Code From a Small Island

The last update of this page is March 2009, and th...

2010-03-11T17:44:19.358Z

The last update of this page is March 2009, and the first paragraph has bad news for anyone hoping to use 3G on their Vaio under Windows 7. Does anyone know if there's a way to get Smart Network working on a Vaio under Windows 7 yet? I've downloaded the latest version I can find of Smart Network onto my TZ21 and it doesn't work - so I guess not, but there's no harm in asking...

Hi Ben, thanks for the fix, two blooming years I'v...

2010-03-02T23:33:00.267Z

Hi Ben,
thanks for the fix, two blooming years I've been blaming t-mobile and sony, eventually a guy from sony pointed me in your direction, it worked so well I renewed my contract with t-mobile.
Trouble has returned with the new contract starting today, (I'm starting to think they have a magic button that boots only me off) I connect for a few seconds and the globetrotter shows an excellent signal, the connection is great. Then whilst the globetrotter is still showing excellent signal the tray (bottom right hand of screen) icon shows a poor signal local only or disconnected (red cross). Have they found a way to disable your fix, its rather frustrating to have had a few days of high speed uninterrupted access, to then find myself back at square one.
Have you heard anything or noticed anything yourself ? Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.

Should have also added that network is Vodafone. T...

2010-02-12T22:30:56.855Z

Should have also added that network is Vodafone. That GlobeTrotter Connect is v2.3.0.630
And that I can have WLAN and LAN turned on without it effecting the WWAN

Worked perfectly for me. Great guide. Thanks for t...

2010-02-12T22:07:07.646Z

Worked perfectly for me. Great guide. Thanks for the effort! Sony Vaio Z2; Vista SP3; Haven't needed to apply the regedit fix (in fact the key is _6911 etc etc on this machine). If things change I will keep you posted.

great stuff. Worked on my TZ21 on XP/Vodafone PAYG...

2010-01-05T15:38:30.752Z

great stuff. Worked on my TZ21 on XP/Vodafone PAYG sim

Hi, Just installed windows 7 on my VAIO and now i'...

2009-12-21T20:20:58.250Z

Hi,
Just installed windows 7 on my VAIO and now i'm trying to set up "GlobeTrotter Connect" but it can't find the device.

How can i fix this problem?

Since upgrading to windows 7 the globetrotter soft...

2009-12-04T10:35:54.780Z

Since upgrading to windows 7 the globetrotter software does not seem to work, all the drivers including smart card interface have loaded but Windows 7 32bit does can not install the driver for the smart card itself.

Am using an o2 sim; has anyone managed to get this to work on Vaio TT11VN with o2 and with W7 32bit?

Am using latest version of Globetrotter software 3.1.0.1162

Well done for getting hold of this! Do you know if...

2009-11-11T15:27:54.062Z

Well done for getting hold of this! Do you know if anyone has built an app with it yet?

As I was stuck at West Hampstead Overground station this morning looking at a broken down train it occurred to me how useful this information could be. TfL's site just told me what I already knew - that there were problems on the Overground. :(

Do you have any update on whether sony have a wind...

2009-10-30T15:51:24.167Z

Do you have any update on whether sony have a windows 7 update yet

Worked perfectly for me... I have a TZ21WN/B and w...

2009-10-21T10:22:07.146+01:00

Worked perfectly for me... I have a TZ21WN/B and was constantly having problems with the T-Mobile software. Hopefully GlobeTrotter is less flakey. One small point, the Wireless Switch Setting Utility is called "Vaio Smart Network" on my laptop -its symbol in the system tray is 2 horizontal grey arrows.

Have you tried Perforce?! No such problems there.

2009-09-22T11:37:01.267+01:00

Have you tried Perforce?! No such problems there.

Sorry, correction, leave the name/password as voda...

2009-09-21T14:04:09.010+01:00

Sorry, correction, leave the name/password as vodafone/vodafone and change the APN to airtelnet.es
I registered with vodafone spain, which involves receiving an SMS so I had to take SIM out of Vaio, put in phone, read SMS, then put back in PC. I don't see a method in Globetrotter to read/send SMS messages - that would be quite useful if anyone knows of a way. Anyway, it means I can see my pre-pay account balance in euros, but not the mB remaining on my data tariff. I hear tell of a Vodafone Dashboard, but am loath to download anything from Vodafone in case it messes up my, now working, data connection.

Got it working now, thanks for the excellent guide...

2009-09-19T14:24:47.747+01:00

Got it working now, thanks for the excellent guide. Some variations, and this is for a VGN-Z11WN, running Vista:
The Globetrotter software was in "Preinstalled Software" I already had the basic driver, but had to download "Globetrotter Connect" as well. I too found that the register setting file was ...6911.. not ...6901...
And for Vodafone Spain, the settings are APN: airtelwap.es USER wap@wap PASSWORD wap125
I have really good connection and even works with my pop3 email account.

I have VGN-Z11WN with Vista. I bought Vodafone pay...

2009-09-14T22:40:09.850+01:00

I have VGN-Z11WN with Vista.
I bought Vodafone payg SIM in Spain. Now trying to get it to work before I go back there. Followed the guide (with a few variations) and can get to the point of Globetrotter Connect accepting my PIN, and window says "Roaming to Vodafone UK" with GPRS signal strength indicator. But I get the same error each time 0x84000011. Maybe the SIM just needs topped up (my credit from last time probably expired). Is there anything else I should try?

There is a known issue with Orange 3g sim cards, c...

2009-08-26T14:31:16.003+01:00

There is a known issue with Orange 3g sim cards, certainly with the Vaio TZ's and possibly with all vaio's. the long and short is that new orange sims will not work for an unknow reason. The solution is to get an older profile sim:
"A TZ31 needs an Orange "profile 34" SIM - not the newer "profile 39"."

Hope this is of help to some.
If you get "Device found, please wait while initializing" and this hangs forever your problem is likely to be that you have a profile 39 sim.

I decided to try my Orange 3G sim as an alternativ...

2009-08-18T22:34:25.858+01:00

I decided to try my Orange 3G sim as an alternative to my BT 3G sim, given that the Globetrotter Connect settings weren't in question but like with the BT 3G sim, the device was found with good signal but the same error message appeared as before and as experienced by Nigel Mottishead...........however, I had not loaded any Orange connection manager/drivers so could not conflict. Switching the wireless off/on with Globetrotter Connect open or closed did not resolve the error (0x84000011).........what next Ben/Nigel or anyone? Thanks.

Also, my Globetrotter Connect appears to be generi...

2009-08-18T15:41:41.612+01:00

Also, my Globetrotter Connect appears to be generic as I can find no reference to T Mobile to uninstall but when I try and locate "Vid_0af0&Pid_6901" I can only find the file "Vid_0af0&Pid_6911".......is this the same/correct given that my generic Globetrotter Connect came pre-installed? My operating system is Vista (Business).Thanks.

I have a BT dongle from which I have removed the s...

2009-08-18T14:04:39.802+01:00

I have a BT dongle from which I have removed the sim card and inserted it into my VGN-Z21ZN (which is acknowledged and shows good signal strength)............what are the settings for BT 3G mobile so that I can get it to work rather than deliver the failure message (0x84000011) please?

Thanks for the help, the guide was spot on for one...

2009-08-10T22:20:09.058+01:00

Thanks for the help, the guide was spot on for one of the new Netbooks.

Thank you so much! Works fine on VGN-P29VN/Q with ...

2009-08-01T22:42:59.866+01:00

Thank you so much! Works fine on VGN-P29VN/Q with german E-Plus card.
Registry tree is vid_0AF0&PID_7601/5&39404a94&0&3/device parameters

Turns out it is http://www.movable-type.co.uk/scr...

2009-07-12T12:27:51.513+01:00

Turns out it is
http://www.movable-type.co.uk/scripts/latlong-gridref.html

From the paper it appears that the location uses t...

2009-07-12T12:26:15.480+01:00

From the paper it appears that the location uses the Ordnance Survey2 (OS) Eastings and Northings
coordinate reference system.

http://www.tfl.gov.uk/assets/downloads/ITS_2007_BusStopLocations_v00e.pdf

I don't know what the conversion is. I assume there is some sort of false datum.

Thanks!! Very useful information. I can't really f...

2009-06-30T18:34:56.132+01:00

Thanks!! Very useful information. I can't really figure out the lat/lon information though, it seems it is not in degrees, but something else.

By the way you can get the tubestation information from the TFL site.

hi ben - thanks for this. i have just bought a vai...

2009-06-19T10:39:52.776+01:00

hi ben - thanks for this. i have just bought a vaio tt21/wn and i can't find the file in the registry called Vid_0af0&Pid_6901. i do have one called vid_0AF0&PID_7601 and if i go inside there and under the 5&39404a94&0&3/device parameters and follow your instructions it all seems to work fine. Thank you.

HI.. found this very interesting, We are having s...

2009-06-04T15:14:02.584+01:00

HI.. found this very interesting,

We are having simular issues with a Sony VGN TZ32VN under windows 7

Has any one had any experiance with windows 7 and this issue.

all devices under device manager are all shown as good (no Warenings) but the modem only shows the std modem and we cant get it to update with this device.

overwise windows 7 picked up every thing and works super fast

Brian