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Iridium AxcessPoint Connect User Manual
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Connect your laptop to your Iridium satellite phone via USB cable.
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Turn on both devices in an open, outdoor area and wait for adequate signal on your Iridium phone
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Open Iridium AxcessPoint Connect and select <Start Hotspot>
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Click on Menu button on the Android Smartphone
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Select Settings
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Select Wireless & Networks
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Turn on Wi-‐Fi
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Select IRDM-‐APC-‐xxxx under Wi-‐Fi Networks
iOS Device Setup
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Connect your laptop to your Iridium satellite phone via USB cable.
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Turn on both devices in an open, outdoor area and wait for adequate signal on your Iridium phone
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Open Iridium AxcessPoint Connect and select “Start Hotspot”
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Go to Settings on iOS device
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Select Wi-‐Fi
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Under Choose a Network, select IRDM-‐APC-‐xxxx
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Click on <Stop Hotspot> to stop the Wi-‐Fi hotspot and bring down the Iridium connection.
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Starting Iridium AxcessPoint Connect
Now that you installed and configured your Iridium AxcessPoint Connect hotspot, you are ready to start the
hotspot.
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The User Interface should be open. If not, click on the <AxcessPoint Connect> icon on your desktop or
open up your system tray and click on <AxcessPoint Connect>
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Connect your Iridium satellite phone to your laptop with a USB cable in an outdoor area and make sure you
are registered with the Iridium network with several bars or more of signal strength
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Click on <Start Hotspot> to start the Wi-‐Fi hotspot which will automatically connect to the Iridium network
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You will see the status of the hotspot at the top of the menu
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Connect your Wi-‐Fi enabled device in order to send emails and browse the Internet.
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Clients Tab
In the Clients Tab is where you will see the connections to your Wi-‐Fi hotspot. You can rename the
connections, disable their internet access and disable their local access.
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