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Section 2: Installing the PCS Connection Card
30 2B: Installation on Handheld and Pocket PCs
To activate an account and configure your PCS Connection
Card:
1.
Insert the card into your PC Card slot, if it is not already
inserted.
2.
If the Activation Wizard does not appear automatically,
launch the PCS Connection Manager Software. Double-
click the shortcut icon on your desktop or select
Start
>
Programs
>
Sierra Wireless
>
AirCard 550
>
PCS Connection
Manager for AirCard 550
.
3.
From the PCS Connection Manager, launch the Activation
Wizard by selecting
MENU
>
Activation Wizard
.
4.
Use the
Next
and
Back
buttons to navigate through the
Activation Wizard, noting the following:
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Use the radio button to select
Manual Activation
as the
method of activation you want to use.
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Obtain the billing information listed on the second
window of the wizard before phoning PCS Customer
Service Solutions or proceeding to the next window.
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Please telephone PCS Customer Service Solutions to
set up your PCS wireless network account.
• If you will be using your PCS Connection Card
primarily for business purposes, call
1-877-789-3969
.
• If your card is intended primarily for personal use,
call
1-888-715-4588
.
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Inform your PCS Customer Solutions Specialist that
you are activating a PCS Connection Card by Sierra
Wireless (AirCard 550). The representative will
request your ESN (electronic serial number). This is
displayed in the Activation Wizard (and is printed on
the PCS Connection Card box and on the label on the
back of the card).
5.
Click
Finish
on the final window of the wizard.
On completion of this step, the card is ready for use for voice
calls and receiveing Wireless Web Messages. When you make
your first data connection, the card will use IOTA (Internet
Over The Air) to obtain and activate your data services. This
account setup is performed for you by making a data
connection to the PCS Vision network and using a secure
(encrypted) Internet connection to download account
parameters to the AirCard 550 PCS Connection Card.