hints on setting up usb cdma modem?

[Rohit Tripathi]

I'm running current and after many failed attempts to setup my Novatel
U727, I'm posting here with whatever information could be of interest.

When the modem is plugged in:

umass0: <Novatel Wireless Inc. Novatel Wireless CDMA, class 0/0, rev 1.10/0.00,
addr 2> on uhub3
cd0 at umass-sim0 bus 0 target 0 lun 0
cd0: <Novatel Mass Storage 1.00> Removable CD-ROM SCSI-2 device
cd0: 1.000MB/s transfers
cd0: Attempt to query device size failed: NOT READY, Medium not present

My usbd.conf:
21:21:46 $ cat /etc/usbd.conf
device "Novatel"
     devname "ucom0"
     vendor 0x1410
     product 0x4100

attach "/usr/sbin/ppp -auto novatel"
detach "/usr/sbin/pppctl /var/run/ppp/novatel-ppp quit all"

Avery now and then, I see some of these messages:

umass0: at uhub3 port 1 (addr 2) disconnected
(cd0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): lost device
(cd0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): removing device entry
umass0: detached
umass0: <Novatel Wireless Inc. Novatel Wireless CDMA, class 0/0, rev 1.10/0.00,
addr 2> on uhub3
da0 at umass-sim0 bus 0 target 0 lun 0
da0: <Novatel MMC Storage 2.31> Removable Direct Access SCSI-2 device
da0: 1.000MB/s transfers
da0: Attempt to query device size failed: NOT READY, Medium not present

My /etc/ppp/ppp.conf:

novatel:
 set device /dev/ucom0
 set speed 115200
 set phone "#777"           # 1 refers to CID
 set dial "ABORT BUSY ABORT NO\\sCARRIER TIMEOUT 5 \
            \"\" AT OK-AT-OK ATE1Q0 OK \\dATDT\\T TIMEOUT 40 CONNECT"
 enable dns
 set authname wap
 set authkey wap
 accept PAP
 set login
 add default HISADDR
 set ifaddr 10.0.0.1/0 10.0.0.2/0 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0
 disable ipv6cp
 disable mppe
 set reconnect 3 15