Modem Manager Description — The Advanced Menu
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This menu command is accessed by tapping the Palm m500/505’s menu icon, tapping the
Advanced
menu, then selecting
Status
, as shown in Figure 80.
Figure 80 The Status Menu Command
Selecting
Status
will display the
Detailed Status
window, shown in Figure 81.
Figure 81 The Status Window
The following list discusses the network status information displayed in the
Detailed Status
window.
Status Label
Label Description
CDPD
This text box indicates the status of communications between 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
This text box shows the strength of the signal currently being received in
dBm
(decibels
below 1 milliwatt).
Color
This text box displays the color code of the service area you are currently in. Color
codes are used by the wireless IP network to coordinate channel usage and interfer-
ence.
Chan
This text box shows the wireless IP channel being used for sending and receiving data.
Each channel number represents a range of frequencies.
CellID
This text box displays the identifier for the wireless IP base station that the modem is
currently using.
