New 3G device manager for Linux!

[pmarti]

Hi everybody,

Vodafone Spain has funded Warp Networks to develop a 3G device manager for Linux. After trying this app I'm sure that y'all will forget about minicom, pppd, wvdial and the usual suspects.

The application is coded in Python+GTK, and originally appeared first on Guadalinex v4 a Linux distribution sponsored by La Junta de Andalucia and developed by Emergya. The software also has been tested on the following distros:

- Ubuntu Edgy+/Ubuntu Feisty
- Fedora Core 6 & FC 7 Beta 3
- SLED 10 & OpenSUSE 10.2

and with the following devices:
- Huawei E620
- Huawei E220
- Option's GlobeTrotter 3G+ EMEA

Vodafone Mobile Connect Card driver for Linux can be found at:

https://forge.vodafonebetavine.net/p...dafonemobilec/

Amongst its features:
- Data calls handling (using wvdial under the hood)
- Send and receive SMS (7bit & UCS2 support)
- Contact management

Enjoy!
Pablo

[vip]

This is excellent, Its something that many Linux users have been waiting for.
If anyone tests this please post comments and bugs here. I'm sure the Vodacom Reps will feed the information back to Vodafone.

[ic]

thanks pmarti .

[pmarti]

This is excellent, Its something that many Linux users have been waiting for.
If anyone tests this please post comments and bugs here. I'm sure the Vodacom Reps will feed the information back to Vodafone.

Well, it should work with the mentioned distros/devices, although the default configuration is for Spain, you can change all the necessary parameters in the Tools -> Preferences menu in the connection tab.

[pmarti]

http://people.warp.es/~pmarti/vmccdfl-screenshots/

[tibby.dude]

Awesome.

[redarrow]

It's GPL'ed as well! I'm impressed.

Well, I've got it installed on my Fedora Core 6 system..
It picked up my E220 automatically no probs.. Can send and recieve sms's!

It just doesn't seem able to connect? Even though I set the parameters up?
Perhaps this is because I still have my original wvdial.conf files..

I'll see if I can figure it out..


Thanks pmarti! This is good stuff!

[AirWolf]

Hi

I downloaded the one with the .deb extension - I'm using Ubuntu Linux.

When I double click the file, the package installer come up with the following error message:

Error: Dependency is not satisfiable: python-central

Any ideas, anyone?

[tibby.dude]

Do you have Python installed ???.

[AirWolf]

Do you have Python installed ???.

Not that I know of A link please?

[footj]

Apparently odacon SA has had MAJOR DNS problems over the weekend. So if connections seem impossible, this may be the cause. Even on windows, this has been problematic. Also, it is best to swop the sim for a 64 k version rather than the old 32k sim. This has re-established my connection. Am downloading the link & will try. Have been sukkeling for 5 solid days now (all of the long weekend).

[AirWolf]

Do you have Python installed ???.

I've done all the updates for python but I'm still getting the same error

[footj]

Thanks sky. So I am not alone. I just noted on the release notes that one shoud heed : In Debian/Ubuntu with a simple "dpkg -i vodafone*.deb" you are set. Next time I will try this. As a novice, I am battling. Tx anyway, it gives me hope. The only reason I am sticking to this is that I am sick of paying BG fees for lesser functionality. But I am determined (about six monts ago I started on this project).

[pmarti]

Well, I've got it installed on my Fedora Core 6 system..
It picked up my E220 automatically no probs.. Can send and recieve sms's!

It just doesn't seem able to connect? Even though I set the parameters up?
Perhaps this is because I still have my original wvdial.conf files..

I'll see if I can figure it out..

Thanks pmarti! This is good stuff!

Np man

Your old wvdial.conf doesn't affects VMCCdfL, if you want to customize the file you can find it at /usr/share/vodafone-mobile-connect-card-driver-for-linux/resources/templates/wvdial.conf.tpl

as you can see, there is only one section, called "connect" feel free to modify it.

Hope this helps,
Pablo

[pmarti]

Hi

I downloaded the one with the .deb extension - I'm using Ubuntu Linux.

When I double click the file, the package installer come up with the following error message:


Any ideas, anyone?

what version of Ubuntu are you running? This software has been tested on Edgy and Feisty. If you can't satisfy the python-central dependency, then don't worry, as that dependency only exists for packaging in debian/Ubuntu. Download the .tar.bz2 version and install it with a "sudo python setup.py install" inside the root package.

Pablo