CENTOS 6.5 On Mon, Aug 10, 2015 at 6:23 PM, Frederick Ofosu-Darko < [email protected]> wrote:
> I mean OpenSUSE 13.2 > > On Mon, Aug 10, 2015 at 1:21 PM, Frederick Ofosu-Darko < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Hello Hamza, >> >> I had a similar issue with my Huawei modem last Friday. OpenSUSE could >> not find the modem because only storage driver 'usb_storage' was loaded. I >> solved the issue by upgrading to the latest version. >> >> I suggest you upgrade the current version of usb_modeswitch to the latest >> version below: >> >> >> * usb_modeswitch: handle USB devices with multiple modes >> * Version 2.2.5 (C) Josua Dietze 2015 >> * Based on libusb1/libusbx >> >> ! PLEASE REPORT NEW CONFIGURATIONS ! >> >> >> and download usb_modeswitch-data package as well. >> >> Could you please state which Linux distro you are using now? >> >> Visit this link >> <http://rpmfind.net/linux/rpm2html/search.php?query=usb_modeswitch> if >> you use a RPM system e.g. CentOS, Fedora or OpenSUSE. >> >> R, >> >> >> >> On Mon, Aug 10, 2015 at 1:05 PM, Florian Schlums <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Hello Hamza >>> Have a look at the project page: >>> http://www.draisberghof.de/usb_modeswitch/ >>> >>> */lib/udev/rules.d/40-usb_modeswitch.rules*- the udev rules starting the >>> wrapper if a known device ID (vendor/product) is recognized. >>> To add a trigger for a new modem for which you have a working config >>> file, append a line with its USB ID as seen in the existing entries. >>> If the switched device provides standard serial ports, a second rule >>> calls the wrapper again and adds a symbolic link to the *correct*connection >>> port (see below) >>> >>> Regards >>> Florian >>> >>> >>> Am 25.06.2015 um 16:10 schrieb [email protected]: >>> >>>> Husnain, >>>> >>>> Thank you. I know this config, but the next-step problem is that this >>>> config does not kick in automatically when system reboots or modem is >>>> plugged-out and in. I have even worked on this as well. But still, >>>> life is much much simpler if a smoother way of working with these >>>> modems could be found. >>>> >>>> I came across a post in which there was a method to permanently change >>>> the default mode of these modems. Will try it and tell you if it >>>> works. >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>> Hamza >>>> >>>> On 6/24/15, Husnain Taseer <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Dear Hamza, >>>>> I was working with Huawei GSM Modems and was facing the same issue. You >>>>> can use following steps to switch the mode of your modem. >>>>> >>>>> 1. Use `lsusb` to list all the connected devices with your system. You >>>>> will get the output like this : >>>>> Bus 003 Device 004: ID 12d1:1f01 Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. >>>>> here *12d1 *is the Vendor Id and *1f01 *is the product id of >>>>> this modem. For your case these values could be different. >>>>> >>>>> 2. If you have not installed `usb-modeswitch-data` then please >>>>> install >>>>> it by using `apt-get install usb-modeswitch-data`. After that find the >>>>> message content of your device by using: >>>>> tar -xzvf /usr/share/usb_modeswitch/configPack.tar.gz >>>>> 12d1\:1f01 >>>>> cat /usr/share/usb_modeswitch/12d1\:1f01 | grep >>>>> "MessageContent=" >>>>> Output will be like this: >>>>> >>>>> MessageContent="5553424312345678000000000000061e000000000000000000000000000000" >>>>> >>>>> 3. Now Finally use the following command to switch the mode of your >>>>> device: >>>>> sudo usb_modeswitch -v 0x12d1 -p 0x1f01 -M >>>>> "5553424312345678000000000000061e000000000000000000000000000000" >>>>> >>>>> Hope it will help. >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Regards, >>>>> *Husnain Taseer >>>>> * Sr. VAS Engineer >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On 6/23/2015 1:01 AM, [email protected] wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Hi all, >>>>>> >>>>>> This is slightly off track, but more relevant here than in any Linux >>>>>> forum. >>>>>> >>>>>> A lot of new GSM USB modems coming these days are identified by Linux >>>>>> as in storage mode (CD Rom or memory storage, since they contain their >>>>>> own drivers). Anyone has any idea how to switch them to GSM mode, to >>>>>> enable them to work as a modem with Kannel? I spent a LOT of time with >>>>>> usb_modeswitch package, but could not figure out a working way, since >>>>>> it works pretty randomly with different modems. >>>>>> >>>>>> Any/every piece of help/info would be highly appreciated. >>>>>> >>>>>> Kind regards, >>>>>> Hamza >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> -- >> >> Frederick Ofosu-Darko >> >> Service Delivery Analyst >> >> >> >> Excellence. Integrity. Reliability. >> >> Web: www.rancard.com >> >> Email: [email protected] >> >> Office: +233.289.529.573, +233.0302.258.189 >> >> Mobile: +233.245.246.176 >> >> >> >> > > > -- > -- > > Frederick Ofosu-Darko > > Service Delivery Analyst > > > > Excellence. Integrity. Reliability. > > Web: www.rancard.com > > Email: [email protected] > > Office: +233.289.529.573, +233.0302.258.189 > > Mobile: +233.245.246.176 > > > >
