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Contents

Minstrel m500 Familiarization

Status Indicator LEDs................................................................................ 2

Service Connection LED.............................................................................................2
Data/Message Waiting LED........................................................................................3
Battery LED ................................................................................................................3

Pass-Through Charging ............................................................................ 4

Configurable/Power Button ....................................................................... 4

The Antenna.............................................................................................. 4

The Release Button................................................................................... 4

Setting Up the Minstrel m500

Charging the Battery ................................................................................. 5

Installing the Minstrel m500 Software ....................................................... 6

Connecting the Minstrel m500 to Your Palm............................................. 9

Disconnecting the Minstrel m500 from Your Palm .................................. 10

Configuring the Minstrel m500

Starting the Configuration Process.......................................................... 11

Specifying Your Network Provider........................................................... 12

Using an Unlisted Network Provider .........................................................................13

Configuring the Palm m500/505™ Device .............................................. 13

Contact Your Network Provider............................................................... 14

IP Settings ............................................................................................... 15

Confirm the IP Settings ........................................................................... 15

Configuration Acknowledgment............................................................... 16

Checking the Network ............................................................................. 17

Finishing the Modem Configuration......................................................... 18

Customizing the Modem’s Configurable/Power Button ........................... 19

Summary of Contents for Minstrel m500

Page 1: ...to part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in residential situations This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio freque...

Page 2: ...cities Check your product packaging or www novatelwireless com for network provider contact information The information contained in this document is subject to change without notice and should not be...

Page 3: ...the Minstrel m500 Charging the Battery 5 Installing the Minstrel m500 Software 6 Connecting the Minstrel m500 to Your Palm 9 Disconnecting the Minstrel m500 from Your Palm 10 Configuring the Minstrel...

Page 4: ...ng the Hot List Operation 31 Using the Detailed Status Window 31 Displaying the Detailed Status Window 32 Enabling or Disabling Push Messaging 32 Opening the Push Message Configuration Screen 33 Confi...

Page 5: ...and 46 The Advanced Menu 47 The Config Menu Command 47 The Status Menu Command 50 The Push Config Menu Command 53 The Terminal Menu Command 53 The Ping Menu Command 55 The Help Menu 56 The Modem Info...

Page 6: ...iv Contents Revision 1 02 90023164...

Page 7: ...s They are The unit status LEDs The configurable power button The AC adapter jack The serial connector And the antenna The location of the AC adapter jack and the other general components of the modem...

Page 8: ...m500 Modem Status LEDs Service Connection LED The LED associated with the icon shown in Figure 3 indicates the status of the connection to the wireless IP network Figure 3 The Service Connection LED...

Page 9: ...l is attempting to locate a network provider Orange Solid When the power button has been depressed for 3 or more sec onds the Minstrel is de registering from the wireless IP network and is about to po...

Page 10: ...and will launch any program when pressed briefly Refer to Customizing the Modem s Configurable Power Button on page 19 of Configuring the Minstrel m500 for more information The Antenna The Minstrel m...

Page 11: ...device and connect the modem to the Palm device Charging the Battery You must first charge the Lithium ion battery to its full capacity To charge the battery plug the AC adapter supplied into an outl...

Page 12: ...exits transmit mode It will take up to four hours to fully charge the Palm device s battery when the modem is not in use and up to five hours when the modem is in use Refer to Connecting the Minstrel...

Page 13: ...lation Main Window 4 Select Minstrel m500 Software from the above menu The Install Tool dialog box will appear as shown in Figure 9 If the appropriate user name does not appear in the dialog box click...

Page 14: ...en and you will be informed that the next time you perform a Hotsync the program will be transferred to the Palm m500 505 device 7 Click Quit located on the Software Installation Main window This will...

Page 15: ...With the other hand hold the Palm m500 505 so that the screen is facing you The orientation of the two units is illustrated in Figure 11 3 Set the Palm m500 505 in the bottom lip of the modem so that...

Page 16: ...om your Palm m500 505 1 Make certain the Palm m500 505 device is turned off 2 Hold the two units so the Palm s screen is facing you in one hand 3 Slide the release button up 4 Tilt the top of the Palm...

Page 17: ...on the Palm m500 505 device and locate the Minstrel icon in your applications window as shown in Figure 13 Figure 13 Minstrel Application Selected in the Applications Window Tap the Minstrel icon to s...

Page 18: ...etwork Provider window shown in Figure 15 Figure 15 Network Provider Window This window contains a single drop down list from which you will select your network provider Tap the list to display the pr...

Page 19: ...m will only connect with the network using that specific SPI If you enter 0 the modem will connect with any network it can find After you have entered the SPI tap Done This will remove the dialog box...

Page 20: ...nstrel m500 is to contact your chosen network provider and request they set up a wireless IP service account for you In order to do this the network provider will need your Minstrel m500 s EID Equipme...

Page 21: ...ess is the primary and which is secondary Once the network addresses have been entered correctly tap Next to continue to configure your modem Confirm the IP Settings The Confirm Settings window shown...

Page 22: ...Auto Config window shown in Figure 23 will appear This window confirms that your Minstrel m500 has been configured Figure 23 The Auto Config Window It may take some time for your network provider to a...

Page 23: ...vice Connection Progress dialog box is removed from the screen and the Check Network window remains on the screen as shown in Figure 25 Figure 25 The Check Network Window This window contains three ch...

Page 24: ...26 will appear if the modem has successfully registered to the network Figure 26 The Successful Window Tap Done This will close the Successful window and the modem will sign onto the network again Onc...

Page 25: ...n the front of the Minstrel m500 can be customized to launch any Palm m500 505 application you choose To configure the button tap the Applications icon and then the Prefs icon shown in Figure 28 Figur...

Page 26: ...to open it and select the desired application from the list shown in Figure 31 Figure 31 Modem Button List Box expanded Tap OK to finish the button s configuration The next time you press the button...

Page 27: ...ssary on page 59 Connecting to the Network In order to send and receive data across your local area network or the Internet the Minstrel m500 must be connected to a wireless IP network To connect to t...

Page 28: ...e Network There are two ways you can disconnect from a network The first is to close only the active network session and the second is to shut the modem down completely Closing the Active Network Sess...

Page 29: ...m the Minstrel menu as shown in Figure 35 Figure 35 The Disconnect Menu Command Shutting Down the Modem If you wish to disconnect from the network and power off the modem tap Shutdown at the bottom of...

Page 30: ...ion on page 22 for more information you can either reconnect to the network by tapping Reconnect from the Minstrel menu or click the Connect button at the bottom of the screen as shown in Figure 38 Fi...

Page 31: ...However if you do need to make changes to your configuration you can rerun the Setup Wizard utility or edit the configuration settings directly using the Config window shown in Figure 39 Figure 39 The...

Page 32: ...splayed you can edit the address Figure 41 The IP Address Entry Window Setting the Primary DNS The Primary DNS text box shows the current address for your network provider s primary domain name server...

Page 33: ...PPP session is closed the modem will deregister from the network and power off To change the Auto Power Off setting tap its drop down list box and select either Disabled or Enabled as shown in Figure...

Page 34: ...down list box and select either Disabled or Enabled as shown in Figure 45 Figure 45 The Sleep Mode List Box Note The new Palm operating system version 4 0 has been changed to disable Palm s Auto Powe...

Page 35: ...list box and select the new value you wish to have your modem configured with as shown in Figure 46 Figure 46 The Network Provider List Box Define SPI SPNI WASI The SPI SPNI WASI text box displays the...

Page 36: ...change the Service ID Pref setting tap the Service ID Pref drop down list box and select one of the four settings shown in Figure 48 Figure 48 The Service ID Preferences List Box Defining the Channel...

Page 37: ...box and select the new value as shown in Figure 50 below Figure 50 The Hot List Operation List Box Using the Detailed Status Window The Detailed Status window shown in Figure 51 displays detailed stat...

Page 38: ...tatus Menu Command Enabling or Disabling Push Messaging Push messaging is a service you subscribe to that allows the modem to receive messages from your network even if you are not currently connected...

Page 39: ...ere are only two settings for the Push Messaging function enabled or disabled as shown in Figure 53 To enable push messaging tap Enabled If the push technology is already enabled the Enabled button wi...

Page 40: ...des an internal terminal emulator for communicating directly with the Minstrel m500 modem Figure 55 The Terminal Window Opening the Terminal Window To access the Terminal window select Terminal from t...

Page 41: ...its attention to the terminal window Before it does this it asks you if this is the action you want to take by displaying the Close Connection dialog box shown in Figure 58 Figure 58 Close Connection...

Page 42: ...to enter AT commands other than those discussed above you will need to use the terminal window command line The command line is located at the bottom of the window beside the Send button as shown in F...

Page 43: ...of previous commands from the Terminal window tap Clear as shown in Figure 61 Figure 61 The Clear Button Setting the Baud Rate In order to set the baud rate between the Terminal window and the Minstr...

Page 44: ...ain In order to take the modem offline and reconnect with the network tap OffLine as shown in Figure 63 Figure 63 The Offline Button When the modem returns to the offline state the Terminal window wil...

Page 45: ...Setting the Target IP Address The IP text box is used to set the target IP address that is the address you are looking for In order to use this text box tap the first line and enter the IP address as...

Page 46: ...nd enter the packet size as shown in Figure 67 Figure 67 The Packet Size Text Box Sending the Packet Once you have defined the IP address and the packet size tap Send shown in Figure 68 to send the pi...

Page 47: ...e of the modem and the modem s connection to the network and second it is the main access point for all other usage and configuration functions Figure 69 The Minstrel Main Window The following list di...

Page 48: ...rmance of sending and receiving data If this box is cleared the wireless IP network s traffic load is acceptable Wireless Provider This text field shows the identifier SPI of the wireless IP network p...

Page 49: ...u have disconnected from the net work by opening a PPP connection If the modem has been shutdown it will also turn on the modem and start the network session Network Prefs Displays the Palm m500 505 s...

Page 50: ...u The Minstrel menu shown in Figure 71 contains the five basic menu commands needed to setup the modem and connect it to the network They are Disconnect Shutdown Reconnect Network Prefs Setup Wizard F...

Page 51: ...nd is used to close the PPP session between the modem and the network disconnect the modem from the wireless IP network and power off the modem This command is an immediate command This menu command i...

Page 52: ...m500 505 s User s Manual for more information on the Network Preferences function This command is a windowed command This menu command is accessed by tapping the Palm m500 505 s menu icon tapping the...

Page 53: ...he Advanced Menu The Advanced menu shown in Figure 77 contains the five menu commands used to customize your modem s configuration and test your modem and its connection to the network They are Config...

Page 54: ...rovider You must have an entry in this text box in order to use your modem Primary DNS This text box accepts the IP address of your service provider s primary domain name system You must have an entry...

Page 55: ...e modem to only scan the A side of the network for usable channels B Only This setting will force the modem to only scan the B side of the network for usable channels Prefer A This setting will instru...

Page 56: ...This setting will instruct the modem to ignore the service ID from the network you are registered with and look for any other network to register on Selecting IgnoreSvcID or Any SvcID tells the modem...

Page 57: ...en the modem and the CDPD network The word SEARCH will be displayed if the modem is searching for an available network connection and the word ACQ D appears if the modem has acquired a connection RSSI...

Page 58: ...This text box shows the value that represents the power at which the modem should be transmitting to the wireless IP network This value is defined by the wireless IP network BattLvl The value listed...

Page 59: ...s menu icon tapping the Advanced menu then selecting Push Config as shown in Figure 82 Figure 82 The Push Config Menu Command Selecting Push Config will display the Push Message Configuration window s...

Page 60: ...his list box is used to set the connection speed between the modem and Palm m500 505 device The valid values for this list box are 19200bps or 9600bps The default value for this setting is 19200bps Co...

Page 61: ...ommand Selecting PING will display the Ping window shown in Figure 87 Figure 87 The Ping Window Done This button is used to close the Terminal window and return to the Minstrel main window Cmd This li...

Page 62: ...Modem Info menu command is used to display manufacturing information about your modem This command is a windowed command Window Object Object Description IP This text line accepts the IP address of th...

Page 63: ...discusses the network status information displayed in the Detailed Status window The About Menu Command The About menu command is used to display information about the Modem Manager software This com...

Page 64: ...505 s menu icon tapping the Help menu then selecting About as shown in Figure 91 Figure 91 The About Menu Command Selecting About will display the About window shown in Figure 92 The contents of this...

Page 65: ...ket Data CDPD is a wireless data transmission technology that uses unused cellular channels to transmit packets of data To send and receive data across the Internet a CDPD or wireless IP modem must fi...

Page 66: ...s usually represented in dotted decimal notation e g 128 121 4 5 The address can be split into a network number or network address and a host number unique to each host on the network and sometimes al...

Page 67: ...age notification refers to information that is automatically sent to you regarding changes in data on the Internet your news pages e mail etc as it takes place Radio Frequency RF Channel An electromag...

Page 68: ...o determine which of these sides to scan first for usable channels For example if the side preference is set to A Preferred the Merlin will scan the A side first to find an appropriate channel If a ch...

Page 69: ...ands 36 Auto Power Off Disable 27 Enable 27 Set 27 B Battery 5 Auto Power Off 27 Charging 5 LED 3 Sleep Mode 28 Baud Rate 37 C CDPD 41 Channel 30 Hotlist 30 Configurable Button 19 Configure Changing M...

Page 70: ...45 Setup Wizard 46 Shutdown 45 Status 50 Terminal 53 Minstrel m500 Modem Components 1 Configure 11 Connect 9 Modem Information 56 Remove 10 Shut Down 23 Modem Manager Menus 43 Advanced 47 Help 56 Mins...

Page 71: ...k Identifier SPNI 29 Define 29 Setup Wizard 46 Shutdown 45 Minstrel m500 23 Sleep Mode 28 Disable 28 Enable 28 Software About Modem Manager 57 Installing 6 T Terminal Emulator 34 Terminal Window Displ...

Page 72: ...66 Index Revision 1 02 90023164...

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