Sierra Wireless 555 manual Watcher Basics

7: Watcher™ Basics 7

•Starting and Closing Watcher

•Components of the Watcher Window

•Interpreting Icons

•Online Help

•Troubleshooting

Watcher is the application that allows you to manage and monitor the connection between the AirCard and the CDMA network. You use Watcher to:

•Determine your signal strength, roaming status, 1X high- speed data availability, and other network connection parameters

•Initiate voice and data calls

•View call statistics

•Receive and send SMS messages

•Customize features and options

You can also use Watcher to manage and monitor connections with a WiFi network adapter.

Without running Watcher, you can make a high-speed data connection simply by inserting the AirCard1, and then you launch whatever application you want to use (such as your web browser or e-mail application). However, to make use of other features of the AirCard, you must run Watcher.

1.Autolaunch is supported on notebook PCs only.

A high-speed connection is initiated upon insertion of the Air- Card, provided:

a)you have previously enabled, in Watcher, “Always-on” for the high-speed connection, and

b)WiFi coverage is either not available, or is available but no WiFi connections have been set to autoconnect.

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