Re: How to get Bell Canada 3G USB network up?

On 12/06/11 04:19, Christian Jaeger wrote:
<snipped>
* after the mode switch runs, the modem LED is blinking in blue


UMTS

(sometimes it inserts a lone blink in green between the blue ones, no
idea what it means)

changing connection protocol

* when the modem is connected, the modem LED is lighting up in constant blue

Blue? or Cyan? HSUPA

* when there has been traffic, the modem LED color changes to green,

(flashing) GPRS

orange,

Yellow OR flashing Red (sorry Orange is not an option!)

Yellow is HSDPA

flashing Red is a SIM error - remove the SIM card - clean contacts with
a soft white pencil eraser, reinsert (a tiny fold of paper can be
inserted behind the SIM if it requires more pressure against the contacts)

yellow

HSDPA (again)

or purple

well it's *supposed* to be Violet, and it flashes
EDGE

(I don't know what these colors mean,

Yes you do! Now. :-D
Wikipedia will give you a nice explanation of the various protocols.
I'd suggest you give the device no choice eg.force it to only connect
UMTS using the AT commands.

<snipped to save electrons, and Ralf's sanity>

Is that a Novatel U950??
The vendor code should be 0x1410 - what are the product codes please?
If so I suspect it's actually a rebadged Ovation MC950D using the
Qualcomm MSM7200 chipset.
If so the following will probably work for you
(should it break you may keep both pieces)
ATEI (get OK response)
AT$AUTOINSTALL=0
No longer need modeswitch. :-) It's only useful once anyway, and usually
only on Mac or Windoof, it's rare to see Linux drives on the virtual cd
(Alcatel have them, they just don't work).

I normally let that irritating fake cd mount just once (long enough to
copy the software somewhere safe should I ever need it) - then disable
the bl$%dy thing.

If any one know the AT command set for Alcatel I'd love to hear it -
I've never managed to figure out the ZCDRUN or equiv for them.


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There must be some mistake.
Mistake? [Chuckles]
We don't make mistakes. [Crash!]
Bloody typical. They've gone back
to metric without telling us.

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