Sierra Wireless 595 manual Your Sprint Mobile Broadband Card The Basics

Sprint PCS Connection Manager may display, depending on the connection state, some of the following icons:

CDMA network signal strength, indicated by the number of bars.

The ToolTip indicates the type of coverage you have (for example, 1X and/or 1xEV-DO), and the signal strength, in dBm.

You are roaming. Roaming charges may apply.

If this icon is flashing, you are in a non-preferred roaming area, and you may not be able to complete your calls.

Tip: You can change the roaming option ("Roam Mode"; for example, to disable roaming, select Sprint), and also enable the Roam Guard feature (from the Sprint PCS Vision Settings window; page 61).

1xEV-DO Rev. A transmit/receive icon: a data connection is active.

The up arrow is animated (for example: ) when data is being transmitted to the network.

The down arrow is animated (for example: ) when data is being received from the network.

1xEV-DO Rev. 0 transmit/receive icon: a data connection is active.

The up arrow is animated (for example: ) when data is being transmitted to the network.

The down arrow is animated (for example: ) when data is being received from the network.

1xEV-DO (Rev. 0 and Rev. A) transmit/receive icon: the data connection is dormant. The up and down arrows are gray.

1X transmit/receive icon: a data connection is active.

The up arrow is black and animated when data is being transmitted to the network.

The down arrow is black and animated when data is being received from the network.

1X transmit/receive icon: the data connection is dormant. The up and down arrows are gray.

Data optimization/compression is in use (page 64).

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