User's Guide

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2: Getting Started

Followtheinstructionsinthischaptertosetupandstartusing

yourCompassUSBmodem.

TouseyourCompassUSBmodem,you’llneed:

Note: Keep a written record in a

secure place of the account

information that your service

provider gives you.

• Anaccountwithaserviceprovider

• ASIMcard(suppliedbytheserviceprovider)

• Aprofile,whichmaybe:

· Alreadystoredonyourmodemwhenyoupurchaseit

· Setupautomatically

· Selectedfromadrop‐downlist

· Createdmanually

Overview of installation steps

1. Checkthesystemrequirements.

2. InserttheSIMcard.

3. InserttheCompassUSBmodemintoyourcomputer’sUSB

port.(Thenecessarysoftwareisinstalledandeitherthe

profileissetupautomaticallyorWatcherpromptsyouto

createaprofile.)

System requirements

TheCompassUSBmodemissupportedon:

• Windows



Vista



• WindowsXP(HomeandProfessionalversions)

• Windows2000

• Macintosh

OSX10.4.11orlater

Note: If you are running

Mac OS X, please refer to the

Watcher Quick Start Guide for

Mac OS X found at

www.sierrawireless.com/mac.

ToinstalltheCompassUSBmodem,yourequirethefollowing:

Note: If you are running Windows 2000, Windows Installer Redistrib-

utable 2.0 must be installed. This is available on the Microsoft web

site, www.microsoft.com.

USB port 1 USB Type A slot (USB 1.1 or 2.0)

I/O resources 1 IRQ, 40 bytes I/O space

Memory 32 MB