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GC79 Sony Ericss on GPRS / Wireles s LAN PC Card GC79 User’s Guide.
2 Contents Content Content . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Introducti on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Hardware Ove rview . . . . . .
Contents 3 GC79 Manage r Status Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 GSM Conn ection S tatus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Wireless LA N Conne ction Stat us . . . . . . . .
4 Contents Appendix D- Initiating a HSCSD Connection from Outside the GC79 Mana ger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 Index .
Contents 5 Sony Ericsson GPRS / W ireless LAN PC Card GC79 First edi tion (Augu st 2003) This manual i s publis hed by Son y Ericsson Mobile Communi cations AB, without an y warranty.
6 Introduct ion Introduc tion Congratu lations and thank y ou fo r buyin g the Sony Erics son GPR S / Wir eless LAN PC Car d GC79. The GC79 is a combined wireless LAN (WLAN) adapter and triple band GSM product that enables you to communicate wirelessly from your laptop on all five continent s, in over one hund red and sixty countri es.
Introduction 7 Sof t ware Overv iew GC79 Manager You can use the GC79 Manager to: • V iew GSM/GPRS and wireless LAN status information • Create or modi fy connect ion setti ngs • Connect to the .
8 Getting Starte d Getting St arted Checkli st Make sure the fo llowing it ems are in t he box when y ou unpa ck it: • Protective ca se for storing the GC79 • GC79 PC Card •Q u i c k S t a r t G u i d e • CD- ROM The CD contains: dr ivers, software , documentation and a read me file.
Getting Starte d 9 High Speed Circuit Switc hed Data (HSCSD) HSCSD is an enchanced GSM networ k capability of fered by some network op erators. I t enables circuit switch ed data connections to run at a higher data speed, usi ng more t han one wireles s ‘timeslot’ for the data transmission.
10 In stal la tio n Inst allation The GC79 Manager C D-ROM cont ains the soft ware required to operat e your GC79. The software is simple to set up and opera te.
Installation 11 Inst alling th e Sof t ware 1. Insert the GC 79 Manager CD-ROM in y our CD d rive. After a few seconds a Sony Erics son splash screen is displayed . Not e: If the CD-ROM d oes not a utorun, se lect Sta r t Run and typ e D:Setup. exe in to the Run dialog.
12 Start Us ing GC 79 Manage r S t art Using GC79 Manager 1. T o start GC79 Manag er select S tart Programs Sony Eri csson GC79 Mana ger or select yo ur desk top sho rtcut . 2. If request ed, enter yo ur SI M Card/Ph one Lock PI N and c lick OK . It is only necessary to en ter the PIN number once dur ing a PC ses sion.
Start Using GC79 Manager 13 GSM/GPRS Icons Wireless LAN Ic ons Windows Icons In additi on, the fo llowing s tandard Wi ndows ® operating sys tem icons also appear in the system tray when the GC79 is inse rted in yo ur P C an d in us e. GSM/GPR S radio is disa bled.
14 Start Us ing GC 79 Manage r Icon Menus GC79 GSM/GPRS menu Righ t c lick on e of the fo llo win g ico ns to s ee t he GC7 9 GSM/GP RS menu opti ons . Not e: Some of the these menu opt ions a re disabl ed, de pendin g on the c urrent stat e of the GC79.
Start Using GC79 Manager 15 Exit Closes the GC79 Mana ger application, the GC79 Manager Icon will remain in the system tray if you have set it to run in the background.
16 Start Us ing GC 79 Manage r Making Windows Network Connections V i sible The Windows con nection icons, displ ayed in the s ystem tray, nor mally disappear once a connection is made. This means that you may no t necessarily see a icon correspond ing to each of the icons for your GSM/GPRS and wirel ess LAN con nections.
Start Using GC79 Manager 17 Radio Power T ab You can use this tab to manage the state of the radio transmitter. When this option is selected, the GC79 Mana ger radi o power startup and shutdo wn choi ces are disabled. Enable Radi o imm ediat el y when car d inserted Y ou should normal ly leav e this ch eckbo x turne d off.
18 Start Us ing GC 79 Manage r T ext Messa ging T ab You can use this tab to enable reception of sp ecific message classes from the SMS Cell Broadc ast service and to set the SMS received audio alarm to on or off. Select the radio bu ttons to activate the op tio ns .
Start Using GC79 Manager 19 Miscellaneous T ab Click the Miscellaneous tab. • Hide to tray when minimized If enabled, when the GC79 Manager is minimized, it remov es any window from the task bar , and only shows the sm all icon in the system tray . T o re-open the main window , do uble-click the t ray ic on , or se le ct open fro m the icon menu.
20 Start Us ing GC 79 Manage r • Show menu item for Modem Soft ware Update If this option is check ed, a File Modem Software Update... menu item is enabled. Selecting this menu comman d prepares the GC79 PC card to receive a sof tware update from the Sony Ericsson Update Service.
Create a GPRS, HSCSD or CSD Connection 21 Create a GPRS, HSCSD or CSD Connection 1. Click or select Vi e w Connection Wizard . T he Connectio n W izard opens. 2. Select the radio button next to Crea te a new connection , enter a name, for example ‘My Connecti on’, clic k Next .
22 Create a GPRS, HSCSD or CSD Connection HSCSD or CSD Connection 9. Select CS D/HSCSD. Select you r service provider f rom the Choos e Network d rop down list.
Create a GPRS, HSCSD or CSD Connection 23 Not e: Some versi ons of W indows ® delibe rately ch ange th e number o f aste risks tha t represen t a passwo rd and pla ce as terisks i n the p assword fi eld when the pa ssword is blank in ord er to make the disp lay secu re.
24 Create a GPRS, HSCSD or CSD Connection Browse the Internet via a GSM/GPR S Connection You can connect to the In ternet using a CSD/HSCSD or GPRS connection : 1. Open your pref erred connection from the S tatus s creen. See Using yo ur Connection above for det ails on o pening a co nnection.
Create a Wirele ss LAN Con nection 25 Create a Wireless LAN Connec tion To create a connection to a wireless LAN access po int, follow the steps described below. Not e: For details of ho w to crea te an ad h oc grou p connec tion, s ee Setting up an Ad Hoc Gr oup Net wor k on page 30.
26 Create a Wireless LAN Connection 4. Click Add . The W ireless Network Properties screen is displayed. 5. T ype the network name in the Net work name (S SID) field. 6. Clear the This is a computer - to-computer (ad hoc) network; wireless a ccess points are not used check box .
Create a Wirele ss LAN Con nection 27 Not e: You do not n eed to select th e Ke y format or the Key l ength befo re typi ng the netw ork key. These set tings autom atically chang e to the ap propria te set ting as y ou typ e the netw ork key value. However , the key val ue yo u enter must b e the c orrect length .
28 Create a Wireless LAN Connection Vi ewing the S t at us of your Wirele ss Connection The quality of the connection (signal strength an d noise) of the particular network you are connected to is ind.
Create a Wirele ss LAN Con nection 29 Disabling the Radio To disable the GC79 wirele ss LAN radi o, right cli ck and select D isable Radio. To enable t he radio, righ t click and sel ect Enable Rad io. Alternativel y, use the Di sable/Enable button on the righ t hand s ide of the GC7 9 Manager St atus screen or the option in the File menu.
30 Advance d Wireless LAN Features Advance d Wireless LAN Fe atures Setting up an Ad Hoc Group Network In ad-hoc mo de, a peer-to-peer network is creat ed. An example migh t be ne tworking laptops i n a meeting room in order to share information. The network is set up at the start of the meetin g and disappears when the last laptop is shu t down.
Advanced Wirele ss LAN F eatures 31 15. Click Ad vanced select the app ropriate radio bu tton to specify the Networks the GC79 can access. Y ou can select either; Computer to computer (ad hoc) networks only or Any available network (access point preferr ed ) .
32 Advance d Wireless LAN Features After a while a new win dow should popup in PC2 s howing the hardrive o f PC1. It is al so listed with your Netw ork Drives. Tip: See your Window s docume ntatio n for further detail s on settin g up a network of Win dows PCs.
Advanced Wirele ss LAN F eatures 33 Bridge connections on W indows XP The network bridge all ows you to co nnect net work segment s by select ing the ap propriate net work connection an d bridgin g them toget her. The netw ork bri dge manages y our netw ork segments , and creates a single IP subnet for the entire networ k.
34 Advance d Wireless LAN Features Wireles s LAN Adapter Diagnostics You can run a n umber of diagn ostics on your GC79 wireless LAN adap ter to verify its o perational and fu ncti onal st atus . Not e: Your netwo rk connec tion is lost whe n you run the di agnostic s.
GC79 Ma nager Statu s Scre en 35 GC79 Mana ger S t atus Screen The Status S creen is dis played when GC79 Manage r opens . You can also open the Status screen by cl ic king or sel ecti ng View Sta tus . The Status screen shows inf ormation about y our GSM and wirel ess LAN network con nections.
36 GC79 Ma nager Statu s Screen When a connection is establish ed, the connection statistics (dur ation, bytes transmitted, bytes received) are displaye d and updated at regular intervals. Not e: Statistics display is not s upport ed on W indow 9 8(SE) or Me pl atforms .
GC79 Manager Telephony Settings Screen 37 GC79 Ma nager T eleph ony S ettings Sc reen The Telephony Settings screen allo ws you view and change the GSM and wireless LAN s ettings of the GC79. The functions of the Teleph ony Settings sc reen ar e very s imilar to the settings that yo u have access to via a mob ile phone’s display.
38 GC79 Manager Tele phony Settings Scr een Phone Numbers My numbers You can list al l your own numbers here. The n u mbers are fo r personal reference only and have no operational eff ect on the GC79. V oice line 1 and 2: The voice number or numbers issued with your SIM card that you us e for normal v oice calls.
GC79 Manager Telephony Settings Screen 39 T o Change the Phone Lock code: 1. Click . 2. The Change the Phone Lock Code dialog opens. Mak e the required changes and click OK . 3. Click Ap ply when you hav e finished, t o transfer the changes back to your GC79.
40 GC79 Manager Tele phony Settings Scr een • Forbidden n etworks, y ou can’ t use t hese networ ks except for emer gency calls. If your home network and a forbidd en network co me to an ag reement that allows you to use the forb idden network, you can select this network even th ough it is forbidden.
GC79 Manager Telephony Settings Screen 41 Frequency Band GSM operates in a number o f different f requency bands. 900 and 18 00 MHz are us ed in Europe, Asia, Australasia and Africa, wh ilst the 1900 MHz ban d is used in North and South Amer ica.
42 GC79 Manager Tele phony Settings Scr een Selecting a call div ert setting: 1. T o obtain yo ur current call diver t settings from th e network, cl ick Ret rieve . 2. Make your changes and s elect in w hich sit uation yo u want to divert yo ur incomi ng calls.
GC79 Manager Telephony Settings Screen 43 Selecting a dat a divert setting: 1. T o obtain yo ur current data divert settings from the n etwork, click Retrieve . 2. Select Always if you want to divert all the incoming calls to a specific phon e number .
44 GC79 Manager Phone Book Screen GC79 Ma nager Phone Book Screen The GC79 Manager Ph one Boo k screen hel ps you to organi ze your GC 79’s SI M Phon e Book. The Phone Book Sc reen A SIM Phone Book can easily become disorgan ised; you can u se the Phone Book screen to manage your SIM Pho ne Book ent ries.
GC79 Manager Pho ne Book Screen 45 Phone Book Functionality T o Add a Number: 1. Select Add new in t he Phone Bo ok menu or click on th e toolbar or key Ctrl and N . 2. The New Phone B ook Ent r y dialog op ens. 3. Enter the name an d phon e number . 4.
46 GC79 Manager Phone Book Screen T o Move an Entry: 1. Select an entry . 2. Select Move T o in the Phon e Book m enu. The Move T o option is followed by the name of the Phone Boo k you haven ’t s elected the entry from . 3. The entry is mov ed from its current Phone B ook and placed in the selected one.
GC79 Manager Pho ne Book Screen 47 Not e: The file w ill be s aved as a text file in comma se parated value (CSV) forma t. 6. Click OK in the browse dialog. The path and file name are displayed in the Export File Name field. 7. Click Export to comp lete the procedure.
48 GC79 Manag er SM S Mess ages Sc reen GC79 Manag er SMS Messages Scr een The GC79 Manager ’s SMS Messages screen enables yo u to view, compose, edit, save, copy, delete, reply or f orward SMS messages from your GC79 to o ther mobi le devi ces.
GC79 Man ager S MS Me ssages S creen 4 9 Each time the SMS Messages screen receives a ne w SMS message from the SIM it check s the status of the SIM Inbo x. If the SIM I nbox is fu ll, a SIM Fu ll icon is displaye d in the lef t pane of the screen , see SIM Inbox is Full: on page 51.
50 GC79 Manag er SM S Mess ages Sc reen Reply to an SM S: 1. Select the folder where the mes sage is located. 2. From the list, select the message you wan t to reply to. The conten ts of the message are d isplayed in the information view . 3. Select Reply in the Messages menu.
GC79 Man ager S MS Me ssages S creen 5 1 Moving SMS: 1. Select the folder where the mess age you want to move is located. 2. From the list, select the mes sage. The co ntents of the message are displayed in th e information view . 3. Click Move to Sa ved Me ssag es from the Messages menu.
52 GC79 Manager On line Service s Screen GC79 Man ager Online Services Screen Online Services is a cust omis ed service offered by a n etwork oper ators. Th is service is network o r subscription dependant. The Online Services screen provides a mech anism that allows applicatio ns that exist on the SIM to in teract and operate wi th the GC79.
Troubleshooting 53 T roubleshoo ting This chapter l ists s ome problem s that you mi ght encou nter while us ing you r GC79. Some pr oblem s require you t o contact y our ser vice provid er, but mos t of the p roblems you can easil y correct yourself.
54 Troubleshoot ing GSM/GPRS Error Me ssages General SIM Card Error s Wireles s LAN Error Message s Modem not responding.... Error Check tha t the radi o is turned on. Dial-Up fails T ry to co nnect agai n. Wrong PIN/ Wrong PIN2 Y ou h ave entered your PIN or P IN2 incorrectly .
Troubleshooting 55 Wireles s LAN Performance and Connectiv ity Problems Data transfer is sometimes ver y slow Microwave oven s and some cord less ph ones operat e at the same radio frequency as the GC 79 wireless LAN adapter. W hen the microwave oven o r cordless phone is in use, it interferes with the wirele ss networ k.
56 Troubleshoot ing Windows Error Codes Windo ws ® 98 Error 619: The port is disconnected during dial-up An ISD N mode (V 1 10 or V120) ha s been sele cted wh en creat ing a connectio n, but i s not supported by th e network. Select A nalogue m ode whe n creati ng the c onnecti on in the Connection Wiza rd .
Troubleshooting 57 Windo ws ® 2000 All Windows ® Operating S ystems Error 619: The port is disconnected during dial-up An ISD N mode (V 1 10 or V120) ha s been sele cted wh en creat ing a connectio n, but i s not supported by th e network. Select A nalogue m ode whe n creati ng the c onnecti on in the Connection Wiza rd .
58 Troubleshoot ing Connection Failed or Activati on Faile d. Please contact your Se rvice Provi der . No specif ic rea son for f ailure i s availabl e. Wait a few minutes and try a gain. I f you c ontinu e to get this erro r check y our c onnectio n setti ngs or ca ll yo ur se rvice p rovider for help.
Troubleshooting 59 Connectio n Failed . Plea se try again. If the problem continu es please contact your Service Prov ider . Y ou c ouldn’t conne ct to th e network . W ait a fe w minute s and try again. If the prob lem pe rsists contact y our se rvice provid er .
60 Additional Information Additi onal I nformati on Sony Ericsson Support W e b Site At www.SonyEr icsso n.com/suppo rt you c an find hel p and t ips i n a fe w cli cks .
Additional Information 61 The GC79 may af fect the operation of some implanted cardi ac pacemakers and other medically implanted equipment. Pacemak er patients sho uld be aware that the us e of a GC79 very clo se to a pacemaker might cause the device to malfuncti on.
62 Additional Information SAR data information for residents in countrie s that have adopt ed the SA R limit r ecommended by the Internat ional Commission on Non-I onizing Radiatio n Protecti on (ICNIRP ), whic h is 2 W/kg average over ten (10) grams of tissue (for exampl e Eur opean Union, J apan, Brazil and New Zealand ).
Additional Information 63 T echnical S pecifica tions Exte rior Desc ription Ambient T emper atures El ectr ical Char act er ist ics Product name GC79 PC Card T ype 32-bit Card bus Syst em WLAN 2.4G Hz ISM ba nd E-GSM 900 GSM 1800 GSM 1900 Services su pported WLAN : 802.
64 Additional Information Opera ting System Support Supplied Sof tware (on CD-ROM ) GSM Pe rformanc e and tec hnical c hara cteri stics Supported Operating Syst ems Microsoft Window s 98 SE Micros.
Additional Information 65 GSM Featur es Supported CSD technical data HSCSD Maxi mum Data Rates (kbp s) The speeds g iven are max imums, Sony Eri csson can not guar antee how fas t your net work will operate. Rece iver RF Level -102 dB m -10 2 dBm -102 dBm Rece iver RX B it Error R ate <= 10 -4 (S tatic Ch.
66 Additional Information GPRS technical dat a GPRS Spec ification SMG SMG3 1bis Dat a Rate s Multislot class 10 suppo rted (s ee table be low) Coding sc hemes: CS -1, CS-2, CS -3 and CS -4 Mode of Op.
Additional Information 67 GPRS Maximum Data Rates Speed achiev ed depend s on the Co ding Sch eme supp orted by t he GSM Netw ork. The speed s give n are maximums, Sony Ericsson cannot guarantee how fast your network will operate. At the time of writing, CS-2 is the most commonly used coding s cheme.
68 Additional Information Sof twa re Upgrade Fax T ech nical Data WLAN T echnica l Data Radio power output PC Ca rd software upgrade Via secure internet downlo ad (Sony Ericss on Upda te Ser vice ) or at a Sony Eri csson Se rvic e Poi nt s. PC GC79 Manager Internet d ownload.
Additional Information 69 Supported Lan guages Quick Start Guide PC Sof twa re User ’ s Guide (P DF) Engl is h (EN ) Danish (D A) Dutch (NL) Finnish ( FI) French (FR) Germ an (D E) Italian (IT) Norw.
70 Additional Information License Agreeme nt License Any use of t he enclosed c ompact di sc, disk ette or any o ther me dia includi ng upgrades thereof (“the Software”) shall be in accordance with the below stated license terms and conditions.
Additional Information 71 Except for the above expr ess limited w arranties, V endor and its su ppliers do not provide nor do you receive any warranties or conditions whether express, implied, statuto.
72 Additional Information Declaration of Conformity We, Sony Ericsson Mo bile Communi cations AB of Nya Vattent ornet S-221 88 Lund, Sweden declare under our sole res ponsibility that our pr oduct, So.
Additional Information 73 FCC S t atement Before a modem is available for sale to the public, it must be tested and certified to the FCC that it does not exceed the limit established by the g ove rnment- adopted req uirement for saf e exposure. The tests are per formed in pos itions and locations as required by the FCC for each m odel.
74 Appendix A - GSM Conne ction Parame ters Appendix A - GSM C onnection Parameter s General Connec tion Paramete rs for CSD/HSCSD and GPRS Required Usef ul information T elephone number or Access Point Name (APN) Number you need to dia l to rea ch your s ervice p rovide r .
Appendix A - GSM Connection Pa rameters 75 CSD/HSCSD Specific Parameters * Only avail able with I SDN V.110 or V.120 connect ion mode. Required Usef ul information Preferred Connection Spee d (bi ts/s.
76 Appendix B - Windows Log on using a GSM /GPRS Dial-up Connection Append ix B - Windows Log on us ing a GSM/ GPRS Dial-up Connectio n The GC79 PC Card s upports the Windo ws Log on using di al-up conn ectio n feature.
Appendix C - Changing the GC79 Wireless LAN Adapter Prope rties 7 7 Append ix C - Changi ng the GC7 9 Wireless LA N Adapter Properties 1. Click th e St art but ton. 2. Select Setting s Control Panel . 3. Click System . 4. Select the Hardwar e tab. 5. Select Device Manager Netwo rk ad apte rs 802.
78 Appendix C - Changing the GC79 Wireless LAN Adapter Pr operties Power Save Mode This is used to p ut the GC79 -enabled computer into th e IEEE 802 .1 1 Power Sa ve mod e. In Pow er Save mod e, the ra dio i s period ically powered down to conserv e power .
Appendix D- Initiating a HSCSD Connection from Outside the GC79 Manager 79 Append ix D- Initi ating a HSCSD Connecti on from Out side the GC79 Manager The HSCSD speed is normally entered in the GC79 Manager Connection Wizard. The specified speed is requested when the Connect button is presse d in the St atus scr een of the GC 79 Manager.
80 Appendix D- Initiating a HSC SD Connection from Outside the G C79 Manager The table below shows the AT Commands f or each speed and bearer: Not e: Speeds rel ate to th e receiv e (downl ink) spee d. When connec ted at 4 3.2 or 57.6 , uplink (tra nsmi t) speed w ill be 1 4.
Glossar y 81 Glossary 802.11 A standard d eveloped by the IEEE. The 80 2 family of standards relates to local and wide area network s. 802.11 refers to WLAN standards. 802.11b The IEEE stand ard relating to WLAN op erating at 2.4G Hz an d ha ving a max imum spe ed of 11Mb ps.
82 Glos sary GSM 900 The GSM system family i ncludes GSM 900, GS M 1800 and GSM 1900 . There are d ifferent ph ases of roll-ou t for the GSM system and GSM phones are either phase 1 or phase 2 compliant. GSM 180 0 Also k nown as DCS 180 0 or PCN, thi s is a GSM di gital network workin g on a frequ ency of 1800 MHz.
Glossar y 83 PDP Packet Data Protocol. Phone book A memory in the SIM card where p hone numbers can be stored and accessed by name or position. PSTN Public Switched Telephone Net work, fo r example ordinary analo gue phone lin e for speech and/o r computer modem.
84 Glos sary WEP Wired Equivalent Privacy. An encryption service built in tot many 802.1 1 product s intended to make the connection secure. WiFi Wirele ss Fideli ty. The pop ular name f or 802. 11 technologies that have pass ed WiFi Certification Testing, for which WECA is responsi ble.
Ind ex 85 Index A Ad hoc group netwo rk 30 C Circuit Switched Data (CSD ) 8 Connect ion details 36 Connectio n setup CSD 22 GPRS 21 HSCSD 22 Wirel ess LAN 2 5 Connectio n to a wirel ess LAN 2 7 CSD co.
86 Index System requirements GSM network and subs cription 8 Hardware 9 Software 9 Wireless LAN connection 8 T T echnical su pport 9, 60 T eleph ony Set tings Divert Calls 41 Locks 38 Netw or ks 39 Ph.
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