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      tahawaru
      last edited by

      Re: Quectel 5G modem update/firmware for RB5 platform

      Hello,

      I'm in Germany working with the RB5. We have 7 of them in the lab.
      Following the instructions for connecting the drone via modem (https://docs.modalai.com/voxl-modem/),

      1. how to select the APN if none of the option is working
      2. how to connect the drone via modem to a 5G router that has a SIM card?

      ----------------------------https://docs.modalai.com/voxl-modem/---------------
      Which APN is correct for your SIM card?

      AT&T - IoT device - APN: m2m.com.attz
      AT&T - Laptop or Tablet - APN: broadband
      AT&T - Smartphone - APN: phone
      T-Mobile - APN: fast.t-mobile.com
      Verizon - APN: vzwinternet
      Google Fi - APN: h2g2

      1. m2m.com.attz 4) fast.t-mobile.com 7) Custom
      2. broadband 5) vzwinternet
      3. phone 6) googlefi
        #?

      Best wishes,

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      • Eric KatzfeyE
        Eric Katzfey Dev Team @tahawaru
        last edited by

        @tahawaru Probably would want to choose custom then. What operator are you using? What APN do they specify?

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          tahawaru
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          @Eric-Katzfey

          I have a SIM card from Deutsche Telekom(https://www.telekom.de/hilfe/mobilfunk/mobiles-internet/mobilfunkstandards/apn-ratgeber?samChecked=true). From the above link and on my phone,one can read:
          APN: internet.v6.telekom

          I don't know if I will need a username and password after entering these data.
          Probably, I should ask them as well.

          Best wishes,

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            tahawaru @Eric Katzfey
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            @Eric-Katzfey

            I have tried with a telekom SIM card (APN: internet.v6.telekom). I have the following output:

            rb5:~$ quectel-CM -s internet.v6.telekom

            [05-24_15:32:08:012] Quectel_QConnectManager_Linux_V1.6.0.24

            [05-24_15:32:08:018] Find /sys/bus/usb/devices/2-1.1 idVendor=0x2c7c idProduct=0x800, bus=0x002, dev=0x004

            [05-24_15:32:08:020] Auto find qmichannel = /dev/cdc-wdm0

            [05-24_15:32:08:020] Auto find usbnet_adapter = wwan0

            [05-24_15:32:08:020] netcard driver = qmi_wwan, driver version = 22-Aug-2005

            [05-24_15:32:08:021] Modem works in QMI mode

            [05-24_15:32:08:046] /proc/5344/fd/7 -> /dev/cdc-wdm0

            [05-24_15:32:08:046] /proc/5344/exe -> /usr/bin/quectel-CM

            [05-24_15:32:10:047] cdc_wdm_fd = 7

            [05-24_15:32:10:133] Get clientWDS = 1

            [05-24_15:32:10:165] Get clientDMS = 1

            [05-24_15:32:10:198] Get clientNAS = 4

            [05-24_15:32:10:229] Get clientUIM = 1

            [05-24_15:32:10:261] Get clientWDA = 1

            [05-24_15:32:10:293] requestBaseBandVersion RM502QAEAAR13A03M4G

            [05-24_15:32:40:327] requestSetEthMode message timeout

            [05-24_15:33:10:327] requestSetEthMode message timeout

            [05-24_15:33:40:328] requestGetSIMStatus message timeout

            [05-24_15:33:40:329] requestGetSIMStatus err = 110

            [05-24_15:33:40:329] requestSetProfile[1] internet.v6.telekom///0

            [05-24_15:34:10:330] requestSetProfile message timeout

            [05-24_15:34:10:330] requestSetProfile err = 110

            [05-24_15:34:10:357] QmiWwanThread read=-1 errno: 2 (No such file or directory)

            [05-24_15:34:40:331] requestGetProfile message timeout

            [05-24_15:34:40:331] requestGetProfile err = 110

            [05-24_15:35:10:332] requestRegistrationState2 message timeout

            [05-24_15:35:10:333] requestRegistrationState2 err = 110

            [05-24_15:35:40:334] requestQueryDataCall message timeout

            [05-24_15:35:40:334] requestQueryDataCall err = 110

            [05-24_15:35:40:334] ifconfig wwan0 0.0.0.0

            [05-24_15:35:40:348] ifconfig wwan0 down

            [05-24_15:39:36:149] requestRegistrationState2 MCC: 262, MNC: 3, PS: Detached, DataCap: UNKNOW

            [05-24_15:40:49:110] QmiWwanThread read=-1 errno: 2 (No such file or directory)

            [05-24_15:40:51:030] QmiWwanThread read=-1 errno: 2 (No such file or directory)

            [05-24_15:41:19:078] requestRegistrationState2 message timeout

            [05-24_15:41:19:078] requestRegistrationState2 err = 110

            [05-24_15:42:33:031] requestRegistrationState2 message timeout

            [05-24_15:42:33:031] requestRegistrationState2 err = 110

            [05-24_15:42:33:046] requestRegistrationState2 MCC: 262, MNC: 3, PS: Detached, DataCap: UNKNOW

            [05-24_15:44:13:109] requestRegistrationState2 MCC: 262, MNC: 3, PS: Detached, DataCap: UNKNOW

            [05-24_15:44:14:902] requestRegistrationState2 MCC: 262, MNC: 3, PS: Detached, DataCap: UNKNOW

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            • tomT
              tom admin @tahawaru
              last edited by tom

              @tahawaru Before using quectel-CM can you try running the following to set the network mode to LTE + 5G as a test:

              echo -ne "AT+QNWPREFCFG=\"mode_pref\",LTE:NR5G\r" | busybox microcom -t 1000 /dev/ttyUSB2

              And as a note this is how you can experiment with sending AT commands to the modem for debugging purposes

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                tahawaru @tom
                last edited by

                @tom
                Done!
                rb5:~$ echo -ne "AT+QNWPREFCFG="mode_pref",LTE:NR5G\r" | busybox microcom -t 1000 /dev/ttyUSB2
                AT+QNWPREFCFG="mode_pref",LTE:NR5G
                OK

                -------------an then ---------

                rb5:~$ quectel-CM -s internet.v6.telekom
                [03-02_13:30:15:961] Quectel_QConnectManager_Linux_V1.6.0.24
                [03-02_13:30:15:966] Find /sys/bus/usb/devices/2-1.1 idVendor=0x2c7c idProduct=0x800, bus=0x002, dev=0x004
                [03-02_13:30:15:968] Auto find qmichannel = /dev/cdc-wdm0
                [03-02_13:30:15:968] Auto find usbnet_adapter = wwan0
                [03-02_13:30:15:968] netcard driver = qmi_wwan, driver version = 22-Aug-2005
                [03-02_13:30:15:969] Modem works in QMI mode
                [03-02_13:30:16:000] /proc/5931/fd/7 -> /dev/cdc-wdm0
                [03-02_13:30:16:000] /proc/5931/exe -> /usr/bin/quectel-CM
                [03-02_13:30:18:001] cdc_wdm_fd = 7
                [03-02_13:30:18:017] QmiWwanThread read=-1 errno: 2 (No such file or directory)
                [03-02_13:30:19:004] QmiWwanInit message timeout
                [03-02_13:30:20:033] QmiWwanThread read=-1 errno: 2 (No such file or directory)
                [03-02_13:30:21:005] QmiWwanInit message timeout
                [03-02_13:30:23:007] QmiWwanInit message timeout
                [03-02_13:30:25:008] QmiWwanInit message timeout
                [03-02_13:30:27:010] QmiWwanInit message timeout
                [03-02_13:30:58:034] QmiWwanInit message timeout
                [03-02_13:31:28:035] QmiWwanGetClientID message timeout
                [03-02_13:31:28:065] Get clientDMS = 1
                [03-02_13:31:58:067] QmiWwanGetClientID message timeout
                [03-02_13:32:28:068] QmiWwanGetClientID message timeout
                [03-02_13:32:58:069] QmiWwanGetClientID message timeout
                [03-02_13:32:58:081] requestBaseBandVersion RM502QAEAAR11A04M4G
                [03-02_13:32:58:081] QMIType 26 has no clientID
                [03-02_13:32:58:081] requestSetEthMode err = -19
                [03-02_13:32:58:081] QMIType 11 has no clientID
                [03-02_13:32:58:081] requestGetSIMStatus err = -19
                [03-02_13:32:58:082] requestSetProfile[1] internet.v6.telekom///0
                [03-02_13:32:58:082] QMIType 1 has no clientID
                [03-02_13:32:58:082] requestSetProfile err = -19
                [03-02_13:32:58:082] QMIType 1 has no clientID
                [03-02_13:32:58:082] requestGetProfile err = -19
                [03-02_13:32:58:082] QMIType 3 has no clientID
                [03-02_13:32:58:082] requestRegistrationState2 err = -19
                [03-02_13:32:58:082] QMIType 1 has no clientID
                [03-02_13:32:58:082] requestQueryDataCall err = -19
                [03-02_13:32:58:082] ifconfig wwan0 0.0.0.0
                [03-02_13:32:58:106] ifconfig wwan0 down

                What is the correct procedure to have the 5G connection up and running?

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                • tomT
                  tom admin @tahawaru
                  last edited by

                  @tahawaru You might have to reach out to your telecom company to confirm that they allow connection to their network via. this Quectel modem

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                    tahawaru @tom
                    last edited by

                    @tom

                    I have reached out to the SIM card and APN telecoms provider.
                    They gave me a username and a password.
                    Where can I input those 2 parameters?

                    Best wishes,

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                    • tomT
                      tom admin @tahawaru
                      last edited by

                      @tahawaru quectel-CM is not something that we developed, it's a tool from Quectel themselves so I can't give you a definitive answer but looking at quectel-CM -h it looks like you can do something like this:

                      quectel-CM -s $APN $USERNAME $PASSWORD

                      This is the source if you want to see how that flag's arg parsing works: https://gitlab.com/voxl-public/voxl-sdk/utilities/voxl-modem/-/blob/master/src/quectel-CM/main.c?ref_type=heads#L665

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                        tahawaru @tom
                        last edited by

                        @tom

                        rb5:/$ quectel-CM -s internet.v6.telekom telekom tm
                        [07-01_12:35:51:016] Quectel_QConnectManager_Linux_V1.6.0.24
                        [07-01_12:35:51:018] Find /sys/bus/usb/devices/2-1.1 idVendor=0x2c7c idProduct=0x800, bus=0x002, dev=0x003
                        [07-01_12:35:51:020] Auto find qmichannel = /dev/cdc-wdm0
                        [07-01_12:35:51:020] Auto find usbnet_adapter = wwan0
                        [07-01_12:35:51:020] netcard driver = qmi_wwan, driver version = 22-Aug-2005
                        [07-01_12:35:51:021] Modem works in QMI mode
                        [07-01_12:35:51:051] /proc/8405/fd/7 -> /dev/cdc-wdm0
                        [07-01_12:35:51:051] /proc/8405/exe -> /usr/bin/quectel-CM
                        [07-01_12:35:53:052] cdc_wdm_fd = 7
                        [07-01_12:35:54:053] QmiWwanInit message timeout
                        [07-01_12:35:56:055] QmiWwanInit message timeout
                        [07-01_12:35:58:057] QmiWwanInit message timeout
                        [07-01_12:36:00:058] QmiWwanInit message timeout
                        [07-01_12:36:02:059] QmiWwanInit message timeout
                        [07-01_12:36:04:061] QmiWwanInit message timeout
                        [07-01_12:36:06:062] QmiWwanInit message timeout
                        [07-01_12:36:08:064] QmiWwanInit message timeout
                        [07-01_12:36:39:078] QmiWwanInit message timeout
                        [07-01_12:37:09:080] QmiWwanGetClientID message timeout
                        [07-01_12:37:39:081] QmiWwanGetClientID message timeout
                        [07-01_12:37:39:092] Get clientNAS = 4
                        [07-01_12:37:39:123] Get clientUIM = 1
                        [07-01_12:37:39:155] Get clientWDA = 1
                        [07-01_12:37:39:155] QMIType 2 has no clientID
                        [07-01_12:37:39:155] requestBaseBandVersion err = -19
                        [07-01_12:37:39:187] QMIType 1 has no clientID
                        [07-01_12:37:39:187] QMIType 1 has no clientID
                        [07-01_12:37:39:219] QmiWwanThread read=-1 errno: 2 (No such file or directory)
                        [07-01_12:38:09:189] requestGetSIMStatus message timeout
                        [07-01_12:38:09:189] requestGetSIMStatus err = 110
                        [07-01_12:38:09:189] requestSetProfile[1] internet.v6.telekom/telekom/tm/2
                        [07-01_12:38:09:190] QMIType 1 has no clientID
                        [07-01_12:38:09:190] requestSetProfile err = -19
                        [07-01_12:38:09:190] QMIType 1 has no clientID
                        [07-01_12:38:09:190] requestGetProfile err = -19
                        [07-01_12:38:09:202] requestRegistrationState2 MCC: 262, MNC: 3, PS: Detached, DataCap: UNKNOW
                        [07-01_12:38:09:202] QMIType 1 has no clientID
                        [07-01_12:38:09:202] requestQueryDataCall err = -19
                        [07-01_12:38:09:202] ifconfig wwan0 0.0.0.0
                        [07-01_12:38:09:223] ifconfig wwan0 down

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                          tahawaru @tom
                          last edited by

                          @tom

                          I'm using a mobile prepaid SIM card.
                          There are other SIMs available such as IoT SIMs.
                          May be an IoT SIM card will be suitable for this situation.

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                          • tomT
                            tom admin @tahawaru
                            last edited by

                            @tahawaru I like using Google Fi, super easy to setup

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