Comments on: Howto use 3G dongle Huawei E1750 in OpenWrt

By: peter

peter — Sat, 05 Mar 2011 18:24:54 +0000

Does it work with Ubuntu?
If yes, do as I, copy the config files from there.
If no, then I do not have a clue without having the device myself.

By: codetypo

codetypo — Sat, 05 Mar 2011 18:16:47 +0000

I am configuring my franklin wireless u600 modem to work on openwrt.
The set up is as follows:

I configured the prod/vendor id :

/etc/modules.d/60-usb-serial
[code]root@OpenWrt:/etc# vi modules.d/60-usb-serial
usbserial vendor=0x1fac product=0x150
[/code]

Next using the configurations in the devices txt, I entered the following in usb-modeswitch.conf:
[code]
########################################################
# Franklin Wireless U210
#
# Contributor: Adam J. Porter

DefaultVendor= 0x1fac
DefaultProduct=0x0150

TargetVendor= 0x1fac
TargetProduct= 0x0151

CheckSuccess=20

MessageContent="555342431234567824000000800108df200000000000000000000000000000"

##############################################################
[/code]
(This was the only one to match my modem.So changed the default product to 0×0150 as this is what it showed up as -dmesg)

After I entered to following network configurations:
[code]
config interface wan
option proto '3g'
option service 'cdma'
option 'device' '/dev/ttyUSB0'
option apn 'internet'

[/code]

After I rebooted the router and entered the usb_modeswitch command:

[code]
root@OpenWrt:/etc# usb_modeswitch

Looking for target devices ...
No devices in target mode or class found
Looking for default devices ...
Found default devices (1)
Accessing device 004 on bus 001 ...
Using endpoints 0x08 (out) and 0x87 (in)
Inquiring device details; driver will be detached ...
Looking for active driver ...
No driver found. Either detached before or never attached

SCSI inquiry data (for identification)
-------------------------
Vendor String: Franklin
Model String: Auto-Installer
Revision String: 2.31
-------------------------

USB description data (for identification)
-------------------------
Manufacturer: Franklin Wireless Corp.
Product: USB Micro SD Storage
Serial No.: 216169176500
-------------------------
Setting up communication with interface 0 ...
Trying to send the message to endpoint 0x08 ...
OK, message successfully sent

Checking for mode switch (max. 20 times, once per second) ...
Waiting for original device to vanish ...
Original device can't be accessed anymore. Good.
Searching for target devices ...
Searching for target devices ...
Searching for target devices ...
Searching for target devices ...
Searching for target devices ...
Searching for target devices ...
Searching for target devices ...
Found correct target device

Mode switch succeeded. Bye.
[/code]

I then did a dmesg and the follwoing showed up saying that usb_modeswitch did not claim the device (vend/prod 0x1fac/0×151)
Also I believe the (vend/prod 0x198f/0×220) is the wimax part.But not concerned with that at the momment.
$dmesg
[code]
.......usbserial.c: Generic converter now disconnected from ttyUSB0
usbdevfs: process 555 (usb_modeswitch) did not claim interface 0 before use
usb.c: USB disconnect on device 00:03.1-1.1.2 address 4
hub.c: new USB device 00:03.1-1.1.1, assigned address 5
usb.c: USB device 5 (vend/prod 0x198f/0x220) is not claimed by any active driver.
hub.c: new USB device 00:03.1-1.1.2, assigned address 6
usb.c: USB device 6 (vend/prod 0x1fac/0x151) is not claimed by any active driver.
[/code]

Maybe this is the wring prod/vendor ids but can you tell me how the fix this thanks.

By: peter

peter — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 19:09:51 +0000

If you give me a modem I can try to get it running and tell you how.

By: codetypo

codetypo — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 17:05:49 +0000

Hi I am tring to install my u600 modem .How can i modify the steps or code for this to work?

By: peter

peter — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 07:48:23 +0000

I cannot tell anything out of this small piece of information.

By: codetypo

codetypo — Sat, 08 Jan 2011 17:13:21 +0000

hi I am tring to follow this tutorial using franklin wireless u600 3g/4g modem.
but i get this message

usb.c: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 1
ehci_hcd 00:03.1: illegal capability!
ehci_hcd 00:03.1: USB 0.0 enabled, EHCI 1.00, driver 2003-Dec-29/2.4
hub.c: USB hub found
hub.c: 2 ports detected
ip_conntrack version 2.1 (5953 buckets, 5953 max) – 352 bytes per conntrack
hub.c: new USB device 00:03.1-1, assigned address 2
hub.c: USB hub found
hub.c: 2 ports detected
hub.c: new USB device 00:03.1-1.2, assigned address 3
hub.c: USB hub found
hub.c: 4 ports detected
hub.c: new USB device 00:03.1-1.2.2, assigned address 4
usb.c: USB device 4 (vend/prod 0x1fac/0×150) is not claimed by any active driver
.
uhci.c: USB Universal Host Controller Interface driver v1.1
usb.c: registered new driver acm
acm.c: v0.21:USB Abstract Control Model driver for USB modems and ISDN adapters
usb.c: registered new driver serial
usbserial.c: USB Serial support registered for Generic
usbserial.c: USB Serial Driver core v1.4

By: Luca Gibelli » Huawei E1750 3G USB modem on OpenWRT Kamikaze

Luca Gibelli » Huawei E1750 3G USB modem on OpenWRT Kamikaze — Sat, 18 Dec 2010 23:03:30 +0000

[...] Credits: Peter Andersson [...]

By: Luca G.

Luca G. — Sat, 18 Dec 2010 18:03:57 +0000

Whenever I tried to run usb_modeswitch I got the error msg:

“no MessageEndpoint given. Can’t send message. Aborting”

I solved the problem by adding the line:

MessageEndpoint=0×01

to /etc/usb_modeswitch.conf

Thanks for your howto!

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Thu, 02 Dec 2010 23:09:36 +0000

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By: grqq

grqq — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 05:58:56 +0000

Thanks everything is working fine now.

By: Mutte

Mutte — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 05:06:18 +0000

To create a start-up script (I prefer nano):

Simply edit /etc/rc.local

# Put your custom commands here that should be executed once
# the system init finished. By default this file does nothing.

usb_modeswitch
sleep 30
ifup ppp0

exit 0

By: Mutte

Mutte — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 18:55:52 +0000

Everything is working now, but I will be back with a automatically start-up script (I hope).

By: peter

peter — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 14:50:59 +0000

@Mutte: No problem, sorry about the typo.

By: peter

peter — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 14:50:06 +0000

@qrqq: Yes, my consultant fee is 100 EUR/h and estimate it to be approx 1 hour dev, including test and documentation.

By: Mutte

Mutte — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 11:43:50 +0000

usb-modeswitch is working.

Thanks!

By: grqq

grqq — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 09:14:56 +0000

I’m pretty much linux noob so how I can make this startup script? Can You provide me any examples?

By: peter

peter — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 08:00:28 +0000

Well, It is linux and very flexible so please feel free to implement it. I have not done it because it has not been painfull enough to not have this feature. But a simple startup script should fix it.

By: grqq

grqq — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 07:49:22 +0000

I have a problem. Everything works fine but every time I reboot the device a have to type usb_modeswitch and ifup ppp0 to enable the Internet connection. Is there any way to avoid this and enable this commands automatticly? Please help me.

By: peter

peter — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 15:26:42 +0000

oups, try
opkg install usb-modeswitch

By: Mutte

Mutte — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 13:33:58 +0000

Sorry, but it give me the same problem. Now I have double-checked the spelling.
Do you have any binary package link?

Log:

root@OpenWrt:~# opkg update
Downloading http://downloads.openwrt.org/backfire/10.03/brcm47xx/packages/Packages.gz.
Inflating http://downloads.openwrt.org/backfire/10.03/brcm47xx/packages/Packages.gz.
Updated list of available packages in /var/opkg-lists/packages.
root@OpenWrt:~# opkg install usb-switch
Collected errors:
* opkg_install_cmd: Cannot install package usb-switch.

By: peter

peter — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 12:51:49 +0000

try:
opkg install usb-switch

Not
opkg install usb-swtitch

By: Mutte

Mutte — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 11:54:03 +0000

Hi
Sorry about the miss-spelling, my keyboard must have a virus .

My Router have a working internet connection. But there is no usb-switch download. Do you have any other link?

Log:

root@OpenWrt:~# opkg update
Downloading http://downloads.openwrt.org/backfire/10.03/brcm47xx/packages/Packages.gz.
Inflating http://downloads.openwrt.org/backfire/10.03/brcm47xx/packages/Packages.gz.
Updated list of available packages in /var/opkg-lists/packages.
root@OpenWrt:~# opkg install usb-swtitch
Collected errors:
* opkg_install_cmd: Cannot install package usb-swtitch.
root@OpenWrt:~#

/Mutte

By: peter

peter — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 08:23:32 +0000

I do not understand “update oplg”?

You must have a working internet connection for yor OpenWrt router and must be able to run:
opkg update

If that does not work, google is your friend.

By: Mutte

Mutte — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 05:20:32 +0000

I can’t download usb-switch.
I have tried to update oplg with no success. Any ideas?