John, The part where you are getting > ERROR > --> Invalid dial command. Check this page out, it might help? http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=857515 Something could be wrong in the wvdial.conf, you may carefully look over the file wvdial.txt found in Modem/DOCs/ folder generated by scanModem. In there it provides examples and troubleshooting tips. Also you may look over at Jacques' Post-Install howto/guide here: http://linmodems.technion.ac.il/post-install.html Regards, Antonio On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 7:10 AM, John Smithson <johnhsmithson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Dear Sir, > > Thank you so much for your help so far > > Following a couple of emails I received from Antonio Olivares and some > more from Marvin Stodolsky I have made some progress. > > I nutted out that it should have been $ sudo modprobe martian_dev, which > I did, and then the other commands you listed. > > I now can get the modem to start and dial but it then crashed out > please see below - it seems very close now. > > Here is the terminal output: (I can hear all the noises and even on the > phone in the house if I pick it up): > jonathan@jonathan-desktop:~$ sudo wvdial > --> WvDial: Internet dialer version 1.60 > --> Cannot get information for serial port. > --> Initializing modem. > --> Sending: ATZ > ATZ > OK > --> Sending: ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0 > ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0 > OK > --> Modem initialized. > --> Sending: ATDT01983311111 > --> Waiting for carrier. > ATDT01983311111 > --> Timed out while dialing. Trying again. > --> Sending: ATDT01983311111 > --> Waiting for carrier. > --> Timed out while dialing. Trying again. > --> Sending: ATDT01983311111 > --> Waiting for carrier. > NO CARRIER > --> No Carrier! Trying again. > --> Sending: ATDT01983311111 > --> Waiting for carrier. > ATDT01983311111 > ATDT01983311111 > ERROR > --> Invalid dial command. > --> Disconnecting at Thu Feb 17 17:33:19 2011 > > And here I copied one of your commands for Derek: > jonathan@jonathan-desktop:~$ sudo ls -l /dev/ttySM0 /dev/pts/* > crw--w---- 1 jonathan tty 136, 0 2011-02-17 17:37 /dev/pts/0 > crw--w---- 1 nobody dialout 136, 1 2011-02-17 17:33 /dev/pts/1 > c--------- 1 root root 5, 2 2011-02-18 04:23 /dev/pts/ptmx > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 2011-02-17 17:33 /dev/ttySM0 > -> /dev/pts/1 > jonathan@jonathan-desktop:~$ > > Here is my wvdial.conf: > [Dialer Defaults] > Modem = /dev/ttySM0 > Baud = 460800 > Init1 = ATZ > Init2 = ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0 > ISDN = 0 > Modem Type = Analog Modem > New PPPD = yes > Carrier Check = no > Phone = <my ISp tel No> > Username = <my user name> > Password = <mypassword> > > If you can, I would be grateful for a little further help. It cannot be > far off now! > > Regards, John > >
