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.
-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.
-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.
-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.
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.
