User's Guide
| Note: | If you are using Card and Socket Services, you might be able to use
hot-pluggability features with your
PC Card. See Hot-Pluggability and Suspend/Resume Issues.
- Switch OFF (O) the power to the computer.
- Determine which type of network cabling you will be using as shown in the
following figures, and connect the PC Card cable to the network as
described.
| Note: | Verify that you are using the correct STP connector. The correct STP
connector and PC Card cable have the code number 100 on the connectors that
attach to each other.
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- To attach the cable to the PC Card, move the latching button (the
half-circle in the center of the PC Card connector) toward the cable.
The cable cannot be connected or disconnected unless the latch is
retracted.
Attach the cable to the PC Card with the part number on the bottom.
The connector is keyed to attach to the PC Card only one way. If you
feel any resistance, remove the connector, turn it over, and reattach
it.
- To lock the cable securely, move the latching button
in toward the PC Card. In some cases, you might want to leave the PC
Card cable latch retracted. If the PC Card cable is pulled, it will
disconnect from the PC Card, possibly saving your computer from being pulled
off a table.
- Insert the PC Card in the slot. If you are using a point enabler,
note which slot you use.
The PC Card is keyed to go in only one way. If you feel resistance
before the PC Card is fully inserted, remove the PC Card, turn it over, and
reinsert it.
- Switch ON (|) the power to the computer.
- Return to page "Checklist" to continue. Step 3 of the Installation Checklist is now
complete.
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Follow these steps to remove the PC Card:
- Switch OFF (O) the power to the computer.
- With the cable still attached to the PC Card, pull the PC Card from the
computer.
- To detach the cable from the PC Card, retract the latching button (the
half-circle in the center of the connector) by moving it toward the
cable.
- Grasp the connector and unplug it from the PC Card.
- Store the PC Card.
| Note: | When the cable is removed from the PC Card, the PC Card appears to the system
as if it has been physically removed from the socket.
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The DOS ODI, DOS NDIS, OS/2 ODI, OS/2 NDIS, Card Wizard 4.1 and
5.0 on Windows NT, Windows 95 and Windows 98 (NDIS 3) drivers support a
level of hot-pluggability and Suspend/Resume.
Hot-pluggability refers to the ability to remove and insert your card at any
time while the machine is running. If you follow these guidelines, no
damage will occur to either your PC Card, machine, or software.
Hot-plugging has the advantage of allowing you to remove your card when you
are using battery power, thus reducing the drain on your battery. It
also provides greater freedom in using portable computers in a portable
manner. The IBM Turbo 16/4 Token-Ring PC Card 2 appears to be removed
physically from a system when the cable is removed. The PC Card appears
to the system to be inserted when its cable is reattached to the PC
Card. This makes it possible to hot-plug the PC Card without physically
removing it from the socket. Attach or remove your cable instead of
physically removing the PC Card.
To use the hot-plugging features of this card, you must:
- Use Card and Socket Services. If you are using a point enabler,
do not attempt to unplug your card while the machine is powered
on. You might damage both your card and the machine in this
case.
- Use the Windows 95, DOS ODI environment, DOS NDIS environment, OS/2 ODI
environment, or OS/2 NDIS environment. At the present time the DOS
Native environment does not support hot-pluggability. Removing your
card while using this environment might result in a system failure or the
inability to access your LAN applications.
- Do not hot-plug a card when in a Windows for Workgroups
environment. Your card does not have to be present when NET START is
run. If you plan to access your network in your Windows session, insert
your card before starting Windows. If you plan to pull out your card,
shut down Windows before doing so. It is suggested that you include
your Network Address in the protocol.ini if you execute NET START
without a card present. This ensures that the system has your
card's address even if the card is not present.
The following sections describe, in more detail, the exact procedure to
follow for each of the supported hot-plugging environments.
Windows 95 and Windows 98 have built-in support for hot plugging and
suspend/resume. They recognize the PC Card when it is inserted into a
PCMCIA socket (or the cable is attached to an inserted PC Card) and load the
correct driver and configured protocol stack for the PC Card.
If you plan to disconnect from your network, click the PC Card icon on the
status bar. A message box appears with a message to stop the PC
Card. Click this box. When the Safe to remove message appears,
you can either remove the cable or physically remove your PC Card.
It is recommended that you use the NetWare Event Service Layer program
(NESL.COM) for hot-plugging to work in this environment. Without
this support, you should use the following procedure.
To remove the card or go into a suspend mode, you must first unload all the
drivers. This is done by removing them in the reverse order they were
installed. This can be accomplished by typing the following commands at
the DOS prompt:
netx u (or vlm u)
ipxodi u
tokencs u
lsl u
At this point, you can remove the card from your machine. Once the
card is removed, you can enter and exit suspend mode as often as you like
before reinstalling the card. It is best to reinstall the card while
the machine is not in suspend mode.
After reinserting the card or resuming, you can restart your network
software by typing the following commands at the DOS prompt:
lsl
tokencs
ipxodi
netx
You can insert and remove your card before and after using Windows for
Workgroups. You cannot hot-plug the card while using Windows for
Workgroups. Insert the card before starting the software. Remove
the card only after exiting the Windows for Workgroups environment.
You can remove the card or go into suspend mode at any time as long as
you are not running any applications that use shared resources. After
you reinsert the card or resume, you should have all of your LAN shared
resources connected. If you use CM/2 to connect to the host, you will
have to log on again.
One scenario that does not work is suspending and then removing the
card. The card will not be recognized when it is reinserted. If
you want to do something like this, you must first remove the card and then
suspend. You can then resume later and reinsert the card later.
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