Re: Modem supporting location information?

[Bastien Nocera <hadess hadess net>]

On Tue, 2012-12-04 at 17:11 -0600, Dan Williams wrote:
> On Fri, 2012-11-30 at 17:48 +0100, Bastien Nocera wrote:
> > Heya,
> > 
> > I'm interested in getting a 3G modem that would support A-GPS. I have a
> > (possibly simlocked) option modem:
> > 0af0:6971 Option Globetrotter HSDPA Modem
> > 
> > Which tells me that it doesn't support Location services. Does it not
> > support it, or is it not implemented?
> > 
> > I also have a Huawei E585 modem, which doesn't support switching to USB
> > mode when plugged in, but apparently support A-GPS. If we can make this
> > work, it would save me buying a new dongle.
> > 
> > Otherwise, I'm in the market for a 3G modem that supports those. Cheaper
> > is better. Anything on eBay or Amazon that people would recommend?
> 
> That should be the Option 225, which has GPS functionality, but you may
> need to enable it with AT_OIFC=3,1,1,2.  Then replug the device, and
> you'll get 5 ttys: ttyHS0 - ttyHS4.  To test, send AT_OGPS=2 on ttyHS1,
> and then watch ttyHS2 for spew.

Is this something that ModemManager would do when you request the
location services to be turned on?

> If you want to unlock it:
> 
> http://dogber1.blogspot.com/2010/01/unlocker-for-option-gio225.html
> 
> I've successfully used that guy's unlock for my HP Veer so his stuff is
> pretty solid.

Not much luck from my side, after a couple of fixes, it fails to upload
the firmware to the device. Might need to install windows to try it...