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2: Getting Started
• The AirCard 555
software
• Account activation and
configuration
Before you can begin using the AirCard, you must:
1. Install the AirCard enabling software and driver.
2. Activate an account and configure the AirCard to use your
account (unless the AirCard has been pre-activated).
This section provides an overview of this process.
The AirCard 555 software
The AirCard comes with this software:
• Watcher™ application that you use to manage the AirCard
and monitor your connections
• Network Adapter Manager application that allows you to
switch between the AirCard and other network cards (for
notebook PCs only)
• The driver software that provides the interface between
the AirCard and your Windows operating system
The Watcher software (and on notebook PCs, the Network
Adapter Manager) should be installed before you insert the
AirCard for the first time. Detailed instructions are provided in
“Installation on Notebook PCs” on page 17 and “Installation
on Devices Running Windows CE” on page 29.
Account activation and
configuration
You must have an account with a CDMA service provider to
use the AirCard. The process of setting up an account is called
activation.
If you purchased the AirCard directly from a service provider,
you may already have an account; your AirCard may be pre-
activated.
Unless your AirCard has been pre-activated, Watcher
automatically detects that no account has been configured
when you run it for the first time. Watcher then runs the
Activation Wizard to guide you through the activation and
configuration process.