Tata Photon+ Data Card EC156

[Icarus Alive]

On Sat, Jun 18, 2011 at 8:34 PM, Kaushal Shriyan
<kaushalshriyan at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sat, Jun 18, 2011 at 7:29 PM, Kaushal Shriyan
> <kaushalshriyan at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Fri, Jun 17, 2011 at 8:59 PM, Kaushal Shriyan
>> <kaushalshriyan at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> On Fri, Jun 17, 2011 at 11:59 AM, Icarus Alive <icarus.alive at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> If you've installed Ubuntu from the standard 11.04 Desktop image, you
>>>> should already have the WirelessConnection Manager installed, and all
>>>> the necessary software to get EC-156 working. All you have to do is to
>>>> ensure WirelessConnection Manager recognizes the dongle, and then
>>>> configure the connection parameters s.a. the username/password and
>>>> dial-string. If you google around, I think you'd find several
>>>> successful usages of EC-156.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Hi  Icarus Alive,
>>>
>>> I am using Network Manager Applet, usb-modeswitch is already
>>> installed. Please suggest further
>>>
>>> Regards
>>>
>>> Kaushal
>>>
>>>> On Fri, Jun 17, 2011 at 10:05 AM, Kaushal Shriyan
>>>> <kaushalshriyan at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>> I have connected Huawei Technologies EC 156 Tata Photon+ Data Card to
>>>>> Ubuntu 11.04, Please suggest.
>>>>>
>>>>> [   67.153909] usb 2-1.4: new full speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 6
>>>>> [   67.248675] scsi7 : usb-storage 2-1.4:1.0
>>>>> [   68.248210] scsi 7:0:0:0: CD-ROM            HUAWEI   Mass Storage
>>>>>  2.31 PQ: 0 ANSI: 0
>>>>> [   68.258218] sr1: scsi-1 drive
>>>>> [   68.258446] sr 7:0:0:0: Attached scsi CD-ROM sr1
>>>>> [   68.258777] sr 7:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 5
>>>>> Bus 002 Device 006: ID 12d1:1505 Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
>>>>>
>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>
>>>>> Kaushal
>>>>>
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>>
>> Hi
>>
>> Please suggest further
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> Kaushal
>>
>
> Hi,
>
> [29984.647468] usb 2-1.5: new full speed USB device using ehci_hcd and
> address 113
> [29984.742212] scsi12 : usb-storage 2-1.5:1.0
> [29985.741838] scsi 12:0:0:0: CD-ROM            HUAWEI   Mass Storage
>  2.31 PQ: 0 ANSI: 0
> [29985.757759] sr2: scsi-1 drive
> [29985.758110] sr 12:0:0:0: Attached scsi CD-ROM sr2
> [29985.758380] sr 12:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg4 type 5
> kaushal at kaushal-laptop:~$ lsusb
> Bus 002 Device 113: ID 12d1:1505 Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
>
> kaushal at kaushal-laptop:~$ sudo usb_modeswitch -I -W -c /etc/usb_modeswitch.conf
>
> Reading config file: /etc/usb_modeswitch.conf
>
>  * usb_modeswitch: handle USB devices with multiple modes
>  * Version 1.1.6 (C) Josua Dietze 2010
>  * Based on libusb0 (0.1.12 and above)
>
>  ! PLEASE REPORT NEW CONFIGURATIONS !
>
> DefaultVendor=  not set
> DefaultProduct= not set
> TargetVendor=   not set
> TargetProduct=  not set
> TargetClass=    not set
> TargetProductList=""
>
> DetachStorageOnly=0
> HuaweiMode=0
> SierraMode=0
> SonyMode=0
> GCTMode=0
> KobilMode=0
> MessageEndpoint=  not set
> MessageContent=""
> NeedResponse=0
> ResponseEndpoint= not set
> Interface=0x00
>
> InquireDevice disabled
> Success check disabled
> System integration mode disabled
>
> usb_set_debug: Setting debugging level to 15 (on)
> usb_os_find_busses: Found 002
> usb_os_find_busses: Found 001
> usb_os_find_devices: Found 113 on 002
> usb_os_find_devices: Found 112 on 002
> usb_os_find_devices: Found 004 on 002
> skipping descriptor 0xFF
> skipping descriptor 0xB
> skipped 2 class/vendor specific endpoint descriptors
> skipped 6 class/vendor specific interface descriptors
> skipping descriptor 0x25
> skipped 1 class/vendor specific endpoint descriptors
> skipped 22 class/vendor specific interface descriptors
> usb_os_find_devices: Found 003 on 002
> skipped 1 class/vendor specific interface descriptors
> skipped 1 class/vendor specific interface descriptors
> skipped 1 class/vendor specific interface descriptors
> usb_os_find_devices: Found 002 on 002
> usb_os_find_devices: Found 001 on 002
> error obtaining child information: Inappropriate ioctl for device
> error obtaining child information: Inappropriate ioctl for device
> error obtaining child information: Inappropriate ioctl for device
> error obtaining child information: Inappropriate ioctl for device
> usb_os_find_devices: Found 006 on 001
> skipped 1 class/vendor specific interface descriptors
> usb_os_find_devices: Found 005 on 001
> skipped 1 class/vendor specific interface descriptors
> skipping descriptor 0xFF
> skipped 1 class/vendor specific endpoint descriptors
> usb_os_find_devices: Found 004 on 001
> skipped 1 class/vendor specific interface descriptors
> usb_os_find_devices: Found 003 on 001
> usb_os_find_devices: Found 002 on 001
> usb_os_find_devices: Found 001 on 001
> error obtaining child information: Inappropriate ioctl for device
> error obtaining child information: Inappropriate ioctl for device
> error obtaining child information: Inappropriate ioctl for device
> No default vendor/product ID given. Aborting.
>

If you have a spare machine, or can dual-boot, can you try with Ubuntu
10.04/10.10 ?
Faintly remember seeing some thread where folks had got this datacard working.
The steps followed by you, are all the right recommended steps.
I have a EC1251, which works out of the box with 10.04/10.10/11.04.
Never had to do anything specific to get it working.