Sierra Wireless MP595W Manual

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Introducing the MP Modem

Rev 1.4 Draft Mar.08 15

TheabilityoftheMPmodemtoobtainserviceandthetypeof

serviceobtainedinanyareaisdeterminedbyseveralfactors:

Network proximity and 1xEV-DO CDMA availability To

obtainservice,youmustbewithinthecoverageareaofa

networkoperatinginoneoftheradiofrequencybands

supportedbytheMPmodem.Thetypeofconnectiondepends

ontheserviceavailableinthatarea.Forexample,thereare

areaswith1xserviceinwhich1xEV‐DOhas

notyetbeen

implemented.

Roaming Ifyouarewithinthecoverageofanetwork

operatedbyadifferentserviceprovider,yourabilitytoobtain

servicedependsonwhetheraroamingagreementexists

betweenyourserviceproviderandtheoneoperatingyour

currentlocalnetwork.Theremaybeadditionalfeesfor

roamingservice.Contactyourreselleror

serviceproviderfor

information.

Account provisions Youraccount mayrestrictusageof

certainnetworksormaylimityourconnectiontimeordata

transmission.

Supported CDMA radio frequencies

CDMAnetworksoperateontwosetsofradiofrequency

bands.TheMP

595modemisadual‐bandproductthat

operatesonbothbands:

• 1900MHz(alsocalledthePCS,orPersonalCommunica‐

tionsServices,band)

• 800MHz(Cellularband)

Receive diversity

TheMP595modemsupportsreceivediversityforimproved

signalreception.Receivediversityusestwoantennasto

enhancethequalityofthesignal,butdoesnotextendtheMP

modem’scoveragearea.

Connection methods

YoucanconnecttheMPmodemtoaUSB,Et hernet(RJ45),or

serial(DB9)portonacomputer.WhenconnectedtoaUSBor

Ethernetport,theMPmodembehaveslikeanetworkcard.

Whenconnectedtoaserialport,theMPmodembehaveslikea

dial‐upmodem.