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- IBM PCMCIA Card Installation and Configuration for OS\2
- 2.x and the IBM ThinkPad 350.
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- DESCRIPTION OF SYMPTOMS
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- My programs do not recognize the PCMCIA card.
- My PCMCIA card works under DOS but not OS/2.
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- SUMMARY OF RESOLUTION
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- 1. Identifying the type of Hardware you have.
- 2. Installing PCMCIA Software Support.
- 3. Checking the loading order in the "Config.sys",
- com.sys later than April, 93. 4. Verify file versions.
- 5. Verify Modem versions.
- 6. Trouble Shooting the Thinkpad 350 for PCMCIA
- problems.
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- DETAILS OF RESOLUTION
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- I. Identifying the type of Hardware you have.
-
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- IBM PCMCIA DATA/FAX MODEMS
-
- IBM has PCMCIA Data/FAX modem products which could be
- used on the IBM Thinkpad series of personal notebook
- computers. Two of these products are the IBM PCMCIA
- High-Speed Data/FAX Modem and the IBM PCMCIA Data/FAX
- Modem. The IBM PCMCIA High-Speed (14.4) Data/Fax Modem
- has OS/2 2.1 Client (device) Driver support but the IBM
- PCMCIA (2400/9600) Data/Fax Modem was not announced for
- OS/2 2.1 and was not shipped with OS/2 2.1 Client
- (device) Driver support.
-
-
- The way you determine the difference between the modems
- is to examine the front of the modem. The High Speed
- modem has IBM High Speed PCMCIA Data/FAX Modem, the Low
- Speed Modem just has IBM PCMCIA Data/FAX Modem.
-
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- The IBM Model Number for the High Speed PCMCIA Data/FAX
- modem is: FC3635. The IBM Model Number for the Low
- Speed PCMCIA Data/FAX modem is: FC3634.
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- II. Installing PCMCIA software support.
-
- INSTALLATION PROBLEMS WITH THE IBM PCMCIA MODEM
-
- There is a problem if installing the IBM PCMCIA High
- Speed Data/FAX modem on a drive other than the OS/2 2.1
- system drive. You will need to use the following
- procedure:
-
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- 1. If you did not install PCMCIA support during OS/2
- 2.1 installation, use OS/2 Selective Install to install
- PCMCIA support. Follow the instructions given in the
- OS/2 documentation.
-
- 2. Use the PCMCIA Device Driver Diskette that shipped
- with your system to install Socket Services. Follow the
- instructions delivered with your hardware.
-
- 3. After completing installation of Socket Services
- driver, do NOT power off or reboot the system. Edit
- the CONFIG.SYS in the root directory where OS/2 is
- installed.
-
- 4. Find these two statements which were installed
- during step 2 above:
-
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- REM DEVICE=D:\OS2\PCMCIA.SYS
-
- ------------------------------------
-
- REM DEVICE=D:\OS2\MDOS\VPCMCIA.SYS
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- ---------------------------------------------
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- NOTE: Make sure that a DEVICE=d:\OS2\COM.SYS statement
- comes after the first PCMCIA.SYS statement.
-
- 5. ADD the following statements to your CONFIG.SYS file
- in the order indicated below. The lines starting with
- REM are the ones from a previous step. Make sure to
- substitute the drive letter where OS/2 is installed in
- place of the 'd:' in the statements below.
-
-
-
- REM DEVICE=d:\OS2\PCMCIA.SYS
- DEVICE=d:\IBMODEM\ESTDFM.OS2 S1C2
- REM DEVICE=d:\OS2\MDOS\VPCMCIA.SYS
- DEVICE=d:\OS2\$ICPMOS2.SYS
- DEVICE=D:\OS2\IBM2SS01.SYS
- DEVICE=D:\OS2\ICRMU01.SYS
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- 6. Remove the REM statements that precede the
- PCMCIA.SYS and VPCMCIA.SYS device driver statements.
-
- 7. Save the CONFIG.SYS file and exit the editor.
-
- 8. Create a \IBMODEM directory on the drive where OS/2
- is installed and copy ESTDFM.OS2 from the IBM Data/Fax
- Modem Diskette into this directory.
-
- 9. Shutdown OS/2 and re-IPL your system.
-
- OS/2 2.1 CONFIG.SYS ORDERING FOR THE OS/2 2.1 PCMCIA
- SUPPORT
-
- There is a problem with COM.SYS and the way it
- interacts to Card Services (PCMCIA.SYS). Normally,
- COM.SYS would follow PCMCIA.SYS but due to a defect,
- the OS/2 2.1 COM.SYS must come before PCMCIA.SYS.
- Future releases of OS/2 2.1 will require COM.SYS to
- follow
-
- PCMCIA.SYS. The next section gives an example of the
- device statements for the IBM PCMCIA High-Speed
- Data/FAX Modem on an IBM Thinkpad 350.
-
- III. Checking the loading order in the "Config.sys",
- com.sys later than April, 93.
-
- This is an example of a partial CONFIG.SYS from an IBM
- Thinkpad 350(c) using an IBM High-Speed PCMCIA Data/FAX
- Modem with a later OS/2 2.1 COM.SYS. The COM.SYS MUST
- be dated later 4-29-93. There are APARs which address
- this issue.
-
-
- IFS=C:\OS2\HPFS.IFS /CACHE:64 /CRECL:4
- PROTSHELL=C:\OS2\PMSHELL.EXE
- SET USER_INI=C:\OS2\OS2.INI
- SET SYSTEM_INI=C:\OS2\OS2SYS.INI
- SET OS2_SHELL=C:\OS2\CMD.EXE
- SET AUTOSTART=PROGRAMS,TASKLIST,
- FOLDERS,CONNECTIONS
- SET RUNWORKPLACE=C:\OS2\PMSHELL.EXE
- SET COMSPEC=C:\OS2\CMD.EXE . . .
- DEVICE=C:\OS2\APM.SYS {Advance power management}
- DEVICE=C:\OS2\PWRMGMT.SYS
- DEVICE=C:\OS2\MDOS\VAPM.SYS
- {Virtual Advance Power Management}
- DEVICE=C:\OS2\POINTDD.SYS
- DEVICE=C:\OS2\MOUSE.SYS
- DEVICE=C:\OS2\PCMCIA.SYS {Card Services}
- -----------------------------------------------
- DEVICE=C:\OS2\COM.SYS
- ---------------------------------------
- DEVICE=C:\IBMODEM\ESTDFM.OS2 s1c2,s2c2
- {Client Driver for Modem}
- DEVICE=C:\OS2\MDOS\VPCMCIA.SYS
- {Virtual Card Services}
- DEVICE=C:\OS2\MDOS\VMOUSE.SYS
- DEVICE=C:\OS2\MDOS\VCOM.SYS
- CODEPAGE=437,850
- DEVINFO=KBD,US,C:\OS2\KEYBOARD.DCP
- DEVINFO=SCR,VGA,C:\OS2\VIOTBL.DCP
- SET VIDEO_DEVICES=VIO_SVGA
- SET VIO_SVGA=DEVICE(BVHVGA,BVHSVGA)
- DEVICE=C:\OS2\MDOS\VSVGA.SYS
- DEVICE=C:\OS2\$ICPMOS2.SYS {HW Resource utility}
- DEVICE=C:\OS2\IBM2SS01.SYS {Socket Services}
- DEVICE=C:\OS2\ICRMU01.SYS {Resource Map Utility}
- IV. Verify File Versions.
- After you verify that the IBM Thinkpad 350 system
- configuration (via the reference diskette) is correct,
- you need to check the following files versions:
-
-
-
- +-------------------------------------------------------
- | FILE NAME | RESOURCE TYPE | DATE | SIZE |
- +-------------------------------------------------------
- | IBM2SS02.SYS | Socket Services |06-14-93 | 11264 |
- +-------------------------------------------------------
- | ICRMU02.SYS | Resource Map Utility|05-17-93 | 5797 |
- +-------------------------------------------------------
- | $ICPMOS2.SYS | IC Card Power Mgmt. |06-25-93 | 4879 |
- +-------------------------------------------------------
- | ESTDFM.OS2 | Client Dev. Driver |04-14-93 | 5173 |
- +-------------------------------------------------------
- OR LATER !
-
- The latest PCMCIA product updates are available from
- the IBM National Support Center BBS. The disk images
- are stored in the Reference Diskette library. You will
- need to enter REF DISK at the main BBS menu to enable
- access to this library.
-
- V. Verify Modem Versions.
- If your IBM highspeed PCMCIA Data/FAX modem is losing
- data or does not make consistent connections, you need
- to check the version of the FLASH ROM. The procedure
- should be used:
-
-
- 1. Use a terminal emulator (such as PM Terminal) to
- connect directly to the modem.
-
- 2. Enter "ATI0" and check that the modem responds with
- "14400".
-
- 3. Enter "ATI3" and check that the modem responds with
- something similar to "PCMCIA HS V1.29 . . . 1993 -
- 028". If the number after the "1993" date is less than
- "028", you need to contact the support number which
- came with your Thinkpad system. You will need a FLASH
- ROM update.
-
-
-
- VI. Trouble Shooting the Thinkpad 350 for PCMCIA
- problems. The following sections will highlight key
- area to review should you be having difficulty with the
- IBM High-Speed PCMCIA Data/FAX Modem and the IBM
- Thinkpad 350(c).
-
-
- TROUBLE SHOOTING THE 350C AND THE PCMCIA MODEM
-
- The IBM Thinkpad 350 (c) is similar to the IBM Thinkpad
- 720 (c) except that the IBM Thinkpad 350 (c) only has
- one (1) PCMCIA socket. In the CONFIG.SYS file, the
- socket service needs to be configured as:
-
- It is not necesary to pass parameters.
-
-
-
- IBM2SS01.SYS
- 0 Select SET POWER MANAGEMENT OPTIONS
- 0 Check that the PROCESSOR setting is NOT set to
- AUTO(LONG BATTERY LIFE) We recommend that you select
- 50MHZ.
- 0 Check that SERIAL PORT is set to ON.
- 0 Check that PCMCIA SLOTS is set to ON.
-
- NOTE: These devices can be turned off and on by using
- the PS2.EXE utility. The purpose of setting these
- devices to ON is to assist in problem resolution.
- Please refer to the documentation shipped with your
- system.
-
- _____________________________________________
-
- TROUBLE SHOOTING THE 350C AND THE PCMCIA MODEM
-
- The IBM Thinkpad 350(c) is similar to the IBM Thinkpad
- 720(c) except that the 350(c) is an ISA bus. The 350(c)
- is supplied with different device drivers than the
- 720(c). These drivers are listed in the CONFIG.SYS
- order:
-
- o IBM2SS01.SYS
- o ICRMU01.SYS
-
- You need to cold boot the IBM 350(c) and press the F1
- function key to look at the system setup information.
-
- The following items should be checked:
-
- o Make sure that the "INTERNAL MODEM" is disabled.
- o The EXTERNAL port should be set to SERIAL 1 (or
- COM1).
- o Make sure that the "socket" is enabled.
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