> -----Original Message----- > From: Marius Van Deventer - Umzimkulu > Sent: 14 December 2005 04:39 PM > To: 'Stuart Henderson'; misc@openbsd.org > Subject: RE: Connecting Nokia (and other) phones to a pc > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Stuart Henderson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: 14 December 2005 04:16 PM > > To: Marius Van Deventer - Umzimkulu; misc@openbsd.org > > Subject: Re: Connecting Nokia (and other) phones to a pc > > > > > > --On 14 December 2005 15:30 +0200, Marius Van Deventer - Umzimkulu > > wrote: > > > > > A lot of people have done this it seems, but with serial > cables, not > > > USB. > > > > A lot of USB cables for phones (especially third-party > ones) include > > standard USB-serial adapters attaching to ucom(4), often using a > > Prolific chip supported by uplcom(4). > > > > Some cables which aren't supported are likely to use the same > > chips but > > with different device-id so they're not automatically > recognised. In > > these cases, it can be easy to support them (especially if > > you know who > > makes the chip). > > > > N.B. some phones which come with a USB connecter cannot be used for > > GPRS, with these it's usually only possible to access the > > phone memory > > over USB. In those cases, sometimes a different 'data cable' is > > available, but often you need to use bluetooth or irda instead. > > > > There is also such a thing as a bluetooth-rs232 adapter > (requiring no > > OS support), but you probably won't like the price, and I > don't know > > how compatible they are with phones. > > > > > I am currently stuck on this error: > > > ugenpoll: no edesc > > > > > > Anyone have any idea what it means? I know it has something > > to do with > > > USB itself. > > > > edesc = endpoint descriptor, but knowing this won't help you. > > > > Your device is attached by ugen, a generic driver that allows > > programs > > to talk to USB devices that don't have a real driver. But those > > programs need to know how to talk to the device, you can't > > just use it > > as a tty and run ppp over it. > > > > First, I think you should confirm the phone really can do GPRS over > > USB. No point wasting time trying to make it work, if it's > impossible. > > > > > The phone can do gprs over USB on windows using software supplied by > Nokia. It creates a "netword card" in XP network connections. > To connect > you simply activate the "network card".
Gaaah!! I meant "modem"! To activate, you simply use the dialup entry in XP network connections. Sorry, caffeine levels running low.. [demime 1.01d removed an attachment of type application/x-pkcs7-signature which had a name of smime.p7s]
