Usb 3g dongle device is disabled

Asterisk Asterisk Hardware
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hi. i bought 2 huawei e179 usb 3g modems and i am trying to setup one in each system.
the first system is up and functioning.
the second system has the following error

[Aug 14 12:54:19] ERROR[1206]: at_response.c:364 at_response_error: [dongle0] Getting IMSI number failed
[dongle0] ‘AT^CVOICE’ device disabled
[Aug 14 12:54

any ideas please?

2

Probably you have to unlock Voice on that dongle

3

I normally used DC-Unlocker for that job…small fee with paypal…and job done…

4

There is simple trick to check if dongle is unlocked. Just plug to computer and try make call with application MobilePartner

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by using it in a computer i can have incoming/outgoing calls, sms, data. everything works fine. by having it in asterisk it goes straight away to carier’s voicemail, not asterisk’s. then i see the following in asterisk:

[Aug 19 13:58:43] WARNING[1174][C-00000000]: pbx.c:6863 __ast_pbx_run: Channel 'Dongle/dongle0-0100000000' sent to invalid extension but no invalid handler: context,exten,priority=DialIn,49174456789012,1
    -- Executing [h@DialIn:1] System("Dongle/dongle0-0100000000", "mail -s "missed call from  dongle0 +4922129205975 on ' | mail -s 'missed call ' atuxnull@gmail.com < /home/alixadmin/Scripts/missed-call.msg") in new stack
 [dongle0] Got SMS from +4922129205975: 'KHEI:

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