Aleksander Morgado wrote: > On Fri, Mar 10, 2017 at 5:24 PM, Tom Hayward <t...@harbortronics.com> wrote: >> Is this a matter of configuration, lack of support, or simply outside >> the scope of ModemManager? Is there a way to use ModemManager to >> initiate the ppp connection? > > Initiating a ppp session is currently out of scope of MM. MM will put > the TTY in connected mode; then you need to (externally, another app) > launch pppd on the TTY that MM reported as "connected". > > The whole MM sequence is the same for TTY-only and QMI/MBIM+wwan > devices; just launch --simple-connect, if successful it creates a > bearer object that is in connected state. The bearer object will > report which is the data interface to use (which could be a wwan, or a > TTY) and also which method to use (ppp over the tty, or DHCP or Static > IP config over the wwan). An application that wants to use MM as modem > management and handle multiple modem types needs to handle all 3 > methods and use explicitly the one reported by MM (e.g. some modems > won't be able to use DHCP over a wwan and in that case static IP > setting needs to be performed).
This should go into ModemManager manual page plus the follow-ups translating CLOCAL into CRT/RTS wording and AT commands people may try to include in their ppp config files. Martin _______________________________________________ ModemManager-devel mailing list ModemManager-devel@lists.freedesktop.org https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/modemmanager-devel
