Introduction
BrookTrout Fax Driver Installation

In order to successfully install and configure your Brooktrout fax board, you must:

•	Be sure that all switch settings on the fax boards are correct and the boards are installed in the machine.

•	Install this driver NOT the drivers that are included with the board (if received directly from the manufacturer.)

The installation and configuration of your Brooktrout fax board can be performed:

•	From the installation program

•	At any time, through an independent procedure.

Note

You can also configure your Brooktrout fax board later on from the fax server Administration tool (MMC). Refer to the Administration Guide for more details.

The BrookTrout Fax Driver installation screens are the following:

•	Welcome

•	Brooktrout Driver Installation

•	Brooktrout Device settings

•	Brooktrout File Installation

•	Brooktrout General Settings

•	Brooktrout ISDN Settings

•	Brooktrout Digital Board Settings

•	NetAccess Configuration

•	Applying Settings

•	Autodetection - Initialization

•	Validate Configuration


Welcome

Depending on your knowledge of the Brooktrout fax boards, you can perform a simple mode (first option) or an advanced mode (second option) installation. If you select the simple mode installation, advanced parameters will be automatically filled and will not appear in the installation procedure. Choose one of the two modes.

Then:

•	If performing the BrookTrout Fax Driver Installation from the installation program, click Next.

•	If performing the BrookTrout Fax Driver Installation through an independent procedure, indicate the installation path of the Brooktrout driver files, then click Next.


Brooktrout Driver Installation

The installation program detects whether drivers are already installed. Depending on the result, a message is displayed and, if necessary, prompts you for a complete installation or update of the drivers.

Click Next.


Brooktrout Device settings

The Brooktrout configuration screen shows any existing configuration and will allow installed fax boards to be configured.

The information required to fill this screen is provided on your board. Please contact you reseller in case of a problem.

To configure a board, click Add board and fill the required fields in the boards list. To remove a configured board from the list, select this board and click Remove board.

Board Type

Select the option that corresponds to your fax board:

•	TR114-ISA

•	TR114-PCI

•	TruFax (ISA)

•	NetAccess-ISA

•	NetAccess-PCI

Channel

For a TR114 or TruFax type board, specify the number of channels.

For a Net-Access type board (interface board), specify the number of ports (a port can support up to 24 or 30 channels).

Port

In the case of an ISA board, specify the I/O port configured on your Brooktrout board. You can select a port in the list (in the case of a simple mode install, this list contains the recommended ports; in the case of an advanced mode install, this list contains all the possible ports).

For more details in the case of a TR114 board, refer to the Configuring the Brooktrout TR114 Fax Boards section in the Installing faxboards chapter of the Installation Guide.

Connection type

Specify the connection type of your board.

In the case of a TR114 or TruFax type board, select one of the following connection types:

Type	Details	Examples
Analog	Analog board	TR114+P4L, TR114+I2L, TruFax
Analog+DID	Analog board with additional line; USA and Canada	TR114+I4D
Digital-E1	Digital board used with the E1 protocol	TR114+I8V, TR114+P8V, TR114+I16V
Digital-T1	Digital board used with the T1 protocol (robbed bit)	TR114+I8V, TR114+P8V TR114+I16V, TR114-I8V+T1
Digital-T1-ISDN	Digital board used with the T1 protocol (ISDN)
ISDN-BRI	ISDN-BRI board	TR114+I4B, TR114+P4B

In the case of a NetAccess type board (interface board), select one of the following connection types:

Type	Details	Examples
Digital-E1	Board using the E1 protocol	PRIISALC 1E, PRIISALC 2E, PRI-PCI32V E1, PRI-PCI64V E1
Digital-T1	Board using the T1 protocol (robbed bit)	PRI-PCI24V T1, PRI-PCI48V T1, PRI-ISALC1T, PRI-ISALC2T
Digital-T1-ISDN	Board using the T1 protocol (ISDN)

Notes:

1. Each of the E1 and T1 protocols correspond to a set of countries:

•	T1: USA, Canada, Japan, …

•	E1: Europe, Latin America, Asia/Pacific, Africa, …

2. In the case of the Digital-T1 (robbed bit) protocol, it is recommended to use a TRNIC board. Here, you do not need to configure an interface board (as with the NetAccess board); you just need to configure the digital board (TR114, TruFax).

IRQ

his option is enabled if you configure at least a TR114 or a TruFax board on your machine. Then, select the interrupt number. If you have several boards installed, give the same IRQ number.

DMA

This option is enabled if you configure at least a TR114 board on your machine. Then, select a DMA channel as configured on the Brooktrout hardware.

For more details, refer to the Configuring the Brooktrout TR114 Fax Boards section in the Installing faxboards chapter of the Installation Guide.

Note

If you need help in determining the interrupt number, I/O port and DMA, Windows NT includes a Diagnostics Tool that provides this information. To use this tool, from the Start menu, go to Programs, click Administrative Tools, then Windows NT Diagnostics, Resources. Note those that are not being used that would be available for the fax board driver.

Click Next.


Brooktrout File Installation

This screen precedes the local copy of the Brooktrout driver files.

Click Next.


Brooktrout General Settings

Board type\Board country

Indicate the country or type corresponding to your board:

•	If you configure one or more CTR21 analog boards, select the CTR21 option in the Board type drop-down list. This option corresponds to a non country-dependent standard (for Europe), that will be applied gradually to all of the Brooktrout boards.

•	If you configure one or more non-CTR21 analog boards, select the country for which the board was designed in the Board country drop-down list, or Default if the country is not listed.

•	If you configure one or more digital boards (E1, T1 or ISDN-DRI), with no analogic board, the Digital (BRI or PRI) type is automatically selected in the Board type drop-down list.

Number of digits

Number of digits of the recipient's fax number that will be returned to the fax server (taken from the right to the left). These digits are used in the routing rules. For instance, if you assign 4 to this field, the last 4 digits will be returned to the fax server (for instance, if the recipient's number is 0178336904, 6904 will be returned).

Note:

This fied is only significant for a digital or DID analog board, which gives you the fax number of a fax recipient.

If the Brooktrout device you are using is a DID board, you must configure the DID Settings:

Timeout when waiting for incoming call

Advanced mode install settings. The modification of this parameter is only relevant for an analog board with a DID line. This fields represents the board's receiving mode timeout. It is only enabled if the fax server is already installed.

Advanced DID line configuration: Signaling protocol

Advanced mode install settings. The modification of this parameter is only relevant for an analog board with a DID line. Possible values are wink or immediate.

Note:

These changes will be stored into the btcall.cfg file in the fax server Brooktrout installation directory (default is \BoardDrivers\Brooktrout) when completing configuration. If you have to do more specific configurations, you may modify that file after completing this setup.

Click Next.


Brooktrout ISDN Settings

The information that appears on this screen is dependent upon your telephone company if using a direct access to the PSTN, or upon your PBX if using a PBX. The country, protocol, PBX, Telco and line configurations may affect some of the settings you need to select.

Point to point / Point to Multipoint

This is a parameter of the Data Link layer of the ISDN protocol (LAPD Q.921). The BRI interface has the capability to handle one ISDN terminal or multiple ISDN terminals on the same line. Your PBX or Telco enables or disables this feature in the Data Link layer.

In most countries, the point to point capability is usually set by default. Nevertheless, in Germany for instance, if you have direct access to your Telco, you are likely to be in "Point to Multipoint", but if you're using a PBX, you are likely to be in "Point to Point". Note that "Point to Multipoint" can be enabled even if you have only one equipment on the line.

Settings that are incompatible with your provider will result in call failure. If you don't know which settings apply to your configuration, contact your provider or try sending a fax using each of the settings. Select the type of your ISDN link (datalink).

Channel

Advanced mode install settings. Configuring ISDN channels can be accomplished one channel at a time or all channels at once. It is also possible to combine these methods to create defaults to all channels and then modify the values of separate channels.

The channel to be configured is the one displayed in the Channel combo box. When a separate channel is selected, the fields can be disabled ( [image]) or enabled ( [image]). If the field is enabled (the corresponding check box is set), the value shown in the edit box will be set for the selected channel. If the field is disabled the value will not be set for the selected channel.

If All is selected from the Channel combo box then the fields can be enabled ( [image]), disabled ( [image]) or neither ( [image]). If a field is enabled then the value shown is set for all the channels. If a field is disabled then the value is disabled for all of the channels. If a field is in the “neither” state, the value of that field varies between the channels and is not set.

Bearer capability

Advanced mode install settings. The "Bearer Capability" is a parameter of the ISDN Connection Control Protocol. The bearer service category of a B-channel can be 'speech' or '3.1 kHz audio'. It defines how voice and data are encoded in a 64kbds channel.

Normal calls from the PSTN will be presented to users in the ISDN using the "3.1 kHz audio ". This is standard encoding for data and fax. However, some PBX may restrict channel transfers to use "speech" encoding. Settings that are incompatible with your provider will result in call failure. If you don't know which settings apply to your configuration, contact your provider or try sending a fax using each of the settings.

Calling party number

Advanced mode install settings. Indicate the calling party number (for outgoing calls). Max 19 characters. Represents the number as presented to the recipient. If disabled the firmware will use the value set in the Local address field (if the Local address field is disabled, the operator will determine how the number is presented).

Local address

Advanced mode install settings. Indicate the local address (for incoming calls). This field allows to associate a channel to an incoming number, when several numbers correspond to a given ISDN access. Thus, for 2 incoming numbers bound to a given access, channel 0 can be assigned to the calls sent to the first number, and channel 1 can be assigned to the calls sent to the second number.

SPID

Advanced mode install settings. Service Provider ID (USA, Canada). If the protocol is DMS-100, National (NI1), or 5ESS Multipoint, and you are in North America, the SPID contains the phone number and some extra digits. Ask your provider if you need to set this value.

B-Channel Preference

Advanced mode install settings. Defines the free channels allocation strategy. Possible values are:

•	No B channel preference will be sent: the provider will decide of the channel preference.

•	B1 channel is preferred: you decide that channel B1 is preferred.

•	B2 channel is preferred: you decide that channel B2 is preferred.

•	Neither B channel is preferred: you decide that no channel is preferred.

Note:

These changes will be stored into the isdn.cfg file in the fax server Brooktrout installation directory (default is \BoardDrivers\Brooktrout) when completing configuration.

Click Next.


Brooktrout Digital Board Settings

Board type

Possible values are MVIP/PEB or SCBUS.

Connection

Select the connection protocol. Possible values are MVIP or PEB for MVIP/PEB boards and SCSA or PEB for SCBUS board.

Law coding

Possible values are A-Law coding or u-law coding. The u-law encoding and companding standard is used primarily in the US, Canada, Mexico, Hong Kong, Japan and Taiwan. The A-law encoding and companding standard is used in all other countries.

Robbed bit signal

Enable or disable robbed bit signaling. Only for MVIP/PEB boards.

PCM clock rate

Clock rate. Available values depends on used board type and connection.

Signaling protocol

Only for MVIP/PEB boards.

Transmit and Receive stream for all channels

Advanced mode install settings. Only for MVIP/PEB boards. The default is 6, do not change this setting unless recommended by technical support.

Note:

These changes will be stored into the digital.cfg file in the fax server Brooktrout installation directory (default is \BoardDrivers\Brooktrout) when completing configuration.

Click Next.


NetAccess Configuration

Protocol

PRI protocol to use with your interface board. If you cannot send a fax using the default protocol (PRI only Euro-ISDN for Europe and AT&T Pub 41449 for the USA), please contact your ISP to know which protocol to use.

Bearer capability

Advanced mode install settings. The "Bearer Capability" is a parameter of the ISDN Connection Control Protocol. The bearer service category of a B-channel can be 'speech' or '3.1 kHz audio'. It defines how voice and data are encoded in a 64kbds channel.

Normal calls from the PSTN will be presented to users in the ISDN using the "3.1 kHz audio ". This is standard encoding for data and fax. However, some PBX may restrict channel transfers to use "speech" encoding. Settings that are incompatible with your provider will result in call failure. If you don't know which settings apply to your configuration, contact your provider or try sending a fax using each of the settings.

IO Address/ Interrupt/ Memory Base Address

These three parameters only concern the NetAccess type ISA board. Enter your ISA board's I/O address, IRQ and base address.


Applying Settings

This screen appears once the Brooktrout device(s) has been properly configured. It contains setup completion information.

Click Next.


Validate Configuration

When the driver is registered and running, click Autodetect.

The installation program detects the number of channels that the fax server will be able to initialize. In case of conflict (port already in use, number of actual channels inferior to number of channels specified), some channels will not be initialized. The successfully detected channels will be initialized, and the corresponding lines will be ready to send/receive.

Note:

The Autodetect results will be stored into the Btinit.log file in the fax server Brooktrout installation directory (default is \BoardDrivers\Brooktrout).

Click Next.


Finish

Click Finish to end the Brooktrout Fax Driver installation.