AVM FRITZ!CARD Classic Manual User Manual

FRITZ!CARD CLASSIC connects the PC to isdn

FRITZ!CARD CLASSIC connects the PC to ISDN

Manual

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CLASSIC

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English Edition

High-Performance ISDN by . . .

FRITZ!CARD

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damage to hardware, software or data as a result of direct or indirect errors or de­struction and for any costs, including ISDN connection charges, related to the soft­ware and manual supplied and due to incorrect installations not performed by AVM
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The information in this manual and the software it describes are subject to change
without notice for the purpose of technical improvement.

Copyright 1998 AVM Berlin. All rights reserved.

AVM Audiovisuelles Marketing AVM Computersysteme
und Computersysteme GmbH Vertriebs GmbH & Co.KG
Alt-Moabit 95 Alt-Moabit 95
D-10559 Berlin D-10559 Berlin

FRITZ!Card Support: AVM on the Internet:

Tel.: [phone] http://www.avm.de
AVM Data Call Center (ADC): ftp://ftp.avm.de
+49 30/39 98 43 00

Trademark notice: AVM and FRITZ! are registered trademarks of AVM Vertriebs KG.
Windows is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation. All other trademarks
are trademarks of the respective owners.

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Contents

CONTENTS

1 Welcome to FRITZ!Card.............................................4

1.1 What was Delivered? ............................................................................... 4

1.2 Latest Drivers for FRITZ!Card.................................................................... 5

1.3 How to Contact Us .................................................................................. 5

2 All about FRITZ!Card .................................................6

2.1 What Does FRITZ!Card Require?............................................................... 7

2.2 How Does FRITZ!Card Work? .................................................................... 8

2.3 Freedom for Your Connection .................................................................. 9

2.4 FRITZ!Card on the ISDN Connection ........................................................ 11

2.5 Mind you Install FRITZ!Card Correctly! .................................................... 13

3 How to Install FRITZ!Card .......................................14

3.1 Installation in Windows 95 ..................................................................... 14

3.2 Installation in Windows NT 4.0 (Workstation i386) ................................ 19

3.3 Installation in Windows 3.x ................................................................... 23

4 Onto the Internet with FRITZ!Card ........................28

4.1 Concept of the AVM System Drivers in the MS Windows System ............ 28

4.2 The AVM ISDN CAPI Port Driver .............................................................. 29

4.3 The AVM NDIS WAN CAPI Driver ............................................................. 30

4.4 Requirements for Provider or Other Party .............................................. 30

4.5 ISDN CAPI Port Driver or NDIS WAN CAPI Driver? ..................................... 31

5 FRITZ! Installation ...................................................32

5.1 What Can FRITZ! Do? ............................................................................. 33

5.2 Help for FRITZ! ...................................................................................... 34

6 Setting the I/O Address on FRITZ!Card ..................36

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1 Welcome to FRITZ!Card

1WELCOME TO FRITZ!CARD

This manual is your introduction to FRITZ!Card.

1.1 What was Delivered?

After opening and unpacking the box, you should have the
following on the table in front of you:

• 1 FRITZ!Card

FRITZ!Card is an AVM ISDN-Controller which connects
your computer to the ISDN. FRITZ!Card is installed (by
you) in your computer.

• 1 ISDN cable

The supplied cable allows you to connect FRITZ!Card to
the ISDN socket.

• 1 FRITZ!Card CD-ROM

The CD includes an introduction which provides you with
information about the contents of the CD and assists you
with the installation of FRITZ!Card. This introduction
starts automatically under Windows 95 and Windows NT

4.0 (Workstation i386) when you insert the CD in your CD
drive. You can also start the introduction manually by
going into the File Manager or the Explorer and double­clicking on the file INTRO.HLP in the root directory of the
CD.

The CD additionally contains the FRITZ!Card installation
programs for the Windows 95, Windows NT 4.0 (Worksta­tion i386), Windows 3.x and DOS platforms, and also the
installation programs for the FRITZ! communications soft­ware for Windows 95 and Windows NT 4.0 (Workstation
i386) as well as for Windows 3.x, and AVM system drivers
for Windows 95 and Windows NT. And you will also find
detailed documentation for all the supplied AVM prod­ucts on the CD.

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If the computer on which you want to install FRITZ!Card does not
have a CD-ROM drive, you may copy the required software onto
diskettes for private purposes. AVM will not supply the FRITZ!Card
software on diskettes.

• 1 FRITZ!Card manual

(you are reading it right now)

• 1 FRITZ!32 manual

Manual for the FRITZ!32 communications software

• 1 registration card

This card is used for registering customers in the AVM
customer database. You can only benefit from the AVM
support facilities after returning your registration card.

1.2 Latest Drivers for FRITZ!Card

AVM makes the latest drivers for FRITZ!Card available to
you free of charge. You can obtain these drivers from the AVM
Data Call Center (ADC), or from the AVM FTP server over

the Internet .

1 Welcome to FRITZ!Card

1.3 How to Contact Us

AVM Data Call Center (ADC)

+49/(0) 30/39 98 43 00 (IDtrans protocol)

AVM on the Internet

http://www.avm.de
ftp://ftp.avm.de

FRITZ!Card Support by telephone

+49/(0) 30/39 00 43 90

You can get information about AVM products on the Internet. We
recommend that you contact the ADC using ISDN when downloading
new drivers; access is faster and thus more cost-effective.

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2ALL ABOUT FRITZ!CARD

With FRITZ!Card, AVM offers an integrated communications
package which makes the advantages of ISDN available to you:
a high transfer rate, rapid establishment of connections, opti­mum line quality and maximum operational reliability.

FRITZ!Card consists of several different components:

• The AVM ISDN Controller FRITZ!Card with the associated

driver software. FRITZ!Card provides the connection
between the ISDN and application programs on the
computer, for example FRITZ! and other CAPI applications.

You have the facility to install FRITZ!Card in Windows 95, Win­dows NT 4.0 (Workstation i386) or Windows 3.x. For further in­formation, please refer to the relevant sections.

• The FRITZ! Windows software, a compact and powerful ISDN
communications program. The CD contains both the 16-bit
version of FRITZ! and also the 32-bit version for Windows
95 and Windows NT.

Windows 95 and
NT 4.0 @ Internet

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• The AVM ISDN CAPI Port Driver and the AVM NDIS WAN CAPI
Driver. These drivers enable the ISDN integration of operating
system functions under Windows 95 and Windows NT 4.0.
They permit utilization of “Remote Access Service” (RAS) and
allow you to connect your computer to the server of an
Internet provider by way of the TCP/IP stack and the Dial-Up
Networking application of Windows 95 and NT.

For further information about the conception, deployment op­portunities and environment prerequisites for the AVM system
drivers, please refer to Chapter 4 “Onto the Internet with
FRITZ!Card”.

2.1 What Does FRITZ!Card Require?

The following requirements must be met before you can oper­ate the AVM ISDN Controller FRITZ!Card in your computer:

• Your computer must have a free 8-bit or 16-bit plug-in slot
because FRITZ!Card is designed as a plug-in card for
computers with a PC/AT bus system. If both types of slot are
available, you should insert FRITZ!Card into the 16-bit slot.

• Find out which protocol is provided on your ISDN line by the
ISDN network operator. Connections employing the DSS1 or
1TR6 protocol are possible. Connections installed
subsequent to 1994 are generally DSS1 connections (Euro­ISDN connections).

• An IBM or 100% compatible computer with a hard disk and a
CD-ROM drive.

• Microsoft Windows 3.x for installation of the 16-bit version
of FRITZ!.

• Microsoft Windows 95 or Windows NT 4.0 (Workstation i386)
for installation of the 32-bit version of FRITZ!.

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• If you intend to use the functions CAPI SoftModem V32 for
fax receiving and CAPI SoftCompression X75/V42bis (see
page 8) for data compression, we recommend a computer
with a Pentium processor and a minimum 16 MB of RAM.

If all these requirements are met, you can install FRITZ!Card.

FRITZ!Card and the software supplied with it have been developed
as a single workstation solution and are intended exclusively for the
connection of an individual PC to the ISDN.

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2.2 How Does FRITZ!Card Work?

FRITZ!Card simply plugs into a free slot on the PC/AT bus. It is

connected to the ISDN basic connection via the S0 interface on
the FRITZ!Card. This interface is connected to the ISDN con­nection by means of the supplied cable.

The driver software associated with FRITZ!Card is loaded from
the hard disk upon starting Windows. It controls the commu­nication and data transfer processes, for example the simul­taneous use of the B channels.

FRITZ!Card supports Version 2.0 of the standardized interface
COMMON-ISDN-API (CAPI). Programs from other manufacturers
based on CAPI 2.0 can also be used with FRITZ!Card. This CAPI
version also allows you to work with CAPI 1.1 applications.

FRITZ!Card simultaneously processes both channels of an ISDN
basic connection (2 x 64000 bits/s). Its small dimensions also
make FRITZ!Card ideally suited for use in small housings.
FRITZ!Card is a PC plug-in card which uses passive technology,
i.e. there is no processor on the card. All computing operations
are performed by the processor in the PC.

Functions of the driver software

The driver software with CAPI 2.0 processes the D channel pro­tocols of the ISDN connection and makes all the requisite B chan­nel protocols (X75, HDLC etc.) available to the applications. In
addition, CAPI 2.0 offers the SoftCompression X75/V42bis,
SoftModem and SoftFax performance features.

SoftCompression
X75/V42bis

SoftFax

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The driver software for FRITZ!Card supports data compression
as per V.42bis for X.75 connections in accordance with the CAPI
standard. The connection times and costs can be considerably
reduced when using this type of data compression on account
of faster transfer rates. Data compression is activated or deac­tivated at the request of your ISDN application, e.g. by
FRITZ!data.

In addition to the digital performance features, you can utilize
analog services such as Group 3 Fax (CAPI SoftFax G3) and Mo­dem (CAPI SoftModem V32) with FRITZ!Card.

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The current driver software allows you to use FRITZ!Card with
all CAPI-based Windows fax applications. The controller supports
the sending and receiving of faxes at a rate of up to 14400 baud.
It behaves like a Group 3 fax machine.

SoftModem

FRITZ!Card additionally offers the CAPI SoftModem perfor-

mance feature. On the basis of this modem emulation, it is pos­sible to establish a connection from an ISDN connection to ana­log remote parties which are connected to the telephone net­work via a modem.

Refer to the readme file for further details about the aforementioned
performance features CAPI SoftCompression, CAPI SoftFax and CAPI
SoftModem.

2.3 Freedom for Your Connection

FRITZ!Card enables you to establish connections with various

services and other parties. The basic principle for successful con­nections and transfer operations is: The other party must have
a terminal device which is either of the same type or is compat­ible.

The current standards are listed in the following:

Internet

In order to dial an Internet provider using the Dial-Up Network­ing application of Windows 95 and Windows NT 4.0, you use
the PPP over ISDN protocol (synchronous PPP) with the ISDN
AVM CAPI Port Driver or the AVM NDIS WAN CAPI Driver. For
further information, please refer to Chapter 4 “Onto the Internet
with FRITZ!Card”. Windows 3.x users are recommended to dial
in through a 16-bit client of an online service provider. Further
information about settings and applications can be obtained
from your service provider.

Online services

In order to dial online services you require the access software
for a service provider. Further information about installation and

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ISDN file transfer

Group 3 fax

Voice

configuration of the application can be obtained from your ser­vice provider.

For ISDN file transfer you use FRITZ!data with the IDtrans or
Eurofile transfer protocols. The use of V.42bis data compres­sion on both sides optimizes the transfer rate.

For faxing to devices with the Group 3 fax standard, the fax emu­lation is generated in the CAPI driver. The user-friendly and prac­tical FRITZ! module FRITZ!fax is recommended as the fax ap­plication.

After installation of the AVM ISDN CAPI Port Driver, you can also
carry out fax operations using the virtual modem AVM ISDN FAX
(G3). Other fax applications offering CAPI 2.0 support can simi­larly be used.

ISDN BBS systems

Analog BBS systems

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The FRITZ!vox ISDN answering machine is supplied in order to
utilize the voice functions of FRITZ!Card. In addition to this, you
can use telephony software from other vendors offering CAPI

2.0 support.

FRITZ!com with the B channel setups for the X.75 and V.110 pro­tocols is available to you for dialing ISDN BBS systems. Alter­natively, after installation of the AVM CAPI Port Driver you can
also use the modem AVM ISDN BBS (X.75) to dial ISDN BBS
systems, or use terminal programs from other vendors.

You can use FRITZ!com with the B channel setup “Modem Ana­log” for dialing analog BBS systems. Alternatively, after instal­lation of the AVM CAPI Port Driver you can also use the modem
AVM ISDN Analog Modem (V.32) to dial analog BBS systems,
or use terminal programs from other vendors.

Remote Access Service, Intranet, X.31 etc.

If you wish to avail yourself of the aforementioned services, you
should contact the relevant service provider for information
about access conditions and settings.

The following diagram shows how the individual components
of FRITZ!Card work together:

FRITZ!fax

FRITZ!data

FRITZ!vox

FRITZ!com

COMMON-ISD N- AP I 2. 0

C A P I

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Applicatio ns such

as Exchange/

Explorer/

Browser/Outlook

AVM
ISDN

On-line software

CAPI

Port

Driver

AVM
NDIS
WAN
CAPI

Driver

ISDN software

Additional CAPI-based

B channel protocols (digital):
X75, HDLC, transparent,
V110, V120, T90, ISO 8208 (X25)

CAPI Soft­Compression
X75/V42bis

FRITZ!Card Classic

Fig. 1 FRITZ!Card Functional Diagram

2.4 FRITZ!Card on the ISDN Connection

When your ISDN connection is installed, your ISDN network op­erator first installs a so-called network terminator (NT). A net­work terminator is equipped with two ISDN sockets. Each of
these ISDN sockets is an external S0 interface.

In most cases, an ISDN PBX with analog extensions is connected
to one ISDN socket of the network terminator and a digital ter­minal device is connected to the second ISDN socket. Existing
analog terminal equipment such as telephones, cordless tele­phones, answering machines and Group 3 fax machines are con­nected to the extensions of the PBX. The connected devices are

CAPI Soft­Modem V32

CAPI Soft­Fax G3

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addressed by way of multiple subscriber numbers (MSN). Each
ISDN connection has at least three MSNs. If you have connected
your PBX to one of the ISDN sockets and your PC containing
FRITZ!Card to the other ISDN socket, you will require additional
ISDN sockets to connect other ISDN terminal equipment such
as an ISDN telephone (see gray area in the following Figure).

NT

NT

S

S

O

O

S

S

O

O

S

S

O

O

ISDN-Anlage

mit ananlogen

Nebenstellen

ISDN-Telefon

Analog-Telefon mit

Anrufbeantworter

Schnurloses

Telefon

Rechner mit

FRITZ!Card

Fax

Fig. 2 Typical Configuration of an ISDN Multiple Connection

However, there are also PBXs which offer digital as well as ana­log extensions. You can connect ISDN terminal devices to these
digital extensions. Digital extensions are also known as inter­nal S0 interfaces. They are an alternative connection facility to
external S0 interfaces.

Whether you connect your FRITZ!Card to an internal or external S
interface - the ISDN terminal device is not the FRITZ!Card but the
ISDN software on your PC, such as the FRITZ! modules FRITZ!data,
FRITZ!fax and FRITZ!vox for example.

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All incoming calls from the ISDN are distinguished not only by
their multiple subscriber number but also by their service indi­cator. No such differentiation takes place for calls coming in from
the analog network: here telephone calls and faxes share the

service indicator “voice”. This is why it is important to specify
which call is to be accepted with which MSN by which FRITZ!
module or by an ISDN telephone or a PBX. Please refer to the
FRITZ! manual or the FRITZ! online help for the detailed con­figuration instructions.

Thus, if you wish to receive faxes as well as data with
FRITZ!Card, you do not need to assign different multiple sub­scriber numbers to these two applications because FRITZ!fax
is responsible for calls with the “voice” indicator and FRITZ!data
for calls with the “data” indicator.

FRITZ!fax and the answering machine FRITZ!vox both use the
same service indicator (“voice”), however.

If you use FRITZ!fax at the same time as FRITZ!vox, you must allo­cate different multiple subscriber numbers to the two modules in
order that incoming calls can be assigned without ambiguity.

2.5 Mind you Install FRITZ!Card Correctly!

You should observe the following installation sequence for the
individual FRITZ!Card components:

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You must:

You should:

You can:

1. Installation of FRITZ!Card and the driver software (Chapter 3
“How to Install FRITZ!Card”).

2. Installation of the FRITZ! or FRITZ!32 communications
software (Chapter 5 “FRITZ! Installation“) including the CAPI
Port Driver.

3. Installation of the AVM system drivers (Chapter 4 “Onto the
Internet with FRITZ!Card”).

4. Installation of software for online services such as AOL,
videotext services etc.

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3HOW TO INSTALL FRITZ!CARD

You have the facility to install FRITZ!Card in Windows 95, Win­dows NT 4.0 (Workstation i386) or Windows 3.x. For further in­formation, please refer to the relevant sections.

3.1 Installation in Windows 95

The FRITZ!Card CD contains an introduction which provides you
with information about the contents of the CD. You can start the
introduction by going into the Explorer and double-clicking on
the file INTRO.HLP in the root directory on the CD.

The installation of FRITZ!Card is performed in five main steps:

1. Installation of a new hardware component

2. Setting the I/O area (I/O address) on FRITZ!Card

3. Installation of FRITZ!Card in the PC

4. Connection of FRITZ!Card to the ISDN

5. Installation of the driver software for FRITZ!Card

With Windows 95 it is absolutely essential to observe the sequence
of the installation steps. If you fail to follow the specified sequence,
error-free operation of FRITZ!Card is not guaranteed.

1. Installing a New Hardware Component

• Insert the FRITZ!Card CD into your CD drive. Start the CD
introduction by going into the Explorer and double-clicking
on the file INTRO.HLP in the root directory on the CD.

• On the welcome page of the introduction, click on the icon
for FRITZ!Card and on the next page, click on the Windows
95 icon.

• On the following page, click on the icon ISDN-Controller

FRITZ!Card and then on the following page, click on the Start
installation icon. The Windows 95 Add New Hardware Wiz-

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ard is now started. This assists you in the installation of new
hardware components.

• Select the first entry “Other devices” because FRITZ!Card
has not yet been included in the list maintained by Windows
95 at this time. Then click on Next.

• Please be patient at this point. Windows 95 now searches
for all the hardware components which have already been
installed and displays them in the next window. Then click
on the Have Disk… button in this window.

• In the next window, click on the Search... button and then
specify the path for the installation files, e.g. D:\CARDWARE\
FRITZCRD\WINDOWS.95. Confirm your choice twice by click­ing on OK.

• In the next window, “AVM ISDN-Controller FRITZ!Card” is rec­ognized as a hardware component and displayed. Click on
Next.

• In the following window, the hardware wizard displays a free
I/O area (I/O address) and a free interrupt. Make a note of
the I/O area displayed. The values given cannot be changed
here. Click on Next.

We recommend that you adopt these values for FRITZ!Card and
set the jumper position accordingly on FRITZ!Card (see Chapter

6). For how to subsequently change the I/O area (I/O address)
and interrupt in the software, please refer to Sections 3.1.1, 3.2.1
and 3.3.1 “Changing the Settings in the Software”.

The hardware wizard now copies the complete contents from
the installation directory into a temporary folder. On comple­tion of this process, a message is displayed stating that in­stallation of the software for the hardware component is com­plete. Click on Next.

• In the next window, a message informs you that the com­puter must be switched off. Click on YES. It is necessary to
switch off the computer before installing FRITZ!Card in or­der to activate all the settings you have made.

• Switch off your computer and all other connected units and
pull out the power plugs.

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2. Setting the I/O Area (I/O Address) on FRITZ!Card

• In the second step of installation, if necessary, change the
jumper position for the I/O area (I/O address) on FRITZ!Card.
Use the value displayed in the hardware wizard. For how to
change the jumper position, see Chapter 6 “Setting the I/O
Area (I/O Address) on FRITZ!Card”.

3. Installing FRITZ!Card in the PC

• After installing the software for the hardware component and
setting the jumper position on FRITZ!Card, the third step of
installation is carried out: installing FRITZ!Card into your PC.
Loosen the screws of the PC housing and open the PC.

• Select an appropriate slot, remove the slot plate on the top
end and insert FRITZ!Card into the selected slot.

• Screw FRITZ!Card tightly to the top end of the slot.

• Close the computer, tighten the screws and reconnect the
power plugs. The installation of FRITZ!Card is now com­pleted. FRITZ!Card must now be connected to the ISDN.

4. Connecting FRITZ!Card to ISDN

• For the fourth step of installation, take the cable supplied
with the card and insert the plug into the FRITZ!Card socket.

• Simply insert the other end of the cable into the ISDN socket.

5. Installing the FRITZ!Card Driver Software

Once FRITZ!Card has been installed in the PC and connected to
ISDN, the fifth step is to install the FRITZ!Card driver software.

• Switch your computer back on. When Windows 95 starts, the
welcome window of the setup program appears. Click on
Next. You can quit the installation procedure at any time by
means of the Exit button.

• In the following window, select the Installation option and
click on Next.

• In the next window, specify the folder in which you wish to
install the FRITZ!Card software. The default is C:\IDRIVER.

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You may also specify a different folder. If the information
you have given is correct, click on Next.

• Now in the next window, specify which D channel protocol in
used on your ISDN connection (1TR6 or DSS1). Click on the
desired protocol type and then on Next.

• The installation program will now copy all files to the speci­fied folder. The driver is entered in the Registry so that
FRITZ!Card is activated automatically when Windows 95 is
started. When you exit Windows 95, FRITZ!Card is automati-
cally deactivated.

• In the last window of the installation procedure you will see
details about the I/O area (I/O address) and interrupt under
which FRITZ!Card is managed in the system and about the
D channel protocol used. Confirm these details with OK.

• After successful completion of the installation program, you
are requested to restart Windows 95. Confirm this request
by clicking on OK.

• After restarting Windows 95, the menu item “Programs” in
the Start menu contains a new folder called AVM. This con-
tains the files FRITZ!Card Readme, FRITZ!Card Setup,
FRITZ!Card Test and AVM Internet Home Page (link to the
AVM pages on the Internet, requirement: WWW browser and
Internet access).

FRITZ!Card Readme contains up-to-date information on FRITZ!Card.
You can reselect the D channel protocol afterwards using the
FRITZ!Card Setup program and activate CAPI SoftCompression X75/
V42bis. The FRITZ!Card Test program checks the functional integrity
of FRITZ!Card.

The installation of FRITZ!Card for Windows 95 is now completed.

3.1.1 Changing the Settings in the Software

Should you wish to change the value for the I/O area (I/O ad­dress) and the interrupt for FRITZ!Card, go into the Device
Manager and enter the desired values there. More detailed
information on setting the I/O area directly on FRITZ!Card may

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be found in Chapter 6 “Changing the I/O Area (I/O Address)
on FRITZ!Card”.

3.1.2Uninstalling FRITZ!Card in Windows 95

To uninstall FRITZ!Card in Windows 95, open the Control Panel
of Windows 95 (Start/Settings) and double-click on the Add/
Remove Programs icon. “AVM ISDN-Controller FRITZ!Card” is
included in the list of installed software. Mark this entry and
then click on the Add/Remove button. The uninstall program is
started. Confirm your intention to uninstall the software by click­ing Yes. Finally you are requested to restart the computer. This
concludes the uninstallation of FRITZ!Card.

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3.2 Installation in Windows NT 4.0 (Workstation i386)

You have the facility to install FRITZ!Card with the aid of the
introduction contained on the CD. This introduction guides you
through the installation procedure and gives you installation
instructions.

Start the CD introduction by going into the Explorer and double­clicking on the file INTRO.HLP in the root directory of the
FRITZ!Card CD.

To install the driver software for FRITZ!Card in Windows NT 4.0, you
must have administrator rights.

Note that before installing the FRITZ!Card driver software, it is abso­lutely essential that you install the current Microsoft Service Pack on
your computer. You can obtain this software directly from Microsoft.

FRITZ!Card is installed on your computer by means of a detailed
installation program. Installation is performed in four main
steps:

1. Setting the I/O area (I/O address) on FRITZ!Card

2. Installation of FRITZ!Card in the PC

3. Connection of FRITZ!Card to the ISDN

4. Installation of the driver software for FRITZ!Card

With Windows NT it is absolutely essential to observe the sequence
of the installation steps. If you fail to follow the specified sequence,
error-free operation of FRITZ!Card is not guaranteed.

The procedure for installing FRITZ!Card is as follows:

1. Setting the I/O Area (I/O Address) on FRITZ!Card

• In the first step of installation before installing FRITZ!Card
in your computer, make sure that a free interrupt and a free
I/O area (I/O address) are available.

• FRITZ!Card is set to 5 for the interrupt and to 300 for the I/O
area. If you wish to use an I/O area for FRITZ!Card which
deviates from the preset value on the card, it is necessary to

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change the jumper position directly on the card. For how to
change the jumper position, see Chapter 6 “Setting the I/O
Area (I/O Address) on FRITZ!Card”.

2. Installing FRITZ!Card in the PC

• After checking and, if necessary, changing the jumper posi­tion on FRITZ!Card, installation of FRITZ!Card is now car­ried out. Before performing the installation, switch off the
PC and all other connected units and pull out the power
plugs.

• Loosen the screws of the PC housing and open the PC.

• Select an appropriate slot, remove the slot plate on the top
end and insert FRITZ!Card into the selected slot.

• Screw FRITZ!Card tightly to the top end of the slot.

• Close the computer, tighten the screws and reconnect the
power plugs. The installation of FRITZ!Card is now com­pleted.

3. Connecting FRITZ!Card to ISDN

• FRITZ!Card must now be connected to the ISDN. Take the
cable supplied with the card and insert the plug into the
FRITZ!Card socket.

• Simply insert the other end of the cable into the ISDN socket.

4. Installing the FRITZ!Card Driver Software

Once FRITZ!Card has been installed in the PC and connected to
ISDN, the next step is to install the FRITZ!Card driver software.

• Insert the FRITZ!Card CD into your CD drive.

• Start the introduction by double-clicking on the file
INTRO.HLP in the root directory on the CD.

• On the welcome page of the introduction, click on the icon
for FRITZ!Card and on the next page, click on the Windows

NT icon.

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• On the following page, click on the icon ISDN-Controller
FRITZ!Card and then on the following page, click on the Start
installation icon.

• After completion of initialization, the welcome screen for in­stallation appears. Click on Next. You can quit the installa­tion procedure at any time by means of the Exit button.

• In the next window, specify the folder in which you wish to
install the FRITZ!Card software. The default is C:\IDRIVER.
You may also specify a different folder. If the information
you have given is correct, click on Next.

• Now specify which D channel protocol is used on your ISDN
connection (1TR6 or DSS1 (EURO-ISDN)). Click on the desired
option. Click on the Next button.

• In the next window, you must specify the I/O area (I/O ad­dress) under which the controller is to be managed in the
system. Specify the area which corresponds to the jumper
position on the controller.

• Then in the next window, specify the interrupt for the con­troller.

• The installation program will now copy all files to the speci­fied folder. In the last window of the installation procedure
you will see details about the I/O area and interrupt under
which FRITZ!Card is managed in the system and about the
D channel protocol used. Confirm these details with OK.

The Windows system environment includes a new program
folder called AVM. This contains the files FRITZ!Card

Readme, FRITZ!Card Setup, FRITZ!Card Test and AVM
Internet Home Page (link to the AVM pages on the Internet,

requirement: WWW browser and Internet access).

FRITZ!Card Readme contains up-to-date information on FRITZ!Card.
You can reselect the D channel protocol afterwards using the
FRITZ!Card Setup program and activate CAPI SoftCompression X75/
V42bis. The FRITZ!Card Test program checks the functional integrity
of FRITZ!Card.

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• To take FRITZ!Card into operation, restart Windows.
FRITZ!Card is loaded every time Windows is started. When

you exit Windows, FRITZ!Card is automatically deactivated.

The installation of FRITZ!Card for Windows NT 4.0 (Worksta­tion i386) is now completed.

3.2.1 Changing the Settings in the Software

If you wish to subsequently change the value for the I/O area
(I/O address) and the interrupt, you must reinstall the

FRITZ!Card driver software.

3.2.2Uninstalling FRITZ!Card in Windows NT

To uninstall FRITZ!Card in Windows NT, open the Control Panel
of Windows NT (Start/Settings) and double-click on the Add/
Remove Programs icon. “AVM ISDN-Controller FRITZ!Card” is
included in the list of installed software. Mark this entry and
then click on the Add/Remove button. The uninstall program is
started. Confirm your intention to uninstall the software by click­ing Yes. Finally you are requested to restart the computer. This
concludes the uninstallation of the driver software for

FRITZ!Card.

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3.3 Installation in Windows 3.x

You have the facility to install FRITZ!Card with the aid of the
introduction contained on the CD. This introduction guides you
through the installation procedure and gives you installation
instructions.

Start the CD introduction by going into the File Manager and
double-clicking on the file INTRO.HLP in the root directory of
the FRITZ!Card CD.

FRITZ!Card is installed on your computer by means of a detailed
installation program. Installation is performed in four main
steps:

1. Setting the I/O address on FRITZ!Card

2. Installation of FRITZ!Card in the PC

3. Connection of FRITZ!Card to the ISDN

4. Installation of the driver software for FRITZ!Card

With Windows 3.x it is absolutely essential to observe the sequence
of the installation steps. If you fail to follow the specified sequence,
error-free operation of FRITZ!Card is not guaranteed.

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The procedure for installing FRITZ!Card is as follows:

1. Setting the I/O Address on FRITZ!Card

• In the first step of installation before installing FRITZ!Card
in your computer, make sure that a free interrupt and a free
I/O address are available. To this end, call up a diagnostic
program by going into DOS and entering C:\MSD. In the next
window you will see a listing of the interrupts which are al­ready in use.

• If you wish to use an I/O address for FRITZ!Card which devi­ates from the preset value on the card, it is necessary to
change the jumper position directly on the card. For how to
change the jumper position, see Chapter 6 “Setting the I/O
Area (I/O Address) on FRITZ!Card”.

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2. Installing FRITZ!Card in the PC

• After checking and, if necessary, changing the jumper posi­tion on FRITZ!Card, installation of FRITZ!Card is now car­ried out. Before performing the installation, switch off the
PC and all other connected units and pull out the power
plugs.

• Loosen the screws of the PC housing and open the PC.

• Select an appropriate slot, remove the slot plate on the top
end and insert FRITZ!Card into the selected slot.

• Screw FRITZ!Card tightly to the top end of the slot.

• Close the computer, tighten the screws and reconnect the
power plugs. The installation of FRITZ!Card is now com­pleted.

3. Connecting FRITZ!Card to ISDN

• FRITZ!Card must now be connected to the ISDN. Take the
cable supplied with the card and insert the plug into the
FRITZ!Card socket.

• Simply insert the other end of the cable into the ISDN socket.

4. Installing the FRITZ!Card Driver Software

Once FRITZ!Card has been installed in the PC and connected to
ISDN, the next step is to install the FRITZ!Card driver software.

• Start your PC.

• Insert the FRITZ!Card CD into your CD drive and call up the
FRITZ!Card CD introduction by double-clicking on the file
INTRO.HLP in the root directory of the CD.

• On the welcome page of the introduction, click on the icon
for FRITZ!Card and on the next page, click on the Windows

3.x icon.

• On the following page, click on the icon ISDN-Controller

FRITZ!Card and then on the following page, click on the Start
installation icon.

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• The message “Initializing Setup...” appears. After comple­tion of initialization, the welcome screen for installation ap­pears. Click on Next. You can quit the installation procedure
at any time by means of the Exit button.

• In the next window, specify the directory in which you wish
to install the FRITZ!Card software. The default is C:\IDRIVER.
You can also specify another directory. If the information you
have given is correct, click on Next.

• Now specify which D channel protocol is used on your ISDN
connection (1TR6 or DSS1 (EURO-ISDN)). Also specify here
whether you wish to activate or deactivate CAPI SoftCom­pression V42bis. Click on the desired options. Click on the
Next button.

The installation program will now copy all files to the speci­fied directory. The Windows system environment includes a
new program group called AVM. This group contains the
icons FRITZ!Card Readme and FRITZ!Card Setup. The driver
FBASE.386 is entered in the SYSTEM.INI file so that
FRITZ!Card is activated automatically when Windows is
started.

• If you changed the I/O address before installing the card or
if you wish to set another interrupt, start the FRITZ!Card
Setup program in the AVM program group and enter the new
values.

• To take FRITZ!Card into operation, restart Windows.
FRITZ!Card is loaded every time Windows is started. When
you exit Windows, FRITZ!Card is automatically deactivated.

The installation of FRITZ!Card for Windows 3.x is now com­pleted.

For the latest information on FRITZ!Card, double-click on the
FRITZ!Card Readme icon in “AVM” program group.

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3.3.1Changing the Settings in the Software

Changing the D channel protocol and data compression

If you wish to subsequently change the D channel protocol or
the settings for data compression, run the installation program
for FRITZ!Card again.

Changing the I/O address and the interrupt in the software

If you wish to subsequently change the value for the I/O ad­dress or the interrupt in the software, start the FRITZ!Card Setup
program in the AVM program group. The following input mask
appears:

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Fig. 3 Input Mask

All available I/O addresses and interrupt values are displayed
in the dialog box when you click on the small arrows. Enter the
value for the I/O address in the upper box. Select the value which
you have set by positioning the jumper directly on the card.

Enter the interrupt in the lower dialog box.

Click on OK to save your settings. You must restart the com­puter for the changes to take effect.

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3.3.2Uninstalling FRITZ!Card in Windows 3.x

To uninstall FRITZ!Card, call up the Setup program from the
FRITZ!Card CD (in the directory CARDWAREFRITZCRD\

WINDOWS.3xx). After the welcome screen, select the “Uninstall”
option. Follow the on-screen instructions. Finally you are re­quested to restart the computer. This concludes the un­installation of FRITZ!Card.

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4ONTO THE INTERNET WITH FRITZ!CARD

In addition to the traditional ISDN services file transfer, fax,
videotext etc. based on the ISDN interface COMMON-ISDN-API
(CAPI), FRITZ!Card also supports connections to the Internet.

For connection to the Internet using FRITZ!Card, AVM offers you
the following two system drivers for Windows 95 and Windows
NT 4.0:

• AVM ISDN CAPI Port Driver

• AVM NDIS WAN CAPI Driver

4.1 Concept of the AVM System Drivers in the MS Windows System

Windows 95 and Windows NT offer two communications mod­els with similar functionality: ISDN CAPI Port Driver and NDIS
WAN CAPI Driver. Both drivers are implemented in VxD technol­ogy as Windows system drivers and are addressed through the
Dial-Up Networking application, but utilize different mechanisms
and interfaces / protocols in the operating system. Basically the
same transfer rates are attained in data communications with
the two drivers. Both drivers can be installed in parallel on one
system, if required.

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The AVM system drivers make it possible for you to utilize com­munications programs (such as FRITZ!) via the Windows Dial­Up Networking application in parallel to CAPI-based ISDN soft­ware, for example for dialing in to the Internet (see functional
diagram on page 12).

4.2 The AVM ISDN CAPI Port Driver

The AVM ISDN CAPI Port Driver allows programs with a suit­able interface (VCOM/”Modem”) to also use the communica­tions interfaces of Windows 95 for ISDN.

When the ISDN CAPI Port Driver is installed, a number of “vir­tual modems” which can be accessed by suitable programs are
set up in the operating system. These “modems” differ only by
virtue of their preconfigured register settings. This means that
in addition to Internet connections (modem: AVM ISDN Internet
(PPP)), you can also establish connections with BBS systems
(hyperterminal and modem AVM ISDN X.75) or fax machines (MS
Exchange and modem AVM ISDN Fax G3). The special advan­tage of this idea is that the full functional diversity of CAPI con­tinues to be supported. Thus, both special ISDN applications
and also CAPI modems can work simultaneously in the send and
receive directions on both B channels.

A full description of the functions of the AVM ISDN CAPI Port Driver
along with detailed installation instructions may be found in the file
CAPIPORT.HLP in the folder WINPORT\CAPIPORT.W95 on the
FRITZ!Card CD.

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You can define particular subscriber numbers for incoming and out­going calls. In the case of the CAPI Port Drivers, you set these mul­tiple subscriber numbers by means of AT commands. This setting is
performed under Settings / Control Panel / Modems / Properties /
Settings / Advanced.

Set the subscriber number for outgoing calls by means of ATS49 =
<subscriber number> and the subscriber number for incoming calls
by means of ATS50 = <subscriber number>. Separate multiple en­tries by means of semicolons.

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4.3 The AVM NDIS WAN CAPI Driver

The AVM NDIS WAN CAPI Driver permits the ISDN integration
of operating system functions in Windows 95 and Windows NT.

The AVM NDIS WAN CAPI Driver permits the use of Remote Ac­cess Services (RAS) via ISDN. NDIS is the abbreviation for Net-
work Device Interface Specification and is a standard for inter­facing network cards (hardware) to network protocols
(software). NDIS WAN is a Microsoft extension of this standard
in respect of wide area networking (WAN). The NDIS WAN CAPI
Driver for ISDN thus permits the use of the ISDN controller as a
WAN card, in which case the ISDN controller is addressed via
the COMMON-ISDN-API (CAPI).

A full description of the functions of the AVM NDIS WAN CAPI Driver
along with detailed installation instructions may be found for Win­dows 95 in the file NDIS_95.HLP in the folder WINPORT\
NDISWAN.W95 and for Windows NT 4.0 (Workstation i386) in the
file NDIS_NT.HLP in the folder WINPORT\NDISWAN.WNT on the
FRITZ!Card CD.

4.4 Requirements for Provider or Other Party

For successful access to the Internet or for RAS connections,
your provider or the other party (in the case of RAS connections)
should have digital accesses and use the same protocol mecha­nisms as you.

In particular, the following requirements should be met:

• The provider / other party must have ISDN accesses.

• The access should support the “synchronous PPP” (Point to
Point Protocol) according to Standard RFC 1618 or “PPP asyn­chronous”.

• Registration with your provider can take place by checking
your telephone number and/or by PAP/CHAP authentication.

• Optional allocation of a static or dynamic Internet address
(IP address).

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In order to keep your telephone costs low, you are best advised
to look for a provider with a local point of presence.

4.5 ISDN CAPI Port Driver or NDIS WAN CAPI Driver?

The deployment opportunities for the respective driver concept are
described in detail in the associated documentation (HLP files).

The following recommendations for use with ISDN and Windows
can be made to start with on the basis of a benefit-oriented com­parison:

• For Internet providers offering PPP over ISDN (“synchronous
PPP” according to RFC 1618), both the ISDN CAPI Port Driver
and the NDIS WAN CAPI Driver are suitable. You should ask
your provider whether the PPP over ISDN protocol is sup­ported.

• In the case of Internet providers not offering PPP over ISDN,
it is normally possible to dial in via the CAPI port modem
“PPP asynchronous”. With the ISDN CAPI Port Driver, it is
also possible to support “special solutions” by way of regis­ter settings. You should ask your Internet provider. On ac­count of the system design, the NDIS WAN CAPI Driver does
not offer this functionality.

• Both drivers are suitable for access to RAS servers.

• ”Non-Internet applications” such as MS Money 97 or termi­nal programs for example can only be used via ISDN CAPI
Port Drivers (status as at April 1998).

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5 FRITZ! INSTALLATION

On the CD you will find two different versions of the
munications software. One version,
for Windows 3.x. The other version,
sion for Windows 95 and Windows NT. Both versions are based
on the CAPI 2.0 application interface.

The procedure for installing the two versions of
same. Proceed as follows to install

• Restart your computer. If you are using Windows 3.x, open
Windows.

• Insert the

The CD introduction starts automatically under Windows 95
and Windows NT.

In Windows 3.x, click on the file INTRO.HLP in the root
directory on the CD in order to open the CD introduction.

• On the first page, click on the

• On the next page, select the operating system installed on
your computer by clicking on the corresponding icon.

• On the following page, click on the icon “FRITZ!32 Software
Package” or “FRITZ! Software Package”.

• To start the installation, click the
on the following page.

FRITZ!Card

CD in your CD drive again.

FRITZ!

, is a 16-bit version

FRITZ!32

FRITZ!

or

FRITZ!Card

Start Installation

FRITZ!

com-

, is a 32-bit ver-

FRITZ!

is the

FRITZ!32

icon.

:

button

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• The initialization sequence of the installation program is
displayed. When initialization has been completed, the
welcome screen for the installation is displayed. Activate the

Next

command. You can quit the installation procedure at

any time by means of the

• First specify the folder/directory in which
installed. The default for Windows 95 and Windows NT is
C:\PROGRAM FILES\FRITZ!\. The default for Windows 3.x is
C:\FRITZ!. You can specify any path you wish. Confirm your
choice with

Next

.

Exit

button.

FRITZ!

is to be

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• In the next window displayed, choose a program group for

FRITZ!

. The default is

• You then need to decide whether quick installation or
installation with configuration is to be performed.

FRITZ!

. Confirm with

Next

.

If you select
default settings in the specified directory/folder. All
configuration parameters can then be entered into the
individual FRITZ! modules. See the corresponding sections
in the manual or the online help for relevant information.

If you select
individual entries such as the MSN for the service in question
(e.g. fax), your access data with
services, the name of your computer for
information relating to operation on a PBX.

Confirm your selection by clicking on the
Once you have entered all the information required, the
program is installed and the program group

Installation of

FRITZ!

Detailed information may be found in the FRITZ!32 manual and in
the online help for FRITZ! and FRITZ!32.

5.1 What Can FRITZ! Do?

With

FRITZ!data

be exchanged with field employees.

Quick Installation, FRITZ!

Installation and Configuration

is now finished.

, information which is always up-to-date can

is installed with the

, you can make

FRITZ!btx

for videotext

FRITZ!data

Continue

FRITZ!

, and

button.

is created.

FRITZ!fax

of time, directly from a word processing program.

FRITZ!vox

And for entertainment after work, you can use
quickly load a new game from an ISDN BBS.

FRITZ!

handles fax communication with practically no loss

gives you an ISDN answering machine for your PC.

has the program for every eventuality.

FRITZ!com

to

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5.2 Help for FRITZ!

The following FRITZ! manuals can be found on the CD:

FRITZ!

FRITZ!32

The manuals use the PDF format (Portable Document Format).
You can read, search and print these documents by using the
Adobe Acrobat Reader. The installation program for the Adobe
Acrobat Reader is also included on the

Detailed manual for the 16-bit
version of FRITZ!
Detailed manual for the 32-bit
version of FRITZ!

FRITZ!Card

CD.

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6 Konfiguration der FRITZ!Card

6SETTING THE I/O ADDRESS ON FRITZ!CARD

A permanent I/O area (I/O address) and an interrupt must be
assigned to FRITZ!Card in the PC in order to enable it to be
managed. The I/O area is both set directly on the card and also
specified in the software. The interrupt is entered only in the
software. The time at which these settings are required depends
on the installation procedure in the operating system in ques­tion and is described in Chapter 3 “How to Install Fritz!Card”.

For how to enter the interrupt and the I/O area in the software and
how to change this entry, see Chapter 3 “How to Install Fritz!Card”.

Before delivery, the hardware and software of FRITZ!Card are
set up in such a way that problem-free operation is to be ex­pected. FRITZ!Card is set to the I/O area (I/O address) 300 and
the interrupt 5. If these values are already being used by an­other plug-in card, it is necessary for you to set a new I/O area
and interrupt. Owners of sound cards should note that these
cards often use interrupt 5.

The I/O area (I/O address) on FRITZ!Card is set by positioning
a so-called jumper. Each position of the jumper corresponds to
a certain I/O area (I/O address). The corresponding I/O ad­dresses are printed on the card alongside the row of jumpers.

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To set a new I/O area (I/O address), proceed as follows:

1. Hold FRITZ!Card with the component side upwards and

turn the FRITZ!Card connections to the right.

The following illustration shows the jumper position set
for the I/O area (I/O address) 300 at delivery time.

6 Konfiguration der FRITZ!Card

Steckplatz­blech

I/O-Address 200
I/O-Address 24 0
I/O-Address 30 0
I/O-Address 34 0

gesteckter Jumper

Fig. 4 FRITZ!Card with Jumper set to I/O Address 300

2. To set a new I/O area (I/O address), simply reposition the

jumper.

Make sure that the new value is not already being used by
another plug-in card.

3. Now physically install FRITZ!Card in your computer. Fol-

low the instructions from the relevant sections of Chapter
3 “How to Install FRITZ!Card”.

Setting the jumper position directly on the card is thus finished.

Then enter the changed I/O area (I/O address) in the driver software
or continue with the installation (see relevant section in Chapter 3
“How to Install FRITZ!Card”).

ISDN-Buchse

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