On Mon, Mar 13, 2017 at 11:05 AM, Martin MOKREJŠ <mmokr...@gmail.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.
I agree that this should be part of the documentation; I should try to spend some time to write this up. Regarding AT commands people may try to include in their ppp config files: none should be needed, the control protocol is all work of MM. -- Aleksander https://aleksander.es _______________________________________________ ModemManager-devel mailing list ModemManager-devel@lists.freedesktop.org https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/modemmanager-devel
