SimEdit Software User Manual Ver 1.
Main Window Menu: Provide some actions on changing program view and some SIM card related actions. The View menu enables you to show or hide toolbar and status bar. The SimEdit menu contains actions related with SIM card. Toolbar: Here are the action shortcuts; these actions will appear clickable whenever it is applicable. Refresh – Read data from SIM card. Edit – Edit the selected item, double click on the item will do the same.
Delete – Delete the selected item, press DELETE key will also trigger this action. Copy to PC – Copy selected items to Local storage file on PC. Copy to SIM – Copy Selected items to SIM card. About – Show Information about this program. Card List: This list will show you all available Smartcard readers and their status. Every item under SimEdit node represents a smartcard reader recognized by the program. For detailed description, see Card List help page.
Card List The Card List will show you all available Smartcard readers and their status. Every item under SimEdit node represents a smartcard reader recognized by the program. Reader Status - The icon before the card name shows you the status of the card reader: Open A Card – To open a card, you need to double click on the reader name. Note: If the security feature (PIN1 code) of the SIM card is enabled, You will have to provide correct PIN1 code to access private data on that SIM card.
SIM Card Functions After a SIM card opened, you will see a Card Summary, and the following four functions are available for you to browse and modify information on that SIM card: Phonebook View and edit phonebook entries on SIM card and PC. Call History View last dialed numbers stored on SIM card. Short Message View and edit short messages on SIM card and PC. Security SIM card security management.
Card Summary The Card Summary provides you basic information of the SIM card: The information on this page is read only, so there is no action related with this page.
Phonebook The phonebook page has three parts: Phonebook on SIM card, Phonebook on PC, Local storage file position. After you open a SIM card and navigate to the Phonebook page from function list on the left, you will see the picture below: Phonebook on SIM Card: Here you can see a list of phonebook entries on the SIM card. Initially there is no data in this list until you ask the program to load data from SIM card by click Refresh button on the toolbar.
Phonebook on PC: This is a list of phonebook entries that stored locally on the PC. The storage position is specified by the Local storage file position shown under the list. And the list is initialized immediately when you open a SIM card. The program fills this list with data stored in the Local storage file. Note: This list is shared by all opened SIM card, which means if you look at the Phone Book page of different card, you will find the contents of phonebook on PC are the same.
Call History Call history show you the Last Dialed Numbers stored in the SIM card. The information on this page is read only, so there is no action related with this page.
Short Message The Short Message page looks similar with Phonebook page, it also has three parts: Phonebook on SIM card, Phonebook on PC, Local storage file position. After you open a SIM card and navigate to the Short Message page from function list on the left, you will see the picture below: Short Message on SIM Card: Here you can see a list of short message entries on the SIM card.
Use Refresh button to load data from SIM card. Short Message on PC: This is a list of short message entries that stored locally on the PC. The storage position is specified by the Local storage file position shown under the list. And the list is initialized immediately when you open a SIM card. The program fills this list with data stored in the Local storage file.
Security In this page, you are able to see the current status of the security setting of the SIM card. And you can also change these settings. PIN1 status: For the first thing, this page shows you the current status of the PIN1 code. Possible statuses are: Enabled (n) Security is enabled. You have to provide correct PIN1 code to access private data on the SIM card. And you have n (≤3) retries left to disable security verification. Disabled (n) Security is disabled.
Blocked (n) No retries left, so the card is blocked. You have to unlock the SIM card in order to access any data on the SIM card. See below the find out how to unblock SIM card. Enter PIN dialog: If the security is enabled on a SIM card, and you try to access private data or execute protected action, you will be asked to provide the PIN1 code to verify you have the proper permission to do that.
You can change PIN1 code only if the security is enabled. Then you can see a button named Change. Press this button, you will see the following dialog, just fill in the field and press OK. Note that enter wrong old PIN1 code will also deduce the retry times. Unblock: In some cases you failed to provide correct PIN1 code, and there is no chances left to retry, the SIM card is blocked. Then you have to unblock the SIM card use this function, otherwise you can access no data on that SIM card.
Howto How to open a card ? How to read data from card ? How to edit a phonebook/short message entry ? How to delete an entry ? How to change the local storage file ? How to create a backup on PC ? How to enable/disable security verification (PIN1) ? How to change PIN1 code ? How to unblock PIN1 code ?
