User Guide
Note: You can use the Lock Code feature to prevent others from using your account should your AirCard be stolen. (See Chapter 4: “Watcher Basics”, page 25 for more information on this security feature).
Note: More information about CDMA networks is available on the CDMA Development Group web site, www.cdg.org.
Note: To review coverage maps and roaming options, visit:
www.verizonwireless.com.
The AirCard comes with a CD containing this software:
•The Watcher application required to manage the AirCard and monitor your connections. (This User Guide outlines the details of Watcher).
•The driver software that enables communication between the AirCard and your Windows® operating system.
The driver and application software must be installed before you insert the AirCard 580 for the first time. Detailed instructions are provided in Chapter 3: “Installation Procedures”, beginning on page 9.
A Verizon Wireless account
In order to begin using the AirCard 580, you must have an account with Verizon Wireless.
Each AirCard 580 has been provisioned at the factory for use with Verizon Wireless. The process of configuring your account is called activation. Review the various account options available at verizonwireless.com, or call Verizon Wireless Customer Service at:
Procedures to activate your AirCard are covered in Chapter 3.
The 3G CDMA wireless network
This is the worldwide infrastructure providing the radio coverage that allows you to stay connected. Made up of radio towers, and a variety of network switches, routers, and servers, the network is an interconnection of many service provider companies.
There are CDMA networks, that operate in the frequency bands supported by the AirCard 580 throughout North America and parts of Latin America, Asia, New Zealand, and Australia. However, each service provider operates a network that covers a limited geographical area within the overall CDMA coverage area.
Most service providers have “roaming” agreements with other service providers, so that they can offer service outside of the coverage area of their own networks. For example, assuming you live in Seattle, Washington and travel frequently to Vancouver, Canada, you can obtain an account with a service provider in Seattle that has a roaming agreement with a service provider in Vancouver. You would then have local service in Seattle, and roaming service in Vancouver.
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