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I'm trying to include a 5G Modem Add-on board on a voxl2, but I cannot interact with it. When I try to control it with voxl-modem, I consistently get an error stating that it cannot ready GPIOs. I can run feather_configure, but detect_modem, read_id and cycle_power all give me the same error. Likewise I can run feather_enable with no issue for usb0-3, but feather_disable fails to disable anything, stating that it's still enabled until it gives up.

I have tried with two 5G modem modules without luck, am I missing anything or could there be some kind of issue with the Voxl2?

I did a fresh system install to ensure there wasn't any lingering issues, but I still get the following error:

Sep 06 03:18:11 m0054 voxl-modem-start.sh[1629]: [09-06_03:18:11:755] qmidevice_detect failed
Sep 06 03:18:11 m0054 voxl-modem-start.sh[1629]: [09-06_03:18:11:756] Quectel_QConnectManager_Linux_V1.5.9
Sep 06 03:18:11 m0054 voxl-modem-start.sh[1629]: [09-06_03:18:11:756] network interface '' or qmidev '' is not exist
Sep 06 03:18:11 m0054 voxl-modem-start.sh[1629]: [09-06_03:18:11:756] qmidevice_detect failed
Sep 06 03:18:11 m0054 voxl-modem-start.sh[1629]: [09-06_03:18:11:757] Quectel_QConnectManager_Linux_V1.5.9
Sep 06 03:18:11 m0054 voxl-modem-start.sh[1629]: [09-06_03:18:11:758] network interface '' or qmidev '' is not exist
Sep 06 03:18:11 m0054 voxl-modem-start.sh[1629]: [09-06_03:18:11:758] qmidevice_detect failed
Sep 06 03:18:11 m0054 voxl-modem-start.sh[1629]: [09-06_03:18:11:759] Quectel_QConnectManager_Linux_V1.5.9
Sep 06 03:18:11 m0054 voxl-modem-start.sh[1629]: [09-06_03:18:11:760] network interface '' or qmidev '' is not exist
Sep 06 03:18:11 m0054 voxl-modem-start.sh[1629]: [09-06_03:18:11:760] qmidevice_detect failed

I have tried two separate 5G modules, same issue.

The board is fully connected and the voxl2 can find 4 USB connections through it. It looks crooked from the perspective of the image, but is completely parallel with the voxl2 and does not wiggle when pressed. The Quectel module is also tightly connected to the board with the screw that it came with, and I have neither loosened it nor removed it since we received it, with both 5g modem boards we have tested.

We are running this on a clean install of the VOXL2 Platform 0.9 image.

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system-image: 1.4.1-M0054-14.1a-perf
kernel:       #1 SMP PREEMPT Thu Oct 13 17:48:16 UTC 2022 4.19.125
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hw version:   M0054
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voxl-suite:   0.9.4
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Packages:
Repo:  http://voxl-packages.modalai.com/ ./dists/qrb5165/sdk-0.9/binary-arm64/
Last Updated: 2022-09-06 03:18:29
WARNING: repo file has changed since last update,
	packages may have originated from a different repo
List:
	libmodal-cv              0.2.3
	libmodal-exposure        0.0.7
	libmodal-journal         0.2.1
	libmodal-json            0.4.3
	libmodal-pipe            2.6.0
	libqrb5165-io            0.1.0
	libvoxl-cci-direct       0.1.5
	libvoxl-cutils           0.1.1
	mv-voxl                  0.1-r0
	qrb5165-bind             0.1-r0
	qrb5165-dfs-server       0.1.0
	qrb5165-imu-server       0.5.0
	qrb5165-slpi-test-sig    01-r0
	qrb5165-system-tweaks    0.1.5
	qrb5165-tflite           2.8.0-2
	voxl-bind                0.0.1
	voxl-camera-calibration  0.2.3
	voxl-camera-server       1.3.5
	voxl-cpu-monitor         0.3.0
	voxl-docker-support      1.2.4
	voxl-gphoto2-server      0.0.10
	voxl-jpeg-turbo          2.1.3-4
	voxl-libgphoto2          0.0.4
	voxl-libuvc              1.0.7
	voxl-logger              0.3.4
	voxl-mavlink             0.1.0
	voxl-mavlink-server      0.2.0
	voxl-modem               0.16.1
	voxl-mongoose            7.7.0-1
	voxl-mpa-to-ros          0.3.6
	voxl-mpa-tools           0.7.6
	voxl-opencv              4.5.5-1
	voxl-portal              0.4.2
	voxl-px4                 1.12.31
	voxl-px4-imu-server      0.1.2
	voxl-qvio-server         0.8.2
	voxl-remote-id           0.0.5
	voxl-streamer            0.4.1
	voxl-suite               0.9.4
	voxl-tag-detector        0.0.4
	voxl-tflite-server       0.3.1
	voxl-utils               1.2.2
	voxl-uvc-server          0.1.3
	voxl-vision-px4          1.4.0
	voxl2-system-image       1.4.1-r0
	voxl2-wlan               1.0-r0
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We have just tried it on the 0.9.5 image as well, with no change.

ifconfig
bond0: flags=5123<UP,BROADCAST,MASTER,MULTICAST>  mtu 1500
        ether 56:04:23:be:49:16  txqueuelen 1000  (Ethernet)
        RX packets 0  bytes 0 (0.0 B)
        RX errors 0  dropped 0  overruns 0  frame 0
        TX packets 0  bytes 0 (0.0 B)
        TX errors 0  dropped 0 overruns 0  carrier 0  collisions 0

dummy0: flags=195<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,NOARP>  mtu 1500
        inet6 fe80::63f1:e926:6645:ed3a  prefixlen 64  scopeid 0x20<link>
        ether 12:88:76:22:4a:2c  txqueuelen 1000  (Ethernet)
        RX packets 0  bytes 0 (0.0 B)
        RX errors 0  dropped 0  overruns 0  frame 0
        TX packets 5  bytes 894 (894.0 B)
        TX errors 0  dropped 0 overruns 0  carrier 0  collisions 0

lo: flags=73<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING>  mtu 65536
        inet 127.0.0.1  netmask 255.0.0.0
        inet6 ::1  prefixlen 128  scopeid 0x10<host>
        loop  txqueuelen 1000  (Local Loopback)
        RX packets 80  bytes 5680 (5.6 KB)
        RX errors 0  dropped 0  overruns 0  frame 0
        TX packets 80  bytes 5680 (5.6 KB)
        TX errors 0  dropped 0 overruns 0  carrier 0  collisions 0

wwan0: flags=4291<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,NOARP,MULTICAST>  mtu 1500
        inet6 fe80::ae85:f75c:c008:10c7  prefixlen 64  scopeid 0x20<link>
        ether c6:79:d7:12:6a:d4  txqueuelen 1000  (Ethernet)
        RX packets 0  bytes 0 (0.0 B)
        RX errors 0  dropped 0  overruns 0  frame 0
        TX packets 0  bytes 0 (0.0 B)
        TX errors 0  dropped 0 overruns 0  carrier 0  collisions 0

ls /dev | grep ttyUSB
ttyUSB0
ttyUSB1
ttyUSB2
ttyUSB3

ls /dev | grep cdc
cdc-wdm0

@tom

quectel-CM -s ###APN###
[03-02_12:59:25:085] Quectel_QConnectManager_Linux_V1.5.9
[03-02_12:59:25:088] Find /sys/bus/usb/devices/2-1.1 idVendor=0x2c7c idProduct=0x800, bus=0x002, dev=0x003
[03-02_12:59:25:088] Auto find qmichannel = /dev/cdc-wdm0
[03-02_12:59:25:089] Auto find usbnet_adapter = wwan0
[03-02_12:59:25:089] netcard driver = qmi_wwan, driver version = 22-Aug-2005
[03-02_12:59:25:090] Modem works in QMI mode
[03-02_12:59:25:114] /proc/4755/fd/7 -> /dev/cdc-wdm0
[03-02_12:59:25:114] /proc/4755/exe -> /usr/bin/quectel-CM
[03-02_12:59:27:116] cdc_wdm_fd = 7
[03-02_12:59:27:213] Get clientWDS = 2
[03-02_12:59:27:244] Get clientDMS = 1
[03-02_12:59:27:276] Get clientNAS = 4
[03-02_12:59:27:308] Get clientUIM = 1
[03-02_12:59:27:340] Get clientWDA = 1
[03-02_12:59:27:372] requestBaseBandVersion RM502QAEAAR11A04M4G
[03-02_12:59:40:876] QmiWwanThread read=-1 errno: 2 (No such file or directory)
[03-02_12:59:57:373] QmiThreadSendQMITimeout pthread_cond_timeout_np timeout
[03-02_12:59:57:373] requestSetEthMode err = 110
[03-02_12:59:57:388] requestGetSIMStatus SIMStatus: SIM_PIN
[03-02_12:59:57:388] requestSetProfile[1] ###APN###///0
[03-02_13:00:27:389] QmiThreadSendQMITimeout pthread_cond_timeout_np timeout
[03-02_13:00:27:389] requestSetProfile err = 110
[03-02_13:00:57:389] QmiThreadSendQMITimeout pthread_cond_timeout_np timeout
[03-02_13:00:57:390] requestGetProfile err = 110
[03-02_13:00:57:420] QmiWwanThread read=-1 errno: 2 (No such file or directory)
[03-02_13:01:27:390] QmiThreadSendQMITimeout pthread_cond_timeout_np timeout
[03-02_13:01:27:390] requestRegistrationState2 err = 110
[03-02_13:01:27:404] requestQueryDataCall IPv4ConnectionStatus: DISCONNECTED
[03-02_13:01:27:405] ifconfig wwan0 down
[03-02_13:01:27:451] ifconfig wwan0 0.0.0.0
[03-02_13:01:27:467] requestRegistrationState2 MCC: 238, MNC: 20, PS: Detached, DataCap: UNKNOW
[03-02_13:04:27:453] QmiThreadSendQMITimeout pthread_cond_timeout_np timeout
[03-02_13:04:27:453] requestQueryDataCall err = 110
[03-02_13:04:57:548] QmiWwanThread read=-1 errno: 2 (No such file or directory)
[03-02_13:05:27:517] QmiThreadSendQMITimeout pthread_cond_timeout_np timeout
[03-02_13:05:27:517] requestQueryDataCall err = 110
[03-02_13:06:12:524] QmiThreadSendQMITimeout pthread_cond_timeout_np timeout
[03-02_13:06:12:524] requestQueryDataCall err = 110