Hawking HCF30W QUICK INSTALLATION GUIDE

H-CF30W
CompactFlash 802.11b WLAN Card
LIMITED WARRANTY
Hawking Technology guarantees that every H-CF30W CF 802.11b WLAN Card is free from physical defects in material and workmanship under normal use for two (2) years from the date of purchase. If the product proves defective during this two-year warranty period, call Hawking Customer Service in order to obtain a Return Authorization number. Warranty is for repair or replacement only. Hawking Technology does not issue any refunds. BE SURE TO HAVE YOUR PROOF OF PURCHASE. RETURN REQUESTS CAN NOT BE PROCESSED WITHOUT PROOF OF PURCHASE. When returning a product, mark the Return Authorization number clearly on the outside of the package and include your original proof of purchase.
IN NO EVENT SHALL HAWKING TECHNOLOGY’S LIABILTY EXCEED THE PRICE PAID FOR THE PRODUCT FROM DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES RESULTING FROM THE USE OF THE PRODUCT, ITS ACCOMPANYING SOFTWARE OR ITS DOCUMENTATION. Hawking Technology makes no warranty or representation, expressed, implied or statutory, with respect to its products or the contents or use of this documentation and all accompanying software, and specifically disclaims its quality, performance, merchantability, or fitness for any particular purpose. Hawking Technology reserves the right to revise or updates its products, software, or documentation without obligation to notify any individual or entity. Please direct all inquiries to:
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REGULATORY STATEMENTS
FCC Certification
The United States Federal Communication Commission (FCC) and the Canadian Department of Communications have established certain rules governing the use of electronic equipment.
Part15, Class B
This device complies with Part 15 of FCC rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions:
1) This device may not cause harmful interface, and
2) This device must accept any interface received, including interface that may cause undesired operation. This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy, and if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures:
Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna. Increase the distance between the equipment and receiver. Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different
from that to which the receiver is connected.
CAUTION:
1) To comply with FCC RF exposure compliance
requirements, a separation distance of at least 20 cm must be maintained between the antenna of this device and all persons.
2) This transmitter must not be co-located or operating in
conjunction with any other antenna or transmitter.
Connect your PDA to your PC. Make sure you
have the Microsoft ActiveSync Utility installed
on your PC to make an active connection.
Caution: DO NOT insert the Wireless CompactFlash Card into the PDA BEFORE installing the configuration utility.
1. Insert the device driver CD into the CD-ROM
drive.
2. Open the WINCE3.0 folder.
3. Inside the WINCE3.0 folder, click on
PrismForPocketCE.
For Handheld PC users: Please select PrismForHandHeldCE.
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4. Click Next to continue.
5. Click OK.
6. Click Finish.
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7. You can now insert the Wireless
CompactFlash Card into your PDA. Then use the Settings on your Windows CE to configure the network settings.
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For PDAs

Insert the Wireless CF card into your Windows CE-based PDA by aligning the Wireless CF card toward the CF slot.
For Notebook PCs
1. Plug the Wireless CF card into the PCMCIA
Adapter. The Wireless CF card is then turned into a conventional PCMCIA type II PC Card.
2. Align the PC Card toward the PC Card slot
with the Hawking label facing upward, as shown below.
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Install your Wireless CF card into the PCMCIA
converter and place the install CD-ROM into
your notebook’s CD-ROM drive. Then place
the CF card with converter into your notebook’s
PCMCIA slot and Windows will ask you for the
location of the software driver. Please make
sure to have windows search your CD-Rom drive
to install the wireless navigator software. Once
software installation is complete, you will see a
wireless icon on your taskbar. If the navigator
detects a signal, it will display a green
“connected” icon on your taskbar. Please
configure your network adapter to accept the
wireless signal.
Please See Manual for complete Hardware and
Software Installation procedures.
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Once the driver has been installed, you must make some changes to your network settings.
1. Go to Start Æ Settings Æ Connections.
Click on Network Adapters.
Highlight PRISM 11Mbps Wireless LAN
2.
Adapter, click Properties.
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3. ~ Use server-assigned IP address
If your network supports DHCP, select Use server-assigned IP address. The IP address and other information will be automatically assigned. Then click ok.
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~ Use server-assigned IP address
If your network does not support DHCP, select Use specific IP address. You may need to enter the IP address and other information. When you have finished entering settings, click OK.
If you forget to click OK, your settings will not take effect!
4. A message as below may appear saying you
must remove and re-insert the Wireless CompactFlash Card to have the changes take affect. Click OK.
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After installing the H-CF30W Wireless CompactFlash Card’s driver successfully, go to Start Æ Programs. Click on PRISM Settings, the Network Status icon will appear in the task bar.
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Network Status Icon & Icon Menu

The Status Icon

Icon Link Status
Green indicates a strong link.
Yellow indicates a weak link.
Red indicates no or a very poor link.

Icon Menu

After clicking on the icon, the icon menu as displayed below will prompt you to configure the H-CF30W Wireless CompactFlash Card.
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Items
Wireless Radio On Wireless Radio Off
Remove Status Icon…
Wireless Network Status
Advanced Configuration…
WEP Encryption…
Version Information…
Description
These two items allow you to enable or disable the wireless radio. Removes the Utility icon from the PDA’s system tray. Each time you power on your PDA, the icon will reappear. Clicking these items will launch the Wireless Settings window, as described below.
All settings are categorized into 5 tabs:

Link

Configuration
Encryption
Site Survey
About
Link
The Link tab displays the status of the H-CF30W.
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Item Description State It displays the connection state of
Current Channel
Enable Radio
/ Disable Radio
Rescan
Current Tx Rate
Throughput
the Wireless CompactFlash Card with the wireless network.
It displays the selected channel that is currently used. (There are 14 channels available, depends on the country.) Click this button to enable/disable the wireless radio. The Wireless CompactFlash Card will connect/disconnect with the wireless network. Search for all available networks. Clicking on the button, the device will start to rescan. It displays the current transfer rate.
It displays the transferring (Tx) and receiving (Rx) data rate in bytes per second.
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Item Description
Link Quality
Signal Strength
It displays the link quality of the connection between the Wireless CompactFlash Card and the Access Point or Peer-to-Peer type it connects. It displays the signal strength of the connection between the Wireless CompactFlash Card and the Access Point or Peer-to-Peer type it connects.

Configuration

The Configuration tab allows you to set parameters for the Wireless CompactFlash Card.
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Item Description
Profile
Name
Network Name
Network Type
Peer-to-Peer Channel
Transmit Rate
Default Clicks the button to restore to the
Undo Click Undo to ignore the previous
Apply Click Apply to activate the settings. ok Click OK to save your changes.
Saves values for all previous setting parameters. The default values contain the parameters configured at installation. Once the demands for switching between different networking environments are met, you can set the additional profiles to reduce the configuration time. To save the current parameters, highlight the Profile field, type a new name, and click on the Apply button. A specific name shared among connected Wireless CompactFlash Card, Access Points and other wireless stations on the wireless network. The name must be identical for all devices and points attempting to connect to the same network. The default name is ANY. To change the Network Name, simply enter a new name in the field. It displays the type of BSS. Access Point: allows the Adapter to communicate with a wired network which employing an Access Point. Peer-to-Peer: allows PC-to-PC, station-to-station communication without employing an Access Point. To communicate with other Wireless CompactFlash Card, you must specify the same channel. Click the up and down arrow at the right of the Peer-to-Peer Channel to set the desired channel. It displays the current transmit rate.
1Mb, 2Mb, Auto 1 or 2 Mb, 5.5Mb, 11Mb or Fully Automatic)
default settings.
setting.
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Encryption

WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) encryption can be used to ensure the security of your wireless network.
Item Description
Encryption (WEP)
Create Keys with Passphrase
Create Keys Manually
WEP is a data privacy mechanism
based on a 64-bit/128-bit shared key algorithm. Under the drop-down box, you can choose to have WEP encryption Disabled, 64 bit, or 128 bit. A Passphrase can be entered to generate four keys used for WEP. For the easiest configuration, the Passphrase method is recommended. These four fields can be used to enter WEP keys manually. The method is required to match the keys of other wireless devices on the existing network.
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~ Alphanumeric:
5 characters
~ Hexadecimal:
10 digits (0-9,
A-F) Key 1: Key 2: Key 3: Key 4:
Use WEP Key The default key field can be used
Apply Click Apply to activate the
Click Alphanumeric if you are using an alphanumeric phrase.
Click Hexadecimal if you are using a hexadecimal number.
This setting is the configuration key used in accessing the wireless network via WEP encryption.
for specifying which of the four encryption keys to transmit data on the wireless network.
settings.
You must use the same value/phrase and WEP
key settings for all wireless computers in order for the wireless network to function properly.
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Site Survey

The Site Survey tab shows all the available Access Points or Peer-to-Peer types and their features.
Item Description
Network Name
BSSID A set of wireless stations is referred
Channel It shows the selected channel that is
Network Type
The name must be identical for all devices and points attempting to connect to the same network.
to as a Basic Service Set (BSS). Computers in a BSS must be configured with the same BSS ID.
currently used.
It displays the type of BSS. Access Point: allows the Adapter to communicate with a wired network which employing an Access Point. Peer-to-Peer: allows PC-to-PC, station-to-station communication without employing an Access Point.
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Item Description
WEP Encryption
Signal Level It displays the signal strength of the
Rescan Search for all available networks.
Connect To connect with a new access point,
It displays the status of WEP Encryption.
connection between the Wireless CompactFlash Card and the Access Point it connects.
Clicking on the button, the device will start to rescan and list all available sites.
highlights the desired one in the left list box and clicks on the Connect button. Wait a while and the selected one will be marked as a current used access point.

About

The About tab shows the version information of the Configuration Utility.
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