User's Manual

GlobeTrotter
®
Express 441/2 User Guide
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9 GLOBETROTTER
®
CONNECT 3 SOFTWARE
9.1 Product Features
• Easy installation
• Simple intuitive user interface
• Compatible with most modern desktop and laptop PCs equipped with Microsoft Windows
®
2000, Windows
®
XP and Windows Vista
®
9.2 Short Description And Intended Use
The GlobeTrotter
®
Connect 3 application is a small, easy to use tool to manage your connection to the Internet
over 2G and 3G mobile networks. It is designed for use with all of Option
®
’s data products.
9.2.1 Basic Use
The focus is on simplicity and most users will use it only in basic mode, where it displays a window with network
information and a Connect button. The main purpose is therefore simply to Connect/Disconnect to and from the
Internet.
Figure 1: GlobeTrotter
®
Connect 3 Basic View
While GlobeTrotter
®
Connect 3 is connected the ‘Connection Time’, ‘Volume’ and Current Data speed’ are
displayed in the area just above the status bar. An arrow up followed by the upload speed in Kbit/s and an arrow
pointing down followed by the download speed.
9.3 Installing And Setting Up Globetrotter
®
Connect 3
9.3.1 Installation
Your GlobeTrotter
®
Express 441/2 is equipped with Zero-CD
®
technology, and the GlobeTrotter
®
Connect 3
application is installed as soon as you insert the GlobeTrotter
®
Express 441/2 in to your laptop for the first time.
If your machine has CD-auto run disabled you will need to start the installation yourself:
View the Zero-CD
®
folder that has now appeared on your machine
Windows
®
- look in “My Computer” for the Zero-CD
®
drive, Mac
®
- the folder will appear on your desktop
Double-click the application file to start the installation process.