User's Manual Part 2

WORKABOUT PRO G2 Hand-Held With Windows Embedded CE 5.0 User Manual B-3
Appendix B: Wireless Wide Area Network (WWAN)
Establishing A Connection
Note: If you are prompted to enter a PIN, refer to “Entering A PIN Number” on
page 4 for details.
When “Ready to connect” is displayed in the Status field, the Connect Data button is
enabled.
• Tap on the Connect Data button.
The progress of the connection is tracked in the Status field.
• PPP link to modem active.
• Authenticating user.
• User authenticated.
• Connected.
Note: Keep in mind that these states may be displayed fairly quickly if the
progress of the connection is rapid.
When the connection state reaches PPP link to modem active, the taskbar icon changes to indi-
cate an active connection. The
Connect Data button changes
to
Disconnect.
Disconnecting From A Network
To disconnect from the network:
• Tap the stylus on the Disconnect button, and then on OK.
When the computer’s network connection is severed, the Status field displays “Ready to
connect”.
The signal strength is displayed in the main Wireless WAN screen, even while a connection
is active. The
Rx bytes and Tx bytes fields estimate the amount of data transmitted and
received, respectively.
Shutting Down The Wireless WAN User Interface
While it is not usual to shut down the GSM/GPRS user interface, you can accomplish this by
tapping on the File menu and choosing the Exit command at the bottom of the main
Wire-
less WAN
dialog box
Note: Once you’ve shut down the user interface, you can only enable the radio
by opening the Control Panel and tapping on the Wireless WAN icon to
display the Wireless WAN dialog box.