Motorola V220

This is set of instructions of how to connect a Motorola V220 Mobile Phone to a linux based PC using the moto4lin software.

• System Setup
• Using moto4lin

• System Setup

Before plugging in your phone you need to make a few system changes. First you need to add the right driver support in the kernel. The required setting is shown below.

-> Device Drivers
  -> USB support
    -> <*> USB Modem (CDC ACM) support

In order to have access as a user to the /dev/ttyACM0 device file, you'll have to set the correct file permissions. To avoid having to do this manually each time you plug in the file, you can use the udev rule shown below. This will set the file group to uucp, although the usb group might be more appropriate for your system. Either way, check that you're a member of the group you select.

KERNEL="ttyACM[0-9]*", NAME="ttyACM%n", GROUP="uucp", MODE="660"

Once adding this rule, use the command below to reload the rules.

> udevcontrol reload_rules

Now plug in the phone. To check everything is OK so far, try listing the device file:

> ls -al /dev/ttyACM0
crw-rw---- 1 root uucp 166, 0, 2007-07-07 21:10 /dev/ttyACM0

• Using moto4lin

A handy programm called moto4lin takes care of the communications with the phone. Although it seems to work well, it has a slightly confusing setup and interface. First start moto4lin.

> moto4lin

Now open the preferences dialog, you can find the settings you need from the moto4lin website, such as those for the v220.

Fill in the parameters and click OK.

Hopefully you should be able to connect to the phone and list the files:

• click Connect/Disconnect
• click Update List

You should now bw able to use the file manager on the left to navigate the phones files.