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Option Audio GlobeTrotter PCI Express Mini Card Quick Start Manual

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GlobeTrotter PCI Express Mini
Card Quick Start Guide Module
Certification
OPTION NV, Gaston Geenslaan 14, 3001 Leuven - Belgium
Tel +32 16 317 411 Fax +32 16 207 164 http://www.option.com
Option Confidential

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  • Page 1 GlobeTrotter PCI Express Mini Card Quick Start Guide Module Certification OPTION NV, Gaston Geenslaan 14, 3001 Leuven - Belgium Tel +32 16 317 411 Fax +32 16 207 164 http://www.option.com Option Confidential...
  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    About this document Confidentiality All data and information contained or disclosed by this document is confidential and proprietary of Option NV, and all rights therein are expressly reserved. By accepting this document, the recipient agrees that this information is held in confidence and in trust and will not be used, copied, reproduced in whole or in part, nor its contents revealed in any manner to others without prior and written permission of Option NV.
  • Page 3: Overview

    2 OVERVIEW 1. SIM card holder 3. Audio CODEC chip reset button 2. SIM card eject mechanism 4. Small USB connector Figure 1: Pepijn Cradle bottom view 3 HARDWARE INSTALLATION Step-by-step instructions: (1) Insert the module skew into the cradle and (2) push the module down, so it makes proper contact in the PCI Express connector.
  • Page 4 Figure 3: SIM card holder (7) Connect the external antenna (or SMA connector cable for test equipment) to the RF connector on the module. Figure 4: RF connector on the module (8) Connect the headset into the audio jack (MODULE WILL ALSO WORK PROPERLY EVEN WITHOUT THIS JACK).
  • Page 5: Driver Installation

    Figure 5: Top to bottom: USB cable, power plug and audio jack NOTES: In case a hard reset of the unit is necessary, unplug the power supply and wait until the power led (led closest to the fan) is fully extinguished before reconnecting the power supply (A large buffer capacitor on the cradle board needs about 10 seconds to discharge).
  • Page 6 Figure 7: Welcome to the Found New Hardware Wizard (2) For Windows XP: on the first dialog (“Can Windows connect to Windows Update to search for software?”) select “No, not this time” (3) On the next dialog, select ”Install software automatically (Recommended)”. At this point make sure the CD-ROM with drivers is inserted into your optical drive.
  • Page 7 Figure 9: Install from a list or specific location (Advanced) (4) If the drivers have been fully signed, an automatic process takes you further. If however the supplied drivers are not yet WHQL signed for Windows , you will get a pop-up with signing warnings from Windows.
  • Page 8 Figure 11: Completing the Found New Hardware Wizard (6) Repeat step 3 to 5 for all mentioned drivers. (7) On successful installation of all drivers the device manager will show following typical installed devices. Figure 12: Device manager after driver installation OPTION NV, Gaston Geenslaan 14, 3001 Leuven - Belgium Tel +32 16 317 411 Fax +32 16 207 164 http://www.option.com Option Confidential...
  • Page 9: Hyperterminal

    To get to device manager go to “Start” menu and select “Run”. In the next dialogue type “devmgmt.msc” as shown on the next screenshot: Figure 13: Run to device manager 5 HYPERTERMINAL This section describes briefly how to setup HyperTerminal to communicate with the PCI Express Mini Card by AT commands.
  • Page 10 Figure 15: Location information (4) Just “OK” the next “Phone and Modem Options” screen. Figure 16: Phone and Modem Options (5) Enter a name for your HyperTerminal Connection and press OK. OPTION NV, Gaston Geenslaan 14, 3001 Leuven - Belgium Tel +32 16 317 411 Fax +32 16 207 164 http://www.option.com Option Confidential...
  • Page 11 Figure 17: Connection Description (6) In the next window, change the “Connect using:” field to the Application Port (COM6 in this example). Click OK. Figure 18: Connect To (7) Now the next window will appear. Modify the Bit per second field to 115200 and click OK. OPTION NV, Gaston Geenslaan 14, 3001 Leuven - Belgium Tel +32 16 317 411 Fax +32 16 207...
  • Page 12 Figure 19: Connection Properties HyperTerminal is configured and you are now ready issue AT commands to the PCI Express Mini Card module. Figure 20 shows a typical HyperTerminal session. If you don’t have visual feedback of what you are typing, you need to turn echo on by typing ATE1 followed by enter first as shown in below example.