Tata Indicom CDMA Epivalley modem in ubuntu

I recently got a Tata Indicom wireless modem. It is a device from Epivalley and uses the qualcomm chip. It came with a software CD which contained the softwares only for windows. I searched through the forum and I found a very simple way of configuring it in ubuntu. In ubuntu the modem got detected without installing any additional softwares and all I have to do was to set some configuration information for it to connect to the ISP. I had to create some files to put in the settings required by it.

I created the peers file with the  command.

gksudo gedit /etc/ppp/peers/tatagprs

Put these commands starting with a blank line into the file and save it.

noauth
connect "/usr/sbin/chat -v -f /etc/chatscripts/tatagprs"
debug
/dev/ttyACM0
460800
defaultroute
noipdefault
user "internet"
password "internet"
remotename tata
ipparam tata

usepeerdns

Next I created the chatscript with the command

gksudo gedit /etc/chatscripts/tatagprs

Then I put these contents into the file and saved it.

ABORT   'BUSY'
ABORT   'NO CARRIER'
ABORT   'ERROR'
''      ATZ
OK      ATDT#777
CONNECT ''

Now to connect to the internet I will open a terminal and type.

pon tatagprs

and to disconnect I simply type

poff tatagprs or
poff

Tags: modem, tata indicom, ubuntu, usb, wireless