CentOS - Mar 2009 - Help with GSM or CDMA hardware on CentOS and SMSTools question please

Hi everyone,

I would realy appreciate your help and guidense with a problem I have.
Im trying to set up a SMS Gateway as a alert system for my network.
Although the Aircard is picked up as a usb device and has a driver in
the kernel, it does not have a /dev/XXX device name. So my question is
how do I create this /dev/XXX device and make it persistent.


I have installed CentOS as my base with smstools-3.0.10-4.el5.i386.rpm
as my application.

[root at odie ~]# cat /etc/redhat-release
CentOS release 5.2 (Final)

[root at odie ~]# uname -rvpi
2.6.18-92.1.22.el5 #1 SMP Tue Dec 16 12:03:43 EST 2008 i686 i386

[root at odie ~]# rpm -qa | grep smstools
smstools-3.0.10-4.el5

The config file for this software looks like this

[root at odie ~]# cat /etc/smsd.conf
# Example smsd.conf. Read the manual for a description
#
#devices = (eg. GSM1)
#logfile = /var/log/smsd.log
#loglevel = 7
#
#[GSM1]
#device = /dev/ttyS0
#incoming = yes
#pin = 1111
#
devices = (eg. CDMA1 or GSM1)

?? logfile = /var/log/smsd.log

?? loglevel = 5

?? [CDMA1]

?? device = /dev/ttyUSB0 <==== How do I check this and what about
after a reboot ... can I force it to stay the same?

?? incoming = yes

?? baudrate = 115200

The hardware is a Compaq nc 8000 laptop (The laptop will be located in
my server room ...)
I have installed a Mobile broadband data PCMCIA card ==> Sierra
Wireless AirCard 580 from our local telecom provider

[root at odie ~]# lspcmcia
Socket 0 Bridge:??????? [yenta_cardbus]???????? (bus ID: 0000:02:06.0)
Socket 1 Bridge:??????? [yenta_cardbus]???????? (bus ID: 0000:02:06.1)
? CardBus card -- see "lspci" for more information
Socket 2 Bridge:??????? [yenta_cardbus]???????? (bus ID: 0000:02:06.3)

[root at odie ~]# lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82855PM Processor to I/O
Controller (rev 03)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82855PM Processor to AGP
Controller (rev 03)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM
(ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 03)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM
(ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 03)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM
(ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 03)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-M)
USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 03)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev 83)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801DBM (ICH4-M) LPC Interface
Bridge (rev 03)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801DBM (ICH4-M) IDE
Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM
(ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.6 Modem: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M)
AC'97 Modem Controller (rev 03)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV350
[Mobility Radeon 9600 M10]
02:06.0 CardBus bridge: O2 Micro, Inc. OZ711M3/MC3 4-in-1
MemoryCardBus Controller
02:06.1 CardBus bridge: O2 Micro, Inc. OZ711M3/MC3 4-in-1
MemoryCardBus Controller
02:06.2 System peripheral: O2 Micro, Inc. OZ711Mx 4-in-1 MemoryCardBus
Accelerator
02:06.3 CardBus bridge: O2 Micro, Inc. OZ711M3/MC3 4-in-1
MemoryCardBus Controller
02:0d.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments TSB43AB22/A
IEEE-1394a-2000 Controller (PHY/Link)
02:0e.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5705M_2
Gigabit Ethernet (rev 03)
05:00.0 USB Controller: Agere Systems USS-312 USB Controller (rev 10)

[root at odie ~]# lsmod
Module????????????????? Size? Used by
airprime?????????????? 12229? 0
usbserial????????????? 33065? 1 airprime

[root at odie ~]# lsusb
Bus 002 Device 006: ID 1199:0112 Sierra Wireless, Inc. CDMA 1xEVDO PC
Card, AirCard 580
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 0000:0000

Here is a list of all my /dev/ devices.... The aircard does not exist here

[root at odie ~]# ls /dev/
adsp????????? disk?????????? fd0u1040? fd0u830???? initctl? MAKEDEV
parport2? ram14??? root??????? tty1?? tty21? tty33? tty45? tty57
ttyS2?????????? usbdev2.6_ep00? vcs1?? X0R
agpgart?????? dsp??????????? fd0u1120? floppy????? input??? mapper
parport3? ram15??? rtc???????? tty10? tty22? tty34? tty46? tty58
ttyS3?????????? usbdev2.6_ep05? vcs2?? zero
audio???????? dsp1?????????? fd0u1440? floppy-fd0? kmsg???? md0
port????? ram2???? sequencer?? tty11? tty23? tty35? tty47? tty59
ttyUSB0???????? usbdev2.6_ep0b? vcs3
audio1??????? dvd??????????? fd0u1680? full??????? log????? mem
ppp?????? ram3???? sequencer2? tty12? tty24? tty36? tty48? tty6
ttyUSB1???????? usbdev2.6_ep81? vcs4
bus?????????? dvd-hdb??????? fd0u1722? gpmctl????? loop0??? mixer
ptmx????? ram4???? shm???????? tty13? tty25? tty37? tty49? tty60
ttyUSB2???????? usbdev2.6_ep82? vcs5
cdrom???????? dvdrw????????? fd0u1743? hda???????? loop1??? mixer1
pts?????? ram5???? snapshot??? tty14? tty26? tty38? tty5?? tty61
ttyUSB3???????? usbdev2.6_ep8a? vcs6
cdrom-hdb???? dvdrw-hdb????? fd0u1760? hda1??????? loop2??? net
ram?????? ram6???? snd???????? tty15? tty27? tty39? tty50? tty62
ttyUSB4???????? usbdev3.1_ep00? vcsa
cdrw????????? dvdwriter????? fd0u1840? hda2??????? loop3??? null
ram0????? ram7???? stderr????? tty16? tty28? tty4?? tty51? tty63
ttyUSB5???????? usbdev3.1_ep81? vcsa1
cdrw-hdb????? dvdwriter-hdb? fd0u1920? hda3??????? loop4??? nvram
ram1????? ram8???? stdin?????? tty17? tty29? tty40? tty52? tty7
urandom???????? usbdev4.1_ep00? vcsa2
cdwriter????? fb???????????? fd0u360?? hda4??????? loop5??? oldmem
ram10???? ram9???? stdout????? tty18? tty3?? tty41? tty53? tty8
usbdev1.1_ep00? usbdev4.1_ep81? vcsa3
cdwriter-hdb? fb0??????????? fd0u720?? hda5??????? loop6??? par0
ram11???? ramdisk? systty????? tty19? tty30? tty42? tty54? tty9
usbdev1.1_ep81? usbdev5.1_ep00? vcsa4
console?????? fd???????????? fd0u800?? hdb???????? loop7??? parport0
ram12???? random?? tty???????? tty2?? tty31? tty43? tty55? ttyS0
usbdev2.1_ep00? usbdev5.1_ep81? vcsa5
core????????? fd0??????????? fd0u820?? hpet??????? lp0????? parport1
ram13???? rawctl?? tty0??????? tty20? tty32? tty44? tty56? ttyS1
usbdev2.1_ep81? vcs???????????? vcsa6