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IMPORTANT: THIS FILE MAY BE ALWAYS BE OUT OF DATE

The following devices (PCCards (PCMCIA), ExpressCards, mobile phones connected over USB or Bluetooth) are known to work with UMTSmon on Linux. Other device may or may not work, your mileage may vary. Please help us out to get as broad coverage as possible!

Manufacturer	type	chipset	autodetect	PPP support	remarks
Option	Original Vodafone 3G	OPTI usb2serial, Qualcomm modem	0.5	0.5	Information on Linux support available on PHARscape. Can be made to work using either the specialised Option usbserial driver or the regular Linux kernel usbserial module.
Option	All GT cards	NEC usb2serial, Qualcomm modem	0.1	0.4	USB interface with 3 or 4 usb ports - each connected to a usb2serial. Setup instructions available on PHARscape. Can be made to work using either the specialised Option usbserial driver or the regular Linux kernel usbserial module.
Option	GE 0201 (ExpressCard) [img]	NEC usb2serial, Qualcomm HSDPA modem	0.5	0.5	Different from the GT cards in that the ExpressCard slot provides USB directly. Setup instructions available on PHARscape. Can be made to work using either the specialised Option usbserial driver or the regular Linux kernel usbserial module.
Option	GT GPRS EDGE	BroadCom 4306	0.3	0.7	This card is believed not to need any configuration work, apart from some radio tricks (implemented) and PPP (not implemented yet).
Option	Fusion+	Nozomi	0.2	0.4	Setup instructions available on PHARscape. Requires a special Linux kernel module that is called 'nozomi'. It is not part of the standard kernel, but should be available in e.g. OpenSuse 10.2.
Sony Ericsson	GC 79 / GC 86	BroadCom 4306	0.2	0.7	This card will be completely operational starting the 0.7 release.
Sierra Wireless	Aircard 775 [img] AirCard 850	serial_cs	0.3, 0.7	0.7?	Several people have noted problems with these cards, though these are solvable. install info.
Sierra Wireless	Aircard 875 [img]	NEC usb2serial, QualComm chipset	0.8	0.8	PCMCIA card. It appears not to support SMS sending.
Novatel Wireless	Merlin U530	serial_cs	0.3, 0.7	0.6	PCMCIA modem, reported working with the 0.6 release.
Novatel Wireless	Merlin UMTS Modem U630	serial_cs	0.4	0.6	operational
Novatel Wireless	Merlin HSDPA/UMTS Modem U740 [img]	?	0.4?	0.6, updates in 0.8	5 (!) radio bands supported.
Novatel Wireless	Merlin XU 870 3G HSDPA 3.6/7.2 Mbps ExpressCard [img]	NEC usb2serial, Qualcomm modem	0.6	0.6	First umtsmon supported ExpressCard! Still work in progress: operator selection doesn't work in 0.7...
Huawei Technologies	Huawei Mobile E612	NEC usb2serial, unknown modem	0.4	0.4	sold in Germany by E-Plus. This card looks remarkably similar to the Option GT cards, but misses several Option-specifics. Works using the standard Linux usbserial module.
Huawei Technologies	Huawei Mobile E620 [img]	Huawei usb2serial, unknown modem	0.7	0.7	sold in Germany by E-Plus.
Huawei Technologies	Huawei Mobile E220 / E270 / E800	Huawei usb2serial, unknown modem	0.7	0.7	sold in Germany by E-Plus. Operational starting 0.7, but autodetection has some issues, depending on the kernel version. Starting version 2.6.20 (and extended in 2.6.24), the Linux kernel will recognize this as a ZeroCD device and switch it to usbserial operation immediately.
Motorola	MotoMAGX-based cell phones (like the RAZR2 V8)	FreeScale iMX31 with unknown baseband	0.7	0.8	Available all over the world. This Linux-based cell platform does allow USB2Serial connections now. We still have to fixup bluetooth connections to work.

The following cards are unknown or known NOT to work with UMTSmon, either because there is no Linux support or because we don't know how to enable it...

(Image) This PCCard device is very special. It has no SIM Card interface, it comes up with a /dev/ttyACM0 for USB IDs (0x106c, 0x3702), claiming to be from a vendor called Pantech. It does respond to AT commands, but most of the standard ETSI commands are returning ERROR, including dialling, SIM/PIN handling and device identification. The card is sold by Verizon to work on their National network only, this probably explains the feature reduction.
THIS CARD IS TOO SPECIAL, IT CANNOT BE SUPPORTED BY UMTSMON
autodetection implemented in 0.8, with message.

Manufacturer	type	chipset	remarks
Option	ICON	???	Separate box on USB. See PharScape forum post or this tutorial page. autodetection implemented in 0.5
Huawei Technologies	USB Modem	???	if you have the specs or the box itself, please contact the author
Novatel	Merlin X950D 3G 7.2 ExpressCard - HSUPA/HSDPA Networks	Qualcomm MSM7200 chipset	Official Linux supported!
4G Systems	any	???	Apart from the XSPlus3 (see below), any other card by 4G systems is untested at this moment.
4G Systems	XS Plug3 [img]	Atmel USB hub, Qualcomm or Siemens modem	The branded T-Mobile web'n'walk box has been tried and is known not to work with umtsmon (yet). Like the Option Icon, it starts as a usb_storage and must be switched to modem mode. It should then appear as `/dev/ttyACM*`.
Motorola	Linux based phones	Intel/Marvell XScale processor, probably Qualcomm or BroadCom radio	All old Moto Linux phones I've tried (the A760, A780, E680, 1200 Ming) can be contacted with a USB cable over `/dev/ttyACM0` but refuse PPP connections. The new MotoMAGX based phones do work, see above. Autodetection from 0.6 on.
Motorola	non-Linux based phones	various processors and basebands, including FreeScale/Qualcomm/Broadcom	The Moto SLVR 7 is autodetected (`/dev/ttyACM0`), SMS'ing works, binding to a network is expected operational in version 0.8.
Kyocera	KPC650 (as sold by Verizon in USA)	NEC usb2serial / Qualcomm CDMA Technologies MSM	Using `insmod usbserial vendor=0x0c88 product=0x17da` does result in 2 serial ports, but none respond to AT commands. autodetection implemented in 0.6
Sony Ericsson	P990i phone with USB cable	NXP 4008 with probably Qualcomm radio	Autodetected but fails. Support for this phone (`/dev/ttyACM0` through `/dev/ttyACM2`)is ongoing for 0.7.
Verizon	Verizon PC5750	Qualcomm W-CDMA

If you have an unsupported device or if you are a manufacturer or operator, please contact Klaas (kvangend at users.sf.net) if you want to have support added to umtsmon.