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Understanding the Action Buttons

The Action Buttons allow you to customize the Mobile Connection Manager and monitor your connections.

1. Settings

The Settings tool allows you to customize the Mobile Connection Manager. Once you click on this button a pop-up window with two tabs will appear:

General

About

1.1 Settings: General Tab

Option

Choices

Description

Start in System Tray Mode

-

In Full

You are able to customize the viewing mode of the

 

 

Mode

Mobile Connection Manager. Click “System Tray

 

 

(default)

Mode” to monitor your connections from the system

 

-

In System

tray only (See System Tray Mode, page 18). If you

 

prefer to monitor your connections in Full Mode view,

 

 

Tray Mode

 

 

select the default option, “In Full Mode” (See Full

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mode, page 12).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Note: The Mobile Connection Manager does not

 

 

 

 

offer the option to establish a network connection

 

 

 

 

automatically.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Run Mobile Connection

-

On (default)

This default setting can be changed during

Manager at Start up

-

Off

installation. Refer to Installing the Mobile

 

Connection Manager, step 6.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Enable Call Drop Alert

-

On (default)

This option is checked by default. It enables a pop-up

(Connection Lost)

-

Off

window and audible alert when the connection is

dropped. Applicable to 2G and Dial-up Networking

 

 

 

 

 

 

only.

Tray Mode Alert

-

On (default)

When minimizing the mobile Connection Manager

 

-

Off

from Full Mode to managing the Mobile Connection

 

Manager from the system tray mode, an alert will

 

 

 

 

 

 

appear asking if you wish to minimize the Mobile

 

 

 

Connection Manager or close the application.

Card Eject Warning

-

On (default)

Upon exiting the Mobile Connection Manager

 

-

Off

application, a message regarding proper PC Card

 

eject instructions appears

 

 

 

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Broadband Products PC5220 manual Understanding the Action Buttons, Settings General Tab

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