ParkerVision ® Wireless to the MAX SIGNAL miniPCI1500 Wireless PC LAN Card USER’S GUIDE WWW.PARKERVISION.
® 2 miniPCI1500 Wireless PC LAN Card COPYRIGHT ©2004 ParkerVision Inc. All rights reserved. ParkerVision Wireless™ and D2D™ Technology are registered trademarks of ParkerVision Inc. All specifications 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. Designed and manufactured in the USA.
® 3 miniPCI1500 Wireless PC LAN Card LIMITED WARRANTY PLEASE READ THIS MANUFACTURER’S GUARANTEE CAREFULLY TO UNDERSTAND YOUR RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS. MANUFACTURER’S GUARANTEE AND LIMITATION OF LIABILITY Note: The following guarantee is not restricted to any territory and does not affect any statutory rights that you may have. The term “Hardware Device” means the enclosed ParkerVision Hardware Device.
® 4 miniPCI1500 Wireless PC 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.
® 5 miniPCI1500 Wireless PC LAN Card Table of Contents Copyright ............................................................................................................................................................... 2 Federal Communications Commission(FCC) Interference Statement ................................................................... 2 Limited Warranty.......................................................................................................................................
® 6 miniPCI1500 Wireless PC LAN Card INTRODUCTION All ParkerVision Wireless products are designed and manufactured by ParkerVision. 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. The distance capabilities of your wireless network equipment directly affect your signal quality. Distance capabilities are usually stated in terms of outdoor, open field reach.
® 7 miniPCI1500 Wireless PC 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 ParkerVision miniPCI1500 Wireless PC LAN Card.
® 8 miniPCI1500 Wireless PC LAN Card Chapter 1 : Getting to Know Your ParkerVision miniPCI1500 Wireless PC LAN Card This chapter introduces the main features of the ParkerVision miniPCI1500 Wireless PC LAN Card 1.1 Introduction The ParkerVision miniPCI1500 Wireless PC LAN Card is an 11 Mbps IEEE 802.11b wireless Mini PCI card and has a standard Mini PCI adapter which fits into any standard Mini PCI Type notebook computer slot.
® 9 miniPCI1500 Wireless PC LAN Card rear-range the workplace or change locations. • 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 companies who need additional workstations during peak periods. For auditors requiring workgroups at customer sites.
® 10 miniPCI1500 Wireless PC LAN Card Chapter 2 : Software Installation This chapter will guide you through the installation of the ParkerVision Software. Make sure that you install the software onto your computer BEFORE you install the ParkerVision miniPCI1500 Wireless PC LAN Card! Note: The ParkerVision miniPCI1500VWireless PC LAN Card works with Windows XP and 2000 Operating Systems. 2.1 Installing the ParkerVision Software Insert the CD ROM into the CD ROM drive.
® 11 miniPCI1500 Wireless PC LAN Card 2.1 Installing the ParkerVision Software - Continued The License Agreement screen will appear. The License Agreement must be accepted to continue. Click YES to continue. Select the install folder. Click NEXT to install the ParkerVision software in the default folder as shown. We do not recommend using an alternate location.
® 12 miniPCI1500 Wireless PC LAN Card 2.1 Installing the ParkerVision Software - Continued The following screen will appear and the software will be installed onto your computer. RESTART YOUR COMPUTER. Select FINISH to restart your computer and complete the installation of the software. Please insert the ParkerVision miniPCI1500 Wireless PC LAN Card into your computer’s Mini PCI slot. See Page 15 for additional information on installing the ParkerVision Mini PCI card into your computer.
® 13 miniPCI1500 Wireless PC LAN Card 2.2 IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR WINDOWS XP USERS For Windows XP Users Only: In order to achieve the best possible performance of the miniPCI1500 Wireless LAN card in your computer it is necessary to make a change in the way Windows XP handles you wireless networking connections. After your miniPCI1500 LAN card is installed and configured in your wireless network, you will want to follow the instructions below to make this change in the Windows configuration.
® 14 miniPCI1500 Wireless PC LAN Card 2.2 IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR WINDOWS XP USERS - Continued Step 3: Selecting the “Advanced” button on the previous screen will bring up the window shown below. Select the “Wireless Networks” tab, and not the box to the left of the line “Use Windows to configure my wireless network settings.” Step 4: If this box has a check mark in it, click in the box to REMOVE THE CHECK MARK. Step 5: Click OK to close this Window.
® 15 miniPCI1500 Wireless PC LAN Card Chapter 3 : Hardware Installation This chapter will guide you through the installation of the ParkerVision miniPCI1500 Wireless PC LAN Card into your computer 3.1 System Requirements • • • • Mini PCI slot Windows 2000/XP Operating System 500 Kbytes free hard disk space (minimum) for driver and utility program installation. 128 MB RAM 3.
® 16 miniPCI1500 Wireless PC LAN Card The Mini PCI slot supports “hot swapping” of Mini PCI adapter, allowing you to insert or remove the ParkerVision miniPCI1500 Wireless PC LAN Card from the slot whenever you like, even when power to your computer is on. However, you should always disable the ParkerVision miniPCI1500 Wireless PC LAN Card prior to card removal to allow Windows to log off from the network server.
® 17 miniPCI1500 Wireless PC LAN Card Part II Advanced Management The following chapters will show you how to manage and configure advanced parameters of your ParkerVision miniPCI1500 Wireless PC LAN Card.
® 18 miniPCI1500 Wireless PC LAN Card Chapter 4 : ParkerVision Wireless D2D Management Utility This chapter will guide you through configuring the Management Utility for the LAN Card 4.1 Configuration ParkerVision Wireless D2D Management Utility will assist in setting up and customizing your wireless network. The D2D Management Utility will provide you with information regarding signal quality and link conditions as well as let you modify various wireless parameters.
® 19 miniPCI1500 Wireless PC LAN Card 4.2 Configuration - Using the D2D/ParkerVision Management Utility The D2D Configuration Dialog Box is displayed as shown below and consists of four primary sections. From here, different connections may be detected, configured, and stored. Available Connections Section Current Connections Section Access Tray Section The above sections are covered individually on the pages that follow.
® 20 miniPCI1500 Wireless PC LAN Card 4.3 AVAILABLE CONNECTIONS SECTION - Continued The top-most section of the D2D Configuration Dialog Box shows the available connections. The available connections will be displayed from a scan performed when the software was started, or when the scan button was clicked. To begin using the ParkerVision miniPCI1500 Wireless PC LAN Card immediately, highlight the desired available connection and select CONNECT.
® 21 miniPCI1500 Wireless PC LAN Card 4.4 CURRENT CONNECTION SECTION This section shows the connection that is currently active, giving the status of each category described in the AVAILABLE CONNECTION SECTION on the previous page. The SPEED indicates the rate of data transfer as dictated by the access point to which the wireless LAN card is connected. 4.5 ACCESS TRAY SECTION If the START IN SYSTEM TRAY option is toggled, the ParkerVision icon will appear in the system tray on start-up.
® 22 miniPCI1500 Wireless PC LAN Card 4.6 MORE ON AD-HOC AND AP MODES Ad-Hoc Mode (Peer-to-Peer Workgroup) The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) standard for wireless LAN’s (WLAN’s), 802.11 offers two methods for configuring a wireless network — Ad-Hoc and infrastructure (access point). In an Ad-Hoc network, computers are brought together as needed. In this instance, there are no fixed points to the network — each node can generally communicate with any other node.
® 23 miniPCI1500 Wireless PC LAN Card 4.7 MORE ON SSID Service Set Identification (SSID) The Service Set Identification (SSID) is a thirty-two alphanumeric character (maximum) string identifying the wireless local area network. ParkerVision Wireless refers to the SSID as network name. For stations to communicate with each other, all stations must be configured with the same SSID. A wireless LAN consisting of nodes operating in Ad-Hoc configuration without an access point is called a Basic Service Set (BSS).
® 24 miniPCI1500 Wireless PC LAN Card Part III Additional Information This part includes Troubleshooting, Appendices, and the Index.
® 25 miniPCI1500 Wireless PC 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 The ParkerVision miniPCI1500 Wireless PC LAN Card is not working after the driver installation CORRECTIVE ACTION Make sure the driver software is installed BEFORE you insert your wireless LAN card into your computer.
® 26 miniPCI1500 Wireless PC LAN Card Chapter 5 - Troubleshooting - Continued 5.2 Problems With the Utility Configuration PROBLEM While starting the configuration utility, the program starts up and terminates immediately with no errors. CORRECTIVE ACTION The D2D/ParkerVision software may not recognize that the card has been inserted. Try removing and re-inserting the card. Make sure that Windows is recognizing the card when it is inserted.
® 27 miniPCI1500 Wireless PC LAN Card Chapter 5 - Troubleshooting - Continued 5.4 Problems Communicating With the Computer PROBLEM CORRECTIVE ACTION The ParkerVision miniPCI1500 Make sure that the AP and the associated computer are on. Wireless PC LAN Card client cannot communicate Make sure your computer and the AP use the same SSID. with the other computer on the Ethernet when the Make sure both computers are associated with the access point. Infrastructure mode is configured.
® 28 miniPCI1500 Wireless PC LAN Card Appendix A : Network Configuration The ParkerVision miniPCI1500 Wireless PC LAN Card supports the same network configuration options of Legacy Ethernet LAN’s as defined by the IEEE 802 standard. The ParkerVision miniPCI1500 Wireless PC LAN Card can be configured as: • Ad-hoc for departmental or SOHO LAN’s. • Infrastructure for enterprise LAN’s. • LAN-interconnection for point-to-point link as a campus backbone.
® 29 miniPCI1500 Wireless PC 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 specific Ad-hoc wireless LAN must be configured on the same radio channel. An Ad-hoc wireless LAN is available at a departmental scale for a branch or SOHO operation.
® 30 miniPCI1500 Wireless PC LAN Card Ad-hoc Wireless LAN Topology - Continued The ParkerVision miniPCI1500 Wireless PC LAN Card provides access to a wired LAN for wireless computers. An integrated wireless and wired LAN is called an Infrastructure configuration. A group of wireless LAN computer users and an access point constitute a Basic Service Set (BSS). Each wireless-equipped computer in this BSS can talk to any computer in the wired LAN infrastructure via the access point.
® 31 miniPCI1500 Wireless PC LAN Card Appendix B : Hardware Specifications General ParkerVision miniPCI1500 Wireless PC LAN Card Specifications Operating Systems Supported Windows 2000 and XP Standards IEEE 802.11b Host Interface Data Rates PC Card Slot Extended 1, 2, 5.5, 11 Mbps, with Auto-Fallback Support BPSK, QPSK, CCK Open Environment: 1 Mile* Closed Environment: 450 Feet* ISM Band (2.4 to 2.
® 32 miniPCI1500 Wireless PC LAN Card Appendix C : Uninstalling the ParkerVision Software Should you wish to uninstall the ParkerVision Software from your Windows 2000 or XP computer, the following steps should be followed: Step 1: Locate the file miniPCI1500 Uninstall.exe. This file is generally located in the folder in which the ParkerVision software was installed, as shown in the example below. Select this file to run the uninstall program. Click REMOVE ALL INSTALLED FEATURES.
® 33 miniPCI1500 Wireless PC LAN Card Uninstalling the ParkerVision Software - Continued Step 2: After the remaining files associated with the ParkerVision/D2D software are removed, you will see the following dialog box: Click Finish to complete the uninstall of the ParkerVision software.
® 34 miniPCI1500 Wireless PC LAN Card Index Term Page 128-bit 20 Guarantee 64-bit 20 Hardware Installation 13 68-Pin Connector 13 Hardware Specifications 32 Help 21 ParkerVision Status Monitor 16 802.11b Access Tray Section 8 17, 21 Term Page 3 Additional Information 25 ParkerVision Status Utility Button 28 Ad-Hoc 29 Host Interface 32 Ad-Hoc Mode 21 Hot Swapping 14 Icon 16 Ad-Hoc Wireless Topology 30, 31 Advanced 23 IEEE 802.
® 35 miniPCI1500 Wireless PC LAN Card Index Term Page Service Set Identification (SSID) 22 Signal 18 Site Survey 28 Software Installation SOHO SSID System Requirements 10 9, 30 18, 20, 22, 28 4, 13 System Tray 16 SysTray 16 Table of Contents 5 Transmitter 2 Troubleshooting 25, 27, 28 Type 18 Uninstalling 33 United States 32 Use Windows to configure my wireless network settings 24 Utility Configuration 27 Warranty WEP Windows 2000 Windows XP 3 18, 21, 22 8, 32 8, 23, 24, 27, 32
® 36 miniPCI1500 Wireless PC 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 specific profile. Delete: Delete a named profile. Done: Save changes and close the window. Edit: Edit a named profile. Name: Profile name, such as, “Work” or “Home”. Options: Used to create ad hoc and infrastructure networks, and start the ParkerVisionD2D user interface in the system tray.
