It should work.

Supported modems:

http://www.rfactory.org/OpenWRT/index.html#supported

Cheers

John k

As mentioned above the latest version 2013-03-14 is released. You may keep your configuration files when flashing.

Redback and BlackWidow firmware. Fixes problem with 3G PPP modems not connecting. Attempted fix for 'no APN'? MR3420V2 images removed awaiting a fix from OpenWRT. For E392 or E3276, use BlackWidow as it improves modem detection and connection.:

http://www.rfactory.org/OpenWRT/index.html#downloads

This post has been edited by Wahroonga Farm: Mar 15 2013, 08:01 AM

There are still problems with the MR3420 V2 BlackWidow ie No USB power.

So the OpenWRT image is still faulty and we wait some more.

All other releases should be fine.

This post has been edited by Wahroonga Farm: Mar 21 2013, 05:37 PM

Hi Atwork.

Thanks for your great work in testing the Huawei E392u-12 with a USB Y-cable and external 5v supply.

Did this give a working connection?

Cheers

John k

This post has been edited by Wahroonga Farm: Mar 22 2013, 06:43 PM

It's good to know that it works and that usb power is probably the only problem left.

I think the sequence is power off x 2.

1. router power on
2. usb power on

I don't think it really matters as long as the USB modem is fully de-powered before connection is attempted.

Once the router is de-powered the modem won't connect properly again, unless the USB modem power is removed.

Cheers

John k

Ah.

So it is probably a timing issue. The Timing of the USB power switch on will be somewhat critical.

Any way good to know.

Hopefully OpenWRT will supply a working V2 image shortly and we can put this one to bed.

Cheers

Good news and more testers needed.

Sick of your version 2 not giving you LTE speed? Finding your modem is not supported and TP-Link no help?

Dairyman's 'Spider - Blackwidow' firmware is now available and working for the TP-Link TL-MR3420 V2:

http://www.rfactory.org/OpenWRT/index.html

The firmware bin file:

http://www.rfactory.org/OpenWRT/download/o...W2013-03-24.bin

The Whirlpool WIKI:

http://whirlpool.net.au/wiki/router_openwrt

Yes the USB power problem is fixed.

Dairyman jumped in and modified the source code, to 'power on' the USB port.

echo out > /sys/class/gpio/gpio4/direction
echo 0 > /sys/class/gpio/gpio4/value

Details here.

Hi Atwork,

There is a new ROOTer feature on the way which includes many of the Modem Gui features.

It may well solve this current problem with the E392?



This post has been edited by Wahroonga Farm: Mar 27 2013, 09:01 AM

It's 'on the way', or 'coming soon to a store near you' ... but isn't available yet.

No worries. It's way better than my Malay.

Dairyman gave us a sneak preview ... direct from the future development desk ...

won't be too long before it is released.

This post has been edited by Wahroonga Farm: Mar 27 2013, 02:04 PM

Wait is over.

Visit dairymans website and start testing.

http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum-repli...176&p=149#r2973

Cheers

John K

This post has been edited by Wahroonga Farm: Mar 28 2013, 09:52 AM

Daiymans intro to the latest experimental version:

Thank you so much for posting that information.

Interesting. I'll ask Dairyman.

Cheers

Hi Guys 'n gals,

BlackWidow Experimental 2013-04-04 is a proven stable release, so please use this version as it currently provides the best modem support and the best Modem information.

It has a few bugs, but nothing that prevents connection for the currently supported modems.

Dairyman is currently working on a couple of tricky modems which use a web interface for management, rather than a connection manager. As this will be the way of future modems, it is an important issue to tackle.

A stable BlackWidow (non-experimental) release will no doubt come in due course.

The other major job on the 'to do list' is SMS capability via the ROOTer.

PS It'd be helpful if you identify the actual Blackwidow ROOTer firmware ID that you are using, so that we can track what is working. Barrier Breaker doesn't mean much.

There are other developments ongoing so stay tuned.

The ROOTer WIKI gives a run down of the ROOTer software evolution and the ROOTer User Index shows some of our Beta testers.

This post has been edited by Wahroonga Farm: Apr 12 2013, 07:06 AM

That's up to the OpenWRT development team.

Not in our space.

BlackWidow Experimental 2013-04-13 – The Network Status page should show all the data for all modems now (excepting MCC/MNC and QOS which are tower dependent, the Add Modem Support page is working again so you can specify the Data Port for PPP modems and the Communication Port for all modems, added a "reset to original" function to the reset button so, if you hold it in for 20-60 secs, it will reset the firmware back to the state it was when you flashed it, changed Keep Alive so it reboots the router if the connection is dropped rather than restarting the WAN, Support for tethered Android phones is in place. The Network Status page doesn't work for this but you can get internet from your phone and there are probably other things done to it that I can't remember any more but those are the highlights.

HERE

The ROOTer WIKI gives a run down of the ROOTer software evolution and the ROOTer User Index shows some of our Beta testers.

This post has been edited by Wahroonga Farm: Apr 13 2013, 10:36 AM

There is an update of the latest experimental image.

BlackWidow Experimental 2013-04-13 is the latest.

The image filled the 4Mb flash image, so a little bit of pruning was required to ensure operational stability. All features are intact.

This post has been edited by Wahroonga Farm: Apr 13 2013, 10:40 AM

Bit of a jump around on this latest release.

There was a another little bug with 2013-04-13 that affected some E3276 modems.

This is now fixed.

Please re-download 2013-04-13 to access the fix and the following new feature:

A new Modem->Custom page where you can enter AT Commands, execute them and see the response from the modem. It waits until the status update is finished then runs the command you entered and updates the output box.

It's just as good as ModemGUI but no chance of a command collision here.



The windows based modem Gui is now obsolete.

Dairyman should pop in on this one.

Cheers

PS and thanks for all your testing.