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author Mychaela Falconia <falcon@freecalypso.org>
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1 fc-simtool and fc-uicc-tool can operate on SIM cards via any of the following 3
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2 access paths:
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4 * The card to be operated on can be inserted into a smart card reader/programmer
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5 supported by pcsc-lite software stack, such as HID Omnikey 3121 and 6121 card
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6 readers sold by Sysmocom webshop;
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8 * The card can be inserted into a much simpler serial SIM reader - see the
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9 Serial-SIM-readers article;
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11 * The card can be sitting inside a Calypso phone or development board - see the
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12 SIM-in-Calypso-phone article.
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14 In the PC/SC and serial SIM reader use cases, you run fc-simtool or fc-uicc-tool
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15 directly, with the needed options to select the right target. In the more
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16 special case of operating on SIM cards inside Calypso GSM devices, you have to
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17 use the fc-simint front end described in the SIM-in-Calypso-phone article.
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19 When running fc-simtool or fc-uicc-tool directly to operate on a card inserted
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20 into a dedicated reader/programmer, use the following options to select the
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21 correct target:
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23 -d /dev/ttyXXX
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25 This option selects the serial SIM reader back end, operating on the
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26 named serial port. See the Serial-SIM-readers article for additional
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27 speed enhancement options.
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29 -p N
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31 This option selects the pcsc-lite back end, operating on reader number
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32 N. If you have only one PC/SC-supported card reader on your system,
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33 the correct option is -p0. If you have multiple readers, use
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34 fc-pcsc-list utility to list them and figure out which number is which.
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36 There is no default: if you run fc-simtool or fc-uicc-tool with neither -d nor
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37 -p, you will get an error.
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39 Each of the two target selection options runs a different back end program
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40 behind the scenes: -d runs fcsim-serial-be, -p runs fc-pcsc-backend. This
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41 separation allows for subset installations: if someone is only interested in
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42 serial and/or Calypso back ends and does not have libpcsclite installed, they
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43 can omit the pcsc back end, in which case fc-pcsc-backend won't be present and
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44 therefore -p option won't work. One can similarly omit the serial and Calypso
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45 back ends, although the Mother does not currently know of any practical system
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46 where they would pose compile-time difficulties.