User Manual
Table Of Contents
- Contents
- Section 1 Getting Started
- Introduction
- Unpacking Your System
- Precautions
- Checklists
- Features
- The First Time. . .
- Installing the Battery
- Connecting the AC Adapter
- Turning the Computer On and Off
- Adjusting the Volume
- Calibrating the Touch Screen
- Startup Problems?
- Section 2 Getting Familiar with Your Computer
- Introduction
- Individual Parts
- LED Activity Indicators
- LED Power / Wireless Modem Indicators
- Keyboard Basics
- Restarting the Computer
- Primary Keys
- Arrow Keys
- Function Keys
- Numeric Keypad
- Touchpad
- General Guidelines
- Scrolling Buttons
- Connecting an External Keyboard or Mouse
- Disk Drives
- The PC Card Slot
- Connecting to an External Monitor
- Section 3 Making Connections
- Introduction
- Rear Connectors
- Left Side Connectors
- Right Side Connectors
- Section 4 If You Have a Wireless Modem
- Introduction
- Before You Start: Register!
- Registering Your Wireless Modem
- Wireless Modem LED Status
- Installing Your Wireless Modem Software
- Using Your Wireless Modem
- Section 5 Power Management
- Power Management
- Battery Calibration
- Monitoring Battery Power
- Low Battery Alarms
- Battery Charging
- Power Saving Modes
- Suspend Mode
- Initiating Suspend Mode
- Power Button Settings
- When to Replace the Battery
- Heat Considerations
- Section 6 Customizing Your Bios Settings
- Using the BIOS Setup Utility
- BIOS Setup Menu
- Starting the BIOS Setup Utility
- The Main Menu
- Navigating and Entering Information in BIOS
- Standard CMOS Setup
- Standard Feature Description
- Advanced CMOS Setup
- Power Management
- Peripheral Setup
- Auto-Detect Hard Disk
- Change Supervisor Password
- Change User Password
- Auto Configuration with Optimal Settings
- Exiting and Saving
- Section 7 Optional Equipment and Accessories
- Vehicle Adapter
- Vehicle Cradle
- PRECAUTIONS
- Charging Batteries
- Communicating with Other Devices
- Surge Protection
- Selecting the Right Surge Protection
- Selecting the Right Equipment
- Section 8 Maintenance and Storage
- Introduction
- Touch Screen Care
- Hard Drive Care and Handling
- Internal Hard Drives
- External PC Card Hard Drives
- Battery Maintenance and Storage
- Maintaining Batteries
- Storing Batteries
- Computer Maintenance and Storage
- Maintaining Your Computer
- Storing Your Computer
- Appendix A Error Messages
- Introduction
- POST Messages
- MS-DOS Messages
- Application Messages
- Appendix B Troubleshooting
- What to Try First
- For More Help
- Common Solutions to Common Problems
- Applications
- Batteries
- Display
- Hard Disk
- I/O Ports
- Keyboard
- Landline Modems
- Miscellaneous
- Mouse
- PC Cards
- Pen/Touch Screen
- Wireless Modems
- Appendix C Glossary
- Index
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Appendix B. Troubleshooting
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...Wireless Modems
Q – Quit the diagnostic and reset the radio. (ARDIS/MOTIENT & RAM/BSWD)
H – Displays RF Modem firmware and date. (ARDIS/MOTIENT & RAM/BSWD)
I – Toggle interactive Serial Mode Enabled. (RAM/BSWD)
B – Displays RF Modem battery level (Displayed as a percentage - inaccurate). (ARDIS/
MOTIENT & RAM/BSWD)
R – Displays RSSI level in dBuV (dBuV - 107 = dBm). (ARDIS/MOTIENT & RAM/BSWD)
D – Displays RF Modem system status. (ARDIS/MOTIENT & RAM/BSWD)
P – Ping, which can be used to send a system check to yourself. (ARDIS/MOTIENT & RAM/
BSWD)
N – Set the current network. (ARDIS/MOTIENT & RAM/BSWD)
7 Select an option from the menu for your session. For troubleshooting purposes, D, R, and P will
gernerally establish if the RF Modem is functional.
Displaying RF Modem system status verifies that the computer can communicate with the RF Modem
through the terminal application and allows the display of RF Modem specific information. Entering
“D” will result in a display similar to the one below:
LLI=880C746 RSSI=21%-94 dBuV Battery Level=40% Network=ARDIS
Contact=Yes Protocol=MDC Power Save=Enabled Rx/Tx Enabled/Enabled
Radio Chan=2183 Base ID=C2/01/13/13