Step by step changing usb mode on MF190 HSUPA USB STICK

[bmironb]

Hi,

As i posted a long time ago …i want to use usb stick MF190 from Zte with pfsense 2.0.1 on pc platfrom, someone helpped me with some posts but was not concrete.
As i understood when stick is inserted is recognized as mass storage because it has a micro sd card reader.

Is there any tutorial step by step to change this mode ? and after i assumed that will be recognized as interface and from there create a new connection.

Thanks !

[stephenw10]

Did you ever try locking it in modem mode?

Steve

[bmironb]

I tried some commands from previous post but unsuccessful.
How i change it to modem mode ?

[stephenw10]

In the usbconfig information you posted previously the device shows as:
idVendor = 0x19d2
idProduct = 0x0117

This implies it may already be switched to modem mode. See:
http://www.draisberghof.de/usb_modeswitch/bb/viewtopic.php?t=530&highlight=0x0117
and
http://www.draisberghof.de/usb_modeswitch/bb/viewtopic.php?t=594&highlight=0x0117

What have you done to it so far?

Steve

[bmironb]

Hi,

Thanks for your fast reply.
Funny thing is that post was posted before trying commands :) you are saying that is allready switched…
Ok, maybe is switched, but in interfaces assigned is not appearing as a new option or it should appear in another section, i want to set a new wan connection type...
Let us assumed that is switched.
How new dial up connection should be set then...or where i'm wrong ?

usbconfig:

ugen0.1: <uhci root="" hub="" via="">at usbus0, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=FULL (12Mbps) pwr=ON
ugen1.1: <uhci root="" hub="" via="">at usbus1, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=FULL (12Mbps) pwr=ON
ugen2.1: <uhci root="" hub="" via="">at usbus2, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=FULL (12Mbps) pwr=ON
ugen3.1: <ehci root="" hub="" via="">at usbus3, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=HIGH (480Mbps) pwr=ON
ugen3.2: <zte wcdma="" technologies="" msm="" zte,incorporated="">at usbus3, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=HIGH (480Mbps) pwr=ON

usbconfig dump_device_desc

ugen3.2: <zte wcdma="" technologies="" msm="" zte,incorporated="">at usbus3, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=HIGH (480Mbps) pwr=ON

bLength = 0x0012
 bDescriptorType = 0x0001
 bcdUSB = 0x0200
 bDeviceClass = 0x0000
 bDeviceSubClass = 0x0000
 bDeviceProtocol = 0x0000
 bMaxPacketSize0 = 0x0040
 idVendor = 0x19d2
 idProduct = 0x0117
 bcdDevice = 0x0000
 iManufacturer = 0x0003   <zte,incorporated>iProduct = 0x0002   <zte wcdma="" technologies="" msm="">iSerialNumber = 0x0004   <mf1900rdsd010000>bNumConfigurations = 0x0001

Thanks !</mf1900rdsd010000></zte></zte,incorporated></zte></zte></ehci></uhci></uhci></uhci>

[stephenw10]

If it is correctly recognised as a usb serial device it will appear in /dev when you plug it in.
You then configure it as described here:
http://doc.pfsense.org/index.php/Configuring_3G_modems

Also useful here would be to plug the modem in and then look at the system log to see what was recognised.

Steve

[bmironb]

If i assigned a new option and select ppp i have nothing as device :( see pictures from sys logs and ppps…
Is no problem that i have on serial port a ups? i got data stale on nut after trying, ups is on cuau0.
I also removed ups from serial, gave restart but still not appearing.

[stephenw10]

The fact that you can still see the ZTE CD-ROM implies that it has not switched. Although you can see the MMC device which id different to other similar modems. It could be that usb serial driver has not attatched to the ports.
You should load usb_modeswitch and try one of the ZTE command strings.
perha ~~# ZTE MF190 devices

DefaultVendor= 0x19d2
DefaultProduct= 0x0117

MessageContent="5553424312345678000000000000061e000000000000000000000000000000"
MessageContent2="5553424312345679000000000000061b000000020000000000000000000000"
MessageContent3="55534243123456702000000080000c85010101180101010101000000000000"

NeedResponse=1

CheckSuccess=20

Steve~~