Re: GSM detection/identification

2008-08-03 Thread Paul Buede
Matt Joyce wrote: The wiki has some interesting info on GSM : http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Gsm The AT commands to interact with the hardware are here : http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Hardware:AT_Commands (I wonder if they are an extension of the earlier dial up modem commands ala Hayes?)

Re: GSM detection/identification

2008-08-03 Thread Matt
Paul Buede wrote: Matt Joyce wrote: The wiki has some interesting info on GSM : http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Gsm The AT commands to interact with the hardware are here : http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Hardware:AT_Commands (I wonder if they are an extension of the earlier dial up modem

Re: GSM detection/identification

2008-08-03 Thread Paul Buede
Paul Buede wrote: Matt Joyce wrote: The wiki has some interesting info on GSM : http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Gsm The AT commands to interact with the hardware are here : http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Hardware:AT_Commands (I wonder if they are an extension of the earlier dial up modem

Re: GSM detection/identification

2008-08-03 Thread Steven Kurylo
And that the three operators I could see in my tests must all allow roaming on each others networks, which is why my T-Mobile SIM lets me see only those three. I should be able to see Verizon, US Cellular, and who knows what other operators from some of the places I tested, including my

Re: GSM detection/identification

2008-08-03 Thread Scott
Paul, Sounds like what you want is to run the GSM radio in promiscuous mode, like some wireless Ethernet radios can do. My old Razr and the Iphone would do something like that. It won't tell you the carrier but it will list the available sites, with their ID and signal strength. There is a

Re: GSM detection/identification

2008-08-03 Thread Paul Buede
Steven Kurylo wrote: And that the three operators I could see in my tests must all allow roaming on each others networks, which is why my T-Mobile SIM lets me see only those three. I should be able to see Verizon, US Cellular, and who knows what other operators from some of the places I

Re: GSM detection/identification

2008-08-03 Thread Esben Stien
Paul Buede [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: What I need now is a way to pass commands from the cli and have it return values to the cli rather than operating in the shell. What you want is a non interactive interface to the gsm daemon and I'm very surprised it's not implemented this way. -- Esben

Re: GSM detection/identification

2008-08-03 Thread Matt Joyce
On Mon, Aug 4, 2008 at 11:47 AM, Esben Stien [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Paul Buede [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: What I need now is a way to pass commands from the cli and have it return values to the cli rather than operating in the shell. What you want is a non interactive interface to the gsm

Re: GSM detection/identification

2008-07-31 Thread Ken Restivo
On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 09:57:01PM -0400, Paul Buede wrote: Dimitri wrote: Are you able to make and receive calls? If not, perhaps the sim isn't touching all the phone's connections. At least, that's the problem I had when I tried to connect to ATT. It would show that I had 5 bars,

Re: GSM detection/identification. Kismet on Freerunner

2008-07-31 Thread Stroller
On 31 Jul 2008, at 09:31, Ken Restivo wrote: ... Hmm. Has anyone ported Kismet to the OpenMoko yet? ... Since the phone has a built in GPS, it seems like it would be the absolutely ideal Kismet platform, and also for something similar to map cell phone signal strength and coverage. Hi

Re: GSM detection/identification

2008-07-30 Thread Paul Buede
ian douglas wrote: Paul Buede wrote: the coverage isn't great in the rural areas I find myself. When driving around, if out of reach of tmobile, it will say registering as if there is no sim card. But, on the little image of the antenna, that shows how strong my connection is, I still

Re: GSM detection/identification

2008-07-30 Thread Matt Joyce
On Thu, Jul 31, 2008 at 10:38 AM, Paul Buede [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Anybody else know what I can query or run to view available cell carriers at any given time? Is this even possible? Correct me if I am wrong, I am kind of making this up to try and figure out how it works: I had a play

GSM detection/identification

2008-07-29 Thread Paul Buede
So, I picked up a tmobile sim, and signed up with them (I have another week to cancel), and so the phone registers with tmobile. I am finding the coverage isn't great in the rural areas I find myself. When driving around, if out of reach of tmobile, it will say registering as if there is no sim

Re: GSM detection/identification

2008-07-29 Thread ian douglas
Paul Buede wrote: the coverage isn't great in the rural areas I find myself. When driving around, if out of reach of tmobile, it will say registering as if there is no sim card. But, on the little image of the antenna, that shows how strong my connection is, I still have 2 bars. Is that a

Re: GSM detection/identification

2008-07-29 Thread Dimitri
a little cron to pipe all carriers it detects into a file every minute as I drive around the countryside, so I can see who i will get the best coverage with. Thanks -- View this message in context: http://n2.nabble.com/GSM-detection-identification-tp640786p640891.html Sent from

Re: GSM detection/identification

2008-07-29 Thread Scott
Paul, I inexperience the same behavior on the ATT(850 1900) network. When the signal drops below a certain level on the left is says registering on the right the signal icon indicates some bogus value.. I think there is an update issue with the icon, and the message for no service,