Motorola BitSurfr Pro ISDN Help Center
for Windows95/98
The following information applies to configuring the Motorola BitSurfr Pro ISDN adapter
for use in Windows95 or 98. These settings may not work with other configurations
such as Windows NT and/or other ISDN adapters. An ISDN support page for Windows NT
will be made available soon.
BitSurfr Pro Setup
Use a terminal program to connect/talk to the COM port that your BSP is on using
VT100 emulation, type: AT@MENU (to enter the BSP's configuration menu)
Go to GLOBAL/SWITCH SETTINGS and setup your SPID's (SERVICE PROFILE IDs)
as follows (of course, use the SPIDS given to you from your Telephone Co.)
(Port to Configure) (SPID) (DN) (USE YOUR)
DATA 71855511110000 5551111 DATA/VOICE2 SPID #1
VOICE 1 71855522220000 5552222 VOICE 1 SPID #2
VOICE 2 71855511110000 5551111 DATA/VOICE2 SPID #1 again
Make sure you enter all your SPID's and DIRECTORY NUMBERS properly. Then
(EXECUTE) the 'Save global switch settings' ... Then
(EXECUTE) the 'Restart Network Layer/Link'.
The (LS) light, if RED, should change to GREEN after about 20-30 seconds.
(EXIT MENU) and then exit your terminal program, you don't have to reboot.
Windows95/98 Setup
Once your BitSurfr is installed, setup the phonebook entry as follows:
Under Configure:Connection:Advanced:Extra Settings use the following initialization
string for Multilink PPP at 56K with 2 B channels:
AT&F&C1&D2%A2=95&M@B0=2%A4=1%A98=A (I use 56K to avoid per/min data rates)
(with bonding it yields a 115K connect)
ISP dial-up number formatted as follows: (replace with your ISP's number)
1 212 5551333 & 1 212 5551444 (tell Win9x NOT to use area/country codes)
Or, if it's the same number you can also use: 1 212 555 1333 &2
IMPORTANT NOTES:
Windows95 does NOT like using the BSP's modem driver. In fact it wipes out your
Bitsurfr's NVRAM configuration profile. If you suspect you are having this problem,
you can correct it by installing a "Standard 28.8 Modem" driver on the COM port that
your BSP is on instead.
Be sure to set your COM port baud rate to 115200, if you have a high speed serial card
you can set it to 230400 and you will gain a small performance increase. See our section
on Using the BitSurfr at 230K.
If you want additonal information about the BitSurfr Pro, go to Motorola's BitSurfr Page,
there you will find resources on the product itself, FAQ's, and technical support.
A good way to test your connection speed is to download a binary file from an FTP site
using an FTP client such as WS_FTP, NOT a web browser! I connected to FTP.MICROSOFT.COM
and downloaded the file ls-LR.Z (a compressed text file). Of course the variables in
the test include, the quality of your digital loop from the Telco, your ISP, Internet traffic,
the load on the FTP site, etc, etc...You get the idea, but it's still a good test, I figure
Microsoft's FTP server can handle the load, they probably have like 48 redundant T3's ;-)
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