Sierra Wireless Getting Started, AirCard 555 software, Account activation and configuration

2: Getting Started 2

•The AirCard 555 software

•Account activation and configuration

Before you can begin using the AirCard, you must:

1.Install the AirCard enabling software and driver.

2.Activate an account and configure the AirCard to use your account (unless the AirCard has been pre-activated).

This section provides an overview of this process.

The AirCard 555 software

The AirCard comes with this software:

•Watcher™ application that you use to manage the AirCard and monitor your connections

•Network Adapter Manager application that allows you to switch between the AirCard and other network cards (for notebook PCs only)

•The driver software that provides the interface between the AirCard and your Windows operating system

The Watcher software (and on notebook PCs, the Network Adapter Manager) should be installed before you insert the AirCard for the first time. Detailed instructions are provided in “Installation on Notebook PCs” on page 17 and “Installation on Devices Running Windows CE” on page 29.

Account activation and configuration

You must have an account with a CDMA service provider to use the AirCard. The process of setting up an account is called activation.

If you purchased the AirCard directly from a service provider, you may already have an account; your AirCard may be pre- activated.

Unless your AirCard has been pre-activated, Watcher automatically detects that no account has been configured when you run it for the first time. Watcher then runs the Activation Wizard to guide you through the activation and configuration process.

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