[julio]

Hello All,

With support of Bjørn Mork I was able to use the 4G modem Olicard500 - Olivetti in my Ubuntu 12.04.

Please refer to below files for the needed changes:

Insert in the file /lib/udev/rules.d/40-usb_modeswitch.rules the follow information:

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# Olivetti Olicard 500
ATTR{idVendor}=="0b3c", ATTR{idProduct}=="f017", RUN+="usb_modeswitch '%b/%k'"

and then

Include in the file /usr/share/usb_modeswitch/configPack.tar.gz
The file name: 0b3c:f017
With the follow information:

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# Olivetti Olicard 500

DefaultVendor= 0x0b3c
DefaultProduct= 0xf017

TargetVendor=  0x0b3c
TargetProduct= 0xc00b

MessageContent="5553424312345678000000000000061b000000020000000000000000000000"

NeedResponse=1

I would like to ask you if it is possible to update those files.

My best regards,
Julio Araujo

[LOM]

Hi Julio and thanks for the report, it will be included in next update of the usb_modeswitch data package.
can you please paste the output from lsusb v -d 0b3c:c00b so I can see what kind of interface the dongle has.
I assume that there are serial interfaces for ppp dialup as well as a qmi interface for a direct ethernet connection.

Do you have access to some other Olicards which are still unsupported by usb_modeswitch and linux ?
I am looking for info about the 310, the 315, the 300, and the 700

[julio]

Hi LOM,

Unfortunately I only have the model Olicard500, anyway I can try asking for some friends if they are using one of Ollivet model, but I'm not able to promise if I will be able to have those models.

I'm not a programmer and also I'm not familiar with the terminology of QMI, but after I made the configuration that I reported in the post my Ubuntu 12.04 automatically asked to me to create a new ppp connection in order to use this modem so I did that and everything works fine.

If there is anything else that I can do please let me know.

Follow the printout that you requested:

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julio@mynote:/etc/udev/rules.d$ sudo lsusb -v -d 0b3c:c00b
[sudo] password for julio: 

Bus 001 Device 014: ID 0b3c:c00b Olivetti Techcenter 
Device Descriptor:
  bLength                18
  bDescriptorType         1
  bcdUSB               2.00
  bDeviceClass            0 (Defined at Interface level)
  bDeviceSubClass         0 
  bDeviceProtocol         0 
  bMaxPacketSize0        64
  idVendor           0x0b3c Olivetti Techcenter
  idProduct          0xc00b 
  bcdDevice            0.00
  iManufacturer           3 USBModem
  iProduct                2 Olicard 500
  iSerial                 0 
  bNumConfigurations      1
  Configuration Descriptor:
    bLength                 9
    bDescriptorType         2
    wTotalLength          138
    bNumInterfaces          5
    bConfigurationValue     1
    iConfiguration          1 USBModem Configuration
    bmAttributes         0xe0
      Self Powered
      Remote Wakeup
    MaxPower              500mA
    Interface Descriptor:
      bLength                 9
      bDescriptorType         4
      bInterfaceNumber        0
      bAlternateSetting       0
      bNumEndpoints           2
      bInterfaceClass       255 Vendor Specific Class
      bInterfaceSubClass    255 Vendor Specific Subclass
      bInterfaceProtocol    255 Vendor Specific Protocol
      iInterface              0 
      Endpoint Descriptor:
        bLength                 7
        bDescriptorType         5
        bEndpointAddress     0x81  EP 1 IN
        bmAttributes            2
          Transfer Type            Bulk
          Synch Type               None
          Usage Type               Data
        wMaxPacketSize     0x0200  1x 512 bytes
        bInterval              32
      Endpoint Descriptor:
        bLength                 7
        bDescriptorType         5
        bEndpointAddress     0x01  EP 1 OUT
        bmAttributes            2
          Transfer Type            Bulk
          Synch Type               None
          Usage Type               Data
        wMaxPacketSize     0x0200  1x 512 bytes
        bInterval              32
    Interface Descriptor:
      bLength                 9
      bDescriptorType         4
      bInterfaceNumber        1
      bAlternateSetting       0
      bNumEndpoints           2
      bInterfaceClass       255 Vendor Specific Class
      bInterfaceSubClass    255 Vendor Specific Subclass
      bInterfaceProtocol    255 Vendor Specific Protocol
      iInterface              0 
      Endpoint Descriptor:
        bLength                 7
        bDescriptorType         5
        bEndpointAddress     0x82  EP 2 IN
        bmAttributes            2
          Transfer Type            Bulk
          Synch Type               None
          Usage Type               Data
        wMaxPacketSize     0x0200  1x 512 bytes
        bInterval              32
      Endpoint Descriptor:
        bLength                 7
        bDescriptorType         5
        bEndpointAddress     0x02  EP 2 OUT
        bmAttributes            2
          Transfer Type            Bulk
          Synch Type               None
          Usage Type               Data
        wMaxPacketSize     0x0200  1x 512 bytes
        bInterval              32
    Interface Descriptor:
      bLength                 9
      bDescriptorType         4
      bInterfaceNumber        2
      bAlternateSetting       0
      bNumEndpoints           2
      bInterfaceClass         8 Mass Storage
      bInterfaceSubClass      6 SCSI
      bInterfaceProtocol     80 Bulk-Only
      iInterface              0 
      Endpoint Descriptor:
        bLength                 7
        bDescriptorType         5
        bEndpointAddress     0x03  EP 3 OUT
        bmAttributes            2
          Transfer Type            Bulk
          Synch Type               None
          Usage Type               Data
        wMaxPacketSize     0x0200  1x 512 bytes
        bInterval               0
      Endpoint Descriptor:
        bLength                 7
        bDescriptorType         5
        bEndpointAddress     0x83  EP 3 IN
        bmAttributes            2
          Transfer Type            Bulk
          Synch Type               None
          Usage Type               Data
        wMaxPacketSize     0x0200  1x 512 bytes
        bInterval               0
    Interface Descriptor:
      bLength                 9
      bDescriptorType         4
      bInterfaceNumber        3
      bAlternateSetting       0
      bNumEndpoints           3
      bInterfaceClass       255 Vendor Specific Class
      bInterfaceSubClass    255 Vendor Specific Subclass
      bInterfaceProtocol    255 Vendor Specific Protocol
      iInterface              0 
      Endpoint Descriptor:
        bLength                 7
        bDescriptorType         5
        bEndpointAddress     0x84  EP 4 IN
        bmAttributes            3
          Transfer Type            Interrupt
          Synch Type               None
          Usage Type               Data
        wMaxPacketSize     0x0040  1x 64 bytes
        bInterval               5
      Endpoint Descriptor:
        bLength                 7
        bDescriptorType         5
        bEndpointAddress     0x85  EP 5 IN
        bmAttributes            2
          Transfer Type            Bulk
          Synch Type               None
          Usage Type               Data
        wMaxPacketSize     0x0200  1x 512 bytes
        bInterval              32
      Endpoint Descriptor:
        bLength                 7
        bDescriptorType         5
        bEndpointAddress     0x04  EP 4 OUT
        bmAttributes            2
          Transfer Type            Bulk
          Synch Type               None
          Usage Type               Data
        wMaxPacketSize     0x0200  1x 512 bytes
        bInterval              32
    Interface Descriptor:
      bLength                 9
      bDescriptorType         4
      bInterfaceNumber        4
      bAlternateSetting       0
      bNumEndpoints           3
      bInterfaceClass       255 Vendor Specific Class
      bInterfaceSubClass    255 Vendor Specific Subclass
      bInterfaceProtocol    255 Vendor Specific Protocol
      iInterface              0 
      Endpoint Descriptor:
        bLength                 7
        bDescriptorType         5
        bEndpointAddress     0x86  EP 6 IN
        bmAttributes            3
          Transfer Type            Interrupt
          Synch Type               None
          Usage Type               Data
        wMaxPacketSize     0x0040  1x 64 bytes
        bInterval               5
      Endpoint Descriptor:
        bLength                 7
        bDescriptorType         5
        bEndpointAddress     0x87  EP 7 IN
        bmAttributes            2
          Transfer Type            Bulk
          Synch Type               None
          Usage Type               Data
        wMaxPacketSize     0x0200  1x 512 bytes
        bInterval              32
      Endpoint Descriptor:
        bLength                 7
        bDescriptorType         5
        bEndpointAddress     0x05  EP 5 OUT
        bmAttributes            2
          Transfer Type            Bulk
          Synch Type               None
          Usage Type               Data
        wMaxPacketSize     0x0200  1x 512 bytes
        bInterval              32
Device Qualifier (for other device speed):
  bLength                10
  bDescriptorType         6
  bcdUSB               2.00
  bDeviceClass            0 (Defined at Interface level)
  bDeviceSubClass         0 
  bDeviceProtocol         0 
  bMaxPacketSize0        64
  bNumConfigurations      1
Device Status:     0x0000
  (Bus Powered)
julio@mynote:/etc/udev/rules.d$ 

[LOM]

Thanks for the lsusb listing, I guess your ppp connection is on ttyUSB2, right?

I'd say that interface #4 in your listing is a net type interface which makes sense since this is an LTE CAT3 dongle (100/50 Mbps) and you can not reach those speeds on ppp dial-up.

Did Bjorn ask you for the MS Windows .inf files? If not, can you please provide them?
They are copied from the dongles install cd-rom together with the Connection Manager software when you plug the stick for the first time into a computer running MS Windows.
Usually to be found under a drivers folder in the folder under Program Files where the connection manager gets installed. The .inf files will tell what each interface is intended for.

[julio]

Yes I think so my ppp connection is on ttyUSB2.

I'm attaching a file with all .inf file that I found in the folder inside program files at connection manager.

Also I used the usbpcap tool that Bjørn recommended in order to get the communication between Win7 and the modem, so I'm also attaching the .pcap files in the file modem.tar.gz.

File: modem-01.pcap => only plug and un-plug the modem in the USB.
File: modem-03.pcap => after plug the modem I started the application for to connect in the network then I connect and at end I disconnect and un-plug the modem.

I hope this can also help.

BR/
Julio

[LOM]

Thanks for the .inf files, they sorted out the interface usage question.