Sierra Wireless Compass 597 - Activation; Account Configuration Procedures; Activating on a Windows Computer; Activation Wizard

Document 2130972. Rev 1.0 Apr.08 27
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4: Activation
• Account configuration
procedures
• Activating on a
Windows computer
• Activating on a Mac
computer
Account configuration
procedures
Thefinalsteptomakingthe modemoperationalisconfiguring
ittouseyourCDMAserviceprovideraccount.Theprocessof
activationconfiguresyourmodemwiththerequiredaccount
parameters(phonenumber,username,password,andsoon).
Ifyoupurchasedapre‐activatedmodem,thisstepisnot
necessary.Oncethe
applicationsoftwareanddriversare
installed,themodemisreadyforuse.Proceedto“Watcher
Basics(Windows)”onpage 31or“WatcherLiteBasics(Mac)”
onpage 41.
Otherwise,youmustusetheActivationWizard(Windows;
describedbelow)orActivationAssistant(Mac;seepage 28)to
activateandconfigureyouraccount.
Activating on a Windows
computer
Activation Wizard
TheActivationWizardwalksyouthroughtheprocessof
configuringanaccount.Theprocessandoptionsvarybasedon
theserviceprovider.
Thissectionisaguideonly.ConsulttheQuickStartGuide,and
followthedirectionsonscreenandinstructionsgivenbyyour
serviceproviderrepresentative.
Ifyourmodemdoesnot
haveanactivatedaccount,and
Watcherhasstartedautomatically,thentheActivationWizard
shouldstartautomatically.Ifthisdoesnothappen:
1. EnsureWatcherisrunning.Ifitisnot,double‐clickthe
Watchericononyourdesktop.
2. StarttheActivationWizard:select
Tools > Activation Wizard.