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AirCard 402 Modem - User Guide

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UsingtheWatchersoftware,youcanmanagethemodemand

monitoryourconnections.

Forstep‐by‐stepinstructionstoaccessfeaturesofWatcher,use

theapplication’sonlinehelp.

CDMA service provider account

CompaniesthatoperateCDMAnetworksandprovideaccess

tothesenetworksarecalledserviceproviders.Tousethe

modem,youmusthaveanaccountwithaCDMAservice

provider.

Note: You can use the Lock

Modem feature to prevent others

from using your account, should

your modem be stolen.

Eachserviceproviderhasitsownpricingoptions.Theremay

beflatrateaccounts,whichprovideyouamaximumnumber

ofminutesofnetworkusageforafixedmonthlyfee.There

maybeaccountsforwhichyouarechargedfornetworkusage

bytheminuteorbytheamountofdata

transmitted.

Youraccountmayincludeavarietyofotherservicessuchas

SMSmessagingorlocation‐basedservices.

Eachmodem hasbeenprovisionedatthefactoryforusewitha

particularserviceprovider.Thissetsthemodemtouse

particularradiochannelsandenablesservicesspecificforthat 

provider.

Theprocessof

settingupyouraccountiscalledactivation.

Activationinvolvesactionbytheserviceproviderandconfigu‐

rationofthemodem.

Theproceduretoconfigure(activate)yourmodemiscovered

in“Activation”onpage 23.

The CDMA wireless network

Note: More information about

CDMA networks is available on

the CDMA Development Group

web site,

www.cdg.org

Thisistheworldwideinfrastructureprovidingtheradio

coveragethatallowsyoutostayconnected.Madeupofradio

towersandavarietyofnetworkswitches,routers,andservers,

thenetworkisaninterconnectionofmanyserviceproviders.

Note: Most service providers

have coverage maps on their

web sites.

ThereareCDMAnetworksthatoperateinthefrequencybands

supportedbythemodemthroughoutNorthAmericaand

partsofLatinAmerica,Asia,andNewZealand.However,

eachserviceprovideroperatesanetworkthatcoversalimited

geographicalareawithintheoverallCDMAcoveragearea.