when prompted to. Otherwise, you can turn off your PC, unplug the USB ISDN adapter from the PC.