NAME
modem_run − SpeedTouch USB and SpeedTouch 330 firmware loader
SYNOPSIS
modem_run [OPTION]... -f firmware_file
DESCRIPTION
This program loads the firmware contained in firmware_file into a SpeedTouch USB modem. Then a monitoring daemon is left running. On Linux based systems, this daemon can be used to inform the "speedtch" module about the adsl link state.
OPTIONS
−f firmware_file
Specifies the file containing the firmware code of the modem.
−a boot_file
Specifies the file containing the boot code of the modem.
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−b |
Enables the use of the modem’s "software buffering" mode. This option seems to cause state line instability. |
−d device
Defines which USB device should be used as the SpeedTouch USB modem. On Linux, this is something like /proc/bus/usb/003/006. Usefull when using more than one modem on the same machine.
−i seconds
Defines the time between each device state polling. The default is 10s.
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−k |
Enables "speedtch" Linux kernel module coupling. If the state line goes up or down, then the module is informed through a special ioctl call. |
−n number
Number of firmware upload tries before failure is reported.
−r number
Forces a specific modem revision. Valid values range from 0 to 4. Default is autodetection.
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−s |
Skips the first 512 bytes read (if you have a bulk read error 512 bytes on startup try this option) |
-t seconds
Sets the sychronization timeout in seconds. The default is 120s.
−v number
Verbosity level
- 0 Error messages
- 1 level 0 + State messages
- 2 level 1 + USB packet dumping
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−−help |
display this help and exit |
DEPRECATED
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−m |
This option used to be specified to make modem_run monitor the state line in a background process (daemon). As the monitoring seems to be mandatory, this option has been removed. |
RETURN VALUES
0 if the
firmware file has been successfully loaded into SpeedTouch
USB
modem and adsl link has gone up.
For all failure cases, exit status is not equal to 0.
If modem_run fails to load the firmware, try to run
modem_run with the
−v 1 or −v 2 option, this can help
you finding out the failure reason.
SEE ALSO
AUTHOR
SpeedTouch USB driver development team.