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USB 598 modem - User Guide

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Somefeaturesdescribedinthismanualmaynotbesupported

byyourserviceproviderormaynotbeavailablewithyour

networkaccount.Fordetailsoftheservicesandaccounts

available,contactyourserviceprovider.

Wireless modem

Oncethemodemisinstalledandconfigured,youcanuseitto

connecttotheCDMAnetwork.Youjustinsertthemodem,

startWatcherandallowittoauthenticateyouraccountonthe

network,thenlaunchyourInternetbrowser—you’reonline!

TRU-Install

TRU‐Install™isaSierraWirelessfeaturethatinstallsthe

necessarysoftwareanddriversthefirsttimeyouinsertthe

modemintoyourcomputer.AninstallationCDisnot

required.

TRU-Locate

WithTRU‐Locate™,youcanuselocation‐basedservices(GPS)

toquery,forexample,thenetworkforinformationonpointsof

interest(POI)thatarenearyourcurrentlocation,ordisplay

drivinginstructions.

Note: TRU-Locate is subject to feature availability.

YourmodemrequiresanunobstructedviewofGPSsatellites

(inthesky),and,likeanyotherGPSdevice,mightnotperform

wellwithinforestedareasorneartallbuildings.

Dependingonyouraccount,youmaybechargedforeach

positionfixorafteryouhaveperformedacertainnumberof

fixes.

Fordetails,contactyourserviceprovider.

Dependingonthemechanismthatthenetworkandyour

modemusetoobtainlocationinformation,GPSmaynotbe

supported:

• Ifyouʹreroaming

• Ifyoudonothavenetworkcoverage

• Duetootherreasons.

Ifyou’rehavingproblemsusingGPS,contactyourservice

provider.