User's Manual

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4: Activation
• Account configuration
procedures
• Manual activation
• Automated activation Account configuration
procedures
TheȱfinalȱstepȱtoȱmakingȱtheȱAirCardȱoperationalȱisȱconfigȬ
uringȱitȱtoȱuseȱyourȱCDMAȱserviceȱproviderȱaccount.ȱTheȱ
processȱofȱactivationȱconfigures ȱyourȱAirCardȱwithȱtheȱ
requiredȱaccountȱparametersȱ(phoneȱnumber,ȱusername,ȱ
password,ȱetc.).
IfȱyouȱpurchasedȱaȱpreȬactivatedȱAirCard,ȱthisȱstepȱisȱnotȱ
necessary.ȱOnceȱtheȱapplicationȱ
softwareȱand ȱdriverȱareȱ
installed,ȱtheȱAirCardȱisȱreadyȱforȱuse.
Otherwise,ȱyouȱmustȱuseȱtheȱActivationȱWizardȱtoȱactivateȱandȱ
configureȱyourȱaccount.
Activation Wizard
TheȱActivationȱWizardȱwalksȱyouȱthroughȱtheȱprocessȱofȱ
configuringȱanȱaccount.ȱTheȱprocessȱandȱoptionsȱvaryȱbased ȱonȱ
theȱserviceȱprovider.
Thisȱsectionȱisȱaȱguideȱonly.ȱConsultȱtheȱQuickȱStartȱGuide,ȱ
andȱfollowȱtheȱdirectionsȱonȱscreenȱandȱinstructionsȱgivenȱbyȱ
yourȱserviceȱproviderȱrepresentative.
Toȱactivateȱanȱaccountȱand
ȱconfigureȱyourȱAirCardȱforȱuse:
IfȱyourȱAirCardȱdoesȱnotȱhaveȱanȱactivatedȱaccount,ȱandȱ
Watcherȱhasȱstartedȱautomatically,ȱthenȱtheȱActivationȱWizardȱ
shouldȱstartȱautomatically.ȱIfȱthisȱdoesȱnotȱhappen:
1. EnsureȱWatcherȱisȱrunning.ȱIfȱitȱisȱnot,ȱselectȱ
Start >
Programs > Sierra Wireless > AirCard 595 > AirCard 595
Watcher.
2. StartȱtheȱActivationȱWizard:ȱselectȱ
TOOLS >
Activation Wizard.
ToȱbeginȱactivationȱofȱtheȱAirCard,ȱclickȱNext.