Re: Alcatel X200 troubleshooting

[Dan Williams <dcbw redhat com>]

On Thu, 2011-06-02 at 17:49 -0500, Dan Williams wrote:
> On Sat, 2011-05-21 at 21:05 +0200, Javier Almasoft wrote:
> > Sorry for the delay, I was not able to access the device until
> > recently. Attached is the content of the storage part of the device
> > (the installer maybe speaks spanish, or worse, basque ). It's a bit
> > too large, hope it arrives..
> > 
> > The command AT+CLAC returns error.
> 
> So I noticed; I received my X200 last week and found the same things.
> I'll poke around with it and see what I can come up with, but it doesn't
> appear to use the same commands as the X220, I think.

I spent a bunch of time with my X200 this morning, and the outlook is
not good.  On the plus side, we can get access technology for this
device via AT commands, which I assume the X220 also supports.

Now the bad news.  TCT in their infinite wisdom gave the X060, X070, and
X200 the SAME FREAKING USB IDs, despite the X200 having a completely
different command set than the X060/070.  The X060s is driven by
Longcheer, while the X200 needs the X22X plugin.

At least when Huawei does this (like 20 of their modems are 12d1:1001)
the modems have the same AT command set.  I really want to yell at TCT
now.

So supporting the X200 will take a bit more time, because now we have to
check the ATI/GMR response (since the X060 and X200 both report the same
thing for GMI and GMM, whee!) and look at the firmware revision response
to figure out whether Longcheer should drive the device or not.  That's
not hard, but it won't be tomorrow that the X200 is properly
supported :(

I honestly don't know who does firmware development for outfits like
Huawei, TCT, and others, but I'd like to yell at them for a while.  Of
course on Windows you only ever install software/drivers for one 3G card
at a time, so you never run into this.  Or at least that's what I assume
the manufacturer thinks you should do.

Dan

> Dan
> 
> 
> > 
> > AT&V gives:
> > 
> > 
> > &C: 2; &D: 2; &E: 1; &F: 0; &S: 0; &W: 0; E: 1; L: 0; M: 0; Q: 0; V:
> > 1;
> > X: 1; Z: 0; \Q: 3; \S: 0; \V: 0; S0: 0; S2: 43; S3: 13; S4: 10; S5: 8;
> > S6: 2; S7: 50; S8: 2; S9: 6; S10: 14; S11: 95; S30: 0; S103: 1; S104:
> > 1;
> > +FCLASS: 0; +ICF: 3,3; +IFC: 2,2; +IPR: 115200; +DR: 0; +DS:
> > 0,0,2048,6;
> > +WS46: 12; +CBST: 0,0,1;
> > +CRLP: (61,61,48,6,0),(61,61,48,6,1),(240,240,52,6,2);
> > +CV120: 1,1,1,0,0,0; +CHSN: 0,0,0,0; +CSSN: 0,0; +CREG: 0; +CGREG: 0;
> > +CFUN:; +CSCS: "IRA"; +CSTA: 129; +CR: 0; +CRC: 0; +CMEE: 0; +CGDCONT:
> > (1,"IP","internet.euskaltel.mobi","0.0.0.0",0,0)
> > ; +CGDSCONT: ; +CGTFT: ; +CGEQREQ: ; +CGEQMIN: ; +CGQREQ: ; +CGQMIN: ;
> > +CGEREP: 0,0; +CGDATA: "PPP"; +CGCLASS: "A"; +CGSMS: 1; +CSMS: 0;
> > +CMGF: 0; +CSAS: 0; +CRES: 0; +CSCA: "+34607000994",145; +CSMP: ,,0,0;
> > +CSDH: 0; +CSCB: 0,"",""; +FDD: 0; +FAR: 0; +FCL: 0; +FIT: 0,0;
> > +ES: ,,;
> > +ESA: 0,,,,0,0,255,; +CMOD: 0; +CVHU: 1; +SYSSEL: 13,0,0,0; +CPIN: ,;
> > +CMEC: 0,0,0; +CKPD: 1,1; +CIND: 0,2,1,1,1,0,1,0; +CMER: 0,0,0,0,0;
> > +CGATT: 1; +CGACT: 0; +CPBS: "SM"; +CPMS: "ME","ME","ME"; 
> > +CNMI: 0,0,0,0,0; +CMMS: 0; +FTS: 0; +FRS: 0; +FTH: 3; +FRH: 3; +FTM:
> > 96;
> > +FRM: 96; +CCUG: 0,0,0; +COPS: 0,0,""; +CUSD: 0; +CAOC: 1; +CCWA: 0;
> > +CCLK: ""; +CLVL: 5; +CMUT: 1; +CPOL: 0,2,"",0,0,0; +CPLS: 0; +CTZR:
> > 0;
> > +CTZU: 0; +CLIP: 0; +COLP: 0; +CDIP: 0; +CLIR: 0
> > 
> > 
> > OK
> > 
> > 
> > Also, ATI gives:
> > 
> > 
> > Manufacturer: TCT Mobile International Limited
> > Model: HSPA Data Card
> > Revision: S21B3000XX
> > IMEI: 353575040102349
> > +GCAP: +CGSM,+DS,+ES
> > 
> > 
> > OK
> > 
> > 
> > 2011/5/3 Dan Williams <dcbw redhat com>
> >         
> >         
> >         
> >         Is there any way you could tar up and send me the Windows
> >         installer bits
> >         so I can investigate what kind of modem this device really
> >         is?  Also, if
> >         you can, the output of the following two commands would be
> >         helpful here:
> >         
> >         AT+CLAC
> >         AT&V
> >         
> >         Dan
> >         
> >         
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > -- 
> > Regards,
> > Javier Martínez
> > ALMASOFT, S.L.
> > 
> > 
> 
> 
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