Sierra Wireless Compass 597 - Additional Compass USB Modem Features

Compass 597 USB modem - User Guide
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• 1XsupportsInternetconnectionswithdataratesupto
153 Kbps.Actualspeeddependsonthenetworkcondi‐
tions.
Oncetheconnectionisestablished,youcanopenyourbrowser
andconnecttoanywebsitethatisaccessiblethroughthe
Internet,oraccessotherInternetservices(suchase‐mail).
The
connectionis“active”whendatatransmissionis
occurring.Ifdatatransmissionstopsforaperiodoftime
(determinedbythenetwork),theconnectionbecomes
dormant.
• Circuitswitched(dial‐up)data,usingtheearlierCDMA
IS‐95specification,supportsdataconnectionstoanydial‐
inserviceatratesupto14.4 Kbps.
• QNC (QuickNetConnect)providesasimplifiedwayto
dialintoanInternetconnection(usingcircuitswitched
data)where3G(1xEV‐DOor1X)high‐speedpacket
serviceisnotavailable.
• SMS (ShortMessageService)allowsyoutosendand
receiveshorttextmessagesusingthemodem(Windows
only).
Additional Compass USB modem
features
BeyondthefeaturesoftheCDMAnetwork,themodem
providesadditionalsoftwa refeatures:
• PINsecuritycodetoprotectyourmodemandaccount
fromunauthorizeduse.
• AwizardtoassistwithactivatingyourCDMAaccount.
• SoundoptionstocustomizeringtonesforSMSmessages
(Windowsonly).
• ACallLogtotrackoutgoingcalls
anddeterminethe
amountofdatatransferred(Windowsonly).
ThemodemhasamicroSD™slotthatcanbeused,witha
microSDcard(soldseparately),forfiletransferorstorage.For
moreinformation,see“UsingamicroSDcard”onpage 24.