[PATCH] modems.conf: small note about Sequoia modems

Hi,

We at MNC use Kannel to connect to GSM modems. Some modems we own
are Sequoia modems. This is a modems.conf small change proposal
after I spent several hours wondering why messages would not be
properly transfered to modems, with nothing in Kannel logs
allowed to guess the reason of the problem.

Actually, when these modems are configured with the 'auto'
parameter, Kannel will apparently properly detect them but then
silently fail to deliver SMS push messages, without any
indication in Kannel logs about the reason or origin of the
problem. It turned out to be an initialization problem, which
must be solved by using the 'generic' modem type. What's fun (and
made it harder to solve) is that once Kannel has been started one
time with the 'generic' type, subsequent uses of the 'auto' type
*will* work.

Unfortunately, I can't be more precise about the modems than
to say that they are of the 'Sequoia' brand.


-- 
Guillaume Cottenceau

Index: doc/examples/modems.conf
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RCS file: /home/cvs/gateway/doc/examples/modems.conf,v
retrieving revision 1.2
diff -u -r1.2 modems.conf
--- doc/examples/modems.conf	26 Nov 2002 09:02:09 -0000	1.2
+++ doc/examples/modems.conf	16 Apr 2004 09:20:44 -0000
@@ -20,7 +20,10 @@
 # enable-mms = false [Default]
 
 
-# If modemtype=auto, try everyone and defaults to this one
+# If modemtype=auto, try everyone and defaults to this one. Note that
+# some modems should not be autodetected, like the Nokia Premicell; we have
+# also seen problems with Sequoia modems using modemtype=auto, whereas using
+# generic type will work.
 group = modems
 id = generic
 name = "Generic Modem"