LED Operation

Your card has two LED light bars near the antenna end of the card. The LED light bars operate as follows:

LED

State of LED

Indicates

 

 

 

 

Off

The card has no power. The card may not be

 

 

completely inserted into the computer, the

 

 

computer may be turned off or in suspend mode

 

 

(Windows) or sleep mode (Mac), which powers

 

 

down the card, or you have powered the card off

 

 

(for Windows, see page 57; for Mac, see

 

 

page 115).

 

 

 

 

Blue, not blinking

The card has power and is working properly.

 

 

 

 

Blue, blinking

The card’s firmware is being updated. Do not

 

 

remove the card.

 

 

 

 

Amber, blinking

The card is searching for service. If this LED state

 

 

persists, see “Searching for Service” on page 104

 

 

(Windows) or page 117 (Mac).

 

 

 

 

Amber, not blinking

An error has occurred. Eject the card (for

 

 

Windows, see page 28; for Mac, see page 115)

 

 

and reinsert it.

 

 

 

 

Off

No service is available. See “Searching for

 

 

Service” on page 104 (Windows) or page 131

 

 

(Mac).

 

 

 

 

Amber, blinking

Sprint Vision (1X) coverage is detected. Ready to

 

 

connect to the network; to connect, click the GO

 

 

button (Windows) or the Connect button (Mac).

 

 

 

 

Amber, not blinking

The card is connected to the Sprint Vision (1X)

 

 

network, and can send or receive data.

 

 

 

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Sprint Nextel 597E manual LED Operation, State of LED Indicates, Remove the card