Sierra Wireless 580 4: Watcher™ Basics, Launching and exiting Watcher, Launching Watcher, Exiting Watcher

4: Watcher™ Basics 4

•Launching and exiting

•Watcher

•Connect and

•disconnect

•Components of the

•Watcher window

•System tray mode

Launching and exiting Watcher

Watcher is the application that allows you to manage and monitor the connection between the AirCard

580 wireless modem and the CDMA network. You use Watcher to:

•Determine your signal strength, roaming status, 1xEVDO

•high-speed data availability, and other network

•connection parameters

•Initiate data calls

•View call statistics

•Customize features and options

Anytime you use the AirCard you must run Watcher. Once you make a connection in Watcher, you can launch whatever application you want to use (such as your web browser or email application).

Launching Watcher

Depending on your settings, Watcher launches automatically anytime you turn on your notebook PC. (See “Action Buttons: Settings”, further in this chapter on page 23).

You can also launch Watcher by:

Double-clicking the Watcher icon on your desktop

- or -

Start > Programs > Watcher

Watcher launches in Full Mode view by default and the system tray icon also appears:

Exiting Watcher

In order to close and exit Watcher, you must ensure that you are disconnected from the network. (See “Connect /

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