RTL8192DE 802.11a/b/g/n RTL8192DE miniCard Users Manual Rev. 1.0 08 Apr 2011 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. No. 2, Innovation Road II, Hsinchu Science Park, Hsinchu 300, Taiwan Tel.: +886-3-578-0211. Fax: +886-3-577-6047 www.realtek.com.tw RTL8192DE Half Mini-Card User Manual COPYRIGHT 2011 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. All rights reserved. No part of this document may be reproduced, transmitted, transcribed, stored in a retrieval system, or translated into any language in any form or by any means without the written permission of Realtek Semiconductor Corp. DISCLAIMER Realtek provides this document as is, without warranty of any kind, neither expressed nor implied, including, but not limited to, the particular purpose. Realtek may make improvements and/or changes in this document or in the product described in this document at any time. This document could include technical inaccuracies or typographical errors. TRADEMARKS Realtek is a trademark of Realtek Semiconductor Corporation. Other names mentioned in this document are trademarks/registered trademarks of their respective owners. USING THIS DOCUMENT This document is intended for the software engineers reference and provides detailed programming information. Though every effort has been made to ensure that this document is current and accurate, more information may have become available subsequent to the production of this guide. In that event, please contact your Realtek representative for additional information that may help in the development process. ii Rev.1.0 RTL8192DE Half Mini-Card User Manual Table of Contents 1. GENERAL DESCRIPTION................................................................................................................................................1 2. FEATURES...........................................................................................................................................................................2 3. PRODUCT SPECIFICATIONS..........................................................................................................................................4 3.1. MINI PCI EXPRESS PIN ASSIGNMENT ..............................................................................................................................4 3.2. MECHANICAL..................................................................................................................................................................5 3.3. ENVIRONMENTAL ............................................................................................................................................................5 3.3.1. Operating ...............................................................................................................................................................5 Storage....................................................................................................................................................................5 3.3.2. FUNCTIONAL SPECIFICATIONS .........................................................................................................................................5 3.4. 3.5. WARNING ........................................................................................................................................................................7 3.5.1 Federal Communication Commission Interference Statement ......................................................................................7 3.5.2 Industry Canada Statement ..........................................................................................................................................8 3.5.3 NCC....................................................................................................................................................................12 List of Tables TABLE 1. MINI PCI EXPRESS PIN ASSIGNMENT.............................................................................................................................4 TABLE 2. FUNCTIONAL SPECIFICATIONS........................................................................................................................................5 List of Figures FIGURE 1. RTL8192DE HALF MINI-CARD MECHANICAL SPECIFICATION.....................................................................................5 iii Rev.1.0 RTL8192DE Half Mini-Card User Manual 1. General Description The Realtek RTL8192DE is a highly integrated single-chip MIMO (Multiple In, Multiple Out) Wireless LAN (WLAN) PCI Express network interface controller complying with the wireless high throughput IEEE 802.11n specification. It combines a configurable dual MAC, 2T2R capable baseband and 2.4GHz/5GHz band RF in a single chip. The RTL8192DE provides a complete solution for a high-performance wireless client. The RTL8192DE implements dual MAC by PCI Express multi-function capability. The dual MAC feature enables RTL8192DE to access two different wireless networks and to act as an WiFi station and an AP concurrently. The RTL8192DE also supports WiFi Direct feature that can easily build a WiFi P2P PAN network. The RTL8192DE baseband implements Multiple Input, Multiple Output (MIMO) Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) with two transmit and two receive paths (2T2R). Features include two spatial stream transmissions, short Guard Interval (GI) of 400ns, spatial spreading, and support for both 20MHz and 40MHz channel bandwidth. Moreover, RTL8192DE provides one spatial stream space-time block code (STBC) to extend the range of transmission. At the receiver, extended range and good minimum sensitivity is achieved by having receiver diversity up to 2 antennas. As the recipient, the RTL8192DE also supports explicit sounding packet feedback that helps senders with beamforming capability. With 2 independent RF blocks, the RTL8192DE can perform fast roaming without link interruption. For legacy compatibility, Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum (DSSS), Complementary Code Keying (CCK) and OFDM baseband processing are included to support all IEEE 802.11b, 802.11g and 802.11a data rates. Differential phase shift keying modulation schemes, DBPSK and DQPSK with data scrambling capability are available, and CCK provides support for legacy data rates, with long or short preamble. The high speed FFT/IFFT paths, combined with BPSK, QPSK, 16QAM, and 64QAM modulation of the individual subcarriers, and rate compatible punctured convolutional coding with coding rate of 1/2, 2/3, 3/4, and 5/6, provide the higher data rates than 54Mbps upto 300Mbps for IEEE 802.11n MIMO OFDM respectively. The RTL8192DE builds in an enhanced signal detector, an adaptive frequency domain equalizer, and a soft-decision Viterbi decoder to alleviate severe multi-path effects and mutual interference in the reception of multiple streams. For better detection quality, receive diversity with Maximal-Ratio-Combine (MRC) applying up to two receive paths is implemented. Robust interference detection and suppression are provided to protect against Bluetooth, cordless phone, and microwave oven interference. Receive vector diversity for multi-stream application is implemented for efficient utilization of the MIMO channel. Efficient IQ-imbalance, DC offset, phase noise, frequency offset, and timing offset compensations are provided for the radio frequency front-end. Selectable digital transmit and receive FIR filters are 1 Rev.1.0 RTL8192DE Half Mini-Card User Manual provided to meet transmit spectrum mask requirements and to reject adjacent channel interference, respectively. The RTL8192DE supports fast receiver Automatic Gain Control (AGC) with synchronous and asynchronous control loops among antennas, antenna diversity functions, and adaptive transmit power control functions to obtain better performance in the analog portions of the transceiver. The RTL8192DE MAC supports 802.11e for multimedia applications, 802.11i and WAPI (Wireless Authentication Privacy Infrastructure) for security, and 802.11n for enhanced MAC protocol efficiency. Using packet aggregation techniques such as A-MPDU with BA and A-MSDU, protocol efficiency is significantly improved. Power saving mechanisms such as Legacy Power Save, U-APSD, and MIMO power saving reduce the power wasted during idle time, and compensate for the extra power required to transmit MIMO OFDM. The RTL8192DE provides simple legacy and 20MHz/40MHz co-existence mechanisms to ensure backward and network compatibility. 2. Features General
QFN76 9x9mm package
CMOS MAC, Baseband PHY and RF in a single chip for IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n compatible WLAN
Complete 802.11n MIMO solution for 2.4GHz and 5Ghz band
2x2 MIMO technology for extended reception robustness and exceptional throughput
Maximum PHY data rate up to 144.4 Mbps using 20MHz bandwidth, 300Mbps using 40MHz bandwidth
Complies with 802.11n specification
Backward compatible with 802.11a/b/g devices while operating at 802.11n data rates
Complies with PCI Express Base Specification Revision 1.1 Standards Supported
IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n compatible WLAN IEEE 802.11e QoS Enhancement (WMM) IEEE 802.11i (WPA, WPA2). Open, shared key, and pair-wise key authentication services IEEE 802.11h TPC, Spectrum Measurement IEEE 802.11k Radio Resource Measurement
WAPI (Wireless Authentication Privacy Infrastructure) certified.
Cisco Compatible Extensions (CCX) for WLAN devices Host Interface 2 Rev.1.0 MAC Features
Frame aggregation for increased MAC efficiency (A-MSDU, A-MPDU)
Low latency immediate High-Throughput Block Acknowledgement (HT-BA)
Long NAV for media reservation with CF-End for NAV release
PHY-level spoofing to enhance legacy compatibility RTL8192DE Half Mini-Card User Manual
Configurable Bluetooth Coexistence Interface PHY Features
IEEE 802.11n MIMO OFDM
Two Transmit and Two Receive paths
(2T2R)
20MHz and 40MHz bandwidth transmission
Support 2.4Ghz and 5Ghz band channels
MIMO power saving mechanism
Short Guard Interval (400ns)
Channel management and co-existence
Sounding packet
Multiple BSSID feature allows the RTL8192DE to assume multiple MAC identities when used as a wireless bridge
Supports Wake-On-WLAN via Magic Packet and Wake-up frame
Transmit Opportunity (TXOP) Short Inter-Frame Space (SIFS) bursting for higher multimedia bandwidth
Dual MAC architecture allows dual band or dual network access or behave a station and an AP concurrently.
WiFi Direct supports wireless peer to peer applications. Peripheral Interfaces
General Purpose Input/Output (10 pins)
4-wire EEPROM control interface
(93C46/93C56)
Three configurable LED pins
DSSS with DBPSK and DQPSK, CCK modulation with long and short preamble
OFDM with BPSK, QPSK, 16QAM, and 64QAM modulation. Convolutional Coding Rate: 1/2, 2/3, 3/4, and 5/6
Maximum data rate 54Mbps in 802.11g and 300Mbps in 802.11n
OFDM receive diversity with MRC using up to 2 receive paths. Switch diversity used for DSSS/CCK
Hardware antenna diversity
Selectable digital transmit and receiver FIR filters
Programmable scaling in transmitter and receiver to trade quantization noise against increased probability of clipping
Fast receiver Automatic Gain Control (AGC)
On-chip ADC 3 Rev.1.0 RTL8192DE Half Mini-Card User Manual 3. Product specifications 3.1. Mini PCI Express Pin Assignment Table 1. Mini PCI Express Pin Assignment PIN# Pin Name 1 WAKE#
3 RESERVED (*1) 5 RESERVED (*2) 7 CLKREQ#
9 GND 11 REFCLK-
13 REFCLK+
15 GND 17 RESERVED 19 RESERVED 21 GND 23 PERn0 25 PERp0 27 GND 29 GND 31 PETn0 33 PETp0 35 GND 37 GND 39 +3.3Vaux 41 +3.3Vaux 43 GND 45 RESERVED 47 RESERVED 49 RESERVED 51 W_DISABLE2#
Note *1: WL_ACT Note *2: BT_PRI YES YES YES*
YES YES YES YES YES NC NC YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES NC NC YES NC NC NC NC PIN# Pin Name
+3.3Vaux 2 4 GND 6
+1.5V 8 UIM_PWR 10 UIM_DATA 12 UIM_CLK 14 UIM_RESET 16 UIM_VPP 18 GND 20 W_DISABLE1#
22 PERST#
24 +3.3Vaux 26 GND 28 +1.5V 30 SMB_CLK 32 SMB_DATA 34 GND 36 USB_D-
38 USB_D+
40 GND 42 LED_WWAN#
44 LED_WLAN#
46 LED_WPAN#
48 +1.5V 50 GND 52 +3.3Vaux YES YES NC NC NC NC NC NC YES YES YES NC YES YES NC NC YES YES YES NC NC YES NC YES YES YES 4 Rev.1.0 3.2. Mechanical RTL8192DE Half Mini-Card User Manual Figure 1. RTL8192DE Half Mini-Card Mechanical Specification 3.3. Environmental 3.3.1. Operating Operating Temperature:
Relative Humidity:
3.3.2. Storage Temperature:
Relevant Humidity:
0 to 70 C 5-90% (non-condensing)
-55 to 125 C 5-95% (non-condensing) 3.4. Functional Specifications Table 2. Functional Specifications Standards Bus Interface Form Factor Data Rate IEEE 802.11a, IEEE 802.11b, IEEE 802.11g, IEEE 802.11n, IEEE 802.11d, IEEE 802.11e, IEEE 802.11h, IEEE 802.11i, IEEE 802.11k PCI Express or USB Half Size Mini Card 802.11b:
11, 5.5, 2, 1 Mbps;
802.11g:
802.11n:
54, 48, 36, 24, 18, 12, 9, 6 Mbps 5 Rev.1.0 RTL8192DE Half Mini-Card User Manual MCS 0 to 15 for HT20MHz;
MCS 0 to 15 for HT40MHz CSMA/CA with ACK 802.11b:
CCK, DQPSK, DBPSK 802.11a/g/n:
64 QAM, 16 QAM, QPSK, BPSK WiFi:
Ad-hoc mode (Peer-to-Peer ) Infrastructure mode WiFi 2.4GHz:
11: (Ch. 1-11) United States 13: (Ch. 1-13) Europe 14: (Ch. 1-14) Japan WiFi 5GHz:
20MHz band width :
Ch36, 40, 44, 48, 52, 56, 60, 64, 100, 104, 108, 112, 116, 120, 124, 128,132,136, 140, 149,153, 157,161, 165. 40MHz band width :
Ch38, 42, 46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 102, 106, 110, 114, 118, 122, 126, 130,134,138, 151,155, 159,163. 2.400GHz ~ 2.4835 GHz 5.1500GHz ~ 5.3500GHz 5.4700GHz ~ 5.7250GHz 5.7250GHz ~ 5.8250GHz WPA, WPA-PSK, WPA2, WPA2-PSK, WEP 64bit & 128bit, IEEE 802.11x, IEEE 802.11i 3.3 V 9% I/O supply voltage Media Access Control Modulation Techniques Network Architecture Operating Channel Frequency Range Security Operating Voltage 6 Rev.1.0 RTL8192DE Half Mini-Card User Manual 3.5. Warning 3.5.1 Federal Communication Commission Interference Statement This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one of the following measures:
Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna. Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver. Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected. Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help.
This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions:
(1) This device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation. FCC Caution: Any changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user's authority to operate this equipment. IMPORTANT NOTE:
FCC Radiation Exposure Statement:
This equipment complies with FCC radiation exposure limits set forth for an uncontrolled environment. This equipment should be installed and operated with minimum distance 20cm between the radiator & your body. This transmitter must not be co-located or operating in conjunction with any other antenna or transmitter. Operations in the 5.15-5.25GHz band are restricted to indoor usage only. IEEE 802.11b or 802.11g operation of this product in the U.S.A. is firmware-limited to channels 1 through 11. This device is intended only for OEM integrators under the following conditions:
1) The antenna must be installed such that 20 cm is maintained between the antenna and users, and 2) The transmitter module may not be co-located with any other transmitter or antenna, 3) For all products market in US, OEM has to limit the operation channels in CH1 to CH11 for 2.4G band by supplied firmware programming tool. OEM shall not supply any tool or info to the end-user regarding to Regulatory Domain change. As long as 3 conditions above are met, further transmitter test will not be required. However, the OEM 7 Rev.1.0 RTL8192DE Half Mini-Card User Manual integrator is still responsible for testing their end-product for any additional compliance requirements required with this module installed (for example, digital device emissions, PC peripheral requirements, etc.). IMPORTANT NOTE: In the event that these conditions can not be met (for example certain laptop configurations or co-location with another transmitter), then the FCC authorization is no longer considered valid and the FCC ID can not be used on the final product. In these circumstances, the OEM integrator will be responsible for re-evaluating the end product (including the transmitter) and obtaining a separate FCC authorization. End Product Labeling This transmitter module is authorized only for use in device where the antenna may be installed such that 20 cm may be maintained between the antenna and users. The final end product must be labeled in a visible area with the following: Contains FCC ID: TX2-RTL8192DE. Manual Information To the End User The OEM integrator has to be aware not to provide information to the end user regarding how to install or remove this RF module in the users manual of the end product which integrates this module. The end user manual shall include all required regulatory information/warning as show in this manual. 3.5.2 Industry Canada Statement This device complies with RSS-210 of the Industry Canada Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions:
1) this device may not cause interference and 2) this device must accept any interference, including interference that may cause undesired operation of the device French translation:
Ce dispositif est conforme la norme CNR-210 d'Industrie Canada applicable aux appareils radio exempts de licence. Son fonctionnement est sujet aux deux conditions suivantes: (1) le dispositif ne doit pas produire de brouillage prjudiciable, et (2) ce dispositif doit accepter tout brouillage reu, y compris un brouillage susceptible de provoquer un fonctionnement indsirable.
(The user manual of transmitter devices equipped with detachable antennas shall contain the following information in a conspicuous location: ) This device has been designed to operate with an antenna having a maximum gain of 5 dBi. Antenna having a higher gain is strictly prohibited per regulations of Industry Canada. The required antenna impedance is 50 ohms. 8 Rev.1.0 RTL8192DE Half Mini-Card User Manual Under Industry Canada regulations, this radio transmitter may only operate using an antenna of a type and maximum (or lesser) gain approved for the transmitter by Industry Canada. To reduce potential radio interference to other users, the antenna type and its gain should be so chosen that the equivalent isotropically radiated power (e.i.r.p.) is not more than that necessary for successful communication. French translation:
(Le manuel d'utilisation de dispositifs metteurs quips d'antennes amovibles doit contenir les informations suivantes dans un endroit bien en vue:) Ce dispositif a t conu pour fonctionner avec une antenne ayant un gain maximum de 5 dBi. Une antenne gain plus lev est strictement interdite par les rglements d'Industrie Canada. L'impdance d'antenne requise est de 50 ohms. Conformment la rglementation d'Industrie Canada, le prsent metteur radio peutfonctionner avec une antenne d'un type et d'un gain maximal (ou infrieur) approuv pourl'metteur par Industrie Canada. Dans le but de rduire les risques de brouillage radiolectrique l'intention des autres utilisateurs, il faut choisir le type d'antenne et son gain de sorte que lapuissance isotrope rayonne quivalente (p.i.r.e.) ne dpasse pas l'intensit ncessaire l'tablissement d'une communication satisfaisante. IMPORTANT NOTE:
IC Radiation Exposure Statement:
This equipment complies with IC radiation exposure limits set forth for an uncontrolled environment. This equipment should be installed and operated with minimum distance 20cm between the radiator & your body. French translation:
NOTE IMPORTANTE: (Pour l'utilisation de dispositifs mobiles) Dclaration d'exposition aux radiations:
Cet quipement est conforme aux limites d'exposition aux rayonnements IC tablies pour un environnement non contrl. Cet quipement doit tre install et utilis avec un minimum de 20 cm de distance entre la source de rayonnement et votre corps. Caution: (DFS band usage-full bands)
(i) the device for operation in the band 5150-5250 MHz is only for indoor use to reduce the potential for harmful interference to co-channel mobile satellite systems;
(ii) the maximum antenna gain permitted for devices in the bands 5250-5350 MHz and 5470-5725 MHz shall comply with the e.i.r.p. limit; and
(iii) the maximum antenna gain permitted for devices in the band 5725-5825 MHz shall comply with the e.i.r.p. limits specified for point-to-point and non point-to-point operation as appropriate. 9 Rev.1.0 RTL8192DE Half Mini-Card User Manual
(iv) Users should also be advised that high-power radars are allocated as primary users (i.e. priority users) of the bands 5250-5350 MHz and 5650-5850 MHz and that these radars could cause interference and/or damage to LE-LAN devices. French translation:
Avertissement:
Le guide dutilisation des dispositifs pour rseaux locaux doit inclure des instructions prcises sur les restrictions susmentionnes, notamment :
(i) les dispositifs fonctionnant dans la bande 5 150-5 250 MHz sont rservs uniquement pour une utilisation lintrieur afin de rduire les risques de brouillage prjudiciable aux systmes de satellites mobiles utilisant les mmes canaux;
(ii) le gain maximal dantenne permis pour les dispositifs utilisant les bandes 5 250-5 350 MHz et 5 470-5 725 MHz doit se conformer la limite de p.i.r.e.;
(iii) le gain maximal dantenne permis (pour les dispositifs utilisant la bande 5 725-5 825 MHz) doit se conformer la limite de p.i.r.e. spcifie pour lexploitation point point et non point point, selon le cas.
(iv) De plus, les utilisateurs devraient aussi tre aviss que les utilisateurs de radars de haute puissance sont dsigns utilisateurs principaux (c.--d., quils ont la priorit) pour les bandes 5 250-5 350 MHz et 5 650-5 850 MHz et que ces radars pourraient causer du brouillage et/ou des dommages aux dispositifs LAN-EL. This device is intended only for OEM integrators under the following conditions:
1) The antenna must be installed such that 20 cm is maintained between the antenna and users, and 2) The transmitter module may not be co-located with any other transmitter or antenna, For all products market in Canada, OEM has to limit the operation channels in CH1 to CH11 for 2.4G band by supplied firmware programming tool. OEM shall not supply any tool or info to the end-user regarding to Regulatory Domain change. As long as 3 conditions above are met, further transmitter test will not be required. However, the OEM integrator is still responsible for testing their end-product for any additional compliance requirements required with this module installed. French translation :
Cet appareil est conu uniquement pour les intgrateurs OEM dans les conditions suivantes: (Pour utilisation de dispositif module) 1) L'antenne doit tre installe de telle sorte qu'une distance de 20 cm est respecte entre l'antenne et les utilisateurs, et 2) Le module metteur peut ne pas tre complant avec un autre metteur ou antenne, 3) Pour tous les produits vendus au Canada, OEM doit limiter les frquences de fonctionnement CH1 CH11 pour bandes de frquences 2.4G grce aux outils de microprogrammation fournis. OEM ne doit pas 10 Rev.1.0 RTL8192DE Half Mini-Card User Manual fournir d'outil ou d'informations l'utilisateur final en ce qui concerne le changement de rglementation de domaine. Tant que les 3 conditions ci-dessus sont remplies, des essais supplmentaires sur l'metteur ne seront pas ncessaires. Toutefois, l'intgrateur OEM est toujours responsable des essais sur son produit final pour toutes exigences de conformit supplmentaires requis pour ce module install. IMPORTANT NOTE: In the event that these conditions can not be met (for example certain laptop configurations or co-location with another transmitter), then the IC authorization is no longer considered valid and the IC ID can not be used on the final product. In these circumstances, the OEM integrator will be responsible for re-evaluating the end product (including the transmitter) and obtaining a separate IC authorization. French translation:
NOTE IMPORTANTE:
Dans le cas o ces conditions ne peuvent tre satisfaites (par exemple pour certaines configurations d'ordinateur portable ou de certaines co-localisation avec un autre metteur), l'autorisation du Canada n'est plus considr comme valide et l'ID IC ne peut pas tre utilis sur le produit final. Dans ces circonstances, l'intgrateur OEM sera charg de rvaluer le produit final (y compris l'metteur) et l'obtention d'une autorisation distincte au Canada. End Product Labeling This transmitter module is authorized only for use in device where the antenna may be installed such that 20 cm may be maintained between the antenna and users. The final end product must be labeled in a visible area with the following: Contains IC: 6317A-RTL8192DE. French translation:
Plaque signaltique du produit final Ce module metteur est autoris uniquement pour une utilisation dans un dispositif o l'antenne peut tre installe de telle sorte qu'une distance de 20cm peut tre maintenue entre l'antenne et les utilisateurs. Le produit final doit tre tiquet dans un endroit visible avec l'inscription suivante: "Contient des IC:
6317A-RTL8192DE ". Manual Information To the End User The OEM integrator has to be aware not to provide information to the end user regarding how to install or remove this RF module in the users manual of the end product which integrates this module. The end user manual shall include all required regulatory information/warning as show in this manual. 11 Rev.1.0 RTL8192DE Half Mini-Card User Manual French translation:
Manuel d'information l'utilisateur final L'intgrateur OEM doit tre conscient de ne pas fournir des informations l'utilisateur final quant la faon d'installer ou de supprimer ce module RF dans le manuel de l'utilisateur du produit final qui intgre ce module. Le manuel de l'utilisateur final doit inclure toutes les informations rglementaires requises et avertissements comme indiqu dans ce manuel. 3.5.3 NCC 5.25-5.35GHz ID 12 Rev.1.0 RTL8192DE Half Mini-Card User Manual Installing the Wireless PCIe miniCard module Hardware Step 1. Shut down the computer. Step 2. Installing PCIe MiniCard module to PCIe MiniCard connector. Step 3. Connect two external Wi-Fi antennas on I-PEX connectors. step4. Power on the computer. 13 Rev.1.0 RTL8192DE Half Mini-Card User Manual Un-installing the Wireless PCIe MiniCard module Hardware Step 1. Shut down the computer. Step 2. Remove 2 external Wi-Fi Antennas from the Wireless PCIe MiniCard module board. Step 3. Remove the Wireless PCIe MiniCard module board from PCIe MiniCard connector port. Step 4. Power on the computer. 14 Rev.1.0 RTL8192DE Half Mini-Card User Manual Installing the Wireless PCIe miniCard module Software Before you proceed with the installation, please notice following descriptions. Note1: The following installation was operated under Windows XP.
(Procedures are similar for Windows Vista/Win7.) Note2: If you have installed the WLAN driver & utility before, please uninstall the old version first. If you install the Realtek11n Single Chip PCIE WLAN NIC Mass production kit into your laptop computer before installing the software program from the CD. A. Insert the Installation CD to your CD-ROM Drive. Execute the setup program. B. Click Next to process the installation C. The system starts to install the software of the WLAN adapter. 15 Rev.1.0 RTL8192DE Half Mini-Card User Manual D. The system will automatically detect the card and display Hardware Installation screen. Click to continue. E. Please click Finish to complete the installation. 16 Rev.1.0 RTL8192DE Half Mini-Card User Manual Un-installing the Wireless PCIe MiniCard module Software If you install Realtek11n Single Chip PCIE WLAN NIC Mass production kit into your laptop computer after installing the software program from the CD. When you install Realtek11n Single Chip WLAN PCIE MINICARD Adapter, the following dialog will be shown. A. Uninstall the RTL8192DE WLAN Driver from Start All Programs Realtek11n Single Chip WLAN PCIE NIC Mass production kit or Control PanelChange or Remove Programs. Please click Un-install (or Change/Remove) to remove RTL8192DE WLAN driver. 17 Rev.1.0 B. Please click Finish to complete the un-installation RTL8192DE Half Mini-Card User Manual Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Headquarters No. 2, Innovation Road II, Hsinchu Science Park, Hsinchu, 300, Taiwan, R.O.C. Tel: 886-3-5780211 Fax: 886-3-5776047 www.realtek.com.tw 18 Rev.1.0