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  • Page 2 AVM will not be liable for damages arising directly or indirectly from the use of the manual or the software, nor for incidental or consequential damages, except in case of intent or gross negligence.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Welcome What Does FRITZ!Card PCI Include? ......6 Package Contents? ......... .7 Installation Requirements .
  • Page 4 How FRITZ!Card PCI Works FRITZ!Card PCI on the ISDN Line.......35 How Does an ISDN-Controller Work? .
  • Page 5 The following graphic symbols in the manual always appear in connection with text printed in gray italics: FRITZ! marks useful hints to assist you in working with the product. The hand indicates important instructions that must be observed to avoid malfunctions. FRITZ!Card PCI – Typographical Conventions...

  • Page 6: Welcome

    Many Facets of FRITZ!” on page 28 for more informa- tion.) and the AVM system drivers AVM ISDN CAPI Port Driver, AVM ISDN NDIS WAN CAPI Driver and the AVM ISDN TAPI Services for CAPI. For more information on the AVM system drivers, see section “Going Online with FRITZ!web”...

  • Page 7: Package Contents

    1 FRITZ!Card PCI The ISDN-Controller FRITZ!Card PCI establishes the connection between your computer and ISDN. 1 ISDN cable With the ISDN cable provided, FRITZ!Card PCI is connected to the ISDN jack. 1 FRITZ!Card PCI CD with – driver software for FRITZ!Card PCI –...

  • Page 8: Installation Requirements

    CAPI driver is installed. For more information about the requirements for ACPI, see the section “Does the Computer Support ACPI?” on page 40. You can install FRITZ!Card PCI if your computer meets all of these requirements. FRITZ!Card PCI and the software supplied with it is designed as a solution for stand-alone PCs, not for network operation.

  • Page 9: Installation

    2.1 FRITZ!Card PCI Hardware Installation and Connection to ISDN Proceed as follows to install FRITZ!Card PCI and connect it to ISDN. Switch off your computer and any connected devices and then unplug the power supply.
  • Page 10 FRITZ!Card PCI Hardware Installation and Connection to ISDN How to insert the FRITZ!Card PCI is illustrated in the figure below: Inserting the FRITZ!Card PCI into the PCI slot Screw the ISDN-Controller tightly to the top end of the slot. Close the computer, screw the housing back together, and plug the power cable back into the socket.

  • Page 11: What Is Installed

    19 you will find information about the locations of the various software components on your computer after instal- lation. Once installation is complete, additional AVM system drivers and software may be installed for online services (see the section “ISDN and the Internet with Windows System Servic- es”...

  • Page 12: Installing The Driver Software In Windows Xp

    Windows XP Administrator rights are required to install the driver software in Windows XP Professional. Once the FRITZ!Card PCI has been inserted in your computer, proceed as follows: Switch on your computer. The driver software for the FRITZ!Card PCI is already con- tained in the Windows XP operating system and is in- stalled automatically when the computer is started.

  • Page 13: Installing The Driver Software In Windows Me

    Answer “No” in the next dialog so that your computer will not be rebooted. This concludes the update of the FRITZ!Card PCI driver soft- ware. In the next step, install the FRITZ! communications software. For more information, see the section “Installing the Commu- nications Software FRITZ!”...
  • Page 14 Wizard can be used neither to install ISDN hardware and software correctly, nor to set up an ISDN connection. It can only be used to configure a previously installed AVM ISDN NDIS WAN CAPI driver (one of the AVM system drivers).

  • Page 15: Installing The Driver Software In Windows 2000

    Administrator rights are required to install the driver software in Windows 2000. Once the AVM ISDN-Controller FRITZ!Card PCI hardware has been inserted in your computer, the next step is to install the driver software for the ISDN-Controller. Proceed as follows: Switch on your computer.

  • Page 16: Installing The Driver Software In Windows 98

    Plug and Play device is present: the ISDN-Controller. The “Add/Remove Hardware Wizard” is started. Insert the FRITZ!Card PCI CD and follow the instructions on the screen. Note the following: When asked: “What do you want Windows to do?”, se- lect the option “Search for the best driver for your de-...

  • Page 17: Installing The Communications Software Fritz

    Wizard can be used neither to install ISDN hardware and software correctly, nor to set up an ISDN connection. It can only be used to configure a previously installed AVM ISDN NDIS WAN CAPI driver (one of the AVM system drivers).

  • Page 18: Avm Isdn Capi Port Driver Installation

    2.8 AVM ISDN CAPI Port Driver Installation Upon conclusion of the FRITZ! communications software in- stallation, you can install the AVM ISDN CAPI Port Driver. A window with four settings pages is displayed: Modems Select here the CAPI Port modems you would like to in- stall, such as “AVM ISDN Internet (PPP over ISDN)”...

  • Page 19: Where To Find What After Installation

    FRITZ! modules, please see the chapter “FRITZ!: Internet and ISDN Software” on page 27. If you have installed the AVM ISDN CAPI Port Driver, a link to the Help file for the ISDN CAPI Port Driver is created on your desktop.

  • Page 20: Installing Individual Software Components

    AVM continuously extends the functionality of the driver software for your FRITZ!Card PCI. To ensure that your installa- tion of FRITZ!Card PCI is always up to date, you should install new driver software whenever new drivers are made avail- able. To do so, proceed as follows: Open the following Internet page: www.avm.de/en/download...
  • Page 21 – Please choose your language Click the “Search downloads” button. The updates found are displayed on the screen. Search results for new driver software for the FRITZ!Card PCI Start downloading an update by clicking the “Start download” button. In the “File Download” window, click the “Save” button and then click “OK”.
  • Page 22 Answer the prompt with “Continue Anyway” in Windows XP or with “Yes” in Windows 2000. Repeat this procedure in the next dialog for the AVM ISDN NDIS WAN CAPI Driver. 14. An information window appears announcing that the update has been concluded successfully.

  • Page 23: Removing Fritz!Card Pci

    If you would like to remove the driver software, proceed as follows: The driver can only be uninstalled when FRITZ!Card PCI is still physically present in the computer. After the hardware has been removed from the PCI slot, the corresponding entry in the Device Manager is no longer visible.

  • Page 24: Removing Software In Windows Me And 98

    FRITZ!Card PCI: Select “Start / Settings / Control Panel”, then double- click the “Add/Remove Programs” icon. The components of FRITZ!Card PCI are found in the list of installed software. They appear in the list as follows: – AVM FRITZ! – AVM ISDN CAPI Port –...

  • Page 25: Removing Software In Windows 2000

    Restart your computer. Rebooting the computer concludes the uninstallation. 3.3 Removing Software in Windows 2000 Proceed as follows to remove the FRITZ!Card PCI driver soft- ware in Windows 2000: Select “Start / Settings / Control Panel”, then double- click the “Add/Remove Hardware” icon.
  • Page 26 Click the “Change/Remove” button. All of the selected component‘s files and settings are deleted from your computer. Repeat this process as necessary to remove another soft- ware component of FRITZ!Card PCI. This completes uninstallation of the selected component. FRITZ!Card PCI – 3 Removing FRITZ!Card PCI...

  • Page 27: Fritz!: Internet And Isdn Software

    FRITZ!: Internet and ISDN Software 4 FRITZ!: Internet and ISDN Software FRITZ! is the gateway to the entire world of ISDN communica- tion: surfing the Internet, sending faxes, transmitting data and much more. This software grants you freedom of connectivity, allowing communication not only with remote partners equipped with an ISDN line, but also connections to analog lines.

  • Page 28: The Many Facets Of Fritz

    The Many Facets of FRITZ! 4.1 The Many Facets of FRITZ! FRITZ! consists of the following modules: The module FRITZ!web allows the user to dial into the Internet simply and directly. Thanks to channel bundling and data com- pression, Internet connections with extremely high data trans- mission speeds can be established.

  • Page 29: Blocking Numbers With Isdnwatch

    ISDNWatch Online Help. 4.3 Going Online with FRITZ!web With FRITZ!Card PCI and the FRITZ!web module you can go on- line fast for easy surfing. You can explore the World Wide Web, exchange e-mail or enter chat rooms.

  • Page 30: Faxing With Fritz!Fax

    Channel Bundling Channel Bundling Channel bundling allows data to be transmitted from the Inter- net using both channels. With this feature data can be down- loaded more quickly, but transmission costs are accrued for both channels. You can activate the second channel manually or have it switched on automatically for high data loads.
  • Page 31 Sending a Fax Sending a Fax The “FRITZ!fax” printer is configured during the FRITZ!Card in- stallation. Fax documents can be created in text processing programs: With a Windows application, open or create a document to send as a fax. Enter the print command in your program, select FRITZ!fax as your printer and confirm with “OK”.

  • Page 32: Msns For Fritz! Modules

    Managing Faxes The caller pays the costs accrued by a fax polling transmission. This is especially important to remember when you call premi- um numbers. To start fax polling, select the “Start fax polling” button. A “Fax Polling” window opens. Enter the fax polling number and con- firm it with “OK”.

  • Page 33: Isdn And The Internet With Windows System Services

    System Services As an alternative to FRITZ!, you can use Windows Systems Ser- vices for Internet access and faxing. For this you need the AVM system drivers ISDN NDIS WAN CAPI Driver, ISDN CAPI Port Driver and ISDN TAPI Services for CAPI.
  • Page 34 AVM ISDN TAPI Services for CAPI. FRITZ!Card PCI as a Virtual Modem The AVM ISDN CAPI Port Driver allows you to use an ISDN-Con- troller as if it were a modem. The ISDN CAPI Port Driver generates a number of virtual mo- dems in your system.

  • Page 35: How Fritz!Card Pci Works

    (MSNs). Each ISDN line is equipped with several MSNs. If a PBX is connected to one of the ISDN sockets and your computer with FRITZ!Card PCI to the other, additional ISDN sockets are required to connect any other ISDN terminal de- vices like an ISDN telephone (see the gray area in the figure below).
  • Page 36 No matter which interface your FRITZ!Card PCI is connected to, an internal or an external S interface, the terminal de- vice is not the ISDN-Controller FRITZ!Card PCI, but rather the ISDN software on your PC: for instance, the FRITZ! modules FRITZ!data and FRITZ!fax.

  • Page 37: How Does An Isdn-Controller Work

    FRITZ!. The driver software for the ISDN-Controller FRITZ!Card PCI thus is also known as the CAPI driver. FRITZ!Card PCI has a special CAPI driver for each operating system supported; the applications work identically and therefore can be used universally with CAPI 2.0. The modules of the FRITZ! communications software are also based on CAPI 2.0, as are a number of programs by other manufactur-...
  • Page 38 D-channel protocol of the ISDN line and puts all required B-channel protocols (X.75, HDLC, etc.) at the dispos- al of the applications. CAPI 2.0 also provides SoftCompres- sion X75/V42bis, SoftModem and SoftFax G3. FRITZ!Card PCI – 5 How FRITZ!Card PCI Works...

  • Page 39: Ready To Receive On Standby

    ISDN application such as FRITZ!data. CAPI SoftFax G3 The driver software allows FRITZ!Card PCI to be used with all CAPI-based Windows fax applications. FRITZ!Card PCI sup- ports transmission and reception of faxes at a rate of up to 14,400 bit/s.
  • Page 40 All of the devices installed on your computer support ACPI. One single component installed on the computer that does not support APCI can make it impossible to use standby or hibernation. FRITZ!Card PCI – 5 How FRITZ!Card PCI Works...
  • Page 41 For the computer to be able to accept incoming calls an faxes, a relevant ISDN application must be started, for instance FRITZ!fax. If you operate FRITZ!Card PCI at a PBX with an internal bus, it may not make sense to use standby. Some PBX systems constantly interrupt standby operation with internal signals.

  • Page 42: Information, Updates And Support

    In Windows XP and 2000, the current Readme file for FRITZ!Card PCI can be found on the FRITZ!Card PCI CD in the WINDOWS.XP or WINDOWS.2K folder, respectively. Help files for the AVM system drivers: If you install an AVM system driver, such as the CAPI Port Driver, a shortcut to the corresponding Help file is created on your desktop.

  • Page 43: Updates

    6.2 Updates New driver software and software updates for your FRITZ!Card PCI are available for downloading free of charge from AVM’s Internet site or the AVM Data Call Center (ADC). Internet To download new driver software for FRITZ!Card PCI from the Internet, please enter the following URL: www.avm.de/en/download...

  • Page 44: Assistance From Avm Support

    FRITZ!Card PCI. The support desk can be reached by e-mail or by fax. AVM Support then will contact you to assist in resolving your prob- lem. You will receive an e-mail or a fax.
  • Page 45 Support requests can be sent to AVM by e-mail. Please use the support request form on the AVM Internet pages at: http://www.avm.de/en/service/support/ Fill out the form and send it to AVM support by clicking the “Send” button. Support by Fax...

  • Page 46: Index

    ACPI FRITZ!fon administrator rights FRITZ!web Advanced Configuration Power FRITZ!web Assistant Interface AT commands AVM Data Call Center (ADC) AVM ISDN TAPI Services for CAPI hibernation AVM support information CAPI Port modems Installation CAPI SoftCompression in Windows 2000 CAPI SoftFax in Windows 98...
  • Page 47 Remote Wake Up removing driver software in Windows 2000 in Windows Me and 98 in Windows XP S0 interface service indicator software components standby support TAPI test FRITZ!fax updates Informational message performing updating the driver software virtual modem Windows XP fax service FRITZ!Card –...

  • Page 48: Declaration Of Ce Conformity

    EN 55022/9.98 + A1/10.00 + A2/01.03 Class B EN 55024/9.98 + A1/10.01 + A2/01.03 The CE symbol confirms that this product conforms with the above mentioned norms and regulations. Berlin, 15-11-2005 Peter Faxel, Technical Director FRITZ!Card PCI – Declaration of CE Conformity...

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