Configure Alcatel X060S in Ubuntu

Step 1:

• Plugin your Alcatel x060s to USB drive
• Run this command : #lsusb

Bus 001 Device 003: ID 1bbb:f000 T & A Mobile Phones

* Please notice the code f000 : this is the responsible of all our problems, we have to modeswitch this to 0000 in order to make the modem work.

Step 2 :

• Install usb_modeswitch to make kernel recognise the TWO devices inside Alcatel x060s: Mass Storage and MODEM

• Configure usb_modeswitch with sudo gedit /etc/usb_modeswitch.conf and adding the lines:

########################################################
# Alcatel X060

DefaultVendor= 0x1bbb
DefaultProduct= 0xf000

TargetVendor= 0x1bbb
TargetProduct= 0×0000

# only for reference
# MessageEndpoint=0×01

MessageContent=”55534243123456788000000080000606f50402527000000000000000000000″
########################################################

• Plug it in again, give as sudo the command: usb_modeswitch
• Looking your syslog (with tail -20 /var/log/syslog) or  dmesg you should now see:

# tail -20 /var/log/syslog
…..
Jul 15 23:38:06 sysadmin-laptop kernel: [ 2636.080648] usbserial_generic 1-3.4:1.3: generic converter detected
Jul 15 23:38:06 sysadmin-laptop kernel: [ 2636.080700] usb 1-3.4: generic converter now attached to ttyUSB2
…..

# dmesg
…..
[  848.816430] usb-storage: device found at 8
[  848.816432] usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning
[  853.816860] usb-storage: device scan complete
[  853.817689] scsi 5:0:0:0: Direct-Access     USBModem MMC Storage      2.31 PQ: 0 ANSI: 2
…..

• Next step is starting a driver for the modem. The command is:

• # modprobe usbserial vendor=0x1bbb product=0×0000

…..
Jul 15 23:38:06 sysadmin-laptop kernel: [ 2636.080648] usbserial_generic 1-3.4:1.3: generic converter detected
Jul 15 23:38:06 sysadmin-laptop kernel: [ 2636.080700] usb 1-3.4: generic converter now attached to ttyUSB2
…..

*Now we have 3 serial usb interfaces! – our modem is on ttyUSB2.

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