{"id":697,"date":"2011-03-18T09:11:29","date_gmt":"2011-03-17T21:11:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/p-s.co.nz\/wordpress\/?p=697"},"modified":"2011-03-29T16:01:41","modified_gmt":"2011-03-29T04:01:41","slug":"telecom-usb-modem-on-lucid-ubuntu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/p-s.co.nz\/wordpress\/telecom-usb-modem-on-lucid-ubuntu\/","title":{"rendered":"Telecom USB modem on Lucid Ubuntu"},"content":{"rendered":"

My mother runs Ubuntu (Lucid) on her laptop and she needed to make her NZ Telecom USB modem work. Getting an XT USB Modem working in Ubuntu<\/a> provided a great starting point but there were a few things I had to do differently. I recommend printing the Rob the Geek article and then following this post for extra guidance.<\/p>\n

The key issue is:<\/p>\n

[these particular devices] respond to the system by default as a CD drive or USB hub so Ubuntu (with the stick in it\u2019s native form) doesn\u2019t see it as a modem device.
\nGetting an XT USB Modem working in Ubuntu<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Fortunately, I had the option of dual booting into Windows XP so I could modify the modem (thus enabling Ubuntu to detect it as such). The missing step in the documentation for me was that I needed to install the modem under Windows first before I could see it in the Device Manager. In Windows XP, it was Control Panel>Classic View>System>Hardware Device Manager. I discovered the relevant port in my mother’s case was COM5. Yours may be different.<\/p>\n

I used Hyperterminal for the next step. It wasn’t exactly intuitive to me but I got it to work. My main problem was I couldn’t see the interface responding as I typed in the command – at least not until it was entered. The command IIRC was AT+ZCDRUN=8<\/code><\/p>\n

\"Hyperterminal<\/a><\/p>\n

I received:
\n
\n>> Close autorun
\nstate result (0: FAIL 1: SUCCESS): 1
\n>> OK<\/code><\/p>\n

I could then reboot into Ubuntu. The Ubuntu steps (look at Rob the Geek’s instructions) “Just Worked” and the modem just works. I was also successful getting another Telecom XT mobile going for my father-in-law on his eeebuntu netbook. So this was not a fluke.<\/p>\n

In conclusion, there was only one small thing stopping everything else from working. Once fixed – complete success and an easy and intuitive user interface.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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