Vodafone Huawei 3G and Linux

1. Tested on Crunchbang Linux 
2. sakis3g was working after connecting the vodem in a Virtualbox windows machine.  This was a pain so I finally got the fix to auto switch when inserted.  here it is....
   
3. check usb_modeswitch and usb_modeswitch_data is installed
1. cd /usr/share/usb_modeswitch/
2. sudo gunzip configPack.tar.gz
3. sudo tar xf configPack.tar
4. sudo cp 12d1:1523 12d1:1526
5. edit 12d1:1526 to reflect 
4. Insert the stick and run lsusb to get the product and vendor details...
   
5. /etc/udev/rules.d/15-huawei-e1550.rules file (any filename is OK)
   
1. SUBSYSTEM=="usb",
2. SYSFS{idProduct}=="1526",
3. SYSFS{idVendor}=="12d1",
4. RUN+="/usr/sbin/usb_modeswitch  --default-vendor 0x12d1 --default-product 0x1526 -W -I -c /usr/share/usb_modeswitch/12d1:1526"
6. edit connections
1. Mobile Broadband
2. add
1. Name: Vodem
2. Number *99#
3. apn www.vodafone.net.nz
7. insert device
8. check lsusb is switched
1. initially lsusb will report unswitched device
1. Bus 002 Device 014: ID 12d1:1526 Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
2. then the rules will kick in and switch after about 10 seconds:
1. Bus 002 Device 013: ID 12d1:14cf Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
9. connect via network connect icon
10. remove device when finished
11. Script to perform the connection
1. ###To automatically repeat result of last action, use following command line:
   while true;do
     if lsusb |grep Huawei >/dev/null;then
       echo found Huawei
       break
     fi
     echo Waiting for device Huawei
     sleep 1
   done
   
   ##SUBSYSTEM=="usb",
   ##SYSFS{idProduct}=="1526",
   ##SYSFS{idVendor}=="12d1",
   id
   echo Performing switch
   /usr/sbin/usb_modeswitch  --default-vendor 0x12d1 --default-product 0x1526 -W -I -c /usr/share/usb_modeswitch/12d1:1526
   lsusb |grep Huawei
   
   while true;do
     if lsusb |grep 12d1:14cf >/dev/null;then
       echo switch complete
       break
     fi
     echo Waiting for device switch
     sleep 1
   done
   
   
   echo Connecting....
   /home/dunc3/sakis3g  \
           connect \
           --nostorage \
           APN="www.vodafone.net.nz" \
           APN_USER="user" \
           APN_PASS="pass" \
           USBINTERFACE="0" \
           USBDRIVER="option" \
           USBMODEM="12d1:14cf" \
           OTHER="USBMODEM" \
           MODEM="OTHER" \
           DISPLAY=":0"