=========================================================== Lucent Technologies March, 2000 ORINOCO Communications Quality Indicator 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. 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 Communications Quality Indicator (CQI) is a diagnostic tool that you can use to verfiy the quality of your wireless radio connection to the ORINOCO network. The ORINOCO CQI tool can be installed on any computer running the MS-Windows 95 or 98 operating system, which has been equipped with a Lucent Technologies wireless ORINOCO PC Card. The ORINOCO CQI tool will automatically be installed together with your ORINOCI PC Card drivers. 1.2 Files Installed The ORINOCO CQI tool installation is managed via an installation wizard that will automatically be activated upon first-time installation of the ORINOCO PC Card. Alternatively, you can choose to start the installation wizard by double-clicking the setup.exe file on your ORINOCO CD-ROM in the folder: \software\pc_card\cqi\disk1 The installation wizard will automatically install the program files in the following directory on the hard disk of your computer: c:\program files\orinoco\cqi Optionally you may choose to select another folder or hard disk drive for installation of the ORINOCO CQI software. The following files will be installed in the specified directory: * CQI.EXE * M_PHONE.ICL * MODEM.ICL * S_DISC.ICL * S_SMILEY.ICL * STATUS.ICL * README.TXT Together with the ORINOCO CQI software, the installation wizard will install the ORINOCO online help system that provides context-sensitve and task-oriented help for installing an ORINOCO wireless network. The help files will be installed in the following directory: c:\windows\help\orinoco The ORINOCO online help system is in HTML format. To view the help screens you will need to have an internet browser installed, such as: * The Microsoft Internet Explorer (v4.0 or higher) * The Netscape Navigator (v4.0 or higher) Alternatively, you may choose to use another type of browser, but it will depend on the supported features of such browsers whether the help files will display correctly. ----------------------------------------------------------- 2. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS 2.1 Operating System To install and run the ORINOCI CQI software you will need the Microsoft Windows 95 or 98 operating system. Support for other operating systems will become available in a future release. 2.2 Free Disk Space The installation of the ORINOCO CQI program requires a free disk space of approximately 3.5 Mb: * 300 Kb for the ORINOCO CQI application * 3 Mb for the ORINOCO help system 2.2 Internet Browser The ORINOCO online help system is in HTML format. To view the help screens you will need to have an internet browser installed, such as: * The Microsoft Internet Explorer (v4.0 or higher) * The Netscape Navigator (v4.0 or higher) Alternatively, you may choose to use another type of browser, but it will depend on the supported features of such browsers whether the help files will display correctly. ----------------------------------------------------------- 3. NEW IN THIS RELEASE 3.1 Initial release ----------------------------------------------------------- 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 CQI Software To remove the ORINOCO CQI Software proceed as follows: 1) Click the "Start" butoon 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 CQI 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