[opensuse] USB GPRS doodad
We have some vehicles on the road all around the world. They run OpenSUSE 10.0. Not all the computer systems have free PCI slots. But they do have USB. Does anyone have any experience with a USB-based GPRS modem that would allow us to log in to these systems via the GSM/GPRS network? I have seen these for Windows (in adverts for telecoms - so no real details on the actual hardware is provided). Any experience / pointers are welcome. -- Roger Oberholtzer OPQ Systems / Ramböll RST Ramböll Sverige AB Kapellgränd 7 P.O. Box 4205 SE-102 65 Stockholm, Sweden Tel: Int +46 8-615 60 20 Fax: Int +46 8-31 42 23 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Thursday 24 May 2007 08:00, Roger Oberholtzer wrote:
We have some vehicles on the road all around the world. They run OpenSUSE 10.0. Not all the computer systems have free PCI slots. But they do have USB. Does anyone have any experience with a USB-based GPRS modem that would allow us to log in to these systems via the GSM/GPRS network? I have seen these for Windows (in adverts for telecoms - so no real details on the actual hardware is provided). Any experience / pointers are welcome.
http://www.pharscape.org/component/option,com_forum/Itemid,68/ Could try asking there. I think the forum mostly deals with the laptop cards but they might know. Nick -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Roger Oberholtzer wrote:
We have some vehicles on the road all around the world. They run OpenSUSE 10.0. Not all the computer systems have free PCI slots. But they do have USB. Does anyone have any experience with a USB-based GPRS modem that would allow us to log in to these systems via the GSM/GPRS network? I have seen these for Windows (in adverts for telecoms - so no real details on the actual hardware is provided). Any experience / pointers are welcome.
My Samsung D600 phone appears as a modem when I plug it in. It also charges from the USB connection. I believe most GSM phones with USB cables work, so a cheap phone may be an option. Also IIRC, you can buy USB <-> PC-Card adaptors so that may give you further options. Cheers, Dave -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
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Roger Oberholtzer wrote:
We have some vehicles on the road all around the world. They run OpenSUSE 10.0. Not all the computer systems have free PCI slots. But they do have USB. Does anyone have any experience with a USB-based GPRS modem that would allow us to log in to these systems via the GSM/GPRS network? I have seen these for Windows (in adverts for telecoms - so no real details on the actual hardware is provided). Any experience / pointers are welcome.
My Samsung D600 phone appears as a modem when I plug it in. It also charges from the USB connection. I believe most GSM phones with USB cables work, so a cheap phone may be an option. Also IIRC, you can buy USB <-> PC-Card adaptors so that may give you further options.
Cheers, Dave
Some confusion here GPRS is distinct from GSM. If you are lucky or have thought through your mobile phone purchase you may get an AT compatible mobile modem capability with psuedo serial access via a USB cable. Unfortunately, with Symbian based phones you may also get very mixed results with Linux, especially with the smart phone end of the range. I do not have a s60 phone but have tried this experiment with Nokia Communicator and SE p series devices and this was not a goer with Linux. The phones usually do not want to know... (Though to be honest the phone is a network aware computer so why bother anyway).. if anyone has had anything like success here I would like to know how they did it... (BTW it also can be tricky in windows) In the main Symbian based phones are linux unfriendly, and they are the dominant player in the European market place. I cannot comment on RIM based devices. For a pure GPRS device, palm OS support is a bit (but not a lot) better and you might get Palm OS based GPRS device to talk to a Linux box. Location via GSM is a somewhat different technology (based on triangulation of GSM signals, and accuracy is related to cell density) and it may be related to GPRS supplied information on the access points. Access to this service usually comes at a price however... As for windows mobile support ummm..... -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with SUSE - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFGVgB6asN0sSnLmgIRAs/xAJwJnS2InuTL/oCLk4zupHi9n0e3/gCgw5Ms Auiabq0QdsDzuZyqNSGJ1XQ= =2fG2 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Hello Roger, Roger Oberholtzer wrote:
We have some vehicles on the road all around the world. They run OpenSUSE 10.0. Not all the computer systems have free PCI slots. But they do have USB. Does anyone have any experience with a USB-based GPRS modem that would allow us to log in to these systems via the GSM/GPRS network? I have seen these for Windows (in adverts for telecoms - so no real details on the actual hardware is provided). Any experience / pointers are welcome.
I highly recommend that you give a look at Gener's site (http://www.gener.fr), and particularly at GSM/GPRS modems like this one: http://www.gener.fr/UK/genpro24e.php. They are specifically designed with vehicle-based applications in mind. They have a serial connector (RS-232) and no USB, but I suppose that you should easily find some USB -> Serial converter. All the devices I ever got from Gener were always driven by straight AT commands, so they are perfectly compatible with Linux. I use them in the context of my SMSLink project (http://smslink.sourceforge.net/) and they've always been very reliable. HTH Cheers. Bye. Ph. A. -- *Philippe Andersson* Unix System Administrator IBA Particle Therapy | Tel: +32-10-475.983 Fax: +32-10-487.707 eMail: pan@iba-group.com http://www.iba-worldwide.com The contents of this e-mail message and any attachments are intended solely for the recipient (s) named above. This communication is intended to be and to remain confidential and may be protected by intellectual property rights. Any use of the information contained herein (including but not limited to, total or partial reproduction, communication or distribution of any form) by persons other than the designated recipient(s) is prohibited. Please notify the sender immediately by e-mail if you have received this e-mail by mistake and delete this e-mail from your system. E-mail transmission cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free. Ion Beam Applications does not accept liability for any such errors. Thank you for your cooperation.
Roger Oberholtzer wrote:
We have some vehicles on the road all around the world. They run OpenSUSE 10.0. Not all the computer systems have free PCI slots. But they do have USB. Does anyone have any experience with a USB-based GPRS modem that would allow us to log in to these systems via the GSM/GPRS network? I have seen these for Windows (in adverts for telecoms - so no real details on the actual hardware is provided). Any experience / pointers are welcome.
I have a Motorola V180 cell phone that connects USB and can use GPRS. It also works on all 4 GSM bands. -- Use OpenOffice.org http://www.openoffice.org -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
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