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I have settled up my internet connection as described at it's a clean machine blog . I've settled everything up. However, my ISP informs me by an SMS that I'm getting close to the monthly FUP, and I have no other way how to get this information. Is it possible to receiver SMS messages on my Huawei E220 dongle? I'm then able to set up a cron system that would send me the SMS messages on my e-mail.

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you might be able to get your SMS messages by outputting some AT commands to your modem:

$ echo 'AT+CMGF=1' > /dev/ttyUSB1
$ echo 'AT+CMGL="ALL"' > /dev/ttyUSB1

and view the results in another window, where you catch the output using:

$ cat /dev/ttyUSB1

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  • ok, I'll try. One more question: There're too tty's for this device, ttyUSB0 and ttyUSB1 -- why is that? I obviously use ttyUSB0 for ISP, does it mean I have to use the other one for SMS? Is there any difference between them? Thx!
    – yo'
    May 16, 2013 at 9:57
  • Seems like the /dev/ttyUSB0 is the interface to connect to the mobile phone provider, and the /dev/ttyUSB1 is the interface in which you can issue AT commands to and read the response back from.
    – lenik
    May 16, 2013 at 10:24
  • As far as I can tell this deletes the messages from the modem, so be sure you have a working terminal, e.g. make sure AT produces an OK.
    – Lenar Hoyt
    Aug 1, 2019 at 8:23
  • @lenik On my Huawei modem, it is actually reverse. I can only establish a PPP connection via /dev/ttyUSB1 and can use /dev/ttyUSB0 for anything else, e.g. reading SMS, statistics and connection parameters.
    – Lenar Hoyt
    Aug 1, 2019 at 8:25

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