User guide

Introducing the AirCard® 597E ExpressCard
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40‐80 Kbps(uplinktothenetwork).Actualspeeddepends
onthenetworkconditions.
• 1XsupportsInternetconnectionswithdataratesupto
153 Kbps.Actualspeeddependsonthenetworkcondi‐
tions.
Oncetheconnectionisestablished,youcanopenyourbrowser
andconnecttoanywebsitethatisaccessible
throughthe
Internet,oraccessotherInternetservices(suchase‐mail).
Theconnectionis“active”whendatatransmissionis
occurring.Ifdatatransmissionstopsforaperiodoftime
(determinedbythenetwork),theconnectionbecomes
“dormant”;seepage 31.
• Circuitswitched(dial‐up)data,usingtheearlierCDMA
IS
‐95specification,supportsdataconnectionstoanydial‐
inserviceatratesupto14.4 Kbps.
• QNC (QuickNetConnect),providesasimplifiedwayto
dialintoanInternetconnection(usingcircuitswitched
data)where3G(1xEV‐DOor1X)high‐speedpacket
serviceisnotavailable.
• SMS (ShortMessageService),allows
youtosendand
receiveshorttextmessagesusingtheAirCard
ExpressCard.
Additional AirCard ExpressCard features
BeyondthefeaturesoftheCDMAnetwork,theAirCard
ExpressCardprovidesadditionalsoftwarefeatures:
• PINsecuritycodetoprotect yourAirCardExpres sCard
andaccountfromunauthorizeduse.
• AnActivationWizard(page 21)toassistwithconfiguring
yourCDMA account.
• SoundoptionstocustomizeringtonesforSMSmessages.
• ACallLogto
trackoutgoingcallsanddeterminethe
amountofdatatransferred.