External Device Connections
Hardware Guide 7–5
■ Do not point one of the ports more than 30 degrees (plus or
minus 15 degrees off the center line) away from the infrared
port of the device you are connecting with.
Infrared Configuration Guidelines
■ The infrared port default settings are as follows:
❏ Port–COM3
❏ Address–3
❏ Interrupt request (IRQ)–3
■ If you use Direct Cable Connection, and the utility prompts
you to choose a port for the infrared connection, you can
select Serial Cable on COM5 or, if the computer is running a
preinstalled Windows 98, Windows Me, or Windows 2000
Professional operating system, select Parallel Cable on LPT3.
Enabling the Infrared Port
The infrared port is enabled by default each time the computer
starts up.
■ When the infrared port is enabled, the infrared icon appears
on the taskbar and Infrared Monitor Search is enabled by
default.
■ While the Infrared Monitor Search is enabled:
❏ You can establish an infrared link.
❏ The system cannot initiate Suspend (Standby).
User-initiated Suspend is not affected.
■ When the Infrared Monitor Search is disabled:
❏ Power is conserved.
❏ You cannot establish an infrared link.
❏ The system can initiate Suspend.
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