If you ever run into below error on kannel.
please note that this is due to permission to your USB or Serial Model
2013-08-02 22:50:01 [2853] [6] ERROR: System error 13: Permission denied 2013-08-02 22:50:01 [2853] [6] ERROR: AT2[wavecom1]: at2_device_thread: open_at2_device failed. 2013-08-02 22:50:01 [2853] [6] ERROR: System error 13: Permission denied 2013-08-02 22:50:01 [2853] [6] ERROR: AT2[wavecom1]: Couldn't connect (retrying in 10 seconds). 2013-08-02 22:50:01 [2853] [6] INFO: AT2[wavecom1]: opening device 2013-08-02 22:50:01 [2853] [6] ERROR: AT2[wavecom1]: open failed! ERRNO=13 2013-08-02 22:50:01 [2853] [6] ERROR: System error 13: Permission denied 2013-08-02 22:50:01 [2853] [6] ERROR: AT2[wavecom1]: at2_device_thread: open_at2_device failed. 2013-08-02 22:50:01 [2853] [6] ERROR: System error 13: Permission denied 2013-08-02 22:50:01 [2853] [6] ERROR: AT2[wavecom1]: Couldn't connect (retrying in 10 seconds).
You can run below command for serial modems:
First run the su:
[md@sms02 ~]$ su Password: [root@sms02 md]#
chmod 777 /dev/ttyS*
or for USB modem run below command,
[root@sms02 md]# chmod 777 /dev/ttyS*
you may want to add it to your rc.local to apply at the boot time:
[root@sms02 md]#echo 'chmod 777 /dev/ttyS*' >> /etc/rc.local