Lenovo ThinkPad 600E ThinkPad 600 Suppliment to the User's Guide - Page 127

Hardware RTS/CTS, My Computer

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Problem | Your PC Card modem || does not work | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Action Make sure that the infrared port is disabled and the modem is set up correctly. You can disable the infrared port from the ThinkPad Configuration program or the "Device Manager" window. Open the ThinkPad Configuration program and do as follows: 1. Click on Start. 2. Move the cursor to Programs and ThinkPad; then click on ThinkPad Configuration. 3. Click on Infrared ( ). 4. Select Disable. 5. Click on OK. For Windows 95: To set up the modem, do the following: 1. Double-click on My Computer, Control Panel, and then Modem. The "Modem Properties" window appears. 2. Make sure the PC Card (PCMCIA) modem is in the window. 3. Click on Properties, not Dialing Properties. 4. Click on the Connection tab. 5. Remove the check mark in the Wait for dial tone before dialing box if it is checked. 6. Click on Advanced. 7. If there is a check mark in the Use error control box, click and remove it. 8. Add a check mark to the Use flow control by clicking on the box and make sure that the Hardware (RTS/CTS) is selected. 9. Close the window by clicking on OK. 10. Return to the "Modem Properties" window by clicking on OK. 11. Click on Dialing Properties in the "Modem Properties" window, and fill in all boxes. Note: Click on either Tone dialing or Pulse dialing. Most telephones today use tone dialing. 12. Click on OK. 13. Click on Close to close the window. 14. Close all active windows. Run your modem application again. Chapter 7. Solving Computer Problems 121

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Problem
Action
|
Your PC Card modem
|
does not work
|
Make sure that the infrared port is disabled and the modem is set up correctly.
|
You can disable the infrared port from the ThinkPad Configuration program or
|
the “Device Manager” window.
|
Open the ThinkPad Configuration program and do as follows:
|
1. Click on
Start
.
|
2. Move the cursor to
Programs
and
ThinkPad
; then click on
ThinkPad
|
Configuration
.
|
3. Click on
Infrared
(
).
|
4. Select
Disable
.
|
5. Click on
OK
.
|
For Windows 95:
|
To set up the modem, do the following:
|
1. Double-click on
My Computer
,
Control Panel
, and then
Modem
.
|
The “Modem Properties” window appears.
|
2. Make sure the PC Card (PCMCIA) modem is in the window.
|
3. Click on
Properties
,
not
Dialing Properties
.
|
4. Click on the
Connection
tab.
|
5. Remove the check mark in the
Wait for dial tone before dialing
box if it is
|
checked.
|
6. Click on
Advanced
.
|
7. If there is a check mark in the
Use error control
box, click and remove it.
|
8. Add a check mark to the
Use flow control
by clicking on the box and make
|
sure that the
Hardware (RTS/CTS)
is selected.
|
9. Close the window by clicking on
OK
.
|
10. Return to the “Modem Properties” window by clicking on
OK
.
|
11. Click on
Dialing Properties
in the “Modem Properties” window, and fill in all
|
boxes.
|
Note:
Click on either
Tone dialing
or
Pulse dialing
.
Most telephones
|
today use tone dialing.
|
12. Click on
OK
.
|
13. Click on
Close
to close the window.
|
14. Close all active windows.
|
Run your modem application again.
Chapter 7.
Solving Computer Problems
121