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[Tazz_Tux]

Did you send those commands to the first port ?

As for the linksys stuff - don't waste your time - it doesn't include the Vodacom/Vodafone stuff

Hey tux,

Ok ... using the 3rd serial port of the Huawei card you can get status updates regarding the connection.

I see 4 updates sent...

^RSSI:n <= appears to be the receive signal strength, what n means i'm not sure
^DSFLOWRPT:n,n,n,n,n,n,n <= no clue what this is
^BOOT:n,n,n,n,n <= no clue what this is
^MODE:n,n <= here i get 5,4 or 5,5 ..... the light changes from blue to bluegreen respectively. This may be the technology being used indicator?

The commands... both return errors.
GPRS Only - AT^SYSCFG=13,1,3FFFFFFF,2,4
3G Only - AT^SYSCFG=14,1,3FFFFFFF,2,4

I'm going to hack around with the Linksys code and see what the exact command is it issues to the card to change modes.



-WP

 

[WildPikachu]

Did you send those commands to the first port ?

As for the linksys stuff - don't waste your time - it doesn't include the Vodacom/Vodafone stuff

Yep, to the first port before the cgdcont command.

Appears the huawei e620 tries for the highest possible speed automagically depending on if its supported.

The linksys source has got a command to stick the huawei into gprs only mode, it looked like a ^SYSINFO command or something .... must just decipher it, appears to be enclosed in a if/for/while/do loop of sorts.


check in WRT54G3G-ST_v2.00.4_0809_US/release/src/router/pcmcia-cs-3.2.8/etc/huawei_gprs_net

 

[Tazz_Tux]

hhhmmmm - mine didn't have that - time to re-extract....

Yep, to the first port before the cgdcont command.

Appears the huawei e620 tries for the highest possible speed automagically depending on if its supported.

The linksys source has got a command to stick the huawei into gprs only mode, it looked like a ^SYSINFO command or something .... must just decipher it, appears to be enclosed in a if/for/while/do loop of sorts.


check in WRT54G3G-ST_v2.00.4_0809_US/release/src/router/pcmcia-cs-3.2.8/etc/huawei_gprs_net

 

[AK65]

Hey Tazz Tux

Talk about drawing the short straw: Vodacom swopped me a Huawei card. It ain't working well in Linux - I get error messages - I'm gonna try plugging in my Samsung D600 and see what happens. BTW, if I insert a flash disk (on which the conf files are loaded), how do I see what's on it from the root console? Remember IPCop doesn't have a fancy GUI, all you get is the web interface for setup, and the console for maintenance. Reminds me of DOS, except now I don't know any of the commands!

I notice the huawei is conspicuously absent from your setup

Let you know how it's going....

 

[Kneebough]

Hey all,

I'm having a problem inserting a module into the kernel in Ubuntu. I've compiled to create nozomi.ko and everything goes smoothly until i want to insmod. This is what happens:

root@****:/home/ploempie/nozomi# insmod nozomi.ko
insmod: error inserting 'nozomi.ko': -1 Unknown symbol in module

Does anyone know how i can get this module into the kernel?

Thanks
Pp

 

[AK65]

Anyone? OK I'm up on my cell (D600) and GPRS. Connected Laptop>Wireless>Wireless Access Point>Ethernet>IPCop>D600>Vodacom. IPCop calls the port USB ACM0. No luck with the Huawei card, though. When I plug it into IPCop, Linux reports the following:

cardmgr[140]: socket 0:CardBus hotplug device
kernel: hub.c: new USB device 02:00.0-1, assigned address 2
kernel: usb.c: USB device 2 (vend/prod 0x12d1/0x1001) is not claimed by any active driver.

Any advice, where to from here?

 

[Tazz_Tux]

Use ssh or something to get to the "command prompt" or shell. Then type

modprobe usbserial vendor=0x12d1 product=0x1001

and you should have a port or three. First unload the module with rmmod if it's loaded

Laterz !

Anyone? OK I'm up on my cell (D600) and GPRS. Connected Laptop>Wireless>Wireless Access Point>Ethernet>IPCop>D600>Vodacom. IPCop calls the port USB ACM0. No luck with the Huawei card, though. When I plug it into IPCop, Linux reports the following:

cardmgr[140]: socket 0:CardBus hotplug device
kernel: hub.c: new USB device 02:00.0-1, assigned address 2
kernel: usb.c: USB device 2 (vend/prod 0x12d1/0x1001) is not claimed by any active driver.

Any advice, where to from here?

 

[AK65]

OK

modprobe usbserial vendor=0x12d1 product=0x1001
modprobe: Can't locate module usbserial

What can I try next?

 

[Kneebough]

Hey all,

I'm having a problem inserting a module into the kernel in Ubuntu. I've compiled to create nozomi.ko and everything goes smoothly until i want to insmod. This is what happens:

root@****:/home/ploempie/nozomi# insmod nozomi.ko
insmod: error inserting 'nozomi.ko': -1 Unknown symbol in module

Does anyone know how i can get this module into the kernel?

Thanks
Pp

Tazz??? Anyone???


EDIT: Up and running in Ubuntu. I had to copy nozomi.ko to the hotplug dir and then insmod it. also has to edit nozomi.c and remove a few lines.

 

[redarrow]

Anyone know of a simple app allowing one to send one or more AT commands to your modem/datacard ?

The reason being, I've discovered that the AT+COPS command also "locks" my card to a particullar network..

For example: AT+COPS=1,2,"65501",0 not only puts it into 2G only mode, it also puts it into "Vodacom only" mode.. this lasts indefintely , i.e., if I shove a MTN simcard in, it will not init... I need to run AT+COPS=1,2,"65510",0 to put it into "MTN 2G only" mode..

It would be cool, if I could just run a simple command which sets the card's modes without performing a dialup...

I can easily do this with minicom, but I don't want to have to type AT+COPS=xx etc.. each time...

Any clever ideas?

 

[Tazz_Tux]

eeeeekkkkk - it doesn't have usbserial - I will have a look at work today what I can find

OK

modprobe usbserial vendor=0x12d1 product=0x1001
modprobe: Can't locate module usbserial

What can I try next?

 

[Tazz_Tux]

Wierd !!! What lines did you remove ?

Tazz??? Anyone???


EDIT: Up and running in Ubuntu. I had to copy nozomi.ko to the hotplug dir and then insmod it. also has to edit nozomi.c and remove a few lines.

 

[Tazz_Tux]

You are going to kill yourself over this. If the serial port is setup and working (which by this stage it is ), then these commands should work:

echo "AT+COPS=1,2,"65501",0 > /dev/<serial_port>

and

echo "AT+COPS=1,2,"65510",0 > /dev/<serial_port>

Replace <serial_port> with the port and you are a for away !

Sometimes for some reason - these commands don't work. I know you can get minicom to read commands from the command line, which we will do if this doesn't work

So you can make a simple file that contains the following,

vodacom.sh:

#!/bin/bash
echo "AT+COPS=1,2,"65501",0 > /dev/<serial_port>

chmod +x vodacom.sh
./vodacom.sh

Laterz !

Anyone know of a simple app allowing one to send one or more AT commands to your modem/datacard ?

The reason being, I've discovered that the AT+COPS command also "locks" my card to a particullar network..

For example: AT+COPS=1,2,"65501",0 not only puts it into 2G only mode, it also puts it into "Vodacom only" mode.. this lasts indefintely , i.e., if I shove a MTN simcard in, it will not init... I need to run AT+COPS=1,2,"65510",0 to put it into "MTN 2G only" mode..

It would be cool, if I could just run a simple command which sets the card's modes without performing a dialup...

I can easily do this with minicom, but I don't want to have to type AT+COPS=xx etc.. each time...

Any clever ideas?

 

[Tazz_Tux]

Hey AK65,

When you loaded/inserted the D600 can you show the log of what happened ?

Laterz !

OK

modprobe usbserial vendor=0x12d1 product=0x1001
modprobe: Can't locate module usbserial

What can I try next?

 

[Kneebough]

Wierd !!! What lines did you remove ?

I dont have the file with me but I can remember it was 3 lines with something to do with the older kernel version.

 

[AK65]

Hey AK65,

When you loaded/inserted the D600 can you show the log of what happened ?

Laterz !

Sure thing

Will post later when I get home....
It sure is frustrating. All I know are old dos commands, and I have this text environment that I know is very powerful, if I knew what the hell to do. For example, I don't know how to copy a file onto the machine. I don't know what I am looking at either when I call for a directory. I am trying, but the curve is steep. I'll be trawling for resources like a Linux command reference......

What I surmise is that I will have to do some driver and script 'surgery' once I know what the hell everything is and what it's doing....

It's a bit like the old PC lab at varsity before the advent of Windows. All we had was a reference DOS manual and a dual floppy drive machine...

Windows has really made me soft and flabby.....

 

[Tazz_Tux]

Was it not in the Makefile ?

I dont have the file with me but I can remember it was 3 lines with something to do with the older kernel version.

 

[Tazz_Tux]

I will wait for that then...the acm0 driver should be a usbserial of some sorts

Sure thing

Will post later when I get home....

 

[Kneebough]

Was it not in the Makefile ?

Maybe this will answer the question:

I deleted the following lines from nozomi.c then compiled it:

#if LINUX_VERSION_CODE > KERNEL_VERSION(2,6,14)
#define KERNEL_2_6_14
#endif

and followed the instructions...

Source: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=241770

 

[AK65]

@TAzz Tux

For sure the ACM0 is a serial port of some sort. This is what I get when I disconnected and then reconnected the D600:

kernel: usb.c : USB disconnect on device 00:07.2-2 address 3
kernel: hub.c : new USB device 00:07.2-2, assigned address 4
kernel: ttyACM0: USB ACM active

I will wait for that then...the acm0 driver should be a usbserial of some sorts

From my limited assessment, the kernel is not recognising the Huawei card. well, it is sort of but not quite. I've tried ports ACM0-4 and COM1-5 and there is no joy.

??????