Installing The Necessary Windows Services; Check Hardware Requirements - Orban OPTIMOD 6300 Operating Manual

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INSTALLATION

Installing the Necessary Windows Services

Check Hardware Requirements

The PC Remote software is supplied on a CD shipped with your 6300. You can also
download it from ftp.orban.com/6300.
Instructions for using the PC Remote software are found starting on page 3-64.
The 6300 PC Remote application uses Windows' built-in communications and net-
working services to deal with the low-level details necessary to communicate with
the 6300's serial port. (These services are also used to upgrade your 6300's firmware
when updates are available from Orban.) The exact process will vary, depending on
how you wish to set up the communications. That is:

If you want to communicate through a local PC, you have two choices:
 Establish a connection between a serial (COM) port of the PC and the COM
port of your 9300 through a null modem cable and use Windows Direct Se-
rial Connect to make the basic connection.
 Use a crossover Ethernet cable to communicate to your PC through its
Ethernet port.

If you want to communicate through a pair of modems, you will use the Win-
dows Dial-Up networking service to make the connection.
You must install the appropriate communications services in Windows (if they
are not already installed) before you can run 6300 Remote software. You may
therefore need to have access to the Windows install disk(s)—or have their im-
age copied onto your computer's hard drive—before you attempt to use the
6300 PC Remote application.
In all cases, regardless of whether your PC communicates to the 6300
through its serial port or Ethernet connector, it uses the ppp and the
TCP/IP protocols to communicate with the 6300.
To connect your PC to your 6300, regardless of the method you choose, you will
need the following:

Orban 6300 OPTIMOD 6300.

If connecting by serial cable: a null modem cable (also called a "reverse" cable).
This cable has DB9 female connectors at both ends for connecting the 6300 to
the serial port on your computer. If your computer has a DB25 connector, you
must obtain an adapter.

If connecting by modem: a 3Com / U.S. Robotics® 56kbps fax modem EXT and
normal (not null) modem cable for the 6300 side of the connection. Note that
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