Getting Started; System Requirements - Sierra Wireless AirCard 595 User Manual

Getting Started

CAUTION: Do not insert the Sprint Mobile Broadband Card into the PC Card slot
until you have installed and run Sprint PCS Connection Manager
software, and the software displays "No device."
Before you begin using your AirCard 595 Sprint Mobile Broadband Card, you must:
1. Check that your notebook has the system requirements listed below ("System
Requirements").
2. Install the Sprint PCS Connection Manager software, located on the
installation CD, onto your Notebook PC. See page 14.
3. After you restart your computer, start Sprint PCS Connection Manager.
4. Insert the Sprint Mobile Broadband Card; this installs the drivers for the card.
See page 18.
5. Activate your Sprint PCS account and configure the Sprint Mobile Broadband
Card to use your account (unless the card has been preactivated). See page 22.

System Requirements

The AirCard 595 Sprint Mobile Broadband Card is supported on:
Windows XP (Home and Professional versions).
Windows 2000 with Service Pack 1 or later (Service Pack 4 is recommended),
with high encryption support. (See "High Encryption Requirements" on page 9.)
To install and run the Sprint Mobile Broadband Card and accompanying
Sprint PCS Connection Manager software, you will need the minimum system
resources shown in the following table.
Card slots
Disk drive
Memory
Disk space
8 Section 1B: Getting Started With Your Sprint Mobile Broadband Card
One Type II PCMCIA (PC Card) slot
CD-ROM
32 MB
32 MB