Sierra Wireless Compass 597 - Package Contents; System Components; Your Host Computing Device; The Compass 597 USB Modem

Introducing the Compass 597 USB modem
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Package contents
Yourpackagecontainsthefollowingcomponents:
• Compass597USBmodem
• QuickStartGuide
• Carryingpouch
• Lanyard
• 7‐inchUSBextensioncable
Note: Use only the supplied USB extension cable; other cables may
not work with the modem.
ToinstalltheCompassUSBmodemdriversandsoftware,you
donotneedaninstallationCD.YourmodemusestheSierra
WirelessTRU‐Installfeature.Thedriversandsoftwareare
installedwhenyouinsertthemodemintoyourcomputer.
System components
Yourmodemisjustonepartofasystemdesignedtoprovide
youwithawiderangeofcommunicationfeatures.Every
componentofthesystemisneededtoenablethesecapabilities.
Your host computing device
YournotebookordesktopcomputerhoststheUSBmodem
hardwareand runsthecommunicationsoftware:yourweb
browserore‐mailapplication,andWatcher(Windows)or
WatcherLite(Mac)—theenablingsoftwareforthemodem.
Youmayalsohaveothersoftwareonyourcomputerthatcan
beusedwirelesslywiththemodem,
suchas:filetransferappli‐
cations(FTP),chatorinstantmessaging,aVPN(Virtual 
PrivateNetwork)client,clientsoftwareforacorporat eserver
application.
The Compass 597 USB modem
Themodemprovidesyourcomputerwithaconnectiontothe
CDMAwirelessnetwork.
ThemodemfitsintoaUSBslotavailableonmostnotebook
anddesktopcomputers.