December 21, 20187 yr @plonkster, forgive me, but there is no-one I know better qualified to answer this. Is there an equivalent USB-to-GSM (mobile network) module, or a workaround to get the VRM facility via GSM for the R PI Venus solution?
December 21, 20187 yr 26 minutes ago, phil.g00 said: Is there an equivalent USB-to-GSM (mobile network) module, or a workaround to get the VRM facility via GSM for the R PI Venus solution? Yes. It is Linux, so any GSM modem that will work on linux can be made to work, but you might have to add tools like usb_modeswitch (because some GSM modems show up as a cdrom with drivers and have to be kicked into modem mode), and you may have to mess with pppd and chatscripts and so on. I have no idea how much work it'd be. If it was me, I'd stick an old cellphone next to it, enable the hotspot, and just use WiFi. Or I'd get one of those GSM->Ethernet things.
December 21, 20187 yr A bit more research shows that in the guts of it, it uses the standard pppd method. It simply calls a peer called "provider", so your standard places in /etc/ppp/peers/provider, /etc/pap-secrets, /etc/chap-secrets, and /etc/chatscripts/gsm. Fix those to work with the GSM modem you plugged in (find one that is supported), and after that it should be as easy as deleting the file /service/ppp/down so that daemontools starts pppd automatically at bootup. To find a modem that is supported... look at the ubuntu forums. But generally it is a bit of a mess. Hence my previous reply.
December 22, 20187 yr Author 10 hours ago, plonkster said: I'd stick an old cellphone next to it, enable the hotspot, and just use WiFi Yep, I was also thinking every second cellphone does this, surely there is a gadget.
December 22, 20187 yr Author Come to think about it, I actually have about 3 of those mobile hotspot little things.
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