Connect TREO USB Modem

jtborg, can you provide a link to where you got your instructions? I cannot help you directly because I don't have a 700p (but am thinking of buying one). But I think your instructions might be a little "off". By seeing the "real deal" perhaps we can help more.

Also, to take a step back. When you simply plug your Mepis box via USB into the 700p, what do you see on your Mepis box. Oh, I should also ask: Exactly which version of Mepis are you running, and do you have any other network connections (modem, broadband, etc., etc.) that work? If so, what are they? The reason I ask is we first need to determine if the 700p is even being detected by Mepis.

Let us know what you find.

Jon

Hi! Jon,

I am using Mepis 6.0

I don't have any other network connection, just the Treo.

I check the devices manager it does not show the dev/acmo

I am new to all this, so I don't know if I am looking at it right.

Also I can't get kpolit to sync either, the least of my problem.

There the web site the have the instruction, it at the bottom of the PDF document.

http://www.mobile-stream.com/USBModem_UG.pdf

Thanks again for all your help.

James Tom

Well James, thanks for the link. Unfortunately, when I went to open it, it killed my Firefox session

But I was able to bring it up using Opera

I took a quick look at it and have this question: Have you loaded any software from Palm onto your Mepis box?

I just did a quick listing of my OLD Mepis box, to see what /dev/ttyA* items are there. Open a konsole and enter the following command, and post the results (you do not need to be root). You should see something like the following:

$ ll /dev/ttyA*
crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 166,  0 2002-07-13 22:55 /dev/ttyACM0
crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 166,  1 2002-07-13 22:55 /dev/ttyACM1
crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 166, 10 2002-07-13 22:55 /dev/ttyACM10
crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 166, 11 2002-07-13 22:55 /dev/ttyACM11
crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 166, 12 2002-07-13 22:55 /dev/ttyACM12
crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 166, 13 2002-07-13 22:55 /dev/ttyACM13
crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 166, 14 2002-07-13 22:55 /dev/ttyACM14
crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 166, 15 2002-07-13 22:55 /dev/ttyACM15
crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 166,  2 2002-07-13 22:55 /dev/ttyACM2
crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 166,  3 2002-07-13 22:55 /dev/ttyACM3
crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 166,  4 2002-07-13 22:55 /dev/ttyACM4
crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 166,  5 2002-07-13 22:55 /dev/ttyACM5
crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 166,  6 2002-07-13 22:55 /dev/ttyACM6
crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 166,  7 2002-07-13 22:55 /dev/ttyACM7
crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 166,  8 2002-07-13 22:55 /dev/ttyACM8
crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 166,  9 2002-07-13 22:55 /dev/ttyACM9

What do you get?

Jon

Jon,

I did not load any palm software.

I will get back to you when I get home on the other information.

To confirm, just open up konsole and type the string "$ ll /dev/ttyA*"

I do know that the USB ports work, because it do see the SD card.

Thank yu
James Tom

James, you're close on the command. However, some clarification. The "$" is just a prompt, you do not enter it. The next characters are two lower-case "L"s. Yes, the rest is correct /dev/ttyA* (all lower-case but the last "A" and a trailing asterisk (*). And, of course, no quotation marks

Let me know what you find out

Jon