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    REVISION: 1 / VERSION: 031 104a / DA TE: October 2004 USB1500 Wireless PC LAN Adapter USER’S GUIDE WWW .P ARKERVISION.COM W ireless to the P a r k e r V i s i o n ® SIGNAL MAX[...]

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    2 2 USB1500 Wireless PC LAN Adapter ® COPYRIGHT ©2003 ParkerVision Inc. All rights reserved. ParkerVision Wireless™ and D2D™ T echnology are registered trademarks of ParkerVision Inc. All specifi cations are subject to change without notice. May include one or more of the following patents: US6421534, US6049706, US6266518, US6061555, US60615[...]

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    5 5 USB1500 Wireless PC LAN Adapter ® T able of Contents Copyright ................................................................................................................................................................ 2 Federa l Commu nication s Commi ssion(FC C) Inte rference Statem ent ..................................................[...]

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    6 6 USB1500 Wireless PC LAN Adapter ® INTRODUCTION All ParkerVision Wireless products are designed and manufactured by ParkerVision. Products are fully compliant with IEEE 802.1 1b standards and are optimized to provide maximum possible speed and bandwidth through your Internet connection for fastest uploads and downloads. The distance capabilitie[...]

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    7 7 USB1500 Wireless PC LAN Adapter ® T he follo wing chapters ar e str uctur ed as a step-by-step guide to help you connect, install and setup your ParkerVision W ireless USB LAN Adapter . Par t I Getting Star ted[...]

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    8 8 USB1500 Wireless PC LAN Adapter ® This chapter introduces the main features of the ParkerVision W ireless LAN Adapter 1.1 Introduction The ParkerVision W ireless PC LAN Adapter is an 1 1 Mbps IEEE 802.1 1b wireless USB adapter and has a standard USB port which connects to a standard computer USB port. Its maximum 1 1 Mbps data rate gives equiv[...]

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    9 9 USB1500 Wireless PC LAN Adapter ® and construction sites where a temporary network is required. For retailers, airline and shipping companies who need additional workstations during peak periods. For auditors requiring workgroups at customer sites. • Database Access for Mobile Users - Doctors, nurses, retailers who need to access their datab[...]

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    10 10 USB1500 Wireless PC LAN Adapter ® This chapter will guide you through the installation of the ParkerVision Software Make sure that you install the software onto your computer BEFORE you install the ParkerV ision Wireless USB LAN Adapter! The Park erVision D2D Wireless USB LAN Adapter works with Windows XP and 2000 Operating S ystems. Insert [...]

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    11 11 USB1500 Wireless PC LAN Adapter ® 2.1 Installing the ParkerVision Software - Continued The following screen will be displayed. Click NEXT to continue. Select the install folder . Click NEXT to install the P arkerVision software in the default folder as shown. W e do not recommend using an alternate location. Click NEXT to continue.[...]

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    12 12 USB1500 Wireless PC LAN Adapter ® STEP 3 CONTINUED: Select FINISH at the following screen. This will complete the installation of the P arkerVision software. If the screen above does not appear, RESTART your computer by clicking START, then SHUT DOWN, then RESTART. Once your computer has restarted, continue the installation by following the [...]

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    13 13 USB1500 Wireless PC LAN Adapter ® 2.2 IMPORT ANT INFORMA TION FOR WINDOWS XP USERS ONL Y For Windows XP Users Only: In order to achieve the best possible performance of the USB1500 Wireless LAN adapter in your computer it is necessary to make a change in the way Windows XP handles your computer’s wireless networking connections. After your[...]

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    14 14 USB1500 Wireless PC LAN Adapter ® 2.2 IMPORT ANT INFORMA TION FOR WINDOWS XP USERS - Continued Step 3: Selecting the “Advanced Button” on the previous screen will bring up the window shown below . Select the “Wireless Networks” tab, and note the box to the left of the line “Use Windows to confi gure my wireless network settings.?[...]

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    15 15 USB1500 Wireless PC LAN Adapter ® 3.1 System Requirements • Operational USB Port • Windows 2000/XP Operating System. • 500 Kbytes free hard disk space (minimum) for driver and utility program installation. • 128 MB RAM • USB Cable 3.2 Installing the ParkerVision USB W ireless LAN Adapter Note: If you installed your adapter at the e[...]

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    16 16 USB1500 Wireless PC LAN Adapter ® The USB po rt d oes no t su ppo rt “ hot sw appi ng” . R emo vin g th e P arke rVi sion Wir eles s L AN A dap ter fro m t he U SB port wh en powe r t o yo ur com pute r i s on may cau se the sof twa re t o l ock. Y ou s hou ld alwa ys disa ble the Pa rke rVis ion Wir eles s L AN A dap ter pri or to r emo[...]

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    17 17 USB1500 Wireless PC LAN Adapter ® T he follo wing chapters will show you ho w to manage and confi gure advanced parameter s of your ParkerVision USB W ireless LAN Adapter . Par t II Advanced Management[...]

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    18 18 USB1500 Wireless PC LAN Adapter ® 4.1 Confi guration ParkerVision Wireless D2D Management Utility will assist in setting up and customizing your wireless network. The D2D Management Utility will provide you with information regarding signal quality and link conditions as well as let you modify various wireless parameters. T o access the Par[...]

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    19 19 USB1500 Wireless PC LAN Adapter ® 4.2 Confi guration - Using the D2D/ParkerV ision Management Utility The D2D Confi guration Dialog Box is displayed as shown below and consists of three primary sections. From here, different connections may be detected, confi gured, and stored. The Above Sections are covered individually on the pages that[...]

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    20 20 USB1500 Wireless PC LAN Adapter ® 4.3 A V AILABLE CONNECTIONS SECTION - Continued The top-most section of the D2D Confi guration Dialog Box shows the available connections. The available connections will be displayed from a scan performed when the software was started, or when the scan button was clicked. T o begin using the USB1500 Wireles[...]

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    21 21 USB1500 Wireless PC LAN Adapter ® 4.4 CURRENT CONNECTION SECTION This section shows the connection that is currently active, giving the status of each category described in the A V AILABLE CONNECTION SECTION on the previous page. The SPEED indicates the rate of data transfer as dictated by the Access Point to which the Wireless LAN Adapter i[...]

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    22 22 USB1500 Wireless PC LAN Adapter ® 4.6 MORE ON AD-HOC AND AP MODES Ad-Hoc Mode (Peer-to-P eer Workg roup) The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) standard for wireless LAN’s (WLAN’ s), 802.1 1 offers two methods for confi guring a wireless network — Ad-Hoc and infrastructure (Access Point). In an Ad-Hoc network, co[...]

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    23 23 USB1500 Wireless PC LAN Adapter ® 4.7 MORE ON SSID Service Set Identifi cation (SSID) The Service Set Identifi cation (SSID) is a thirty-two alphanumeric character (maximum) string identifying the wireless local area network. ParkerVision-Wireless refers to the SSID as network name. For stations to communicate with each other , all station[...]

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    24 24 USB1500 Wireless PC LAN Adapter ® T his par t inc ludes T r oubleshooting, Appendices, and the Index. Par t III Additional Information[...]

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    25 25 USB1500 Wireless PC LAN Adapter ® Th is c ha pt er c o ve rs p ot en ti al p r ob le ms a nd t h e po ss ib le r em ed i e s . A ft er e ac h pr o b l em d e sc ri pt io n, s om e i ns tr uc ti on s ar e p ro vi de d to h e l p y ou d ia gn os e a n d s ol ve t he p ro b l e m. 5.1 Problems During Driver Installation P RO B LE M CO RR ECT IV[...]

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    26 26 USB1500 Wireless PC LAN Adapter ® Chapter 5 - T roubleshooting - Continued 5.2 Problems With the Utility Confi guration P RO B LE M CO RR ECT IV E ACT IO N While startin g the co nfi gurat ion utilit y , the pr ogram s tarts up and termi nates im mediatel y with no errors . The D2 D/Parke rVisi on soft ware may not re cognize that the USB [...]

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    27 27 USB1500 Wireless PC LAN Adapter ® Chapter 5 - T roubleshooting - Continued 5.4 Problems Communicating With the Computer P RO B LE M CO RR ECT IV E ACT IO N The ParkerVision USB Wireless LAN Adapter client cannot commu nicate w ith the other computer on the Ethernet when the Infrastructure mode i s confi g ured. Make sure that the AP and the[...]

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    28 28 USB1500 Wireless PC LAN Adapter ® The P arkerV isio n Wirel ess USB 1500 Wi reless LAN Adapter s upport s the s ame net work confi gurati on opti ons of Legacy Ethern et LAN’ s as defi ned by the IEEE 802 standard. The ParkerVision Wireless LAN Adapter can be confi gured as: • Ad-hoc for departmental or SOHO LAN’s. • Infrastructur[...]

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    29 29 USB1500 Wireless PC LAN Adapter ® Ad-hoc Wireless LAN T opology - Continued An Ad-hoc w ireless LAN is a grou p of co mputer s, each equipp ed with one wi reless adapter , and c onnecte d as an indepe ndent w ireles s LAN. Compute rs in a specifi c Ad-hoc wi reless LAN m ust be confi g ured o n the same radio channel. An Ad-hoc wireless LA[...]

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    30 30 USB1500 Wireless PC LAN Adapter ® Ad-hoc Wireless LAN T opology - Continued The P arkerV ision Wir eless L AN Adapt er prov ides a ccess t o a wir ed LAN for wi reless comput ers. An in tegrate d wirel ess and wired LAN is called an Infrastructure confi guration. A group of wireless LAN computer users and an Access Point constitute a Basic [...]

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    31 31 USB1500 Wireless PC LAN Adapter ® General ParkerVision USB1500 W ireless LAN Adapter Specifi cations Operating S ystems Supported Windows 2000 and XP Standards IEEE 802.11b Host Interface USB Data Rates 1, 2, 5.5, 11 Mbps, with Auto- F allback Support Modulation BPSK, QPSK, CCK Range (t ypical) Open Environment: 1 Mile* Closed Environment: [...]

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    32 32 USB1500 Wireless PC LAN Adapter ® Should you wish to uninstall the ParkerVision Software from your Windows 2000 or XP computer , the following steps should be followed: Step 1: Locate the fi le WLAN1500 Uninstall.ex e . This fi le is generally located in the folder in which the ParkerVision software was installed, as shown in the example b[...]

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    33 33 USB1500 Wireless PC LAN Adapter ® Uninstalling the ParkerVision Software - Continued Step 2: After the remaining fi les associated with the ParkerV ision/D2D software are removed, you will see the following dialog box: Click Finish to complete the uninstall of the ParkerVision software.[...]

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    34 34 USB1500 Wireless PC LAN Adapter ® Index 128-bit 20 64-bit 20 USB Connector 13 802.1 1b 8 Access T ray Section 17, 21 Additional Information 25 Ad-Hoc 29 Ad-Hoc Mode 21 Ad-Hoc Wireless T opology 30, 31 Advanced 23 Advanced Management 15 Antenna 2 AP Mode 21 AP Settings 27 Applications 8 Auto Run 10 Available Connections 17, 18 Basic Service S[...]

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    35 35 USB1500 Wireless PC LAN Adapter ® Index Service Set Identifi cation (SSID) 22 Signal 18 Site Survey 28 Software Installation 10 SOHO 9, 30 SSID 18, 20, 22, 28 System Requirements 4, 13 System T ray 16 SysT ray 16 T able of Contents 5 T ransmitter 2 T roubleshooting 25, 27, 28 T ype 18 Uninstalling 33 United States 32 Use Windows to confi g[...]

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    36 36 USB1500 Wireless PC LAN Adapter ® Glossar y Channel: The radio channel of a wireless network, 1 through 1 1. Connect: Connect to an available network, or connect to a network using a specifi c profi le. Delete: Delete a named profi le. Done: Save changes and close the window . Edit: Edit a named profi le. Name: Profi le name, such as, ?[...]