Sierra Wireless AirCard 555 - Manual (Page 111)

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Inst
allation
and
Use on
Handheld/P
ock
e
t PCs
10: Installation on Handheld and
Pocket PCs
• System Requirements
• Software Installation
Procedures
• Card Insertion and
Removal
• Account Configuration
Procedures
This chapter guides you through the steps necessary to making
the AirCard wireless network card operational on a Handheld
or Pocket PC. This requires that you install the AirCard
software and activate and configure your account (unless the
AirCard is pre-activated).
Since software cannot be installed directly to a Handheld/
Pocket PC, you require a desktop or notebook computer to
function as a “host”. The installation, activation, and configu-
ration process has these steps:
1. Install the software to the host.
2. Connect the Handheld/Pocket PC to the host and
download the software from the host to the Handheld/
Pocket PC. (You can connect the Handheld/Pocket PC to
the host before or after you install the software to the host.)
3. If the AirCard has not been pre-activated, use the
Activation Wizard to configure the AirCard.
Before you begin the installation, ensure you have the
necessary hardware, software, and system resources described
in the next section.
System Requirements
On Pocket PCs, your operating system must be:
• Windows CE 3.0 MS Pocket PC, or
• Windows CE 3.0 Pocket PC 2002
If you do not know what version of Windows CE you are
using select
Start > Settings , tap the System tab, and tap the
About icon. If the second line on the screen reads, “Windows
3.0.9348 (Build…)”, your operating system is Windows CE 3.0
MS Pocket PC. If the second line reads, “Windows 3.0.11171
(Build…)”, your operating system is Windows CE 3.0 Pocket
PC 2002.
Your Pocket PC must have: