Franklin Technology C Spire User manual

C Spire
4G LTE Mobile Hotspot
User Guide

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Table of Contents
Table of Contents...........................................................................................................................i
Get Started................................................................................................................................. 1
Your 4G LTE Mobile Hotspot at a Glance................................................................................ 2
Insert Your 4G LTE SIM Card................................................................................................ 3
Insert and Charge Your battery............................................................................................... 4
Power Your 4G LTE Mobile Hotspot On and Off..................................................................... 6
Activate Your 4G LTE Mobile Hotspot.................................................................................... 6
C Spire Account Information and Help.................................................................................... 6
C Spire Account Passwords.................................................................................................... 6
Manage Your Account........................................................................................................... 7
Using Your 4G LTE Mobile Hotspot............................................................................................ 8
Connecting to Your 4G LTE Mobile Hotspot............................................................................ 8
Opening the 4G LTE Mobile Hotspot Web Browser Interface................................................... 9
4G LTE Mobile Hotspot User Interface.................................................................................... 9
Graphic Color LCD & Icons................................................................................................... 9
Buttons ................................................................................................................................ 9
4G LTE Mobile Hotspot UI Operation....................................................................................10
Your 4G LTE Mobile Hotspot Web Browser Interface................................................................14
Browser Interface...................................................................................................................14
Opening the Browser Interface ...............................................................................................14
Landing Page.........................................................................................................................14
Connecting to the Network .....................................................................................................16
Navigating Web UI menu .......................................................................................................16
Device & Network Menu ........................................................................................................16
General Device and Network Information ...........................................................................17
4G LTE Device and Network Information ..........................................................................18
3G Device and Network Information ..................................................................................19
Check Usage Menu.................................................................................................................20
Wi-Fi Menu ...........................................................................................................................21

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Wi-Fi Profile.......................................................................................................................21
Connected Devices..............................................................................................................22
Settings Menu ........................................................................................................................24
Connection Options ............................................................................................................24
Network Setting..................................................................................................................25
Security Setting ..................................................................................................................27
VPN Passthrough ...............................................................................................................28
GPS Settings.......................................................................................................................28
Advanced Settings ..............................................................................................................30
General Settings .................................................................................................................30
Updates..............................................................................................................................32
Help Menu.............................................................................................................................36
About.................................................................................................................................36
User Guide .........................................................................................................................37
Regulatory Information................................................................................................................38
Appendix 1: Glossary ..................................................................................................................41

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Get Started
Congratulations on your purchase of the C Spire 4G LTE Mobile Hotspot. This section gives you
all the information you need to set up your device and service the first time.
With the C Spire 4G LTE Mobile Hotspot, you can access the C Spire 4G LTE network, the
nation’s only personalized 4G LTE network. The built-in Wi-Fi tethering function allows you to share up
to 10 times faster than 3G connection with other Wi-Fi equipped devices such as laptops, tablets, smart
phones, and more.
C Spire 4G LTE Mobile Hotspot Features
Connect to the C Spire 4G LTE high-speed wireless data with fall-back to 3G CDMA
service when necessary
Easy-to-use Web User Interface
Graphic Color LCD User Interface
Data Usage display
Alert message (SMS)
This section contains information on getting started:
Your 4G LTE Mobile Hotspot at a Glance
Insert Your 4G LTE SIM Card
Insert and Charge Your Battery
Power Your 4G LTE Mobile Hotspot On/Off
Activate Your 4G LTE Mobile Hotspot
Account Information and Help

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Your 4G LTE Mobile Hotspot at a Glance
The C Spire 4G LTE Mobile Hotspot package includes:
The 4G LTE Mobile Hotspot Components:
Components
Functions
Description
4G LTE Mobile Hotspot
Quick Start Guide
Battery Pack
Travel Charger
USB Cable
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Pouch
Pouch

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①Color LCD display
6 icons /
4 display lines for
alphanumeric character
display
The display has (6) icons on the top, including signal strength,
4G/3G service indicator, alert message, GPS, connected
devices, and battery status. Under the icon line, the display
has a display area for (4) lines of alphanumeric character
display. To save power, the display automatically turns off in
10 seconds unless any function key is pressed by users.
②Charging status
LED
Red/Green
When the battery is being charged, the LED illuminates a red
light. When the battery is fully charged, the LED color
changes to green.
③Micro USB
Connector
Charging
Connect the charger cable to the micro USB port to charge the
battery.
④Alert / Clear Button
Press once
Press & Hold
Press once to display alert messages. Press and hold the
button to delete the message displayed.
⑤Information Button
Press once
Press & Hold
Press once to display data usage information. Press and hold
to reset the data usage information. Press short again to
display SSID. Press short again to display Wi-Fi security key.
⑥Power Button
Press & Hold
Press and hold the button to turn on or to turn off your 4G
LTE Mobile Hotspot
Insert Your 4G LTE SIM Card
Please ensure that the C Spire 4G LTE SIM card has been inserted prior to use.
1. Lift and open the battery cover.
2. Insert the SIM card as shown in the picture below.
Button/Connector
Description
①SIM card slot
The 4G LTE SIM card is installed here.
②Battery compartment
The battery is installed in the compartment.
③Master reset button
Insert a paper clip into the hole and press and hold to reset the device to factory
settings.
④Battery removal divot
Lift the battery cover here

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Insert and Charge Your battery
To insert and charge the battery, follow the below steps.
1. Lift and open the battery cover.
2. When inserting the battery, align the battery contacts with the contacts in the battery compartment
and slide the battery into the battery compartment.
3. Replace the cover, and press the four sides of the battery cover until it clicks into each notch.

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4. Connect the one end of the USB cable to the travel charger and also connect the other end of the USB
cable to the micro USB port on the bottom side of your 4G LTE Mobile Hotspot.
5. Plug the travel charger into the appropriate electrical outlet to charge the battery. The charging status
LED will be lit red while charging the battery. The LED color will change to green when the battery
is fully charged.
Note: Before you use the device, be sure to charge the battery fully until the charging status LED turns
green.
Important: Only use the batteries and the chargers that have been approved by C Spire. The warranty
is not valid with any damage caused by other batteries and chargers.

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Power Your 4G LTE Mobile Hotspot On and Off
Press and hold the Power Button ( ) on the side of your 4G LTE Mobile Hotspot until the LCD turns
on and displays the C Spire power-on animation.
To turn off the device, press and hold the Power Button ( ) again until the LCD starts to display the C
Spire power-off animation.
Activate Your 4G LTE Mobile Hotspot
●When you receive 4G LTE Mobile Hotspot, it may or may not be activated and ready to use. If
you purchased your 4G LTE Mobile Hotspot at a C Spire store, it is probably activated and ready
to use.
●If you received your 4G LTE Mobile Hotspot in the mail and it is for a new service account or a
new line of service, it is designed to activate automatically. Just insert the C Spire 4G LTE SIM
card into the SIM slot beneath the battery.
●If you received your 4G LTE Mobile Hotspot in the mail and you are activating a new 4G LTE
Mobile Hotspot for an existing number on your account (you’re swapping devices), simply
remove the SIM card from the old device and insert it into the SIM slot on the new 4G LTE
Mobile Hotspot.
Note: If you are having any difficulty with activation, contact C Spire Customer Service by calling
1-855-CSPIRE5 (277-4735) from any phone.
C Spire Account Information and Help
C Spire Account Passwords
As a C Spire customer, you enjoy unlimited access to your personal account information and your data
services account. To ensure that no one else has access to your information, you will need to create
passwords to protect your privacy.
Account User Name and Password
If you are the account owner, you will create an account user name and password when you sign
on to cspire.com. (Click My Account to get started.)

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Manage Your Account
Manage your C Spire account from your computer or any phone.
Online: cspire.com
●Access your account information.
●Check your data usage.
●View and pay your bill.
●Enroll in C Spire online billing and automatic payment.
●Purchase accessories.
●Shop for the latest C Spire phones and devices.
●View available C Spire service plans and options.
From Any Phone
●C Spire Customer Service: 1-855-CSPIRE5 (277-4735).

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Using Your 4G LTE Mobile Hotspot
This section contains information on your device’s connection and LCD user interface.
Connecting to Your 4G LTE Mobile Hotspot
Opening the 4G LTE Mobile Hotspot Web Browser Interface
4G LTE Mobile Hotspot User Interface
4G LTE Mobile Hotspot UI Operation
Connecting to Your 4G LTE Mobile Hotspot
Now, you’re ready to connect your computer or other Wi-Fi capable devices to your 4G LTE Mobile
Hotspot using a Wi-Fi connection.
1. Power on your computer, tablet or Wi-Fi device and power on your 4G LTE Mobile Hotspot.
The C Spire power-on animation will appear on your 4G LTE Mobile Hotspot LCD window. After
displaying the C Spire power-on animation, your 4G LTE Mobile Hotspot will search for available
4G LTE or 3G services. The LCD window will display messages and service icons when connected
to 4G LTE or 3G networks. Your 4G LTE Mobile Hotspot will broadcast a Wi-Fi network signal.
2. Use the Wi-Fi manager (Windows) or the AirPort menu bar (Mac OS) to connect to the Wi-Fi signal
from your 4G LTE Mobile Hotspot.
Note: Methods connecting your device to a Wi-Fi network may vary depending on your computer and
its operation system. For Windows, select ―View Available Wireless Network‖ on the notification area.
For Mac OS, select the AirPort icon located on the menu bar. If you have any problems in setting up your
Wi-Fi connection to your computer, please refer to the computer help documentation.
3. Select the Wi-Fi signal named ―C Spire 4G LTE Hotspot XXXX‖ where XXXX is the last four digits
of Wi-Fi MAC ID of the device.
4. Once you are connected to the Wi-Fi network, your 4G LTE Mobile Hotspot is connected to the
internet.
Important: Your Wi-Fi Password is NOT pre-configured. Upon your first connection to the Wi-Fi
network from your 4G LTE Mobile Hotspot, immediately change the Wi-Fi security settings to secure
your connection security.
1. Type http://192.168.10.1 or http://cspire-admin into the address window and press Enter.
2. See ―the Wi-Fi menu‖ on the page 21 of this manual for more information.

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Opening the 4G LTE Mobile Hotspot Web Browser
Interface
To use the Web browser interface, open the Web browser on your computer, tablet or Wi-Fi device and
type http://cspire-admin or http://192.168.10.1 into the web browser address window and press Enter or
Return.
Go to ―Your 4G LTE Mobile Hotspot Web Browser Interface‖ on the page 14 to see details of Web
Browser Interface features.
4G LTE Mobile Hotspot User Interface
Your 4G LTE Mobile Hotspot has a graphic color LCD window and three functional buttons for user
interaction. The LCD window displays various icons and text messages to show device status. The three
functional buttons allow you to control the device functions and messages displayed on the LCD window.
Graphic Color LCD & Icons
The LCD window can display 6 different icons and 4 lines of text messages.
Buttons
Your 4G LTE Mobile Hotspot has three buttons located on the right upper side of the device.
Icons
Name
Description
Battery
The longer green bar inside the battery outline indicates more
battery power remaining. When the remaining battery power
becomes very low, the battery outline will blink and a warning
message will display.
Connected
Device
When multiple Wi-Fi devices are connected to the device, the
number of connected devices is displayed next to the connected
device icon.
Alert /
Message
The alert message icon will display when there are messages from
the network or alert messages from the 4G LTE Mobile Hotspot.
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4G LTE
/3G
A 4G or 3G icon displays according to the network your 4G LTE
Mobile Hotspot is connected to.
GPS
This icon appears when the GPS is enabled.
Buttons
Names
Description
Alert / Message
Displays or controls messages that are received
or self-generated.

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4G LTE Mobile Hotspot UI Operation
The LCD window and buttons provide you with your 4G LTE Mobile Hotspot network service status and
other important information.
Device States
Buttons
Icons / Text
Description
Power on
Press and hold
button for 2
seconds
The C Spire animation logo plays. Your 4G LTE
Mobile Hotspot starts searching for available
networks.
Power off
Press and hold
button for 2
seconds
The C Spire power off animation displays. Your 4G
LTE Mobile Hotspot powers off.
No 4G LTE
SIM card or
SIM card error
No 4G LTE SIM
card found
A 4G LTE SIM card is either missing or there was an
error reading the SIM card. Insert or replace the 4G
LTE SIM card
Information Display
Checks wireless data usage and to reset the data
usage information. Displays SSID and Wi-Fi
Security key.
Power
Powers the device on/off.

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Account
Activation
Your 4G LTE Mobile Hotspot is activating. The first
time you insert the 4G LTE SIM card, your $G LTE
Mobile Hotspot automatically activate your account.
Note: If you are having difficulty with activation,
contact C Spire Customer Service by calling 1-855-
CSPIRE5 (277-4735)
Searching for a
network signal
Searching for
network…
Your 4G LTE Mobile Hotspot is searching for
network service. Only the connected device and
battery icons appear.
Service status
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When a 4G LTE service is acquired, the signal
strength icon & 4G service icons will display. The
Date/Time/ Banner text also displays. The default
banner is C Spire. You can edit and personalize the
banner from the Web User Interface by going to:
Setting > Advanced Settings > General Settings >
Banner Setting.
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When 4G LTE is not available and 3G service is
acquired, the signal strength icon & 3G service
display. The Date/Time/Banner text also displays.
Data usage
display
Press
button once.
2.52 MB used
Since
09/07/2012
Press button once to display the data usage.
The ―xxxx MB used since [date]‖message appears for
10 seconds and returns to the main screen unless the
button is pressed again to return to the main
display.

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Data usage reset
Press and hold
button for 2
seconds.
Reset usage?
Yes: hold down
for 2 sec
No: press
While the data usage is displayed, press and hold
button for 2 seconds. A warning message will display,
press button once to keep current usage data and
to return to main display or press and hold button
for 2 seconds again to reset the data usage to zero.
Note: The usage data is measured by your 4G LTE
Mobile Hotspot for your reference only. C
Spire’s data usage accounting may slightly
differ.
SSID(Wi-Fi
network name)
& Wi-Fi
security key
display
Each time is pressed shortly, data usage, SSID,
Security key will display one by one.
While the data usage is displayed, press shortly
again. SSID (Wi-Fi network name) will display.
Press shortly again. Wi-Fi security key will
display.
Note: Wi-Fi Security Key is not set by default.
It’s recommended to use security key for
your connection secured.
Alert message
display
Press
button once.
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You have used
90 % of
wireless data
allowance until
June 30.
The message icon appears when your 4G LTE Mobile
Hotspot has an alert message or a network generated
messages (SMS). Press button once to display the
first message. Press button again to display the
next message. Each message has the header in the
form of [message no./ the total number of messages]
[received date & time]
Alert message
browsing
Press
button once
End of
Messages
Each time button is pressed, messages display one
by one in the order of occurrence or arrival. After
displaying the final message, ―End of Massage‖ is
displayed. Press button again to return to the main
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Alert message
delete
Press and hold
button for 2
seconds.
Delete msg?
Yes: hold down
for 2 sec
No: press
When a message is displayed, press and hold for 2
seconds to delete a message. Once the warning
message appears, press and hold button for 2
seconds again to confirm deletion or press button
once to revert deleting and move to the next message
or to the main screen.
Connected
device icon
display
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When there are multiple devices connected through
Wi-Fi to your 4G LTE Mobile Hotspot, the connected
device icon displays with the number of connected
devices.
Battery icon
display
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The green bar inside the battery outline indicates
battery power remaining on your 4G LTE Mobile
Hotspot. When the battery level is very low, the
battery outline blinks. Connect your 4G LTE Mobile
Hotspot to a charger immediately.

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Your 4G LTE Mobile Hotspot Web Browser
Interface
This section contains information on your device’s browser interface.
Browser Interface
Opening the Browser Interface
Landing Page
Connecting to the Network
Navigating Web UI Menu
Device and Network Menu
Check Usage Menu
Wi-Fi Menu
Setting Menu
Help Menu
Browser Interface
The Web browser interface is a Web-based connection manager for your device. It allows you to manage
and monitor the Internet connection between your computer and the C Spire network. It is equipped with
many useful features that will enhance your internet navigation experience through a user-friendly
interface.
Opening the Browser Interface
To use the Web browser interface, open the Web browser on your desktop and type http://cspire-admin or
http://192.168.10.1 into the address window and press Enter or Return.
Landing Page
The Web browser will open the main page for the 4G LTE Mobile Hotspot as shown below. From this
page, you can see and manage available network connections, see your current connection state, and see
signal strength at a glance. Detailed menus for status and settings are displayed across the top of the menu.

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The main menu appears down across the top of the browser interface and allows for ease of Web browser
interface navigation.
Information regarding your current network connection can be seen in the Network Connection Box
displayed down the left side of the main page. This box displays both 3G and 4G LTE service signals
which are available. The box has the following items:
Automatic connection mode and preferred service mode can be set from the ―Setting‖menu in the main
menu bar.
Service Type: Not Activated / 4G LTE Available / 4G LTE Network / 3G Available /
3G Network / Connecting
Signal Strength Bars: The more bars, the stronger is the service signal
Connection Time: Count starts when connected.
Connection button: Activate / Connect / Disconnect

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●Service Type: Displays the service type your 4G LTE Mobile Hotspot currently has acquired.
●Signal strength bar: Displays your current signal strength. Supports 0- 6 levels of signal strength.
●Connection time:Displays the time your 4G LTE Mobile Hotspot has been connected.
●Connection button:Connects/Disconnects you to/from an available network.
The following table provides your 4G LTE Mobile Hotspot status and connection button descriptions.
Status
Connection Button
says
Description
“Disconnected”
Connect
Radio power is on and your 4G LTE Mobile Hotspot is
disconnected.
Ready to connect.
“Connected”
Disconnect
Your 4G LTE Mobile Hotspot is connected and available
to disconnect the connection.
“Not Activated”
Activate
Activation is required.
Connecting to the Network
Once your 4G LTE Mobile Hotspot is properly configured, connecting to the Internet is as simple as
clicking Connect. Once connected, Connect will now display Disconnect. Simply click Disconnect to
end your current connection. To connect to any other network shown, select it, and then click Connect.
Note: You device is set to automatically connect upon power on. Use Connect / Disconnect button only when you
want to manually control network connection. You can change Auto Connection setting from ―Settings‖menu.
Navigating Web UI menu
The main menu appears down across the top of the browser interface. Simply click the menu in the main
menu bar. The screen will display sub menus under each main menu item.
Click to open sub menu items. Click to close the sub menu items.
Device & Network Menu
The Device & Network menu allows you to view information about your device and network status.

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General Device and Network Information
General Device
●Device Name –name of the device
●Device Description –description of the device
●Manufacturer –manufacturer of the device
●Modem Model –model name of the device
●Hardware Version –hardware version
●Firmware Version –current firmware version
●IMEI –International Mobile Equipment Identity