Wwan Radio Options - Intermec 700 Series User Manual

Chapter 4 — Network Support

WWAN Radio Options

Activated Indicates whether the ESN on this unit was activated by your service provider. Note a decimal
version of your ESN is on the Details page.
f/w Identifies the firmware version, if available.
Network Type The network type which would list "CDMA-1XRTT."
On Indicates when activation was provided by your service provider.
Phone Number Identifies the telephone number (or MDN) assigned to the WAN Module installed in your unit.
Radio ESN Lists the Electronic Serial Number (ESN) assigned to this radio module or "Unavailable" if a
number cannot be read from the radio. This number is required for activation. You must provide
this number to your service provider, such as Sprint, Verizon, Bell Mobility, etc., for activation.
Registered on If the WAN radio module has registered with a service provider network, then one of the follow-
home network ing will appear:
S Registered on home network: Radio module is registered on its "home" network.
S Registered on roamed network: Radio module registered on another service provider's network.
S Radio Not Registered: There is no network within range of this radio module.
RSSI Displays the Received Signal Strength Indicator (RSSI) frequency or lists "Unavailable" if there
is no signal or the signal cannot be retrieved from the radio module.
Serial Status Indicates whether serial communications passed ("Serial com OK") or failed ("Serial com FAIL")
in its last transaction. A status of "Serial com FAIL" typically indicates that the 700 Series Com-
puter is unable to establish communication with the radio module installed within.
Verizon Network Identifies your network service provider.
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Note: This section does not apply to the 730 Computer.
Go to the following pages to learn more about your radio module:
S CDMA/1xRTT radio module (see below)
S GSM/GPRS radio module (page 163)
CDMA/1xRTT
Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) is a form of wide area wireless
communications. 1XRTT supports up to 144 KB per second packet data
transmission and doubles the voice capacity of current generation CDMA
networks.
The WAN radio CORE module displays helpful information about the
CDMA/1xRTT radio option built into your 700 Series Computer.
WAN Monitor — General
Note: See page 126 for information on loading this module in CORE.
Below are descriptions and meanings for each piece of information pro-
vided via the General tab. Note that the information is listed alphabetically.
History:
This bar graph displays an active history of this radio module's quality of
connections.
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