3: Activating your PinPoint-E on 3 the Verizon Network
•Automatic Activation
•Setup Wizard
• Activating Using AT | This chapter provides step‐by‐step directions for activating | |
Commands | your PinPoint‐E on the Verizon cellular network. | |
| Automatic Activation | |
| One of the special features of your PinPoint‐E for Verizon is the | |
| ability to activate itself automatically. When you first power on | |
| the PinPoint‐E, it will check to see if it has been activated with | |
| account data. If it finds that it has not yet been activated, the | |
| PinPoint‐E will attempt to retrieve the account data from the | |
| Verizon network using Over‐the‐Air Service Provisioning | |
| (OTASP). | |
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| Caution: You need to have an account with Verizon before you | |
| attempt automatic activation. If you have not ordered an account | |
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| a. Attach the antenna to your PinPoint‐E. | |
| b. | Plug the PinPoint‐E into power. |
| c. | While the LED lights cycle from the outside to the |
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| inside, the PinPoint‐E is attempting to download its |
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| account information. The download process may take |
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| d. | When the lights illuminate, your PinPoint‐E has |
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| successfully completed OTASP and is registered on the |
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| Verizon network. |
| e. | Optional: If you need to update the ALEOS firmware, |
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| change the account information, or want to test the |
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| account settings of your PinPoint‐E, follow the direc‐ |
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| tions below to use the Setup Wizard. Otherwise, skip |
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| the Wizard steps and go to the Hardware Installation |
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