Re: About PPP and modem initialization

[Vincenzo Romano <vincenzo romano notorand it>]

2011/4/14 Dan Williams <dcbw redhat com>:
> On Mon, 2011-04-11 at 12:08 +0200, Vincenzo Romano wrote:
>> Hi.
>> What I need to do is to send a few extra commands to the 3G modem before
>> networkmanager sends the AT+CPIN= and the ATDT commands.
>> I would write down the AT sequences in a file suitable for the chat command
>> but I don't really know where to hook such a thing to (provided that there
>> is any possibility to).
>
> What sort of commands does it need?  What kind of modem is it?  If the
> modem deviates from the standards then we'll need to either modify an
> existing plugin, or create a new plugin for the modem.
>
> Dan

I need for example, to get the AT+CREG details or other mobile
broadband related info.

>> 2011/4/8 Vincenzo Romano <vincenzo romano notorand it>:
>> > 2011/4/8 Dan Williams <dcbw redhat com>:
>> >> On Thu, 2011-04-07 at 08:45 +0200, Vincenzo Romano wrote:
>> >>> Hi all.
>> >>> I'm trying to use NetworkManager in order to bring a 3G (mobile
>> >>> broadband) connection up automatically
>> >>> (a so called "system connection").
>> >>> It works pretty well apart of an annoying recurring request for a PIN.
>> >>> But this is a just a minor thing.
>> >>>
>> >>> What I need to do is to send a few extra AT commands to the USB modem
>> >>> *before* the NM brings the
>> >>> connection up and to retrieve the answers from those commands.
>> >>> I've not been able to find where to hook to.
>> >>
>> >> That's done with a plugin for ModemManager for your specific modem
>> >> hardware.  There's plugins for quite a few modems to handle their
>> >> various quirks including initialization stuff.
>> >>
>> >> http://cgit.freedesktop.org/ModemManager/ModemManager/tree/plugins
>> >>
>> >> Dan
>> >>
>> >
>> >
>> > Hi Dan.
>> > I don't understand fully the point.
>> > Are all those plugins part of the NM distribution?
>> > If so, where should I put my AT commands?
>> > And where should I look for the related responses?
>> >
>> > Anyway, I don't see my USB modem in that list. Should I make some customization?
>> >
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