--- In [email protected], "maurizio_branca" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi all! > > few days ago I've bought a GPRSKIT from > <http://www.acmesystems.it/?id=3> to create a prototype system. I > think the foxboard is a quite good platform for build embedded devices > without hard core knowledge of such systems. > > I've started with newbie documents and successfully assembled the > foxboard, foxgm and telit gm862-quad modem. The system is powered on > with the working default configuration... every foxboard feature works > as expected: networking, boa webserver, etc.. > > ... _BUT_ ... > > i cannot successfully use the telit modem :-/ . > > > The modem is powered on with usual commands: > > # setbits -p b -b 7 -s 1 > # (wait at least 1s) > # setbits -p b -b 7 -s 0 > > the modem light L3 blink correctly: faster and than slower. > > I've then copied the scripts found in > <http://www.acmesystems.it/?id=13>, and start testing pppd using the > ppp-start script: > > # . /etc/ppp/ppp-start > > output found in /var/log/messages: > > Dec 21 17:00:15 axis-00408c169069 pppd[180]: pppd 2.4.2b3 started by > root, uid 0 > Dec 21 17:00:16 axis-00408c169069 chat[182]: timeout set to 60 seconds > Dec 21 17:00:16 axis-00408c169069 chat[182]: abort on (BUSY) > Dec 21 17:00:16 axis-00408c169069 chat[182]: abort on (ERROR) > Dec 21 17:00:16 axis-00408c169069 chat[182]: abort on (NO CARRIER) > Dec 21 17:00:16 axis-00408c169069 chat[182]: send (AT^M) > Dec 21 17:00:16 axis-00408c169069 chat[182]: expect (OK) > Dec 21 17:01:16 axis-00408c169069 chat[182]: alarm > Dec 21 17:01:16 axis-00408c169069 chat[182]: Failed > Dec 21 17:01:16 axis-00408c169069 pppd[180]: Connect script failed > Dec 21 17:01:17 axis-00408c169069 pppd[180]: Exit. > > > > > Any idea or suggestion? Any contribution is _very_, __very__ appreciated! > > Maurizio Branca >
This message is probably caused by using the wrong BAND settings. Depending on where you are located, set the modem to use the correct GSM band and/or, use the command #BND (on 864 i had to do it). Alexander
