Support Driver Huawei E173 Zip
Reatha Feldstein
i hope everyone is well. I've been unable to make a Huawei E173 dongle work on my new Macbook pro 2019 running Mojave. I know, you can just think: why don't i get a newer dongle... well, i would normally, but i am stuck in Venezuela for the next 2 months and this is what it was given to me as Internet here is really poor. That dongle is supposed to make it better.
I found this post -usb-dongle-huawei-datacard-driver-on-macos-mojave which is pretty similar to my situation including the Kernel Panic caused to my computer, and this very much unwanted panic i had considering i just bought my mac.
In that threat, there are only 3 answers, the last one gives this link where it shows drivers for OS 10.15 Since Mojave is 10.14.6 i don't know if i should install those or not, and if it will cause another Kernel Panic to my laptop.
After installation of the drivers, the Huawei E173 modem is found immediately by the GSM Modem Gateway in Diafaan SMS Server. The modem uses two virtual serial ports, both of which can be used by Diafaan SMS Server (but not at the same time).
The Huawei E173 3G modem proved to be a reliable and very fast SMS modem. All SMS features are supported, including delivery confirmation and status reports. The Huawei E173 3G modem recovers well when the PC resumes from sleep mode and I encountered no USB driver problems.
Somewhat rare for USB dongles is the connection for an external antenna on this model, and because the reception was weak in the test environment it was a good opportunity to test if an external antenna has any positive effect on SMS speed or stability. Although the signal strength changed from low to average, in our situation it did not improve sending speed or reliability.
The Huawei E173 3G modem is an excellent 3G modem for use with Diafaan SMS Server. Compared to most other 3G and GSM modems, sending SMS messages is incredibly fast. So fast in fact that we repeated the test a couple of times to check if the message throughput was consistent, but this was the case at least on the network we used for testing.
September 10, 2023
There is an update available for the GSM Modem Emulator app for Android phones (version 1.1.0.0). It is functionally equivalent to the previous version but updated to work optimally with the latest versions of Android.
July 28, 2023
Diafaan SMS Server 4.8.0.0 was released today. This new version adds support for Wassenger (WhatsApp messaging) to the HTTP Gateway, experimental support for OAUTH2 authentication in the Email Connector and contains a number of small improvements and bug fixes.
I encountered some problems when the devices were connected to a specific external USB hub. The modems were detected and seemed to work but sometimes would get a timeout while sending or receiving a message. This could be a problem with insufficient power on the USB hub or with interference from the radio signal. On other USB ports all three modems worked without a hitch.
In my experience, wireless USB modems sometimes suffer from USB driver problems either hardware or software related. It's always recommended to test the configuration thoroughly before final deployment.
Henk,I'm providing some feed back....I completely wiped my operating system and started from scratch a loaded the new drivers which I sent you by email and everything works.I want to thank you for your support.This product is excellent.
Henk, I have some good news and bad news? good news I took drastic measures, I bought a new PC the original was getting a little old, installed diafaan lite and all appears to be working for now.Bad news is I'm still curious to find out what went wrong with the other, I can completely wipe and load drivers from scratch.
Any chance of a discount? this fault finding has taken be ages? and I will definately reload operating system and report back.All I need for now is lie version? if there is a requirement to upgrade license can that be done?
No luck with system restore, just to be curious I installed on 2 machines one with xp and the other with win7 both work initially modem responds like normal, all 3 machines are Toshiba but like murphys law the one that needs to work doesn't. Your probably right about timeout errors because as soon as you initiate test it's over in about 3 seconds, it's annoying because I think I have the latest drivers and firmware bbut I cannot test, I know it's getting towards the end but is there anything else you suggest I do?
Thanks
The show log link in the GSM Modem Setup Wizard becomes visible as soon as the test sequence is finished (this can take 1 or 2 minutes). In your situation I would expect timeout errors or errors opening the serial port in the log file.
Henk show log is not there...I know what you mean show log is active only when modem intialises, I installed on another machine to confirm.I think the modem does not respond hence nothing to log.
Im going to try a system restore to see if it makes a diffrence, if it wasnt an important machine I would wipe data and start again.
Thanks for your help thus far.
Thanks Henk, I upgraded my firmware tonight on the modem, how do you suggest I install the modem using Diafaan? the problem is It will not attempt to scan the ports for any modems.Did I mention the modem works perfectly using my other programme for bulk SMS, on the same machine, the other programme was only installed to confirm the modem works.If I can only completely remove the software and start again I got a feeling it will probably work.
Thanks for being patient...if its a license issue that it resets the trial period I'm happy to pay for it so I can sort this out.Hope this helps
It does not matter if you use the trial version or the licensed version, both should work equally well.
Problems with the connection to the modem usually have to do with the USB drivers of the the modem or with interference from the installed GSM modem software. Diafaan SMS Server just sends modem commands through the (virtual) serial port and waits for the answer. It is unlikely that Diafaan SMS Server causes the behavior you see in this case.
Henk-I have uninstalled the modem so what can I log? It doesn't search for the modem and if I manually select the port there is no response. I have found new drivers for the modem which has an uninstall driver tool, I am able to reinstall drivers, windows detects modem with no issues hower diafaan server will not allow to search for modem. When this occurred on my win 64 machine only way to fix was to reload operating system and start again, this is not an option for this machine. Is it because it's a trial version that it behaves like this?
Thank you
Removing all of the software and settings is not possible without invalidating the evaluation license. However, re-installing the software is unlikely to solve the problem. It looks like your modem stops responding to the modem commands after 15 minutes. This probably indicates a problem with the USB driver or the firmware of the modem.
In the advanced settings of the GSM Modem Properties you can find the LogCommunicationToFile property. If you set this to True all the communication between the modem and the software is logged. If you send this log to dmsATdiafaanDOTcom I might be able to see something that could cause the problem.
I tried and installed on a 32 bit windows 7 machine, it behaved the same way it worked for about 15mins, then just stopped.What I noticed is initially when it installed it did a search for the modem which it found, but now when you select search modem it searches momenterily and then stops.Is there a way to completely remove software to install again.When it works it rocks.Below is event log.
EventEventTrace
SMTP server started on host FDESK-PC, port 25.
E-mail connector "E-mail Connector" started.
Service started.
Service stopped.
E-mail connector "E-mail Connector" stopped.
SMTP server started on host FDESK-PC, port 25.
E-mail connector "E-mail Connector" started.
Service started.
SMTP server started on host FDESK-PC, port 25.
E-mail connector "E-mail Connector" started.
Service started.
SMTP server started on host FDESK-PC, port 25.
E-mail connector "E-mail Connector" started.
Service started.
Serial port "COM12:115200" open.
Serial port closed.
Serial port "COM12:115200" open.
Serial port closed.
Serial port "COM12:115200" open.
Serial port closed.
Reset modem connection."Reset modem connection.
at ?20?.?20?.?532?()
"
Timeout error, no or unexpected response after GSM Modem command "AT+CMGL=4\r"."Timeout error, no or unexpected response after GSM Modem command ""AT+CMGL=4\r"".
at ?20?.?20?.?483?()
"
Serial port "COM12:115200" open.
Serial port closed.
Serial port "COM12:115200" open.
Serial port closed.
Serial port "COM12:115200" open.
Serial port closed.
Serial port "COM12:115200" open.
Serial port closed.
Serial port "COM12:115200" open.
Serial port closed.
Reset modem connection."Reset modem connection.
at ?20?.?20?.?532?()
"
Timeout error, no or unexpected response after GSM Modem command "AT+CMGL=4\r"."Timeout error, no or unexpected response after GSM Modem command ""AT+CMGL=4\r"".
at ?20?.?20?.?483?()
"
Serial port "COM12:115200" open.
Serial port closed.
Serial port "COM12:115200" open.
Serial port closed.
Serial port "COM12:115200" open.
Serial port closed.
Serial port "COM12:115200" open.
Serial port closed.
Serial port "COM12:115200" open.
Serial port closed.
Reset modem connection."Reset modem connection.
at ?20?.?20?.?532?()
"
Timeout error, no or unexpected response after GSM Modem command "AT+CMGL=4\r"."Timeout error, no or unexpected response after GSM Modem command ""AT+CMGL=4\r"".
at ?20?.?20?.?483?()
"
SMTP server started on host FDESK-PC, port 25.
E-mail connector "E-mail Connector" started.
E-mail connector "E-mail Connector" stopped.
SMTP server started on host FDESK-PC, port 25.
E-mail connector "E-mail Connector" started.
E-mail connector "E-mail Connector" stopped.
SMTP server started on host FDESK-PC, port 25.
E-mail connector "E-mail Connector" started.
E-mail connector "E-mail Connector" stopped.
SMTP server started on host FDESK-PC, port 25.
E-mail connector "E-mail Connector" started.
E-mail connector "E-mail Connector" stopped.
SMTP server started on host FDESK-PC, port 25.
E-mail connector "E-mail Connector" started.
E-mail connector "E-mail Connector" stopped.
SMTP server started on host FDESK-PC, port 25.
E-mail connector "E-mail Connector" started.
Serial port "COM12:115200" open.
GSM modem gateway "GSM Modem Gateway" started.
Service started.