PCMCIA 16-bit 3G Card Reader for USB : U111-530/630

Model:EL-U111-530/630

Providing a solution for customers who have purchased a 16-bit 3G card (UmTS, EDGE, GPRS) from their local network provider and wish to connect the card via a USB slot, this product can be used with laptops and desktop PCs.

This offers more flexibility for anyone who has a supported Merlin or Aircard model for use with a laptop, and provides a way to connect to high speed internet services for any who lives in an area where wired broadband Internet is not available. You can also connect to low cost laptops which are not fitted with PC card slots (e.g. the new Dell LX1 range), or any machine where the PC card slot is needed for another application.

The card is removable so the EL-U111-530/630 allows you to move your 3G connection between your laptop and desktop PC.

Note:
1. If your wireless card is not listed as the supported PC card, this model will not work! Please do not try and do not call!  Please go to here to see other options.
2. Our statistics shows that even if your card is in the Supported Cards list, due to a combination of problems involving your PC, it's OS setup, your wireless card's driver and wireless carrier, etc., the current version of  U111 USB adapter's success rate is about 80%. 
3. If you don't have a wireless card yet, check here for your carrier recommended cards.
4. For desktop PC users, you can use a PCI-based internal reader as a cheaper alternative!  Please click here to check other options.
5. This model WILL NOT work for Mac PCs.

Technical Features

• Supports selected 16-bit PCMCIA cards only, mostly wireless datacards : see below for supported card list.
  (Other PCMCIA cards - including memory cards - are not supported)

• USB Interface

• Uses a low power high performance micro controller to convert the USB protocol to PCMCIA card read/write access

• For Windows 2000 & XP only. No Windows Vista and Mac driver support!

Supported Cards : Wireless Data Cards
Only the following wireless PCMCIA cards are supported by EL-U111 USB external adapter. If you don't find your model, it is not supported by this model. 
If your card is not in the list, please click here to check other options.

• Novatel Wireless Merlin U530 3G (UMTS) modem cards
• Novatel Wireless Merlin U630 3G (UMTS) modem cards
• Cingular/Sierra Wireless Aircard 775 EDGE Card (2.75G) [manual connections only, doesn't work with dashboard software utilities]
• Cingular/Sierra Wireless Aircard 850 3G Card [manual connections only, doesn't work with dashboard software utilities]
  
• Cingular/Sierra Wireless Aircard 860 3G Card [manual connections only, doesn't work with dashboard software utilities]
  If you have trouble to set up the driver for this card, please click here.
• See Elan's product page for a list of networks offering wireless cards cards listed above

Supported Cards : Other 16-bit Cards Supported

• Brooks Automation CF H40 RFid reader.
• Brooks Automation PCMCIA RFid reader.

Networks offering the Merlin 530 or 630

• Hutchison 3 (Europe)
• Hutchison 3 (Australia)
• Hutchison Whampoa (Hong Kong)
• KPN Mobile (The Netherlands)
• Manx Telecom (Isle of Man)
• O₂ (UK)
• Optimus (Portugal, "Wireless Broadband Kanguru"
• Orange (UK - Merlin 530 sold as 'Orange Mobile Office Card')
• PTC Era (Poland - Merlin 530 sold as 'BlueConnect card')
• T-Mobile (Germany)
• T-Mobile (UK - Merlin 530 sold as '3G Communication Centre Datacard')
• Telecom Italia Mobile (TIM)
• Vodafone (Australia - Merlin 630)
• Vodafone (New Zealand - Merlin 630)
• Vodafone (The Netherlands)
• Vodacom (South Africa - Merlin 630)
• Vodafone (Germany - Merlin 630)

Networks offering the Aircard 775

• Bougues Telecom (France)
• Cellcom (Israel)
• Cingular (USA)
• Digi (Malaysia)
• MTN (South Africa)
• Rogers (Canada)
• Telfort (The Netherlands)
• Wataniya Telecom (Kuwait)
• WeRoam (Philippines)

Networks offering the Aircard 850 or 860

• Cingular (USA)
• Manx Telecom (Isle of Man)

Support

•  More Help
•  Installation Steps
• Supplement to main documentation enumerating steps for correct installation
•  User Guide: User Guide for this device
•  Drivers useriesdriverscd.zip: Drivers for this device, we strongly recommend burning to and installing from CD-ROM as opposed to attempting to install from unzipped directory
•  Elan Product Page
• See Elan's product page for a list of networks offering supported cards listed above and more
•  FAQ
• Elan's Frequently Asked Questions page for this device
•  U111 Troubleshooting: Useful debugging information from Elan in order to troubleshoot common problems
• Release Notes: Elan's release notes for this device

We recommend that you confirm with your operator which card will be supplied before you purchase; several operators may supply different makes of PCMCIA card under the same model name. If you have purchased a Merlin card this model name is stated on the rear label.

Other options for use with your 16-bit 3G data card:

For use on your desktop PC, you may use the PCI internal reader instead.  
If your laptop has a compact flash slot, you may be able to use our PCA-CF adapter for your 16-bit 3G card. (Most desktops' CF slot is linked to the USB or IDE chain. They will only work for memory cards.)

PRICE.   Please find other options here.