Date: Fri, 19 Nov 1999 23:53:02 -0800 (PST) From: Richard Johnson <raj@cisco.com> To: wwoods@cybcon.com Cc: Duncan Barclay <dmlb@ragnet.demon.co.uk>, freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: Cellular modem on a Thinkpad Message-ID: <14390.21342.139977.56945@kitab.cisco.com> In-Reply-To: <XFMail.991119152215.wwoods@cybcon.com> References: <XFMail.991119215547.dmlb@computer.my.domain> <XFMail.991119152215.wwoods@cybcon.com>
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I'm wondering if the phone you're talking about is the Qualcomm QCP-860 (or one of the other "slim" phones)? I recently bought one of these and found out about the data cable, etc. I took my phone back to my local GTE office and borrowed their data cable, plugging it into my FreeBSD 3.1 system, and used "tip" to connect at 9600 baud. Typing "AT", I expected "OK", but saw nothing. I didn't try other baud rates, but I would have expected the phone to understand that speed. I should have tried other baud rates. Asking Qualcomm about it, I received a canned response which didn't really directly address my questions, but it seemed to be hinting that maybe I saw nothing because my phone hadn't been "enabled" for their type of data communication. Apparently this is a service which costs somewhere around $4/month. I'm guessing that if you haven't signed up for the service, then the modem part doesn't work? Or maybe there's some special code which has to be sent to the phone to enable it? /raj William Woods writes: > Hmm....well, The phone is a Qualcom, diual modem (digital and analog), as for > GSM or US Standards, I would assume US standards.... > > On 19-Nov-99 Duncan Barclay wrote: > > > > On 19-Nov-99 Bill Woods wrote: > >> I have a chance to buy a "cellular kit" from my cell provider, but before > >> I do, I want to ask a few questions. > >> > >> This "kit" is basically a cable that runs from the serial port on a laptop > >> to the cell phone. There is some software, but oif course it is windows > >> only. I know this is limited information, but this is all I have. I assume > >> the cable acts like a modem on a serial port, but does anyone know if > >> FreeBSD has any support for anything like this? > >> > >> William To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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