Hardware/ Software:
Verizon UMW190 USB Cellular Modem with a fixed IP address
VZ Access Manager 7.2.12 (2503b)
PC running Windows 7 located at a remote, uninhabited location. No human operator is available at the remote site. The cellular modem is the only link to the outside world.
Here is what is happening:
VZAccess Manager periodically tries to perform a “Location Update” (even when this feature is disabled) which REQUIRES a keystroke or mouse click on an “OK” pop-up to execute the update. However, since it is a remote computer, there is no way to click on “OK” to authorize the update. To make matters even worse, while VZAccess Manager is waiting for the “user” to click on “OK”, the cellular link is “disconnected”, which prohibits you from using a program such as PC Anywhere to remotely access the PC via the cellular link.
The need for a keystroke or mouse click to “authorize” the update is quite frankly; crazy, as it renders a PC using a cellular modem USELESS in remote applications. Is there some way to configure VZAccess Manager to automatically update WITHOUT the need for a keystroke or mouse click to execute the update? (Checked the box to disable location update, but VZAccess Manager will eventually try to update, regardless of the setting.)
If not, It would be a really helpful if VZAccess Manager did not “disconnect” the cellular link while waiting for the user to authorize an update—as the cellular link is likely the only communications link to a remote PC. If the cellular link were to remain “connected” you could at least use a program like PC anywhere to authorize the update.
Any thought on a solution?
