The WAVECOM Server and the WAVECOM Server Control applications are used to setup and monitor the connections between decoder cards (clients) and the server. The server is responsible for managing the decoders connected to the computer as well as all the connections made to that decoder. The WAVECOM Server is started by the GUI for a local connection (GUI and card on the same machine). By default the server is started as a Windows service, as opposed to a process.