Re: Gnokii and 6150

[Derek Broughton]

> * Derek Broughton writes:
>
> > I realize it isn't strictly frequent - in fact I haven't seen cable
> > questions at all in the time I've been on the list - but the FAQ does
> > claim support for phone models that don't appear to be supported, and
> > gives a list of reasons why you might get the "GSM_LinkOK never went
> > true" message and _doesn't_ include the fact that it might be because
> > you have an MBus cable.
>
> /--------------
> | I get "Hmmm... GSM_LinkOK never went true. Quitting." message when
> | running gnokii. What's wrong ?
> |
> | Gnokii cannot connect to the phone. Possible reasons are:
> |
> |    * wrong serial port is defined in gnokii config file
> |    * you are using the wrong cable
> |    * you are using not supported phone model
> |    * you don't have permission to write to /dev/ttySX device
> \--------------
>
> It at least states, that the wrong cable can be the reason.

Right - but I've already brought this up here.  I said I was getting that
error, and enumerated the possibilities and then said something to the
effect that "the cable must be right, because I can use the phone as a
modem". But I had no way to know that there could be a cable that was only
partly usable.

> And as stated before there's lack of a doc maintainer.

er, well, I kinda volunteered to Pawel  to do something about that :-)

> > It should.  I don't know that I have an MBus cable (but will check when
I
> > get home), but it has been a source of some surprise to me that I can
use
> > the phone as a modem, but can't get any software (including Windows
> > FoneSync - which claims to support 6160s) to do anything more.
>
> >From the fonesync page:
>
> 1 Are you using a Nokia 3100 or 8100 series phone?
> FoneSync is not compatible with the Nokia Datasuite cable DAU-4F. If you
> are using this cable we recommend you purchase a FoneSync cable
> DAU-4S. Please visit our purchase page by clicking on 'Buy' to the right

Well, I'm not using a 3100, 8100 OR a DAU-4F or S.    I think it was DA*-3*,
but I'll know tonight.