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EDGE PC Card
Sony Ericsson EDGE PC Cards GC82, GC83 and GC85
User Guide
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Content Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Hardware Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Software Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Getting Started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Troubleshooting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Wireless Manager Icon Errors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Software Errors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Error Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 SIM Card Errors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Sony Ericsson EDGE PC Cards GC82, GC83 and GC85 First edition (May 2004) This manual is published by Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB, without any warranty. Improvements and changes to this manual necessitated by typographical errors, inaccuracies of current information, or improvements to programs and/or equipment, may be made by Sony Ericsson at any time and without notice. Such changes will, however, be incorporated into new editions of this manual. This manual is copyrighted work o
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Introduction Congratulations and thank you for buying a Sony Ericsson EDGE PC Card. EDGE PC Cards are standard size type II PC cards, they enable laptop users to have mobile access to the internet or corporate network with flexibility and high speed, including ‘always online’ capability via GPRS/ EDGE. The EDGE PC Card is very simple to install and use; the software provided allows you to select the best data service available so that the EDGE PC Card is always available for data transfer. Ed
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SIM Card When you subscribe to a mobile network operator, you are issued with a SIM card (Subscriber Identity Module card). The SIM contains your personal subscriber data. You need to insert a SIM into your EDGE PC Card before it will work. Software Overview Wireless Manager You can use the Wireless Manager to: Display GC82, GC83 or GC85 status information Create or modify connection settings Connect to the Internet or a corporate network Manage EDGE PC Card settings Manage SIM card
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Getting Started Checklist Make sure the following items are in the box when you unpack it: • Aluminium protective case for storing the EDGE PC Card and its antenna GC82, GC83 or GC85 PC Card Antenna Quick Start Guide CD-ROM The CD contains; drivers, software, documentation and a readme file System Requirements This section lists the network subscriptions, hardware and software requirements for running the EDGE PC Card. Network and Subscription The network subscription you use in conjuncti
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Installation The Wireless Manager CD-ROM contains the software required to operate your EDGE PC Card. The software is simple to set up and operate, but before you begin you will need to make sure that the services you require are included on your SIM card subscription. For an explanation of the services that are available see Network and Subscription on page 7. Contact the organization that supplied you with your SIM card and request that the specific services (EDGE, GPRS, CSD or SMS) you r
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Important! Do not insert the card into the laptop until you have installed the software from the CD-ROM. Simply cancel the New Hardware wizard if the card is accidentally inserted prior to software installation. Installing the Software 1. Insert the EDGE PC Card CD-ROM in your CD drive. After a few seconds a Sony Ericsson splash screen is displayed. Note: If the CD-ROM does not autorun, select Start Run and type D:\Setup.exe into the Run dialog. (Where D is your CD drive.) 2. The Wireless Ma
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Note: When installing on Windows 98SE, Windows may prompt for the original Windows 98 CD-ROM to be inserted. If the CD-ROM is not inserted when requested, Windows will subsequently reboot with error messages relating to missing files. Therefore, it is strongly recommended that the Windows 98SE CD-ROM is available before installation starts. Select the driver file requested by the Wizard and click Open. The Hardware Wizard finishes the installation. 6. Select Programs Sony Ericsson Wireless
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Start Using Wireless Manager 1. To start Wireless Manager select Start Programs Sony Ericsson Wireless Manager or select your desktop shortcut . 2. If requested, enter your SIM Card/Phone Lock PIN and click OK. It is only necessary to enter the PIN number once during a PC session. You are allowed three attempts to enter the correct PIN code. If you fail to enter the SIM PIN correctly it is blocked and if you fail to enter the Phone Lock PIN correctly your EDGE PC Card is locked. Contact y
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Making Windows Network Connections Visible The Windows connection icons, displayed in the system tray, normally disappear once a connection is made. This means that you may not necessarily see an icon corresponding to each of the icons for your GPRS/EDGE and CSD. To make the icon visible, follow the steps described below. Right click the appropriate icon and select Open Network Connections. Alternatively select Start Settings Network Connections. A dialog opens displaying all the net
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The Wireless Manager Icon Menus Right click one of the following icons to see the EDGE PC Card GPRS/EDGE menu options. The EDGE PC Card GPRS/EDGE menu is displayed. or or or Note: Some of these menu options are disabled, depending on the current state of the EDGE PC Card. Note: EDGE capability is not indicated by the EDGE PC Card GPRS/EDGE icons. The Wireless Manager Icon menu options are described below. Open Wireless Manager Select Open Wireless Manager or double click on the Wireless Manager
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Wireless Manager Preferences You can change the general behavior of the Wireless Manager by selecting specific options in the Preferences... dialog. 1. From the File menu, select Preferences. The Preferences dialog opens, the Radio Power tab is displayed. Radio Power Tab You can use this tab to manage the state of the radio transmitter. Enable Radio immediately You should normally leave this checkbox turned off. When when card inserted enabled, the Windows driver turns the radio transmitter
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The radio mode you specify at Wireless Manager start-up appears selected on the Radio tab. On When the Wireless Manager is running in radio on mode it is registered to the network connections can be made and SMS sent and received. The radio can be enabled in several ways; Select Radio On when the Wireless Manager starts. Specify the required radio state in Preferences Radio Power. See Wireless Manager Preferences on page 15 for more details. Off Radio Off indicates that the EDGE PC Card
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Notifications Tab Click the Notifications tab. From here you can decide if you want to: display a splash screen every time Wireless Manager is opened. display a splash screen every time Wireless Manager is closed. display a program end confirmation box. Select the check box to activate the options. GPRS Connection Tab Establish GPRS connection at startup Select this option to automatically connect to your chosen network when Wireless Manager is started. Wireless Manager waits until GPRS
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Hide to tray when minimized If enabled, when the Wireless Manager is minimized, it removes any window from the taskbar, and only shows the small icon in the system tray. To re-open the main window, double-click the tray icon, or select open from the icon menu. Run this program when Windows starts If enabled, the Wireless Manager starts when Windows is started. If an EDGE PC Card is detected, the Wireless Manager runs. If not, the program closes (and runs in the background if permitted).
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Examples: If you want to activate your EDGE PC Card when the laptop is booted, so that it is ready to make a connection and send/receive SMS: - Set Preferences Miscellaneous Run this program when Windows Starts. If you want your EDGE PC Card to be available and a GPRS internet connection to be automatically established when you boot your laptop: - Set Preferences Miscellaneous Run this program when Windows Starts. - Set Preferences GPRS Connections Establish GPRS Connection At Startup.
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There may be special circumstances where a GPRS dial-up connection is required for logon. To create a GPRS dial-up connection, follow these steps: 1. Create the Windows dial-up connection using the Windows Network Connection Wizard. For the telephone number, use *99***3#. 2. Set the GPRS context parameters in the EDGE PC Card using the following AT commands. Type the AT Commands into the Windows Hyperterminal program. AT+CGDCONT=3,“IP”,“”,“”,0,0 where is t
