Sierra Wireless 555 manual Call Status Area

Watcher™ Basics

Table 7-1: Connection Status Area icons (cont.)

Icon

Meaning

The In Use indicator shows whether a call is in progress. No icon is displayed when the

AirCard is idle. Otherwise, one of these icons is displayed:

A voice call is in progress.

A circuit switched data call is in progress.

A high-speed (1X) packet data call is in progress.

A high-speed (1X) packet data connection is dormant; the radio channel has been released allowing you to make and receive voice calls. You can resume data transmission (when not in a voice call) without the need of re-establishing the connection.

Some applications may not be able to function on a dormant connection.

A fatal error has occurred and the AirCard is inoperable. (This may be resolved by closing Watcher and restarting your PC.)

Call Status Area

The Call Status Area displays messages related to the status or progress of a connection.

Where a duration timer is shown, timing begins when the call is initiated—not from the time the call is fully connected. This is a measure of the time the AirCard has been using the radio channel (a wireless network resource).

“Click this display to exit PowerSave mode” indicates that the AirCard could not find a CDMA system within a 15 minute interval. To conserve power, the AirCard reduces channel scanning to once every three minutes. To force the AirCard out of PowerSave mode, click in the Call Status Area. The AirCard performs a channel scan and, if no network is detected, returns to PowerSave mode.

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