Thursday, May 1, 2008

Tata Indicom v-data card on Ubuntu Linux

To start using the tata indicom v-data card in ubuntu, follow these steps

1.Run this command
$sudo modprobe usbserial vendor=0x12d1 product=0x1001

2. Edit the /etc/wvdial.conf and add the following lines

$cat /etc/wvdial.conf

[Modem 0]
Modem = /dev/ttyUSB0
Baud = 115200
Dial Command = ATDT
FlowControl = Hardware (CRTSCTS)
Init1 = ATZ
[Dialer Defaults]
Init1 = ATZ
Init2 = ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0
Modem Type = Analog Modem
Phone = #777
ISDN = 0
Password = internet
New PPPD = yes
Username = internet
Stupid Mode = 1
Inherits = Modem 0

3. Run
$sudo wvdial

You will see your primary and secondary DNS getting set.
Now you are set.


Note: The data card is of Huawei make.

Also for the TATA Plug2Surf USB modem to work;
Insert you modem in and do a
$dmesg

You will see some messages with /dev/ttyACM1.
Just replace /dev/ttyUSB0 with this in the above mentioned files.


Thanks to varun for showing me this method
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12 comments:

  1. ZebaOctober 2, 2008 at 3:48 AM

    THANKS A LOT!!
    ...Zeba :)

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  2. vikithakarOctober 15, 2008 at 10:55 PM

    I have Tata Indicom v-data card connected to my laptop via PCMCIA card.

    It dose not work :---->


    vivek@vivek-laptop:~$ sudo wvdial
    --> WvDial: Internet dialer version 1.60
    --> Cannot open /dev/ttyACM1: No such file or directory
    --> Cannot open /dev/ttyACM1: No such file or directory
    --> Cannot open /dev/ttyACM1: No such file or directory
    vivek@vivek-laptop:~$

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  3. ThirupathyDecember 14, 2008 at 1:17 PM

    thanks a lot

    want to know the max speed in tata usb modem in windows & linus (ubuntu).

    have u tried anything for increasing speed.

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  4. varunDecember 14, 2008 at 7:32 PM

    viki,sorry for late comment, but can you tell me the model number of the card. The above post need not work for all cards.

    @Thirupathy, these cards have usb serial interface. Which means, we can only go upto the max serial speed supported by the card. I think in this case we are using the full baud rate..so that might be the max, unless your card supports more.

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  5. vikithakarDecember 14, 2008 at 9:09 PM

    Sorry...
    I got where I had gone wrong..
    It is now working perfectly..

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  6. varunDecember 14, 2008 at 9:17 PM

    @viki......great! have fun

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  7. abhayJuly 14, 2009 at 4:40 AM

    hello varun...
    I am using photon+ in redhat5.0,i want to increase the internet speed as well as i want to make it unlimited download..i am using 950Mb plan in which i have only 2GB day and 10GB night free..but i want to make it a unlimited download..and also send me some tricks that can be done with tata indicom photon+.and my model name is HUAWEI EC1260...reply soon...

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  8. varunJuly 14, 2009 at 8:28 PM

    @abhay, probably you got the wrong idea from the blog title linux "hacks". We dont hack into tata indicom or any other service provider to do something like what you want. Linux nor any OS cannot do anything about that. You need to pay for your service. Sorry!

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  9. UnknownDecember 18, 2009 at 12:31 AM

    hi i am trying to install tata indicom photon+ but i am getting the following error
    WvDial: Internet dialer version 1.60
    --> Cannot open /dev/ttyUSB0: No such file or directory
    --> Cannot open /dev/ttyUSB0: No such file or directory
    --> Cannot open /dev/ttyUSB0: No such file or

    can u please help me out in this

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  10. varunDecember 18, 2009 at 1:07 AM

    @Srikanth, first do as root
    #dmesg -c
    plug in your photon drive
    #dmesg
    What do you see? Do you see?
    Read the end of the post which says
    Also for the TATA Plug2Surf USB modem to work;
    Insert you modem in and do a
    $dmesg

    You will see some messages with /dev/ttyACM1.
    Just replace /dev/ttyUSB0 with this in the above mentioned files.

    So replace ttyUSB0 with ttyACM1 or whatever that shows in dmesg.
    This has to be done in wvdial.conf. Any other doubt let me know

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  11. UnknownDecember 18, 2009 at 9:30 PM

    hi varun thnks for the info also can u let me know if the below steps are correct for running the data card

    Modem=/dev/ttyUSB0
    Baud=115200
    Dial Command = ATDT
    Baud=115200
    Dial Command = ATDT
    init1=ATZ
    init2=AT+CRM=1
    Flow Control= Hardware (CRTSCTS)
    Username = internet
    Password = internet
    Phone = #777
    Stupid Mode = 1

    can u let me know if i have to add something or it the above command ok

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  12. UnknownDecember 18, 2009 at 9:48 PM

    hi varun i did the above steps mentioned by you. but still i am getting the same error. can u please help me out in detail in this...

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