User Guide
End-User Reference Guide
If the laptop is lost with no knowledge of where it could be, you must notify your IT
administrator immediately. The administrator can determine the laptop location and
take all necessary measure to protect the laptop contents.
How do I remove the card from my laptop?
Strictly observe the following rules for extraction of the card depending on the power
state of your laptop:
• Laptop in Power On state — You MUST stop the OmniAccess 3500 NLG card device
on the Safely Remove Hardware Windows utility before you physically extract
the card from the CardBus slot in your laptop. Failure to run the Safely Remove
Hardware utility may compromise the future operation of your card and laptop.
• Laptop in Standby/Hibernate/Power Off state — You MAY extract the
OmniAccess 3500 NLG card from the CardBus slot after your laptop enters the
Standby, Hibernate, or Power Off mode. In that case, you MUST always plug the
card back into the CardBus slot before your laptop powers up again. Failure to
plug the card back in before power-up may compromise the future operation of
your card and laptop.
How do I control the power state of the 3G modem on my card?
When your laptop is powered on and the card is plugged in, you can push the power
button on the card with the tip of a ballpoint pen to toggle the 3G modem on and off.
Note: The power state of the 3G modem is always remembered throughout a reboot
event. After the laptop or the card reboots the 3G modem is in the same power state
as before the reboot started.
How do I control the power state of my card?
• As your laptop goes into Standby/Hibernate/Shutdown state with the card
plugged in, or as the card is removed from the laptop, the card switches to sleep
mode if the 3G modem is on and shuts down in 1-2 minutes if the 3G modem is
off.
• To shut down your card:
− If the card is in sleep mode, push the power button and hold it down for
about 5 seconds.
− If the card is on (and therefore plugged into a powered-on laptop) push the
button to turn off the 3G modem and remove the card from the laptop. The
card will shut down in 1-2 minutes.
• Your card automatically powers on when it is plugged into a laptop that has
power.
• Your card includes a master power switch (accessible only when the card is
removed from the laptop) that you can use to reboot your card if the card stops
responding.
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