Watcher Basics

Watcher menu options

The following table describes some of the menu options available from the Watcher menu (most of them are available under the Extras item).

Table 5-2: Watcher menu options

Menu item

 

Description

 

 

About Watcher

View information about the modem, including:

 

Phone number

 

ESN

 

Version of the Watcher software

 

Firmware version of the modem

 

Hardware version of the modem

 

PRL version

 

 

Turn ... Device

Power off your modem.

Off

See “Powering the modem off” on page 36.

 

 

Turn LED On/Off

Enable or disable the modem’s LED lights

 

(subject to feature availability).

 

For a description of the LED operation, see

 

Table 6-1on page 39.

 

 

Lock ... Device /

Lock your modem so that others cannot use it to

Unlock ... Device

access your account; unlock your modem so

 

that you can use it.

 

See “Locking the modem” on page 36, or

 

“Unlocking the modem” on page 36.

 

 

GPS

Use location-based services (GPS) (page 34).

 

 

SMS

Use Short Messaging Service (page 32).

 

 

Open Network

View, configure, and use the data and VPN

Preferences

connections available on your computer (for

 

example, WWAN).

 

 

Activation

Activate your modem.

 

See “Activation Assistant” on page 25.

 

 

Data

Provision your modem (subject to feature

Provisioning

availability).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Sony USB 598 manual Watcher menu options