Motorola Workabout Pro 4 User Guide

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The SIM card is missing. After the SIM has been inserted a warm  boot may be required.
• SIM failure.  The SIM card is permanently disabled (e.g. because the wrong PU K has been entered too many times). A 
new SIM is needed.
• Modem failure.  The modem did not respond to commands as expected. If a warm bo ot does not clear this condition, the 
modem may need to be replaced.
• NDIS error.  An internal software error has occurred. If a warm boot does no t...

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• Tap on the OK button.
While automatic connecti on mode is enabled, the Connect Data button in the main  Wireless LAN dialog box 
changes to  Disable Auto . To close the currently active connection (if any) and disable  the automatic connection 
mode:
• Tap on  Disable Auto.
Use Virtual Serial Port
If  Use virtual serial port  is enabled, packet data connections are established through the  virtual serial port of 
the WWAN driver rather  than...

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the correct manually configured  profile for each SIM card. For this to work, each prof ile must be configured 
while the corresponding SIM card is inserted in the device and  initialized (i.e. the status is at least Searching 
for network ).
The  Select profile:  drop-down list in the data conf iguration profile selects to which profile a subsequent action 
applies. A profile named  Default is always present and contains the current parameters from the...

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Reset
The Reset  button in the  New Profile and Edit Profile dialog boxes resets all entry fi elds to the values they had 
when the dialog box was opened. 
Advanced IP
Figure F-5Assigning IP Information
The  Advanced IP  button in the Show Profile  and Edit Profile  dialog boxes opens another dialog box that allows 
you to configure a static IP address as well providing DNS and  WINS fields so that you can specify DNS and 
WINS resolvers....

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Network Configuration
In the main Wireless WAN window:
• Tap on the  To o l s menu, and choose  Network.
Enable Automatic Network Select
By default the GSM radio modem  automatically chooses from the available and allowed networks (allowed 
networks are the home network and  all other networks with which the home network has a roaming agree-
ment). You may find th ere are some situations in which you want to override this default behaviour. For 
example,...

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The network selection can be modified by enabling or disabling GSM and UMTS frequency bands. 
By default all bands supported by  the installed WWAN modem are enabled. All bands that are not supported 
by the installed modem are greyed -out. While some modems (e.g. Cinterion PH8-P) allow all possible combi-
nations of supported bands to be selected, others do not (e.g.  Cinterion MC75i). A warning is displayed if an 
unsupported band comb ination...

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Modem Information
The fields in this dialog box cannot be edited, they only displ ay information about the computer’s modem. If the 
network operator has not programmed a user’s phone number into  his SIM, the Phone: field remains empty. If 
the main menu shows an error status, at least partial modem information may be available.
Diagnostics and More 
The  Diagnostics  screen may be useful when diagnosing network problems. The inf ormation presented here...

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Note that TA, BER , and  TCH are available only in GSM mode and only while there is an acti ve connection (e.g. 
a voice call). If the status in th e main window shows “No netwo rk found” or “Searching for network”, then typi-
cally only  Batt and Te m p are available. For the status “Emergency calls only”,  MCC, MNC , LAC, CID , and 
BCCH  may be available. For the GSM 1800MHz and GSM  1900MHz bands it may not be possible to convert 
the ARFCN...

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Sounds
Tapping on the Sounds option displays a dialog box in  which you can customize which  sounds your Workabout 
Pro4 will emit and w hen these sounds will be played.
Keyboard
Tapping on the  Keyboard option displays a dialog box in  which you can determine the ph one SEND and END 
hotkeys.
AT Terminal
The AT Terminal window allows A T commands to be entered and sent to the modem. In some situations (e.g. 
during approval testing) it may be required to...

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SMS Menu 
SMS (Short Message Service) func tions are accessed through the SMS menu. For modems that support a 
SIM card, the SIM initializatio n typically takes longer than the network initialization, resulting in a noticeable 
delay before the SMS func tions become available. 
New
Tapping on the New button opens a dialog for sendi ng a new SMS message. The recipient's phone number (to 
be entered in the  To :  field) can consist of the...