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  • Page 1 HZ1500 Wireless LAN Card User’s Guide www.direct2data.com REVISION VERSION DATE...

  • Page 2: Copyright

    HZ1500 Wireless LAN Card HZ1500 Wireless LAN Card COPYRIGHT ©2003 ParkerVision Inc. All rights reserved. Horizons Wireless and D2D Technology are registered trademarks of ParkerVision Inc. All specifi cations are subject to change without notice. May include one or more of the following patents: US6421534, US6049706, US6266518, US6061555, US6061551,US6353735, US6091940, US6370371 Additional Patents Pending.

  • Page 3: Limited Warranty

    HZ1500 Wireless LAN Card LIMITED WARRANTY PLEASE READ THIS MANUFACTURER’S GUARANTEE CAREFULLY TO UNDERSTAND YOUR RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS. MANUFACTURER’S GUARANTEE AND LIMITATION OF LIABILITLY Note: The following guarantee is not restricted to any territory and does not affect any statutory rights that you may have.

  • Page 4: Customer Support

    HZ1500 Wireless LAN Card ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES THAT ARE NOT DEEMED EXCLUDED ARE LIMITED TO THE ORIGINAL GUARANTEE PERIOD OR TO THE SHORTEST PERIOD PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, WHICHEVER IS GREATER. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW AND EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN THIS...

  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    HZ1500 Wireless LAN Card Table of Contents Copyright ..............................ii Federal Communications Commission(FCC) Interference Statement..........iii Limited Warranty............................v Customer Support ............................vi List of Figures............................ix List of Tables ..............................ix Preface ................................x GETTING STARTED ............................I Chapter 1 Getting to Know Your Horizons Wireless LAN Card ............1-1 Introduction..........................1-1...
  • Page 6 HZ1500 Wireless LAN Card Table of Contents - Continued Advanced Confi guration in Windows 2000/XP................ 4-3 Advanced Confi guration in Windows NT ................4-4 Chapter 5 Troubleshooting........................5-1 Problems During Driver Installation ..................5-1 Problems With the Utility Confi guration.................. 5-2 Problems With Access Point Settings..................
  • Page 7 HZ1500 Wireless LAN Card INTRODUCTION All Horizons Wireless products are designed and manufactured by Direct2Data Technologies. Products are fully compliant with IEEE 802.11b standards and are optimized to provide maximum possible speed and bandwidth through your Internet connection for fastest uploads and downloads.

  • Page 8: Getting Started

    HZ1500 Wireless LAN Card Part I Getting Started The following chapters are structured as a step-by-step guide to help you connect, install and setup your Horizons Wireless LAN Card.

  • Page 9: Chapter 1 Getting To Know Your Horizons Wireless Lan Card

    HZ1500 Wireless LAN Card Chapter 1 Getting to Know Your Horizons Wireless LAN Card This chapter introduces the main features of the Horizons Wireless LAN Card 1.1 Introduction The Horizons Wireless PC LAN Card is an 11 Mbps IEEE 802.1 l(b) wireless PCMCIA card and that has a standard PCMCIA adapter which fi ts into any standard PCMCIA Type II notebook computer slot.
  • Page 10 HZ1500 Wireless LAN Card • Temporary LAN’s for Special Projects or During Peak Time - For trade shows, exhibitions and construction sites where a temporary network is required. For retailers, airline and shipping com panies who need additional workstations during peak periods. For auditors requiring workgroups at customer sites.
  • Page 11 HZ1500 Wireless LAN Card Chapter 2 Software Installation This chapter will guide you through the installation of the Horizons Software Make sure that you install the software onto your computer BEFORE you install the Horizons Wireless LAN Card! The Horizons D2D Wireless LAN Card works with Windows XP and 2000 Operating Systems.
  • Page 12 HZ1500 Wireless LAN Card The License Agreement screen will appear. The License Agreement must be accepted The License Agreement screen will appear. The License Agreement must be accepted to continue. Click NEXT to continue. Select the type of install to be performed.
  • Page 13 HZ1500 Wireless LAN Card RESTART YOUR COMPUTER Select FINISH to Restart your computer and complete the installation of the software. Now go to the next section of this Manual to begin hardware installation and confi guration.

  • Page 14: Chapter 2 Hardware Installation

    HZ1500 Wireless LAN Card Chapter 3 Hardware Installation This chapter will guide you through the installation of the Horizons Wireless LAN Card into your computer 3.1 System Requirements • PCMCIA Type II slot • PCMCIA card and socket service that is Revision 2.1-compliant to PCMCIA specifi cation (or higher) •...
  • Page 15 • Open DEVICE MANAGER • Select the HARDWARE folder tab, and then click the DEVICE MANAGER button. • Double-click NETWORK ADAPTERS. No special markers should appear next to the HZ1500 Wireless LAN Card selection. • Double-click HZ1500 Wireless LAN Card. Refer to the tab labeled GENERAL. The DEVICE STATUS Window will indicate that the device is working properly.

  • Page 16: Advanced Management

    HZ1500 Wireless LAN Card Part II Advanced Management The following chapters will show you how to manage and confi gure advanced parameters of your Horizons Wireless LAN Card.

  • Page 17: Confi Guration

    To access the Horizons-Wireless D2D Confi guration GUI you must fi rst launch the HORIZONS STATUS MONITOR. To do this, double-click the HZ1500 shortcut found on the desktop. The D2D Confi guration GUI can also be accessed by double-clicking the HORIZONS (H) icon that appears in the Windows System Tray (bottom-right corner of the task bar).
  • Page 18 HZ1500 Wireless LAN Card 4.2 Confi guration - Using the D2D/Horizons Confi guration GUI The D2D Confi guration GUI is displayed as shown below and consists of four primary sections. From here, different connections may be detected, confi gured, and stored.
  • Page 19 To begin using the HZ1500 Wireless LAN Card immediately, highlight the desired available connection and select CONNECT. The following describes information found in the AVAILABLE CONNECTIONS area of the confi guration GUI.
  • Page 20 Edit Section Described on Next Page Although not required for operation of the HZ1500, PROFILES may be created and stored for known connections. This provides an easy mechanism to connect to known points when moving to and from various additional locations.
  • Page 21 HZ1500 Wireless LAN Card 4.2 Confi guration - Using the D2D/Horizons Confi guration GUI - Continued EDIT SECTION To establish a profi le: • Enter a name for the profi le • Use the Scanned SSID (network name - See Next Pages for Additional Information), or enter the desired SSID Connection Point •...
  • Page 22 HZ1500 Wireless LAN Card 4.2 Confi guration - Using the D2D/Horizons Confi guration GUI - Continued ACCESS TRAY SECTION If the START IN SYSTEM TRAY option is toggled, the HORIZONS (H) icon will appear in the system tray on start-up.
  • Page 23 HZ1500 Wireless LAN Card 4.2 Confi guration - Using the D2D/Horizons Confi guration GUI - Continued MORE ON SSID Service Set Identifi cation (SSID) The Service Set Identifi cation (SSID) is a thirty-two alphanumeric character (maximum) string identifying the wireless local area network. Horizons-Wireless refers to the SSID as network name.
  • Page 24 HZ1500 Wireless LAN Card 4.2 Confi guration - Using the D2D/Horizons Confi guration GUI - Continued ACHIEVING MAXIMUM PERFORMANCE ON YOUR COMPUTER WITH THE HZ1500 WIRELESS LAN CARD...
  • Page 25 HZ1500 Wireless LAN Card 4.2 Confi guration - Using the D2D/Horizons Confi guration GUI - Continued ACHIEVING MAXIMUM PERFORMANCE ON YOUR COMPUTER WITH THE HZ1500 WIRELESS LAN CARD - Continued...
  • Page 26 HZ1500 Wireless LAN Card 4.2 Confi guration - Using the D2D/Horizons Confi guration GUI - Continued ACHIEVING MAXIMUM PERFORMANCE ON YOUR COMPUTER WITH THE HZ1500 WIRELESS LAN CARD - Continued...
  • Page 27 HZ1500 Wireless LAN Card Part III Additional Information This part includes Troubleshooting, Appendices, and the Index...

  • Page 28: Chapter 5 Troubleshooting

    HZ1500 Wireless LAN Card Chapter 5 Troubleshooting This chapter covers potential problems and the possible remedies. After each problem description, some instructions are provided to help you diagnose and solve the problem. 5.1 Problems During Driver Installation PROBLEM CORRECTIVE ACTION The Horizons Wireless LAN Insert the PCMCIA adapter into your notebook computer’s slot again.

  • Page 29: Problems With Access Point Settings

    HZ1500 Wireless LAN Card This chapter covers potential problems and the possible remedies. After each problem description, some instructions are provided to help you diagnose and solve the problem. 5.3 Problems With Access Point Settings PROBLEM CORRECTIVE ACTION Problems with AP settings.

  • Page 30: Appendix A Network Confi Guration

    HZ1500 Wireless LAN Card Appendix A Network Confi guration The Horizons Wireless LAN Card 100 supports the same network confi guration options of Legacy Ethernet LAN’s as defi ned by the IEEE 802 standard. The Horizons Wireless LAN Card 100 can be confi gured as: •...
  • Page 31 HZ1500 Wireless LAN Card Ad-hoc Wireless LAN Topology - Continued An Ad-hoc wireless LAN is a group of computers, each equipped with one wireless adapter, and connected as an independent wireless LAN. Computers in a specifi c Ad-hoc wireless LAN must be confi gured on the same radio channel.
  • Page 32 HZ1500 Wireless LAN Card Ad-hoc Wireless LAN Topology - Continued The Horizons Wireless LAN Card 100 provides access to a wired LAN for wireless computers. An integrated wireless and wired LAN is called an Infrastructure confi guration. A group of wireless LAN computer users and an Access Point constitute a Basic Service Set (BSS).

  • Page 33: Appendix B Hardware Specifi Cations

    HZ1500 Wireless LAN Card Appendix B Hardware Specifi cations General Horizons HZ1500 Wireless LAN Card Specifi cations Operating Systems Supported Windows 2000, and XP Standards IEEE 802.11b; WIFI Compliant Host Interface PC Card Type II Slot Extended Data Rates 1, 2, 5.5, 11 Mbps, with Auto-Fall-...
  • Page 34 HZ1500 Wireless LAN Card Appendix C Important Safety Instructions The following safety instructions apply to the Horizons Wireless LAN Card 100 Wireless PCMCIA Card: 1. Be sure to read and follow all warning notices and instructions. 2. Do not service the product by yourself. Refer all servicing to qualifi ed service personnel.

  • Page 35: Index

    HZ1500 Wireless LAN Card Index Access Point Setting Problem ..5-2 data collision ....... 3-7 data encryption ......3-4 Ad-hoc Topology......B Advanced Confi guration data rate ........1-1 Windows 2000/XP...... 4-3 Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum (DSSS) Technology ... See Direct Sequence Spread Authentication Algorithm ....
  • Page 36 HZ1500 Wireless LAN Card Index Installation Power Save .........3-6 Preamble Mode ......4-1 Hardware ......... 2-1 Software ........3-1 Long ........4-2 Installation Problem...... 5-1 Short ........4-2 Interrupt Number ......4-4 problem description ......5-1 10 Port Address......4-4 radio channel ......3-10 Radio Frequency (RF) exposure ..
  • Page 37 HZ1500 Wireless LAN Card Index Transmission Range Effective........Troubleshooting......5-1 Voltage ......... E WEP.....See Wired Equivalent Privacy WEP Encryption Screen....Wired Equivalent Privacy....
  • Page 38 HZ1500 Wireless LAN Card Glossary Channel: The radio channel of a wireless network, 1 through 11. Connect: Connect to an available network, or connect to a network using a specifi c profi le. Delete: Delete a named profi le. Done: Save changes and close the window.

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