GPRS with WLAN PC Card W10 User’s Manual Version 1.
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Table of Contents Chapter 1. Introduction ................................................................. 1 1.1. Product Kit ......................................................................................... 2 1.2. System Requirements........................................................................ 2 1.3. Mechanical Description...................................................................... 2 Chapter 2. Installation ...................................................................
Chapter 1. Introduction Thank you for purchasing a BENQ W10 GPRS with WLAN PC Card. The W10 offers GSM/GPRS tri-band 900/1800/1900 MHz and IEEE 802.11b WLAN 2.4GHz connectivity in a single PC Card, ensuring that you can connect quickly and easily to the Internet wherever you are in more than 160 countries on five continents. The W10 provides both data and voice communications, giving you the freedom to send and receive e-mail and make voice calls with same device, and even simultaneously.
1.1. Product Kit Before installation, make sure that you have the following items: W10 GPRS with Wireless LAN PC Card Hands-Free Software CD containing user manual and utility Quick Start Guide Warranty card 1.2. System Requirements Before using your W10, please check that you have the following required items: Notebook PC with PCMCIA Type II slot and CD-ROM drive Microsoft Windows 2000/XP operating system (recommend), Windows 98 SE/ ME. 1.3.
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Chapter 2. Installation 2.1. Installing your SIM card to W10 To successfully use your W10, you have to insert your SIM card supplied by your network operator. 1. Push the SIM card holder out and slide it in the direction shown. 2. Place your SIM card to the W10 SIM card holder in the direction shown. Note that the gold contact part of the SIM card faces outside.
3. Please make sure the SIM card is firmly fixed in the SIM card holder as below shows. 4. Insert the SIM card holder (with the SIM card inside) back to W10 in the direction shown. Then, you are ready to use full functions of W10.
2.2. Removing your SIM card from W10 Please follow the instructions below to remove your SIM card from W10 after using it. 1. Push the SIM card holder out and slide it in the direction shown. 2. Use your fingers to bend the middle part of the W10 SIM card holder as the follow picture shows in order to remove your SIM card from the holder.
2.3. Driver Installation Insert W10 driver CD into your notebook and browse the CD for W10 setup.exe. Then double click to install. Select a setup language you wish to install and press OK button.
The W10 driver is activated to prepare the InstallShield Wizard. Please wait while copying files.
Select a location to install W10 files. The default location is C:\Program Files\BENQ Corporation\w10. To install W10 files to this folder, click Next. If you want to install to another folder, click Browse and select another folder. Please wait while installing files.
Press Yes and restart your computer. After installing the W10 driver, please insert W10 PCMCIA Adapter into your notebook. The system will show “Found New Hardware” message and start the hardware configuration. (If your Operating System is Windows XP, the system will ask if you are willing to continue the installation. Please click “Start to install”.
The system will then show a warning message as follows. tested in stringent conditions. to continue the installation.
continue the installation. (If your Operating System is Windows XP, the system will ask again if you are willing to continue the installation. Please click “Yes” to start the installation process.) The system will then show a warning message as follows. The reason is the same as described above. Please feel comfortable to click “Yes” to continue the installation. The same message will appear again when finding the next new hardware “GPRS+Wireless LAN Modem Secondary (1201)”.
The W10 installation is now completed and after finishing all these steps, you are able to find the W10 Wireless Settings utility icon (as circled below) on the system tool bar. This means the installation is done successfully. Now you may start to enjoy your W10. 2.4. Using and Removing your W10 from your laptop W10 has smart function “Plug & Play”. Once you plug your W10 into the laptop, you can start using W10 right away. If you finish using W10, you may just directly remove and no need to stop it.
Chapter 3. W10 Wireless Settings As illustrated below, you are able to launch W10 Wireless Settings utility by clicking the icon on the tool bar. 3.1. UI Functions The UI functions are implemented in individual dialog box. 3.1.1. System Tray When the 56W10 PC Card is inserted into PCMCIA slot, a small icon is shown on the system tray to indicate the card insertion. After you click that icon with right-button of mouse, a menu will be shown.
3.1.2. Main Function Bar When the Main Function Bar appears on the screen, users can have 5 choices. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. WLAN/GPRS/GSM Network Configuration Phone Short Messages Service (SMS) Phone Book Phone Setting When the mouse pointer crosses over the button, the color of button will be changed to show which function has been selected. These functions could not operate at the same time except thw phone wizard. 3.1.2.1.
3.1.2.1.1. GPRS connection When users choose network configuration, the submenu will pop up. Left click the mouse on the GPRS item and the GPRS control panel will pop up. The current profile name and status of the GPRS configuration is displayed in this screen. Profile New (Setup a new connection) When you setup a new GPRS profile, one new GPRS setup menu will pop up. Please kindly check with your operator about GPRS setup. Edit Edit an existing setting you select in the dialup profile list.
3.1.2.1.2.1 GPRS Connection setting Please select networking-> GPRS to bring up the GPRS Connection panel. First time User 1. If this is the first time you using W10 connecting GPRS,you need to create one new connection profile. Please press “New” in the control panel of GPRS connection. 2. After selecting “New”, the sub-menu will pop-up. (Please inquire the operator of your SIM card provider about the GPRS configuration.) a. Name your GPRS connection at the Profile Name. b. Input the APN number 3. 4. 5.
3.1.2.1.3. WLAN When users choose network configuration, the submenu will pop up. Left click the mouse on the WLAN item and the WLAN control panel will pop up. Status - Network Adapter You can select from a list of network adapter in this field. kindly select BenQ W10 WLAN PC Card supporting (Please GPRS with - State The current state of the driver is displayed in this screen. If the state reveals “Associated,“ it means that the normal flow of operation is in Infrastructure mode.
- Network Adapter You can see the current operation mode, Infrastructure or Ad-Hoc mode. - Channel This field shows the current radio channel, which is being used for an active connection. - Tx Rate This field shows the current transmit rate, which is being used for an active connection. - Security This field tells if you have opened your WEP security. - IP Address The field shows the IP Address of the current Internet adapter.
and one configuration menu will pop up. - Modify You could modify the existing WLAN setting profile by pressing the button. configuration menu of the existing profile will pop up. The - Remove You may remove your existing profile anytime. - Active You may select different setting profile based on the different situations, or in environments. After selecting, please press active to activate the profile or it will not effective.
connection. In “Ad-Hoc” mode, please select your channel responding to other WLAN adapters you would like to associate with. This is a non-compliant mode, which will allow W10 cards to talk to one another without an AP regardless any SSID. WEP Mode: You could active or inactive your WEP security function by selecting “On” or “Off”. Key Length: According to WEP function select, this page allows the entry of four keys for 64-bit or 128-bit encryption key.
Site Survey - Rescan This button will scan all available Access Points in your neighborhood and then list their SSID, channel, BSSID and signal respectively. - Join Select the SSID you want to be associated with, and then press this Join button to join this network. 3.1.2.2. Phone When user click phone service button in the W10 main menu bar, a phone-shaped dialog box will be popped up. Users can use the keypad on this dialog as they use a normal mobile phone.
Phone (Use it as using a normal mobile phone) Out calling: Users can either key-in the phone number on the keyboard and press “Enter” to make a call or use mouse to click the number keypads on the phone-shaped dialog box to dial and then click the “Send/Answer” key to make a call. Incoming call: Users can press “Enter” or use mouse to click the “Send/Answer” key on the phone-shaped dialog box to answer the incoming call. Phone book to access the Phone book.
3.1.2.3. Short Message Service (SMS) When users choose “Short Message” service, a Microsoft Outlook-shaped dialog box will be popped. A full view for all received or sent short messages. If users click some message item, you can see the content in the below area. Users can edit, save, delete, reply, and create messages in this scenario. I. Inbox: Reading received messages. Click the “Inbox” button and all the messages in the inbox will be listed on the message dialogue box. II.
I. Create New Short Message: Click this button and the following frame appears, fill in the recipient’s phone number in the “Tel No” column and enter the message text you desire to send. Then, click the “Send Message” In addition, users can click the “Phone book” button to send the message. button to view phone book. II. Forward Short Message: Click this button to forward short messages. III. Reply Short Message: Click this button to reply short messages. IV.
3.1.2.4. Phone Book When users choose “Phone Book”, a full view of all phone book records are shown in the dialog box. Users can create new records, edit or delete records. Users can search records for names too. It’s convenient for users to dial a number, send a short message from the phone book scenario. When users select one record on the list, and choose to send a short message, the “Short Message” service dialog will be popped up for sending messages. I.
II. View Call Logs: This menu contains lists of the calls you missed, sent and received. Phone Book Tool Bar: 1. Make a Call: Users can select a number from the phone book record list and press the “Make a Call” key to make a call. 2. Send SMS: Users can select a number from the phone book record list and press the “Send SMS” key to send a short message. 3. New: Press this key to add a new record to the phone book list. 4.
6. Find: Press this key and a dialogue box will be popped up, users can search for the record from all range (SIM page, PC page, Record page) by entering names or numbers. 3.1.2.5. Setting The settings are phone related settings, which include audio setting, call related setting, network setting, and security related settings. Users can reach all dialog by click the tab. Audio Setting - Ringer type selection Users can customize their favorite ringers sound types.
settings. - Call divert (Call Forward) Users can choose from the following Call Divert modes as needed. Forward Unconditional: Diverts incoming calls to a designated phone number at all time. When Busy: Incoming calls are sent to a designated number when user’s phone is busy. No Reply: When an incoming call is not replied, it will be send to a designated phone number. Not Reachable: When user’s phone is off or located outside the network service area, incoming calls will be sent to a designated number.
Incoming when Roaming: Stops incoming calls to your phone when roaming (when you are traveling abroad). - Network password change In “Call Barring” setting, a network password is needed. So, network password is managed in the dialog box. Any status changed due to operation will be shown on the “Status” area near the bottom of this dialog box.
the phone code). You can set the phone lock in the same way you set PIN check in Set PIN1. - SIM lock With this SIM lock feature, you can prevent unauthorized use of your phone with an unknown SIM card. When you have the SIM lock activated your phone will only work with the SIM card used to enable the lock. If a new SIM card has been inserted into your phone, "Insert Correct SIM" and the will pop up after you power on and enter the PIN. Press the left soft key SIM lock code will be requested.
Change PIN2 To increase your phone's security you can change the preset PIN2 to a number only you know.
Chapter 4. TroubleShooting Question 1 What should the users do when the signal icon Cable Disconnected appeared right after pressing the ReScan or Disable Radio button under Peer-to-Peer (Ad-hoc) mode? Answer 1 Please remove the BenQ W10 PC Card from the PCMCIA slot and re-insert the device again, and then it will connect the user back on line.
it should create new association for the device with the AP.