[LUNI] Cellular devices, and such.

[William Scott Lockwood III]

On Thu, 2008-01-10 at 15:36 -0800, Robert Smith wrote:
> Once activated, can it then be run under Linux, or does it require
> Windows every time it connects? That would truly suck!

Fortunately, activation is the only issue. Once activated, mine works
great. Incidentally if you, or anyone else has an issue with Sierra
Wireless products, I've found a sure fire way to make them work well
under Linux using pppd. I'll attach the scripts I use for that purpose.
If the list strips attachments, I'll also post them on my website for
people to grab. Note that they are tuned to work with Sprint or Verizon,
but there are other scripts out there for the other carriers.

cdma.sh I typically throw in /usr/local/bin and chmod a+x. cdma and
cdma_chat go in /etc/ppp/peers/

This requires that you have pppd and chat installed, obviously. :-)

>   My cellular carrier uses CDMA, and because most of the development
> work to sync phones with Linux is being done in Europe, it is mostly
> centered around GSM phones. Thanks to this, the only current recourse
> to sync or back up my phone's contacts, calendar, and other data is to
> use a Windows machine. I'd switch to GSM, but my carrier gives pretty
> good support and their prices don't break the bank. So yes, for me as
> well, Linux is not ALWAYS the answer!

GSM in the US pretty much means AT&T, and if they were my only option,
I'd stop using cell technology to connect all together. AT&T is far more
evil than Microsoft can ever hope to be - I should know, I had the great
misfortune to work for them when they were just SBC. ;-)

I literally expected every day that Eric Idle and John Cleese would jump
out from behind a door way shouting, "No one expects the Spanish
Inquisition!" the whole time I worked there.

-- 
W. Scott Lockwood III           CashNetUSA
System Administrator            200 W. Jackson Blvd #2400
scott at cashnetusa.com            Chicago, Il 60606
(312) 586 4224 or xHELP         http://cashnetusa.com/

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-detach
lcp-echo-failure 0
noauth
/dev/ttyUSB0
115200
debug
defaultroute
ipcp-accept-local
ipcp-accept-remote
usepeerdns
crtscts
lock
connect '/usr/sbin/chat -v -t6 -f /etc/ppp/peers/cdma_chat'
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# Connection script for Sierra Wireless CDMA/EVDO modems
# Note: This demo script is setup to work on Verizon and Sprint
#       Networks.
#
SAY 'Starting Sierra Wireless CDMA connect script...\n'
SAY '\n'

#######################################
SAY 'Setting the abort string\n'
SAY '\n'
# Abort String ------------------------------
ABORT 'NO DIAL TONE' ABORT 'NO ANSWER' ABORT 'NO CARRIER' ABORT DELAYED

#######################################
SAY 'Initializing modem\n'
# Modem Initialization 
'' AT
OK ATZ

#######################################
SAY '\n'
SAY     'Dialing...\n'
OK ATDT#777
CONNECT ''

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