Re: de-facto standard dial number for CDMA

[Masato Taruishi <taruishi redhat com>]

> ke, 2008-05-07 kello 19:17 +0900, Masato Taruishi kirjoitti:
> > Hi, guys.
> > 
> > According to the source code of network-manager-applet,
> > Auto CDMA network connection assumes the dial number is
> > #777, but CDMA network providers in Japan don't use this
> > number. For example, EMobile, HSDPA provider in Japan, is
> > using *99***1#, and AU, CDMA mobile phone service by KDDI
> > company, is using *99**24#.
> 
> I was under the impression that this *99***<foo># is only for GMS
> modems, but now this makes it very interesting. Very interesting
> indeed.
>
> I would really appreciate if you could send me some pppd, chat, pon,
> whatever configuration files and scripts that you have used with these
> Japanese devices. Could you also do some additional testing[1]?

Sorry, I was misunderstanding. I investigated the emobile card.
It's a HSDPA, kind of GSM, modem, but supports only AT+CGDCONT. It
doesn't support AT+CREG nor AT+COPS. 

type: mobile data card
model: D01NE
provider: emobile
====================================================
Minicom 2.3-rc1

AT+CGDCONT?
+CGDCONT: 1,"IP","emb.ne.jp","",0,0

OK

AT+CREG?

ERROR

So in order to use the card in NetworkManager, I had to register
the card as a cdma device though it should work as a gsm device.

Is there any other card which doesn't support CREG?

Best regards


> > I have an EMobile card, and successfully can use the card
> > with NetworkManager, but I had to create manual connection
> > because the dial number is different from #777.
> > 
> >    s_cdma->number = g_strdup ("#777"); /* De-facto standard for CDMA */
> > 
> > In order to make the card available by Auto CDMA network
> > connection, one possible solution is to put the dial
> > number into its hal fdi database because each card is
> > only used for a specific provider in Japan. However,
> > I wonder if it's applicable in other countries.
> 
> I'm working with a mobile broadband service provider database, but I
> have not nailed down the specification yet. These dial numbers could go
> there if they truly are service provider specific.
>
>
>  -- Antti
> 
> [1] http://live.gnome.org/NetworkManager/MobileBroadband/GprsCid
> 
> 
> > Is t
> > here any better way to support multiple auto CDMA
> > network in NetworkManager?
> > 
> > Thanks in advance
> > 
> > 
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