Installation guide

Introducing the AirCard® 555 Wireless Network Card
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throughtheInternet,oraccessotherInternetservices(such
ase‐mail).
Theconnectionis“active”ina1Xconnectionwhendata
transmissionisoccurring.Ifdatatransmissionstopsfora
periodoftime(determinedbythe network),the connec‐
tionbecomes“dormant”.Youcanplaceandreceivevoice
calls
whilethedataconnectionisdormantbutnotwhenit
isactive.
Note: You may increase your
data transmission speed by
using compression software.
Contact your service provider for
details.
• 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.Circuitswitcheddata
capabilityalsosupportsG3facsimile(FaxClass2.0),see
“FaxConfiguration”onpage 51.
• QNC (QuickNetConnect),providesasimplifiedwayto

dialintoanInternetconnection(usingcircuitswitched
data)where1Xhigh‐speedpacketserviceisnotavailable.
• SMS (ShortMessageService),allowsyoutosendand
receiveshorttextmessagesusingtheAirCard.
• Voic e calling,includingE911(Phase I) supportfor
emergencyservices.
Additional AirCard features
BeyondthefeaturesoftheCDMAnetwork,theAirCard
providesadditionalsoftwarefea tures:
• PINsecuritycodetoprotect yourAirCardandaccount
fromunauthorizeduse.
• AnActivationWizard(page 35)toassistwithconfiguring
yourCDMA accounts.TheAirCardsupportstwo
accounts.
• APhoneBooktomanageyourcontactsonnotebooks.
On
handhelds,Watcherhasdire ctaccesstoyourWindows CE
Contactsapplication.
• Soundoptionstocustomizeringtonesforincomingcalls,
SMSmessages,andvoicemailalerts.
• AScratchPadtoenterquicknotesandphonenumbers.
• ACallLogtotrackincoming,outgoing,missedcallsand 
determinetheamountofdata
transferred.
• AbilitytomanageandmonitorconnectionswithaWiFi
networkadapter(notebooksonly).