Using the Calling Card with the Mac

 

 

Credit Card Dialer Installation Instructions (Manual Setup) For MAC’s:

 

  1. Locate which operating system (OS) that you are running on your MAC and then follow the instructions below (you can find this by clicking on the Apple and then clicking on About This Computer):

 

    1. If you have iMAC 8.6:

                                                               i.      Click on the Apple

                                                             ii.      Click on Control Panel

                                                            iii.      Click on Remote Access

                                                           iv.      Adjust the phone number as outlined in Step 2b-c

                                                             v.      Click on Connect

 

    1. If you have an OS 8.6:

                                                               i.      Click on the Remote Access (RA) button located on the Control Strip

                                                             ii.      Click on PPP

                                                            iii.      Adjust the phone number as outlined in Step 2b-c

                                                           iv.      Click on Connect

 

    1. If you have an OS 9.1

                                                               i.      Click on the Remote Access (RA) button located on the Control Strip

                                                             ii.      Choose the Open Remote Access option

                                                            iii.      Adjust the phone number as outlined in Step 2b-c

                                                           iv.      Click on Connect

 

    1. If you have an OSX:

                                                               i.      Click on the Apple

                                                             ii.      Click on System Preferences

                                                            iii.      Click on Network (Note: if you have the Panther model, OS 10.3, you may need to click on Internal Modem and then click on the Configure button)

                                                           iv.      Click on the PPP tab

                                                             v.      Adjust the phone number as outlined in Step 2b-c

                                                           vi.      Click Save

 

  1. Once you have clicked on Create a New Connection you will be asked to enter some basic information. 
    1. When asked to type a name for this connection (or the computer you are dialing) you can use something like “Long Distance” or Humboldt Internet – Traveling”
    2. When entering information in the phone number field we will be using the numbers found on your pre-paid phone card. 

                                                              i.      It is very important that you include commas in the number...one comma represents a 2 second wait.  If you find that your computer is dialing too fast or too slow and isn’t coordinating with what the operator is asking for then you made to adjust the number of commas in the dial-up number.  Adding commas will create a longer pause between when the computer enters information and subtracting commas will shorten the pause. ***

                                                             ii.      Please note that "pin" is the 10 digit pin number on the back of your calling card and the 1-800 number differs from card to card and will be found on the back of the calling card as well

 

For an MCI calling card use:  18003250604,,,,,,1,,pin,,,,1,7078228825,,,

                        For a Sprint calling card use:  18005972421,,,,,1,,pin,,,,1,7078228825,,,

 

                          ***(the 1-800 number on your card may be different so please

        double-check this when entering this information)

 

c.       If you will be staying at a hotel and dialing up from their phones you may need to enter a 9, (include the comma) in front of the phone number in order to access an outside line.  You can verify with the hotel personnel whether or not this is needed.

 

 

******If you are using an older Macintosh computer that uses “PPP” as the dialer******

 

We have noticed that on some of the older Macintosh computers (that use PPP to connect…which would be OS 7.x or earlier) there seems to be a limited amount of time that PPP must connect in, and using the above numbers to dial with will take longer to connect than that allotted amount of time.  If it does not connect in this set amount of time it will give an error message that the connection has timed out (even though the computer may still be in the middle of dialing with the calling card).  So, to get PPP connected (in time) we need to shorten the time it takes to dial and connect.  To do this we simply remove some of the commas in the number (1 comma represents a 2 second wait).  So:

 

For an MCI calling card use:  18003250604,,,1,pin,,17078228825

For a Sprint calling card use:  18005972421,,,1,pin,17078228825

 

***(the 1-800 number on your card may be different so please

      double-check this when entering this information)

 

***Please note that shortening these numbers may cause problems in making the connection.  When testing this at the office we could connect 75% of the time with this abbreviated number.

 

If you have any question or problems while setting up your calling card just give us a call here at the office, 825-4638, and we’d be happy to help.