Irda dongle MA660

cemplukcute2003 · #1 3rd June 2005, 03:59 AM

Hi, i want to use Siemens ME45 as a modem using irda dongle MA660 in Fedora Core 3.
But FC can't detect the dongle. Can somebody give me an explanation how to install the dongle? Please be specific, cause i really newbie in Linux..

Thanks in advance

rayyes · #2 3rd June 2005, 06:14 AM

good luck because linux support for irda sucks. i've been trying to connect my nokia 6600 using the ma-620 dongle for a while, but i couldn't find a clear enough howto.

anyway here's what i do, so you can get as far as i am, maybe someone can help us both:

1- log into root using 'su -'

Code:

[rayyes@gateless ~]$ su -
Password:
[root@gateless ~]#

2- make sure the dongle is unplugged, then plug it in and type 'dmesg'

Code:

[root@gateless ~]#dmesg
....
pl2303 2-1:1.0: PL-2303 converter detected
usb 2-1: PL-2303 converter now attached to ttyUSB2

this is important because the last few lines of dmesg will tell you which port the dongle connected to (add /dev/ to the tty it connects to, in this case its /dev/ttyUSB2) .

3-now you can use irattach (i use ma600 since 620 is not there):

Code:

[root@gateless ~]# irattach /dev/ttyUSB2 -d ma600 -s
[root@gateless ~]#

4- now if you type 'irdadump' you can see the info being passed back and forth, in my case, FC3 identifies the remote device as Nokia 6600:

Code:

22:05:48.526539 xid:cmd b86d92c0 > ffffffff S=6 s=4 (14)
22:05:48.526567 xid:cmd 934b8024 > ffffffff S=6 s=4 (14)
22:05:48.605522 xid:rsp 934b8024 < 57be4106 S=6 s=4 Nokia 6600 hint=9225 [ PDA/Palmtop Modem Telephony IrCOMM IrOBEX ] (27)

at this point everything gets hazy, and blurry and my legs become really really heavy, then i wake up but the nightmare won't go away

cemplukcute2003 · #3 3rd June 2005, 08:07 AM

I already did like what you taught me. But when i typed dmesg the last lines only show this message :

Code:

  usb 2-1 : new low speed USB device using address 3

And when i look at /dev/usb/ there is no ttyUSBn, only lp0 (if i'm not mistaken).
Why there is no ttyUSB?
And why the usb can't detect the dongle?

rayyes · #4 3rd June 2005, 09:23 AM

unfortunately i can't tell because im not using the same device ma620.
anyway dmesg gives me this after plugging it in:

Code:

usb 2-1: new full speed USB device using address 3
drivers/usb/serial/usb-serial.c: USB Serial support registered for Generic
usbcore: registered new driver usbserial_generic
usbcore: registered new driver usbserial
drivers/usb/serial/usb-serial.c: USB Serial Driver core v2.0
drivers/usb/serial/usb-serial.c: USB Serial support registered for PL-2303
pl2303 2-1:1.0: PL-2303 converter detected
usb 2-1: PL-2303 converter now attached to ttyUSB0
usbcore: registered new driver pl2303
drivers/usb/serial/pl2303.c: Prolific PL2303 USB to serial adaptor driver v0.11

as you can see, this time it connected to ttyUSB0. this is the file /dev/ttyUSB0. you should be looking for it in the /dev directory.

perhaps someone who has gotten the ir dongle to work under linux can help more. I find that the effort required to get it working in linux isnt worth it, considering that it works perfectly under windows, out of the box.

cemplukcute2003 · #5 3rd June 2005, 09:58 AM

FC didn't recognize the dongle at all, it doesn't results pl2303,etc.
Is it possible that FC3 doesn't recognize MA660?
Pheww, i think right now i will buy MA620

Thanks for your help

cemplukcute2003 · #6 3rd June 2005, 10:02 AM

Oopss, sorry. One more question
Do you need specific drivers when you plug in the MA620?
Thanks for all your help

rayyes · #7 3rd June 2005, 10:25 AM

no worries...
i didn't install any special drivers, just some generic usb and irda stuff from sourceforge.net, after reading some tutorial somewhere on the web.
i hope you can get the ma620 to work, if you do please post how you did it.

cemplukcute2003 · #8 17th June 2005, 09:52 AM

Hi, i already buy ma620 and FC can detect it.
But when i try to query modem, i got an error message : Unable to open modem.
What should i do? Do you already have any solutions?
Thanks in advance

cemplukcute2003 · #9 20th June 2005, 12:53 PM

hi, now i can do query modem...
i think the results suppose to be ATI,ATI1, ATI2 have some values.
but i got the results empty fields? am i do something wrong?
and when i tried to connect, it didn't doing any respons
can someone help me?

funtomas · #10 15th November 2006, 05:32 PM

and what this:???

Quote:

usb 4-1: USB disconnect, address 2
usb 4-1: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 4
usb 4-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
SigmaTel STIr4200 IRDA/USB found at address 4, Vendor: 66f, Product: 4200
drivers/net/irda/stir4200.c: IrDA: Registered SigmaTel device irda0