How can I monitor the Sierra Wireless modem's 5G signal quality or statistics? Ideally in real time, but in logging can be worked with also.

Thank you.

Apparently our Sentinel got bricked on the last flight...

L-88GQM53:~/Documents/2024-06-17-1.7.4-M0054-1/ufs$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0bda:5532 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Integrated_Webcam_HD
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 8087:0026 Intel Corp. AX201 Bluetooth
Bus 001 Device 010: ID 05c6:9008 Qualcomm, Inc. Gobi Wireless Modem (QDL mode)
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub

I've been trying to recover it using qdl as it won't appear in 'adb devices' or 'fastboot devices'

L-88GQM53:~/Documents/2024-06-17-1.7.4-M0054-1/ufs$ sudo qdl --debug --storage ufs --include . ../devcfg.mbn rawprogram_unsparse0.xml rawprogram1.xml rawprogram2.xml rawprogram3.xml rawprogram4.xml rawprogram5.xml patch0.xml patch1.xml patch2.xml patch3.xml patch4.xml patch5.xml
HELLO version: 0x2 compatible: 0x1 max_len: 1024 mode: 0
READ64 image: 13 offset: 0x0 length: 0x40
READ64 image: 13 offset: 0x40 length: 0xe0
END OF IMAGE image: 13 status: 40
received non-successful result

Anyone have thoughts or next steps here? Getting to the switches is difficult as they're buried under the cellular board.

Thanks.

@Thomas-Eiszler That's the plan we're working towards also, I did make some tries with AT commands also, but had to put the work aside for other commitments in the past few weeks. The information from yourself and @groupo above helps a lot. It shouldn't be too hard to make a service out of a python script for this. I'd been pursuing getting the data direct from the Qualcomm chipset, but AT commands and gpsd queries seen to be the way to go.

@David-Smyth Would you be willing to share the .service files you created?

@guyzoler Don't set a default gateway on the interface with a static IP.

@pthomason Anyone have thoughts on correcting IP bindings, or the list of services that need to be restarted to notice a new 5G connection?

@pthomason restarting voxl-mavlink-server seems to have restored QGroundControl connectivity with the 5G already connected.

I just upgraded to VOXL SDK 1.3.3, and am trying to connect QGroundControl our Sentinel via a private 5G network. My ground control PC is able to SSH to the drone, but I'm not able to establish a MAVLink connection. voxl-mavlink-server, voxl-px4 and voxl-vision-hub are all running. I've noticed that voxl-my-ip returns the WiFi IP, not the 5G IP, so I'm wondering if the services are bound to the correct interface.

@Kiazoa-Joao Are you using the wall power adapter or full batteries? The power adapter doesn't have enough current to support the motors at full speed.

How can I monitor the Sierra Wireless modem's 5G signal quality or statistics? Ideally in real time, but in logging can be worked with also.

Thank you.

@tom

Well that's embarrassing, corrected and attached, n78 SA.
Thank you.