AirCard 555 Network Card User Guide

Note: Locking the AirCard 555 does not prevent you from dialing 911.

Security Tab

Table 7-8: Security Tab Options

Field

Description

 

 

Lock modem

The Lock Code feature can be used to

 

prevent others from using your AirCard and

 

your account. When the Lock Code is

 

enabled, you are prompted to enter a code

 

any time Watcher is launched, and if the

 

wrong code is entered, Watcher closes.

 

(This makes it impossible to use the

 

AirCard without knowing the lock code.) By

 

default the lock code is the last four digits

 

of your phone number.

 

To disable the feature, select never from

 

the drop-down menu. To enable the

 

feature, so that you are prompted for a lock

 

code the next time you launch Watcher,

 

select on power up from the drop-down

 

menu. (The Lock Code feature will then

 

remain enabled until you disable it by

 

selecting never in this field.)

 

 

Lock Modem Now

This field allows you to enable the Lock

 

Code feature immediately. (If you select on

 

power up in the previously described drop-

 

down menu, you need to close Watcher

 

before the lock code comes into effect.)

 

When you click the button, Watcher

 

prompts, “Lock the modem now?”. Click

 

Yes at this prompt to lock the AirCard.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Sierra Wireless 555 manual Security Tab Options, Field Description Lock modem, Lock Modem Now