Hardware Setup
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AirCard Smart Cradle
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Computers
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Base of a cordless phone
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2.4 GHz cordless phone
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Place the cradle away from large metal surfaces, large glass surfaces, and insulated
walls such as these:
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Solid metal doors
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Aluminum studs
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Fish tanks
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Mirrors
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Brick
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Concrete
Install Your Smart Cradle
To install your cradle:
1.
Place the cradle in your preferred location.
2.
Connect the Smart Cradle’s power adapter and plug it into an electrical outlet.
The Power LED lights green within one minute. If the Power LED does not light, press the
Power On/Off
button on the rear panel of the cradle.
The cradle’s internal fan turns on momentarily when the cradle is powering up and then
turns off.
Note:
After power up, the cradle’s internal fan turns on only when the cradle
senses high temperatures of 40C (104
°
F) or higher. This might happen
during continuous high-data rate transmissions or if the cradle is in a
warm location. The fan protects the mobile hotspot and the cradle from
high temperatures. Once the mobile hotspot and cradle temperatures
return to lower levels, the fan switches off.
3.
Dock the mobile hotspot in the cradle.
See
Dock the Mobile Hotspot in the Smart Cradle
on page
11
4.
Check the cradle’s Internet LED.
When the cradle detects your mobile hotspot’s Internet connection, the Internet LED
lights green and the Smart Cradle uses the mobile hotspot’s Internet connection. The
mobile hotspot Internet service account must be active.
When your mobile hotspot detects that it is docked, the mobile hotspot LCD and home
page indicate that it is docked in the Smart Cradle. The mobile hotspot uses the Smart
Cradle’s more powerful internal 3G/4G antennas for better network coverage and
charges itself through the Smart Cradle.
