GSM WORLD

(This doesnt seem to have got on the list, so Im resending it.)

Hi All

I have a Novatel Merlin U630 datacard supplied by O2. Should I
be able to replace the O2 SIM with my Vodafone one from my phone
and use that instead sometimes (i.e. if Im somewhere where
theres a hole in the O2 network)?

I have tried, but get Error 619 from my Windows XP laptop when I
try.


All the best,

Paul


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Paul Beverley wrote in message
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This is something Im not experienced in, with respect to your card that you
mentioned.

However, are the settings on the software used by the card set to o2 only?
You cant use o2s access-point, for example, with a Vodafone sim card. Is
data enabled on the Vodafone sim, usually via a call to Vodafone themselves?

In theory I imagine it is perfectly possible to use the aforementioned card
with a Vodafone SIM, but quite a few settings would have to be changed.

In message
Taylor wrote:


Thanks for the response, Taylor. :-)



Ive tried using different software. The O2 card comes with both
O2 Connection Manager and MobiLink, the latter looking more
generic. Both are installed on the computer, and I can chop and
change between them. Both gave the same error when I tried to use
them with Vodafone.

I did then try downloading DashBoard from the Vodafone website.
I couldnt get that working either - but I did think it seemed a
bit familiar.

So I went back to the other two programs. They were both then
totally screwed up! So I had to uninstall all three and then
reinstalled the first two. Thankfully all was back to normal.

And as I installed Connection Manager, I realised why Dahboard
had seemed familiar. Im pretty sure its the same software, but
with a different corporate colour (reddish instead of O2s blue)
and with similar but similar different smiling happy people on
the different pages as the installation progressed.



Do you mean settings in the card? Could there be something on
the card that is locked to O2?


Someone on a computer group (Acorn) that I inhabit suggested
that the contract I signed (with which the card came free)
may have forbidden the use of the card on other networks, but
they certainly didnt mention that at the shop.



All the best,

Paul


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Paul Beverley wrote:

The card might be network locked.
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Then theres the question of completely re configuring the software to
connect through a different network, which would have to be done for
each SIM change.
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Regards
Jon

Jon wrote in message
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Configure the card with two connection profiles, then have two dial up
networking
connections, one dials *99***1# the other dials *99***2#
(which assumes that one connection uses CID 1 and the other uses CID 2).

I had to do a hack like this on a Voda branded phone with an Orange PAYG
SIM installed - CIDs 1 & 2 were hard coded to Vodafone, the Orange
settings were stored under CID 3 - had to use *99***3# to get the connection
to come up.

/john