Hi folks, right now I managed to get an external UMTS dongle working on the FR.
Actually, the software part was not that hard, everything worked as expected (putting the USB into host mode, setting up pppd etc). The real weird thing is, that the FR seems not to be able to deliver enough power, resulting in _very_ strange effects. My UMTS USB dongle has a Huawei 160 chip inside, and the data sheet says it takes <= 2.5 Watts, which would be exactly the 500mA that the FR should provide. My assumption is, that it takes far more than 2.5W, since the USB dongle gets pretty warm when I use it in a laptop. So what I did was, to take an active USB hub, feed it with some batteries and connect the FR and the UMTS dongle to it. Not pretty handy, but its a mobile solution ;) Has anybody played around with external UMTS plugs already? I could also provide my scripts and HowTos if there is interest. Alex. _______________________________________________ devel mailing list devel@lists.openmoko.org https://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
