Aquatrac Wireless Communications With EvDO

Activating the EvDO Data Card

Abstract

Regardless of the data card that you are using, all data cards will need to be activated before you install it in the router. The activation process can be narrowed down to two different methods:

Activated by the vendor who sold you the data card
Activated by you using software that came with the data card

The purpose of this document is to inform you on the two different activation methods and what you must do in order to start using the data card with the router and Aquatrac controller.

Activation By Vendor

If the data card has been activated by the vendor, there is nothing you need to do to the data card. You can simply install the data card into the EvDO router.

Manual Activation

NOTE: To manually activate your data card, you will need to plug it into your computer. Therefore, your computer must have the correct port that supports the data card. For example: The Merlin EX720 is an Express Card form factor, therefore your computer must have an Express Card port.

If your data card has not been activated, you will need to activate it using the software that came with your data card.

Regardless of the data card model, the manual activation process is usually done in the following steps:

Install the software that came with your data card (usually on a CD) onto your computer
After the software is installed, insert your data card into the data card port located on your computer.
Open/run the data card software, then follow the onscreen instructions to start the activation process
After the initialization process is complete, you can insert the data card into the EvDO router