Macintosh - Again

[Timewolf]

Hi all,

I'm trying to share Mac internet connection via bluetooth with my Xda2 but i don't know how....i've found some howto but only for Palm...
Who can help me? :(

I cannot also connect the mac via modem bluetooth...(xda2) sic :(

[Rudegar]

I cannot also connect the mac via modem bluetooth...(xda2) sic

well if you mean that the mac will use the xda2 as a modem then you need vmodem on the xda not sure if xda2 have that as default

since macOSX is really a bsd kernel you may be able to use linux or bsd howto's to fix it
may be a driver and setting issue

[Timewolf]

I cannot also connect the mac via modem bluetooth...(xda2) sic

well if you mean that the mac will use the xda2 as a modem then you need vmodem on the xda not sure if xda2 have that as default

since macOSX is really a bsd kernel you may be able to use linux or bsd howto's to fix it
may be a driver and setting issue

Yes i mean that...
I cannot use my XDA2 as a bluetooth modem on OSX...
If I look for serial ports on XDA2 I found

OBEX Object Push (?!?!?)
SSA
Serial Port COM4

I've installed these ports as MODEM and as RS-232, used a generic GPRS driver but no luck :(
With SSA i get "establish connection" the white G appears on XDA2 but it doesn't dial the gprs number (internet.wind)
Sic :(
Maybe i need a string? Not only internet.wind...

[Rudegar]

as far as i know
the program vmodem needs to be located on the
xda for it to work at all
my xda1 had it on it's org rom but every rom since
dont
also heard people with xda2 say it's not there

[2GMario]

What version of OS X are you running ? (are you even running OS X or OS 9 ?

Aside from that, connect the blue tooth adapter to the pc (if its a laptop, most modern ibooks or power books dont come with blue tooth built in) and make sure thats setup correctly

then you have to marry the phone to the pc on both ends

and then just dial what ever # to reach gprs

on my xda gprs threw the phone is internet2.voicestream.com (tmobile usa) but on my girl friends ericson phone, its like ##949### or something like that (tmobile usa also)

i've used her phone with bluetooth on my ibook 12 inch 800mhz with os x 10.3 and it worked just fine

alot easier than it was to set it up with her toshiba laptop under XP Home

Hope this helps... XDA2 hasent come to the USA yet (to my knowledge) so i dont know specifics about using it with that)

-Mario

[2GMario]

Also, OS X 10.3 comes with blue tooth software built in

If ur using 10.2 there may be a update, dunno

There are software updates (Apple Menu / System Updater) that you can get for 10.3 to help things out

-Mario

[Timewolf]

I use 10.3.3

I've read a FAQ to connect with my gprs provider with an ipaq + irda gprs phone.
The Ipaq will send via irda the number *99# plus this extra string +cgdcont=1,"IP","INTERNET.WIND";

So I think that with my Powerbook I should compose *99# and the string... but I don't know how to put the extra string... mm :(

[alexvolo]

Do anyone solve the problem?

I have configurated everything for gprs connection with xdaII on my powerbook. I have associated the two device also: in bluetooth device list of my mac the xdaII appears (and are also listed the service supported, such as ssa).
But there is no way to let the mac see that I'm running vmodem on xda: it tells me bluetooth device is not connected.

Any idea?

Alessio

[bigal488]

Do anyone solve the problem?

I have configurated everything for gprs connection with xdaII on my powerbook. I have associated the two device also: in bluetooth device list of my mac the xdaII appears (and are also listed the service supported, such as ssa).
But there is no way to let the mac see that I'm running vmodem on xda: it tells me bluetooth device is not connected.

Any idea?

Alessio
I have managed to get my powerbook using GPRS connected to XDAII via Bluetooth. I've only just figured this out after days of reading posts etc. so forgive me if these instructions arent clear.
I'm using Mac OS X 10.4.1 but inorder to get it working I had to get hold of the Bluetooth Serial Utility (which was part of 10.3.x but removed in Tiger) from an other machine.
I had read that this App still works in Tiger. (and it does)
Using this I set up an new "outgoing" modem port and selected the SSA service on my bluetooth connected XDAII. I named the port "XDA2" and selected all the checkboxes (i.e. for it to appear in Network etc.)

I downloaded Ross Barkmans Generic GPRS scripts from his websitehttp://www.taniwha.org.uk/ and installed them in the /Library/Modem Scripts folder

I then went to System Preferences/Network and set up a Location that just had my new XDA2 port in it.
On the PPP Options window I switched off Header Compression and entered the following in the PPP settings(I have an O2 GPRS account in the UK):
Service provider: O2
Account Name: O2Web
Password: password
telephone number mobile.o2.co.uk

In the modem window, I selected Generic GPRS CID1
Heres where the fun started. When I tried to connect I was seeing script errors in the Internet Connect connect log. It turn out that most of these were because the script was sending a terminating \13 rather than a \13\10
By adding a \10 to the lines that seemed to be logged as failing, I eventually saw a "Making GPRS connection" appear in the log.
The next line that failed was were the scriot sends the "phone number".
This appears as write "ATD*99***1#\13"
From looking at some of the other documentation I found about connecting to O2 GPRS I tried changing it to:
write "ATD*99#\13\10"

To may amazement the next attempt to connect worked!!

Its still seems a bit flaky and I'm still seeing some disconnect errors in the log but at least I have it working.

If you would like to download my 'hacked' version of Ross's Generic GPRS script. I've uploaded it here http://www.430am.com/XDA2_GPRS.txt

I'd be interested to hear if anyone else has a similar success

[everclear]

I've done limited testing, but these are my notes on connecting an O2 XDAII to an IBook running MAC OS X10.4.7. Hope it helps someone..

Start Wmodem with a bluetooth connection on the XDA.

Place the modem script (attached - no need for the .txt extension, just needed it to upload the file here) in 'Library' -> 'Modem Scripts'

Go to 'System Preferences' -> 'Blutooth'

Press 'Setup New Device' and select 'Any Device'
Select 'Pocket_PC' and click 'Continue'.
Enter the passcode on the XDA and name the device.
Don't create a serial port on the XDA.


Go to 'System Preferences' -> 'Network'

Select 'Bluetooth' and enter the following details...

Account Name: O2Web
Password: password
Telephone Number: mobile.o2.co.uk

Select 'PPP Options' and uncheck 'Use TCP header compression'.
Go to 'Bluetooth Modem' and select 'Generic GPRS CID1'.

Go to 'Internet Connect', select 'Bluetooth' and click 'Connect'.