Comments on: Defining multiple cell modems in Leopard

By: Bradley

Bradley — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 07:42:40 +0000

Someone googling for this found it…and it was so helpful. It helped so much. Thank you so much.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 11:52:24 +0000

This is a very well written technical note. Something Apple should be proud of. Oh, of course, it was not the great Apple Tech Support. Well done!! I am glad that there are people like you out there. Thanks.

By: Nikhil Datta

Nikhil Datta — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 13:34:36 +0000

OK. this all worked for me beautifully when I first set it up, BUT:
As soon as I reboot, connecting no longer works with the newly created Serial ports. This is what I see in the ppp log when trying to connect:
Fri Mar 6 10:37:31 2009 : Apple Base Script.ccl Version 3.3
Fri Mar 6 10:37:31 2009 : CCLWrite : AT\13
Fri Mar 6 10:37:31 2009 : CCLMatched : OK\13\10
Fri Mar 6 10:37:31 2009 : Initializing phone: AT&FE0Q0V1&C1&D2+IFC=3,1
Fri Mar 6 10:37:31 2009 : CCLWrite : AT&FE0Q0V1&C1&D2+IFC=3,1\13
Fri Mar 6 10:37:31 2009 : CCLMatched : ERROR\13\10
Fri Mar 6 10:37:31 2009 : Modem error; the modem is not responding.
Fri Mar 6 10:37:31 2009 : CCLExit: -6019 (Modem error, modem not responding.)

(The same AT commands work perfectly before, which I can verify from older log entries.

I’m using 2 Nokia phones here – an E51 and an E71. Both have exactly the same problem – AFTER rebooting. to make this work again, I must delete the phones from the Bluetooth devices, re-pair them and go through the whole setup process again. It works, but only till I reboot (or put the computer to sleep, as I don’t reboot very often).

This is driving me insane – Anyone experienced this?

PS – Regular Bluetooth connections work just fine, even after rebooting. But then I obviously lose the ability to have both my phones tethered to my Macbook Pro.

By: Nikhil Datta

Nikhil Datta — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 11:37:52 +0000

I’ve been looking for how to do this for over a year! Your post was really helpful. Thanks.

Apple should really have a support article for this!

By: Pat

Pat — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 16:25:48 +0000

Last time I tethered my cell phone (using the usb cable), the stupid thing decided to create “Motorola V3m 1″. I then had to copy all the settings over from the original config (“Motorola V3m”) which had worked fine and auto-detected previously. I wonder if I plugged it into a different USB port or something. I suspect these things will get simpler in the future.

By: Yhom

Yhom — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 15:45:33 +0000

Hi,

Do you have the “unable to find modem” popup when your USB modem is not connected and you’re trying to reach the network ? I’m trying to get rid of that.
Cheers.

By: rogo

rogo — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 01:27:42 +0000

Thanx a lot for your experience!
i’ve breake my head searched ways to work with 2 phones in simple way, like on Windows where each phone have own profile wich louching directly from menu! your receip not trivial (as MacOS in general things) but do good result and i think a lot of people neeting the same problem will say you thanx too

next and last goal to feel comfartable with bluetooth net on mac to understand how repair modem crushesh after disconnection due network error

By: the elsiecat

the elsiecat — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 05:02:11 +0000

Very nice precise layout