=========================================================== Lucent Technologies March, 2000 ORINOCO WaveMANAGER/CLIENT IEEE Variant 1 Version: 6.00 =========================================================== This README.TXT covers information that was not yet known or available when the user documentation shipped with this product was written. This text file includes update information, additional installation instructions, limitations to the current version of the product, and suggestions to solve known issues or problems. In all references to the ORINOCO product line, the Lucent technologies WaveLAN product can be substituted. TABLE OF CONTENTS. 1. SOFTWARE DESCRIPTION 2. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS 3. NEW IN THIS RELEASE 4. INSTALLATION NOTES 5. TECHNICAL CONSTRAINTS 6. KNOWN ISSUES 7. TECHNICAL SUPPORT ----------------------------------------------------------- 1. SOFTWARE DESCRIPTION 1.1 About this software The ORINOCO WaveMANAGER/CLIENT (WMAN_CL) is a diagnostic tool that you can use to verfiy the quality of your wireless radio connection to the ORINOCO network. The ORINOCO WMAN_CL tool can be installed on any computer running the MS-Windows 95, 98, NT4 or 2000 operating system, which has been equipped with a Lucent Technologies wireless ORINOCO PC Card. 1.2 Files Installed The ORINOCO WMAN_CL tool installation is managed via an installation wizard. You can choose to start the installation wizard by double-clicking the setup.exe file which can be found: - On your ORINOCO CD-ROM in the folder: \software\pc_card\wavemanager client ieee - If you did download an update from the website: xxxx\wm_cl where xxxx is the directory in which the files where you placed after extracting them from the downloaded file. The installation wizard will automatically install the program files in the following directory on the hard disk of your computer: c:\program files\orinoco\wavemanager\client ieee Optionally you may choose to select another folder or hard disk drive for installation of the ORINOCO WMAN_CL software. The following files will be installed in the specified directory: * WMAN_CL.EXE * WMAN_CL.HLP * WMAN_CL.CNT * README.TXT ----------------------------------------------------------- 2. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS 2.1 Operating System To install and run the ORINOCO WMAN_CL software you will need the Microsoft Windows 95, 98, NT4 or 2000 operating system. Support for other operating systems will become available in a future release. 2.2 Free Disk Space The installation of the ORINOCO WMAN_CL program requires a free disk space of approximately 3.5 Mb: * 300 Kb for the ORINOCO WMAN_CL application ----------------------------------------------------------- 3. NEW IN THIS RELEASE 3.1 The Initial Dialog has been removed. The Option dialog has been removed. The program will always run in enhanced mode. The SNR levels and color have been changed. ----------------------------------------------------------- 4. INSTALLATION NOTES 4.1 Standard Installation Installation procedures are described in the 'Getting Started Guide' or 'User's Guide' that came with your ORINOCO product. Please refer to these documents for information about installing and configuring your ORINOCO product. ORINOCO User documentation is also available in electronic format on the ORINOCO Web Site (http://www.lucent.com/orinoco) You can download the documentation in Adobe's Acrobat Portable Document Format (PDF). To view or print PDF files you will need the freeware Acrobat Reader included on this CD-ROM. Alternatively you can download the Acrobat Reader from the Adobe Web Site (http://www.adobe.com/acrobat). 4.2 Removing the ORINOCO WMAN_CL Software To remove the ORINOCO WMAN_CL Software proceed as follows: 1) Click the "Start" button on your Windows task bar, point to "Settings" and select "Control Panel". 2) In the Control Panel window, double-click the "Add/Remove" icon to display the "Add/Remove Program Prperties" window. 3) Scroll down the list of applications in the lower section of the "Install/Uninstall" tab, and select the item ORINOCO WMAN_CL 4 Next click the "Add/Remove" button, and follow the instructions on your screen. ----------------------------------------------------------- 5. TECHNICAL CONSTRAINTS None. ----------------------------------------------------------- 6. KNOWN ISSUES None ----------------------------------------------------------- 7. TECHNICAL SUPPORT 7.1 Finding Information On the ORINOCO Web Site you can find the most recent device drivers, bridge firmware, software updates and user documentation. World Wide Web: HTTP://WWW.LUCENT.COM/ORINOCO or FTP://FTP.WAVELAN.COM/PUB 7.2 Contact Technical Support If you encounter problems when installing or using this product, or would like information about our other ORINOCO products, please contact your local Authorized ORINOCO Reseller or Lucent Technologies Sales office. Addresses and telephone numbers of the Lucent Technologies Sales offices are listed on our ORINOCO Web Site. =========================================================== END OF FILE