Re: Fwd: Recommended GSM Phone / Modem

2009-06-26 Thread Milan P. Stanic
On Fri, 2009-06-26 at 08:19, Tshimanga Minkoka wrote: > If you go with Huawei E220 (or similar Huawei) on Linux (or similar), you > will need a recent kernel (If you want I can find out from which version) > that supports the dual (flash disk and modem) USB operation of this modem. > I've used it

RE: Fwd: Recommended GSM Phone / Modem

2009-06-26 Thread Tshimanga Minkoka
om Cc: kenbell...@gmail.com; users Subject: Re: Fwd: Recommended GSM Phone / Modem Hi Nicolas Regarding the message storage, they can be stored in several parts: You can configure, in some modems/phones whether the messages will be stored in the sim itself or in the modem/phone memory. modems has spac

Re: Fwd: Recommended GSM Phone / Modem

2009-06-25 Thread Nicolas Pottier
Thanks everyone, After an evening paying with minicom and a Sierra Wireless 875 I think I have a far better understanding of how everything plays together. I will probably bring a few different phone and modem options with me to make sure one of them works, but I can see now that the standal

Re: Fwd: Recommended GSM Phone / Modem

2009-06-25 Thread Alvaro Cornejo
Hi Nicolas Regarding the message storage, they can be stored in several parts: You can configure, in some modems/phones whether the messages will be stored in the sim itself or in the modem/phone memory. modems has space for about 20 messages. For sims, it will depend on the size of the internal

Re: Fwd: Recommended GSM Phone / Modem

2009-06-24 Thread frank tilugulilwa
On Wed, 2009-06-24 at 13:08 -0700, Nicolas Pottier wrote: > Thanks Kenny, > > It looks like the Huawei E160G is available pretty cheap on eBay as well. Huawei E620 works well. I am a newbie but I managed to make it work. Not sure of the price though > > One question on the Modem vs Phone approa

Re: Fwd: Recommended GSM Phone / Modem

2009-06-24 Thread Nicolas Pottier
Thanks Kenny, It looks like the Huawei E160G is available pretty cheap on eBay as well. One question on the Modem vs Phone approach. In my head it seems like the phone would be more reliable as it would be receiving SMS's on it's own regardless of what the attached PC is doing. The PC would

Re: Fwd: Recommended GSM Phone / Modem

2009-06-24 Thread Kenny
Hi, For serial, I'll recommend the Wavecom and USD I'll recommend Huawei E220 Modem. These are the modems i have used with good results in the past. -- Kenny On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 3:22 PM, Nicolas Pottier wrote: > > I'll actually amend this to say that if there is a significant advantage to

Re: Fwd: Recommended GSM Phone / Modem

2009-06-24 Thread Nicolas Pottier
Looks like the Sony / Ericsson T610 would be a decent choice in that regard. Any disagreement from others? -Nic Alvaro Cornejo wrote: Now that you talk about Nokia There are some nokia phones that do not support AT+CNMI command, therefore, you can not use it. Browse the list to see if you

Re: Fwd: Recommended GSM Phone / Modem

2009-06-24 Thread Alvaro Cornejo
Now that you talk about Nokia There are some nokia phones that do not support AT+CNMI command, therefore, you can not use it. Browse the list to see if you know wich model(s) have this problem. Regards Alvaro |-

Re: Fwd: Recommended GSM Phone / Modem

2009-06-24 Thread Nicolas Pottier
Thanks Alvaro. My intuition for some reason makes me believe that a compatible phone (Nokia 6230 perhaps) would be the best option.. power isn't a problem and phones are made to have great reception and long term reliability. (something to be said for economies of scale there) I do like the

Re: Fwd: Recommended GSM Phone / Modem

2009-06-24 Thread Alvaro Cornejo
Hi There are really no big advantage between serial/Usb modems/phones other than: - Linux Driver: the USB firmware on the phone/modem might not work with linux or you should seek for the correct driver and might need to tweek linux in order to support it you might anyway have to do that for t

Re: Fwd: Recommended GSM Phone / Modem

2009-06-24 Thread Nicolas Pottier
I'll actually amend this to say that if there is a significant advantage to have a real serial port then I can adapt whichever laptop I get to accommodate that. I was originally thinking of using a netbook for the task just for the sake of my luggage, but I could just as easily use an old Th

Fwd: Recommended GSM Phone / Modem

2009-06-24 Thread Benaiad
-- Forwarded message -- From: Nic Pottier Date: Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 3:19 PM Subject: Re: Recommended GSM Phone / Modem To: Benaiad No, sadly just USB. On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 6:14 AM, Benaiad wrote: > Do you have a serial port in your laptop? > > On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 7:3