The linux command line tool gsmussd has support for ussd. As gsmussd is a perl script, you wont even need perl for merely installing it, but pod2man is needed for the creation of man pages. In the past, developing ussd applications was a specialized activity that was typically performed by network engineers who had some level of professional training. Unstructured supplementary service data ussd, sometimes referred to as quick codes or feature codes, is a communications protocol used by gsm cellular telephones to communicate with the mobile network operators computers. As a user of one of this modems myself i find difficult previously sending ussd codes, seeing. A small guide on how to send and receive ussd codes on linux.
Prepaid manager is an applet for the gnome desktop that allows you to check and top up the balance of gsm mobile prepaid sim cards. Ussd mobile technology is revolutionizing africa quartz. The configuration of gammu will be more complicated but it offers a lot more functionality you can send ussd commands of any kind, not just for balancecheck. Smsd is configured to run your own scripts when messages are received, allowing you to do pretty much anything you want with them. Information is provided to describe how service providers who decide to use the power of ussd to provide mobile users with menudriven, interactive services such as mobile account balance checking and top up, sports scores, and news and weather information can do so via current technologies and.
So you have to connect the modem through modem manager which is default in ubuntu. How to check bundle balance with ussd gsmussd mybroadband. It includes a daemon, smsd, which receives messages. Sim card management through gsm modem on linux github. How to reply to a ussd menu using linux command line tools. This will install gsmussd and its documentation in usrlocal. The linux command line tool gsmussd has support for ussd sessions that will allow you to answer to ussd menus.
I am using the built in gsm umts modem of my thinkpad x1 extensively. You can also use any other at terminal software like putty, minicom etc. I have huwai data card e1731 using as dongle on ubuntu 14. Devices page sms page ussd page status page scan page.
V mobile broadband is the original vodafone mobile connect software for linux rewritten to be compatible with network manager by vodafones. These are some apps with ussd balance check support. A gateway is the collection of hardware and software required to interconnect. I see this as developmentsoftware bias towards linux distro users. Sms tools is an open source software package for interfacing with gsm modems on linux. Mtn prepaid, huawei e220 3g modem on ubuntukubuntu linux i heard that minicom can do it, apparently it can execute ussd commands. If no baudrate is given, a default baud rate of 38400 is used.
It is a simple and minimalistic app with ussd balance check and topup being all that it does. However, the support for this is not yet stable source. For detailed installation and configuration instructions see here. With ppm you can do this straight from your laptop without removing the card under linux. Im using minicom serial port software for linux for interacting with my gsm modem, actually now im trying to use one of my mobileproviders services with atcommand. Ussd is a protocol used by gsm cellular telephones to communicate with the service providers computers.
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