Installation guide

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2: Getting Started
• The AirCard 555
software
• Account activation and
configuration
Beforeyoucan beginusingtheAirCard,youmust:
1. InstalltheAirCardenablingsoftwareanddriver.
2. ActivateanaccountandconfiguretheAirCardtouseyour
account(unlesstheAirCardhasbeenpre‐activated).
Thissectionprovidesanoverviewofthisprocess.
The AirCard 555 software
TheAirCardcomeswiththissoftware:
• Watcher™applicationthatyouusetomanagetheAirCard
andmonitoryourconnections
• NetworkAdapterManagerapplicationthatallowsyouto
switchbetweentheAirCardandothernetworkcards(for
notebookPCsonly)
• Thedriversoftwarethatprovidestheinterfacebetween
theAirCardandyour
Windowsoperatingsystem
TheWatchersoftware(andonnotebookPCs,theNetwork
AdapterManager)should beinstalledbeforeyouinsertthe
AirCardforthefirsttime.Detailedinstructionsareprovidedin
“InstallationonNotebookPCs”onpage 17and “Installation
onDevicesRunningWindowsCE”onpage 29.
Account activation and
configuration
YoumusthaveanaccountwithaCDMAserviceproviderto
usetheAirCard.Theprocessofsettingupanaccountiscalled
activation.
IfyoupurchasedtheAirCarddirectlyfromaserviceprovider,
youmayalreadyhaveanaccount;yourAirCardmaybepre‐
activated.
UnlessyourAirCardhasbeen
pre‐activa ted,Watcher
automaticallydetectsthatnoaccounthasbeenconfigured
whenyourunitforthefirsttime.Watcherthenrunsthe
ActivationWizardtoguideyouthroughtheactivationand
configurationprocess.