Sony Ericsson GC79 manuale d’uso

GC79 Sony Ericsson GPRS / Wire less LAN PC Card GC79 User’s Guide[...]

2 Contents Content Content . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Hardware Ove rview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Software Overv iew . . . [...]

Contents 3 Start Using Wirele ss Manage r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 W irele ss Manager Icons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Icon Menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Making W in dows Netw ork Conne[...]

4 Contents A ppendix B - Window s Log on usi ng a GSM/GPRS Dial-up Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 A ppendix C - Changing the GC79 Wireles s LA N A dapter Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 A ppendix D- Initiating a[...]

Contents 5 Sony E ricsson GP RS / Wir eless LA N PC C ard GC79 Fifth edit ion (June 2004) This m anual is publi shed by Sony Eric sson Mo bile Com munic atio ns AB, witho ut any warr anty . Im prove ments and change s to this m anual nece ssita ted by ty pogra phical e rrors , inaccura cies of current in formation, or improvements to p rograms and/[...]

6 Introduction Introduction Congratul ations and thank y ou for buying the Sony Ericsson GPRS / Wir eless L AN PC Card GC79. The GC79 is a combined wireless LAN (WLAN) adapt er and trip le band GSM p roduct that enables you to comm unicate w irelessly from you r laptop on all fiv e continents , in over one hu ndred and sixty coun tries. A s th e GC[...]

Introduction 7 Sof twar e Overview Wireless Manager You can use th e Wireless Manager to: • V iew GSM/GPRS and w ireless LA N statu s inform ation • Create or modify connection settin gs • Connect to the In ternet or a cor porate netw ork • Manage GC79 s etting s • Manage SIM card and PC phone books • Send and receive SMS m essages Usin[...]

8 Getting Started Getting S t arted Checklist Make sure the f ollowing items are in th e box when you un pack it: • Pro tective case for storing the GC79 • GC79 PC Card • Qui ck S ta rt Guide • CD -ROM The CD contains: drivers, sof tware, docum entation and a readme f ile. System Requirement s This section lists th e netw ork subscriptions,[...]

Getting Started 9 High Speed Circuit Switched Data (HSCSD) HSCSD is an enchanced GSM netw ork capability of fered by some n etwork operators. It enables circuit switched data connections to run at a higher data sp eed, using m ore than one wireless ‘timeslot’ for the data transm ission. This is ideal for providing a faster conn ection to existi[...]

10 In stal lat ion Inst allation The Wireless Manager CD-R OM contains the sof tware required to operate your GC79. The softw are is simple to set up and operate. The CD-RO M co ntains the f oll owing so ftw ar e: • W ireless Manag er • User Docum entation • On-lin e Help • ReadMe text file cont aining the lates t inform ation about the GC7[...]

Installation 11 If you want to us e your other PC card slot remove th e GC79 whils t you ins ert the other card. See Safe Removal of the GC79 on page 39 for more details. When the GC79 isn 't in use it is recomm ended that you store it in th e protective carrier pr ovided. Install ing the S oftware 1. Insert the Wireless Manager CD-ROM in y ou[...]

12 In stal lat ion 6. Af ter a f ew seconds , the Ne w H ardw are Wizard open s and i nstalls the n ecessa ry dri vers on to you r PC from the Wireless Man ager CD. The wizard may require you to locate a specific driver file. If this h appens a dialog opens, click Browse and select : In the above table D is referred to as your CD drive. 7. Select t[...]

Create a GPRS, HSCSD or CS D Connection 13 Create a GPRS, HSCSD or CSD Connection Predefined custom ised connection setti ngs m ay hav e already been entered by your m obile operator or IT Manager. Check t he connection drop-dow n m enu for an y exis ting entries , if they are available go to Us ing y our Conn ection on pag e 23. 1. Click or select[...]

14 Create a GP RS, HSCSD or CSD Connection Fixed: The sam e fixed usernam e and passw ord for all users. Check or enter the usern ame and passw ord and tick the Save Password bo x. Per son al: You have a personal usern ame and passw ord. You may enter them here and tick the Save Pas sword box. If y ou need to enter the p assw or d each time you con[...]

Create a GPRS, HSCSD or CS D Connection 15 Not e: If you are uns ure which sp eed to c hoose fro m the Sp eed tab, start with Analogue 9 600, and check to see if it works. O nce your connection wor ks on Analog, you can try the V 110/V120 setti ngs to se e if fast er spee ds are a vailab le. V11 0/V120 also conn ects fas ter tha n analog. W hen roa[...]

16 Create a GP RS, HSCSD or CSD Connection Using your Connection T o Connec t 1. Open W ireless Manager . 2. If requested enter y our SIM Card PI N and click OK . The S tatus screen is displayed. 3. Select the connection you require from the drop down list and click Connect . Depending on y our setup y ou may be prompted to enter your usernam e and[...]

Create a Wirele ss LA N Connection 17 Create a Wireless LA N Connection To create a connection to a wireless L AN access point, follow the steps described below. Not e: For details of how to crea te an a d hoc grou p connec tion, see Setting up an Ad Hoc Grou p Net wor k on page 23. 1. Before you beg in make su re a W ireless LA N access point is i[...]

18 Create a Wire less LA N Connection 4. Click Add . The W ireless Netw ork Properties screen is displayed. 5. T ype the netw ork name in the Net w ork na m e (S SID ) fie ld . 6. C lea r the This is a computer -to-c om puter (ad ho c) netw ork; w irele ss access po ints are not used check box. 7. From here y ou select the ty pe of connection y ou [...]

Create a Wirele ss LA N Connection 19 Not e: You do not ne ed to se lect the Key format or the Key l ength befo re typing the network key. These settin gs autom atically ch ange to th e appro priate set ting as you t ype the network k ey value. However, the ke y value you enter must be t he correct length . 14. Click OK . T he netw ork nam e and ic[...]

20 Create a Wire less LA N Connection In the Wireless Zero Conf ig control panel (Double-click th e W icon in the status tray ): 1. Disable 802.1x. 2. Enable WEP . 3. Uncheck th e box that says "T he key is provided for me autom atically". 4. Provide a WEP key . The key can be any thing at all an d it can be at any WEP key in dex. The key[...]

Create a Wirele ss LA N Connection 21 Vi ewing the St atus of y our Wire less Connection The quality of the connection (sig nal streng th and n oise) of the particular netw ork you are connected to is indicated by the horizontal bars and the decibel level valu es that are displayed at the bottom of the Link Status tab in the W ireles s Configu rati[...]

22 Create a Wire less LA N Connection Disabling the Radio To disable the GC79 wireless L AN radio, right click and select Disable Radio. To enable the radio, right click and select Enable Radio. Alternativ ely, us e the Disable/Enable button on the rig ht hand side of the Wireless Man ager Status screen or the option in the File m enu. Modify a W i[...]

A dvanced Wireless LA N Feature s 23 A dv anced Wireless LA N Features Setting up an Ad Hoc Group Network In ad- hoc m ode, a peer-t o-peer n etw ork i s created. An exam ple m ig ht be n etw orki ng lapt ops in a meetin g room in order to share inform ation. The netw ork is set up at the start of the m eeting an d disappears when the last laptop i[...]

24 A dvanced Wireless LA N Features 15. Click Advanced an d select the approp riate radio button to specify the Netw orks the GC79 can access. Y ou can se lect either; Com puter to com pute r (ad hoc) networks onl y or Any available network (access p oint preferr ed) . Not e: Once you create an AdHoc W ireles s Network it will appear as availabl e [...]

A dvanced Wireless LA N Feature s 25 After a whil e a new win dow sh ould popup in PC2 show ing the hardrive of PC1. It is also lis ted with your Netw ork Drives. Tip: See your W indows documenta tion for further deta ils on settin g up a network of W indows PCs. Caut ion ! Unwanted users may try to conn ect to your ad hoc n etwork. Use of s ecurit[...]

26 A dvanced Wireless LA N Features Bridge connections on Windows XP The netw ork bridge allows y ou to connect netw ork segm ents by selecting the appropriate netw ork connection and bridging them tog ether. The network bridge m anages y our netw ork segm ents, and creates a single IP subnet for the entire netw ork. There is no configu ration requ[...]

A dvanced Wireless LA N Feature s 27 Creating profiles for ICS Client machines Set up an ad hoc netw ork on y our host m achine and each client. Follow th e Create a W ireless LAN Connection on page 17. St atic IP Number Mana gement Some u sers may require a static IP number for the WL AN connection in the office and a dyn amic IP number outside th[...]

28 A dvanced Wireless LA N Features 1. Open the Wir eless Conf iguration Utility, as described in Create a W ir eless LAN Connection on page 17, and click on the Diagnostics tab. 2. Select the te sts you want to run. All tests a re select ed by default. T o run an individ ual test or some but not all of th e tests, clear the check box for those tes[...]

Wireless Manager Status S creen 29 Wireless Manager S t atus Screen To view th e Statu s scree n eith er start Wireless Manag er select S tart Program s Son y Erics son Wireless Manager o r select y our desktop shortcut or select View Status . The Status screen sh ows in formation about y our GSM and w ireless LAN network conn ections. The body of [...]

30 Wireless Manager Status S creen When a connection is established, the connection s tatistics (duration, bytes tran smitt ed, bytes received) are displayed and updated at regular intervals . Not e: Statistics display i s not s upported o n W indow 98(SE) or Me platforms . To view statistic data when using the se operat ing system s hover your mo [...]

Start Using Wirele ss Manager 3 1 S t ar t Using Wi reless Manager 1. T o start W ireless Man ager select S tart Progra m s Sony Erics son Wir eless Manager or select your desktop sh ortcut . 2. If requested, enter y our SIM Card/Phone Lock PIN and click OK . It is only necess ary to enter the PIN num ber once during a PC session. You are allowed t[...]

32 Start Using Wirele ss Manager GSM/ GPR S I con s Wireless LA N Icons Window s Icons In addition, the followi ng stan dard Windows ® operating sy stem icons also ap pear in the sy stem tray wh en the GC79 is ins erted in your PC and in use. GSM/GPRS radio is disa bled. The GSM/GPRS radio transmit ter is ena bled, b ut there is no GSM or GPRS ser[...]

Start Using Wirele ss Manager 3 3 Icon Menus GC79 GSM/GPRS menu Right clic k on e of the fo llowing i co ns to see the GC 79 GSM /GP RS menu options. Not e: Some of the these me nu option s are d isabled, dependin g on the c urrent stat e of the GC79. The GC79 GSM/GPRS m enu options are described below. Open Wireless Manager Select Open Wireless Ma[...]

34 Start Using Wirele ss Manager Exit Exits th e Wireless Manager application completely .Use the stop/rem ove comm ands if you w ish i t to remain in the background. See W ireless Manager GSM/GPRS Preferences on page 35 for more details. GC79 Wireless Control menu Right clic k on one of th e fo llo wing ico ns to see t he GC7 9 Wi rel ess Co ntro [...]

Start Using Wirele ss Manager 3 5 Making W indows Network Conne ctions V isible The Windows conn ection icons, display ed in the sy stem tray , normall y disappear once a connection is m ade. T his m eans that y ou m ay not necess arily see a icon corresponding to each of the icons for y our GSM/GPRS and wi reless LAN conn ections. Note:Windows 98S[...]

36 Start Using Wirele ss Manager Radio Power T ab You can use th is tab to manage th e state of the radio transm itter. When this option is selected, the Wireless Manager radio power startup and sh utdown ch oices are disabled. Enable Radio imme diate ly w hen card inserted Y ou s hould nor mally leave th is chec kbox turned of f. W hen enable d, t[...]

Start Using Wirele ss Manager 3 7 T ext Messaging T ab You ca n use this tab to ena ble recepti on of s pecific mes sage c lasses f rom t he SMS Cell Broa dcast se rvice and to set the SMS received audio alarm to on or o ff . Select the radio buttons to activate the options. Exam ple of SMS Cell Broadcast messag e types: To enter multiple SMS C ell[...]

38 Start Using Wirele ss Manager Miscellaneous T ab Click the Miscellaneous tab. • Hide to tray when minim ized If enabled, w hen the W ireless Manager is minim ized, it removes any w indow from the tas kbar , and only show s the small icon in the sys tem tray . T o re-open the main w indow , double-click the tr ay ico n, or sele ct open from th [...]

Start Using Wirele ss Manager 3 9 • Show menu item for Modem Software Update If this option is check ed, a File Modem Software Update... men u item is enabled. Selecting this me nu com m and prepare s the GC79 PC card to receiv e a soft ware u pdate fr om th e Sony Eric sson Update Ser vice. More information about this service can be found at htt[...]

40 Wireless Manager Telephony S ettings Screen Wireless Manager T elephony Setting s Scree n The Telephony Setting s screen allow s you view and change th e GSM and wireles s LAN sett ings of the GC79. The functions of the Telephony Set tings screen are v ery sim ilar to the setting s that y ou have access to via a mobile phone’ s display. A Wire[...]

Wireless Manager Telephony S ettings Screen 41 Phone Numbers My numbers You can list all y our own num bers here. T he nu mbers are for personal reference only and have no operational effect on the GC 79. V oice line 1 and 2: The voice num ber or nu mbers issu ed with y our SIM card that you u se for normal voice calls . If you h ave line 2 (altern[...]

42 Wireless Manager Telephony S ettings Screen T o Change the Phone Lock code: 1. Click . 2. The Change the Phone Lock Code dialog opens. Make the required chang es and click OK . 3. Click Apply when you h ave finis hed, to transfer the changes back to your GC79. This m ay take a few seconds. SIM lock Som e SIM ca rds are prote cted w ith a PIN (Pe[...]

Wireless Manager Telephony S ettings Screen 43 Choosing another network: 1. Uncheck th e Automatically choose a network for me . 2. Select the netw ork that y ou w ant to use. 3. Click App ly to transfer the setting to your GC79. The mess age Please wait appears briefly on the s creen. If y ou are not allow ed to use the n etwork that you h ave cho[...]

44 Wireless Manager Telephony S ettings Screen Frequency Ba nd GSM operates in a num ber of different frequen cy bands, w here available. 900 and 1800 MHz are used in Europe, As ia, Australasia an d Africa, w hilst the 1900 MHz band is us ed in North and South Am erica. By default your G C79 operates in ' tri-ban d' m ode and autom atical[...]

Wireless Manager Telephony S ettings Screen 45 Selecting a fax forwarding setting: 1. T o ob tain y our current fax forw arding settin gs from the netw ork, click Retrieve . 2. Select Always if you w ant to forw ard all the incom ing calls to a specific phon e num ber . 3. If you know which phone num ber to forward your calls to, type the num ber i[...]

46 Wireless Manager Telephony S ettings Screen Restricting Fax and Data Calls To Change the call restrict statu s for fax and data calls: 1. T o get your current call restrict set tings from the netw ork, click Retrieve . 2. T i ck the boxes next to the call types that you want to restrict. Only select one outgoing and one incomin g option. 3. When[...]

Wireless Manager Phone Book S creen 47 Wireless Manager Phone Boo k Screen The Wireless Manager Phone Book screen helps y ou to organize your GC 79’s SIM Phone Book. The Phone Book Sc reen A SIM Phone Book can easily become disorganis ed; you can us e the Phone Book screen to manag e your SIM Phone Book entries. You can add new num bers, edit exi[...]

48 Wireless Manager Phone B ook Screen Phone Book Functionality T o A dd a Number: 1. Select Add new in th e Phone Book menu or click on the toolbar or key Ctrl an d N . 2. The New Phone Book Entr y dialog opens. 3. Enter the nam e and phone num ber . 4. Click OK to save the en try or Cancel to close the dialog. Not e: Phone Book numbers a re limit[...]

Wireless Manager Phone Book S creen 49 To M o v e a n E n t r y : 1. Select an entry. 2. Select Move T o in the Phone Book men u. The Move T o option is followed by the nam e of the Phone Book you haven’t selected the entry from. 3. The entry is m oved from its current Phone Book and placed in the selected one. The new entry is assign ed the next[...]

50 Wireless Manager Phone B ook Screen Not e: The file will be s aved as a te xt file in com ma separa ted value (CSV) format. 6. Clic k OK in t he brow se dia log. The path and f ile nam e are display ed in th e Export Fil e Name fiel d. 7. Click Ex port to com plete the procedure. Delete a number 1. Select the nu mber that y ou wan t to delete. 2[...]

Wireless Manager SMS Messages Scre en 5 1 W ireless Manager SMS Messa ges Screen The Wireless Manager’s SMS Messages screen enables y ou to view , compose, edit, save, copy, delete, reply or forward SMS m essages from y our GC79 to other mobile devices. Not e: To use Message functiona lity SMS must b e inclu ded in your su bscrip tion, contac t y[...]

52 Wireless Manager SMS Messages Sc reen Each tim e the S MS Messages screen receives a new SMS m essage from th e SIM it ch ecks the status of the SIM Inbox. If the SIM Inbox is full , a SIM Full icon is displayed in the left pane of the screen, see SIM Inbox is Full: on page 54. Not e: For all the SM S M essages screen menu option s to operate th[...]

Wireless Manager SMS Messages Scre en 5 3 Reply to an SMS: 1. Select the folder w here the m essage is located. 2. From th e list, select the m essage y ou w ant to reply to. The contents of th e mess age are displayed in the inf ormation vi ew . 3. Select Reply in the Messages men u. A dialogue appears. T he To : f ield is autom atically f illed i[...]

54 Wireless Manager SMS Messages Sc reen Not e: To move all me ssages, clic k Select All from the Edit me nu before you select Move to Saved Mes sages . Cop y an SM S: 1. Select the folder w here the m essage y ou wan t to cop y is located. 2. From the list, se lect t he message. The c ontents of the message are d ispla yed in the info rmatio n vie[...]

Wireless Manager Online Ser vices Screen 55 Wireless Manager Onlin e Serv ices Scre en Online Serv ices is a custom ised service offered by a netw ork operators. This service is netw ork or subs cription dependan t. The On line S ervices screen provides a mech anism th at allow s applicati ons that exist on the SIM to interact and operate with th e[...]

56 Troubleshooting T roubleshoo ting This chapter lists som e problems th at you m ight en counter w hile usin g your GC 79. Some problems require y ou t o contact your service prov ider, but m ost of the problems you c an easi ly c orrect you rself. St atus Information View W ireless Manager Inform ation di spl ays a d ialo g bo x co ntai ning us [...]

Troubleshooting 57 Wire less Manager I con Errors Sof twar e Errors app ears in the task bar GC79 isn't present, pl ease insert. appears in the task bar Indicates that th e GSM/GPRS rad io is turned off. Right-click the icon and select T urn GS M /GPRS Radio On . appears in the task bar Indicates that th e GC79 cannot find a GSM netw ork , the[...]

58 Troubleshooting GSM/GPRS Error Messages General SIM Card Errors Wire less LAN Error Messages Modem not responding.... Error Check that the radio i s turned on. Dial-Up fails T ry to conne ct again. Wrong PIN/ Wrong PIN2 Y ou have en tered y our PIN or P IN2 incorrectly . Enter the correct PIN or PIN2, a nd click OK . See SIM lo ck on page 42. Co[...]

Troubleshooting 59 Wire less LAN Performance and Connectivity Problems Data transfer is sometimes very slow Microwav e ovens and som e cord less phon es operate at the same radio frequency as the GC79 wi reless LAN adapter. When the m icrow ave oven or cordless phone is in use, it in terferes wi th the wir ele ss ne twork. Therefore, check for poss[...]

60 Troubleshooting Window s Error C odes Window s ® 98 Error 619 : The port is disconnected during dial-up An ISDN mode (V1 10 or V120) has been sele cted when creat ing a connection , but is not sup ported by the netw ork. Select Anal ogue mode whe n creating the con nection in th e Connection Wizard . Error 629 : The port was disconnected by the[...]

Troubleshooting 61 Window s ® 2000 A ll Window s ® Operating S ystems Error 619 : The port is disconnected during dial-up An ISDN mode (V1 10 or V120) has been sele cted when creat ing a connection , but is not sup ported by the netw ork. Select Anal ogue mode whe n creating the con nection in th e Connection Wizard . Error 678 : Computer you are[...]

62 Troubleshooting Connection Failed or A ctivation Failed. Please contact your Service Prov ider . No spec ific reaso n for f ailure is available. W ait a few m inutes and try again. If you con tinue to ge t this error check you r connection settin gs or call y our service p rovider for help. Connection Failed. Invalid A PN. Pleas e check and ente[...]

Troubleshooting 63 Connection Failed. Plea se try again. If the problem continues please cont act your Se rvice Provider . Y ou couldn’t connect to the ne twork. W ait a few minutes and try again. If the problem persists cont act y our service provider . Connection Failed. Se rvice not supported. Please try again. If the problem continues please [...]

64 A dditional Information A dditional Information Sony Ericsson Support W eb Site At ww w.sonyericsson.com if y ou select support you can find help and tips in a f ew click s. The support site gives y ou access to: • the latest sof tware updates • tips on how to use your GC 79 efficiently • func tio n guid es • additional help Guidelines f[...]

A dditional Information 65 Radio Frequency (RF) Exposure and SA R Your PC Card is a low- power radio transmit ter and receiver (transceiver). When it is turned on, it em its low levels of radio frequency energy (also kn own as radio w aves or radio frequency fields). Govern me nts arou nd th e w orld hav e adopted com prehe nsiv e intern ational sa[...]

66 A dditional Information Emergency Calls GC79s man ufactured by Sony Ericsson do not su ppor t voice calls, hen ce their use for essen tial comm unication s (e.g. medical em ergencies) is not possible. Inserting and removing the SIM card – prec autions against electrostatic discharge (ES D) Do not touch th e SIM card connectors. As a precauti o[...]

A dditional Information 67 T echnical S pecifications Exterior Desc ription A mbient T emper atures Electrical Cha racteristics Product name GC7 9 PC Card T ype 32-bit Cardbus System W L AN 2.4GHz ISM band E-GSM 900 GSM 1800 GSM 1900 Services s upported WLAN : 802 .1 1b GSM : CSD, HSCSD, GPRS, SMS, Fax S pe ech services are not supp orted SIM Card [...]

68 A dditional Information Operating System Support Supplied Softw are (on CD-ROM) GSM Performance and technical chara cteristics Supported Operating System s Microsoft W indow s ® 98SE Microsoft W indow s ® Me Microsoft W indow s ® 2000 (SP4) Microsoft W indow s ® XP Minimum PC Specification Processor size as recommended by Microsoft for the v[...]

A dditional Information 69 GSM Features Supported CSD technical data HSCSD Maximum Data Rates (kbps) The sp eed s given are maximums, Sony Ericsso n canno t guaran tee how fast your network will op era te. Receiver RF Le ve l -102 dBm -102 dBm -102 dBm Receiver RX Bit Error Rat e <= 10 -4 (S tatic Ch.) <= 3% (EQ50 ch) <= 10 -4 (S tatic Ch [...]

70 A dditional Information GPRS technical data GPRS Specification SM G SMG31bis Dat a Rat es Multislot class 10 suppo rted (see table belo w). Coding schemes: CS-1, CS -2, CS-3 and CS-4 Mode of Operation Class B (attaches to both GSM and GPRS a t the same time; data connection is establishe d using CS (CS D/HSCSD) o r GPRS) The user may select CSD,[...]

A dditional Information 71 GPRS Maximum Dat a Rates Speed achieved depends on the C oding Schem e supported by the GSM Netw ork. The speeds given are maxim um s, Sony Ericsson cannot gu arantee how f ast your net work w ill operate. At the tim e of w riting, CS- 2 is the most comm only us ed cod ing scheme. SMS T echnical Dat a CS-1 9.05 kbp s CS-2[...]

72 A dditional Information Soft ware Upgrade Fax T ec hnical Data WLAN T echnica l Dat a Radio power output PC Card s of tware upgrade Via secure internet dow nload (S ony Ericsson Update Ser vice ) or at a So ny Erics so n Serv ice P oint. PC Wireless Manager Internet dow nload. Machine groups Cla ss 2, Group 3 and 4 Speed 9.6kbps V e rified appli[...]

A dditional Information 73 Supported Languages Quick Start Guide PC Sof tw are User ’s Guide (PDF) English (EN) Brazil ian-Portugue se (PB) Danish (DA) Dutch (NL) Finnish (FI) French (FR) Germa n (DE ) Gree k (EL ) Hungarian (HU) Italian (IT) Norwegian (NO) Polish (PL) Portuguese (PT) Russian (RU) S panish (ES) Swedish (SV) Thai (TH) T ur kis h ([...]

74 A dditional Information License Agreement License Any use of the en closed compact disc, diskette or any other media inclu ding upgrades thereof (“the Software”) shall be in accord ance w ith the below stated license ter ms and conditions. By opening the se aled Sof tw are pack age and/or u sin g th e Soft ware y ou agree t o be boun d by th[...]

A dditional Information 75 Our W ar ranty Subj ect t o th e co ndi tio ns of this L imited War rant y, So ny Eri csso n warr ant s this Pr od uct t o b e fr ee from defects in design, m aterial and workm anship at the tim e of its original purch ase by a consum er, and for a subsequent period of one (1) year. What We Will Do If, durin g the w arran[...]

76 A dditional Information Some coun tries/states do not allow the exclusion or lim itation of inciden tal or consequential damages , or limitation of the du ration of implied w arranties, so the preceding lim itations or excl usio ns may no t ap ply t o you. The warranty provided does not affect the consu mer's s tatutory righ ts under applic[...]

A dditional Information 77 Disputes a nd Gov erning La w The va lidity , con struct ion an d perform anc e of th is A greem ent shall be gov erned by th e law s of Sw eden. All disputes , differences or questions betw een the parties w ith respect to any matter arisin g out of or relating to th is Agreem ent sh all be finally settled under the R ul[...]

78 A dditional Information Declaration of Conformity We, Sony Ericsson Mobile Comm unications AB of Nya Vattentornet S-221 88 Lund, Sweden declare under our sole responsibility th at our product, Sony Ericsson type FAE-1021011-BV, and in combin ation wi th our accessories, to wh ich this declaration relates is in conformity w ith the appropriate st[...]

A dditional Information 79 FCC St atement This device complies w ith Part 15 of the FCC ru les. Operation is subject to the followi ng tw o conditions: (1) This device may not cause harm ful in terference, and (2) The device must accept any i nterference received, includin g interference th at may cause undesired operation. FCC- ID: PY7F1021 011 IC[...]

80 A ppendix A - GSM Connection Parameter s A ppendix A - GSM Connection Parameters General Connec tion Paramete rs for CSD/HSCSD and GPRS Required Useful in formation T elephone number or Access Point Name (APN) Number you need to dial to reach your serv ice provider. Use the full number includi ng countr y code and a rea code, e.g. +46 33 555 252[...]

A ppendix A - GSM Connection Parameter s 8 1 CSD/HSCSD S pecific Para meters * On ly available w ith ISDN V.110 or V.120 connecti on mode. Required Useful in formation Preferred Connection Speed (bits/ s) Select your preferred ne twork connect ion speed from the d rop down list provided: 9600, 14 400, 19200 , 28800, 3 8400, 4 3200* or 57 600* Conne[...]

82 A ppendix B - Windows Log on using a GSM/GPRS Dial-up Connection A ppendix B - W indow s Log on using a GSM/GPRS Dial-up Connection The GC79 PC Card supports the Win dows Log on us ing dial-up connectio n featu re. To log on t o Window s u sing a GSM or GPRS di al-up connec tion the GC79 PC Card m ust be ins erted and the radi o enab led b efo r[...]

A ppendix C - Changing the GC79 Wire less LA N A dapter P roperties 83 A ppendix C - Changing the GC79 Wireless LA N A dapter Properties 1. Click th e St art button. 2. Select Settings Control Panel . 3. Click System . 4. Select the Hardware tab. 5. Select Device Manager Ne twor k ad ap ters 802.1 1b Netwo rk Adapter Advanced . To chang e the value[...]

84 A ppendix C - Changing the GC79 Wire less LA N A dapter P roperties Power Save Mode This is used to put the GC79-enabled computer into t he IEEE 8 02.1 1 Powe r Save mode. In Power Save mode, the radio i s periodi cally p owered down to cons erve power . W hen in Power Save mod e, pac kets are stored in the AP until th e PC com es on. RTS Thresh[...]

A ppendix D- Initiating a HSCS D Connection from Outside the Wireless M anager 85 A ppendix D- Initiatin g a HSCSD Connection from Out side the W ireless Manager The HSCSD s peed is normally entered in the Wireless M anager Connect ion Wizard. The specified speed is requested w hen the Connect button is pressed in the Status s creen of the Wireless[...]

86 A ppendix D- Initiating a HSC SD Connection from Outside the Wireless M anager The table below show s the A T Com man ds for each speed and bearer: Not e: Speeds relat e to the receiv e (downlin k) speed. W hen co nnected at 43.2 or 5 7.6, uplink (tran smit) speed will be 14.4 maximum . At lower receive s peeds , transmi t speed c an be up to 28[...]

A ppendix E- IT Manager Customisation 87 A ppendix E- IT Manager Customisation The Wireless Manager m ay be custom ised prior to deploym ent in a larg e organisation. Irrelevant connection inf ormation can be rem oved from the pre-s et list in the Conn ection Wizard. Company - specific connect ion details can be set u p to be automatically availabl[...]

88 Glossary Glossary 802.11 A s tan dard de vel oped by t he IE EE. Th e 802 f am ily of standards relates to local and wide area networks . 802 .11 refers to WLAN stan dards. 802.11b The IEEE standard relating to WLAN operating at 2.4G Hz a nd h av in g a ma xim u m spe ed of 11M bps . 802.1X 802.1X is the security lay er in the 802 standard. 802.[...]

Glossary 89 GSM 900 The GSM sy stem f amily inclu des GSM 900, GSM 1800 and GSM 1900. T here are different phases of roll-out for the GSM sy stem an d GSM phones are either phase 1 or phase 2 compliant. GSM 1800 Also know n as DCS 1800 or PCN, this is a GSM digital netw ork working on a frequency of 180 0 MHz. It is used in Europe and Asia-Pacifi c[...]

90 Glossary PDP Packet Data Protocol. Phone book A m emory in the SIM card where phone n umbers can be stored and accessed by name or position. PSTN Public S wi tched Tele phone N etw ork, f or exam ple or dinary analogue phone line f or speech and/or co m puter modem . RA DIUS Remote A ccess Dial-In Servi ce. Facility at the ISP or corpor ation to[...]

Glossary 91 WEP Wired Equivalent Privacy. A n encry ption service built in to m any 802.11 products inten ded to m ake t he conn ection secure. WiFi Wireless Fidelity. The popular nam e for 802. 11 technologies that hav e passed WiFi C ertification Testing, for w hich WECA is responsi ble. WiFi A lliance See WECA. WLA N Wireless LAN (L ocal Area Ne[...]

92 Index Index A Ad hoc g roup netw ork 23 C Circuit Sw itched Data (CSD) 8 Connection details 30 Conn ect ion s etup CSD 14 GPRS 13 HSCSD 14 Wireless LAN 17 Conn ect ion t o a wirel ess LAN 20 CSD c onne ctio n 14 D Diagnostics 27 Dial-up connection s 35, 82 Documen tation 7 E Error messag es 60 G General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) 9 GPRS connect[...]

Ind ex 93 T T echn ical support 9, 64 T elephon y Setting s Forward Calls 44 Loc ks 41 Networks 42 Phone Num bers 41 Restrict Calls 45 Wireless 46 U Upgrades 9, 64 W W in dow s dial -u p co nn ecti on s 35, 82 W ireless Control menu 34 W ireless LAN Ad hoc group netw ork 23 Conn ect ing 2 0 Conn ect ion 8 Conn ect ion s etup 17 Diagnostics 27 Error[...]