OK, will get to carries to see if I can move forward with the existing SIM cards. If not, will try Google Fi IoT SIM cards.
Thanks for the advice!!!
OK, will get to carries to see if I can move forward with the existing SIM cards. If not, will try Google Fi IoT SIM cards.
Thanks for the advice!!!
Cool, my carriers are AT&T and Xfinity Mobile. What I should I mention to them for my application? Just IoT
or any specs that you know about?
So, the log:
voxl2:~$ quectel-CM -s nxtgenphone
[09-10_01:27:54:793] Quectel_QConnectManager_Linux_V1.6.0.24
[09-10_01:27:54:795] Find /sys/bus/usb/devices/2-1.1 idVendor=0x2c7c idProduct=0x800, bus=0x002, dev=0x003
[09-10_01:27:54:795] Auto find qmichannel = /dev/cdc-wdm0
[09-10_01:27:54:795] Auto find usbnet_adapter = wwan0
...
[09-10_01:58:12:576] requestSetupDataCall message timeout
[09-10_01:58:12:576] requestSetupDataCall err = 110
[09-10_01:58:12:576] try to requestSetupDataCall 60 second later
[09-10_01:59:12:615] requestSetupDataCall QMUXResult = 0x1, QMUXError = 0x1a
[09-10_01:59:12:615] try to requestSetupDataCall 60 second later
looks a SIM card issue to you? Or what else (e.g. commands or wiring) can I try to get 5G connected?
@tom said in Quectel 5G-Modem doesn't work at all:
It's possible you need a SIM card specifically for IOT devices from your carrier
So, did you mean normal phone SIM cards are not compatible with the Quectel modem and the "5G LTE" is not the same protocol our phones use as advertised "Connectivity: 4G/5G"?
Then, what are requirements should I provide to my carrier (located in Pennsylvania, USA) for this kind of SIM card to get the drone Internet access?
Sure, will do.
Sorry that I was trying to insert the SIM card and realized unable to do it unless lifting the modem module. After inserting the SIM card, I didn't push hard worrying breaking anything because the drone is super expensive.
Thanks to Tom for helping me understand how the modules are connected. I think inserting the SIM card is a very frequent activity and it would be nice to make it very accessible by a hole like others on the side. It took me hours to figure out how to access the SIM card socket. Anyway, now I learned how to secure the connections and not a problem for me anymore.
BTW, any idea about my last "timeout and trying forever" issue? I have tried two SIM cards without a success.
Super cool, after all unscrewed and the modem taken out, I saw the connectors. Knowing how they connect, I pressed hard to make sure fully seated and the qmidevice_detect failed
went away with the WiFi working!!!
The output of lsusb
looks more devices now:
voxl2:~$ lsusb
Bus 002 Device 003: ID 2c7c:0800
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 0424:5744 Standard Microsystems Corp.
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0424:2740 Standard Microsystems Corp.
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0bda:0811 Realtek Semiconductor Corp.
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0424:2744 Standard Microsystems Corp.
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
The output of quectel-CM
is now totally different:
voxl2:~$ quectel-CM -s nxtgenphone
[09-10_01:27:54:793] Quectel_QConnectManager_Linux_V1.6.0.24
[09-10_01:27:54:795] Find /sys/bus/usb/devices/2-1.1 idVendor=0x2c7c idProduct=0x800, bus=0x002, dev=0x003
[09-10_01:27:54:795] Auto find qmichannel = /dev/cdc-wdm0
[09-10_01:27:54:795] Auto find usbnet_adapter = wwan0
[09-10_01:27:54:795] netcard driver = qmi_wwan, driver version = 22-Aug-2005
[09-10_01:27:54:796] Modem works in QMI mode
[09-10_01:27:54:828] /proc/3149/fd/7 -> /dev/cdc-wdm0
[09-10_01:27:54:828] /proc/3149/exe -> /usr/bin/quectel-CM
[09-10_01:27:56:830] cdc_wdm_fd = 7
[09-10_01:27:56:905] Get clientWDS = 1
[09-10_01:28:26:908] QmiWwanGetClientID message timeout
[09-10_01:28:26:921] Get clientNAS = 4
[09-10_01:28:26:953] Get clientUIM = 1
[09-10_01:28:26:985] Get clientWDA = 1
[09-10_01:28:26:985] QMIType 2 has no clientID
[09-10_01:28:26:985] requestBaseBandVersion err = -19
[09-10_01:28:41:321] QmiWwanThread read=-1 errno: 2 (No such file or directory)
[09-10_01:28:56:987] requestSetEthMode message timeout
[09-10_01:28:56:987] requestSetEthMode err = 110
[09-10_01:29:26:989] requestGetSIMStatus message timeout
[09-10_01:29:26:990] requestGetSIMStatus err = 110
[09-10_01:29:26:990] requestSetProfile[1] nxtgenphone///0
[09-10_01:29:27:081] QmiWwanThread read=-1 errno: 2 (No such file or directory)
[09-10_01:29:57:051] requestGetProfile message timeout
[09-10_01:29:57:051] requestGetProfile err = 110
[09-10_01:29:57:064] QmiWwanThread read=-1 errno: 2 (No such file or directory)
[09-10_01:30:27:054] requestRegistrationState2 message timeout
[09-10_01:30:27:055] requestRegistrationState2 err = 110
[09-10_01:30:57:056] requestQueryDataCall message timeout
[09-10_01:30:57:057] requestQueryDataCall err = 110
[09-10_01:30:57:057] ifconfig wwan0 0.0.0.0
[09-10_01:30:57:083] ifconfig wwan0 down
[09-10_01:30:57:129] requestRegistrationState2 MCC: 310, MNC: 410, PS: Attached, DataCap: LTE
[09-10_01:32:57:130] requestSetupDataCall message timeout
[09-10_01:32:57:130] requestSetupDataCall err = 110
[09-10_01:32:57:130] try to requestSetupDataCall 5 second later
[09-10_01:35:02:132] requestSetupDataCall message timeout
[09-10_01:35:02:133] requestSetupDataCall err = 110
[09-10_01:35:02:133] try to requestSetupDataCall 10 second later
[09-10_01:35:12:170] requestSetupDataCall QMUXResult = 0x1, QMUXError = 0x1a
[09-10_01:35:12:170] try to requestSetupDataCall 20 second later
[09-10_01:35:32:200] requestSetupDataCall QMUXResult = 0x1, QMUXError = 0x1a
[09-10_01:35:32:200] try to requestSetupDataCall 40 second later
[09-10_01:38:12:226] requestSetupDataCall message timeout
[09-10_01:38:12:228] requestSetupDataCall err = 110
[09-10_01:38:12:228] try to requestSetupDataCall 60 second later
[09-10_01:41:12:274] requestSetupDataCall message timeout
[09-10_01:41:12:277] requestSetupDataCall err = 110
[09-10_01:41:12:277] try to requestSetupDataCall 60 second later
[09-10_01:44:12:304] requestSetupDataCall message timeout
[09-10_01:44:12:304] requestSetupDataCall err = 110
[09-10_01:44:12:304] try to requestSetupDataCall 60 second later
[09-10_01:45:12:357] requestSetupDataCall QMUXResult = 0x1, QMUXError = 0x1a
[09-10_01:45:12:357] try to requestSetupDataCall 60 second later
[09-10_01:46:12:424] QmiWwanThread read=-1 errno: 2 (No such file or directory)
[09-10_01:48:12:391] requestSetupDataCall message timeout
[09-10_01:48:12:391] requestSetupDataCall err = 110
[09-10_01:48:12:392] try to requestSetupDataCall 60 second later
[09-10_01:49:12:454] requestSetupDataCall QMUXResult = 0x1, QMUXError = 0x1a
[09-10_01:49:12:454] try to requestSetupDataCall 60 second later
[09-10_01:52:12:486] requestSetupDataCall message timeout
[09-10_01:52:12:486] requestSetupDataCall err = 110
[09-10_01:52:12:486] try to requestSetupDataCall 60 second later
[09-10_01:55:12:530] requestSetupDataCall message timeout
[09-10_01:55:12:533] requestSetupDataCall err = 110
[09-10_01:55:12:533] try to requestSetupDataCall 60 second later
[09-10_01:56:12:582] QmiWwanThread read=-1 errno: 2 (No such file or directory)
[09-10_01:58:12:576] requestSetupDataCall message timeout
[09-10_01:58:12:576] requestSetupDataCall err = 110
[09-10_01:58:12:576] try to requestSetupDataCall 60 second later
[09-10_01:59:12:615] requestSetupDataCall QMUXResult = 0x1, QMUXError = 0x1a
[09-10_01:59:12:615] try to requestSetupDataCall 60 second later
However, it takes forever to finish. I googled around my AT&T APN, it looks right using nxtgenphone
:
If you have an:
LTE device: Set your settings to NXTGENPHONE
Data device: Set your settings to Broadband
5G Smartphone: Set your settings to ENHANCEDPHONE
Not sure what is going wrong this time.
Hi @tom I am not sure and don't know how.
Can you show me some pictures so I can have the clue which modules are needed take apart for checking and making sure.
Sure,
I didn't touch anything except for opening the cover, unscrewing the nuts and inserting the SIM card.
The weird thing is every time I insert the SIM card, my WiFi will be gone without even the blue flash light from the WiFi module.
Then, it took me long to get WiFi back by reconnecting the wire, touching around Quectel module, restarting dhcpcd
and disabling voxl-modem
, anything I can think of related to wlan0
.
After having WiFi, lsusb
would output:
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 0424:5744 Standard Microsystems Corp.
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0424:2740 Standard Microsystems Corp.
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0bda:0811 Realtek Semiconductor Corp.
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0424:2744 Standard Microsystems Corp.
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
While having more USB devices, I tried voxl-configure-modem
without the SIM card, I still got
$ quectel-CM -s nxtgenphone
[09-08_07:06:58:832] Quectel_QConnectManager_Linux_V1.6.0.24
[09-08_07:06:58:832] network interface '' or qmidev '' is not exist
[09-08_07:06:58:832] qmidevice_detect failed
[09-08_07:06:58:833] qmidevice_detect failed
Hi @tom, here are the outputs:
voxl2:/$ lsusb
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
voxl2:/$ lsusb -t
/: Bus 02.Port 1: Dev 1, Class=root_hub, Driver=xhci-hcd/1p, 10000M
/: Bus 01.Port 1: Dev 1, Class=root_hub, Driver=xhci-hcd/1p, 480M
Hi, I followed 5G Modem User Guide
voxl2:/$ voxl-configure-modem
Starting interactive mode
What type of modem are you using?
1) v2 3) dtc 5) quectel
2) microhard 4) doodle 6) em9191
#? 5
Are you attempting to connect to ModalLink? (not common)
1) yes
2) no
#? 2
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
#? 7
Please enter a custom APN
nxtgenphone
Select modem region:
1) Americas
2) Europe/Middle-East/Asia
#? 1
qrb5165 based device detected
reloading systemd services
enabling voxl-modem systemd service
starting voxl-modem systemd service
DONE configuring voxl-modem
and it always failed with:
voxl2:/$ systemctl status -l voxl-modem
● voxl-modem.service - Modem Initialization
Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/voxl-modem.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
Active: active (running) since Sun 2024-09-08 07:03:55 UTC; 14s ago
Process: 3019 ExecStartPre=/bin/sleep 2 (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
Main PID: 3020 (voxl-modem-star)
Tasks: 2 (limit: 4915)
CGroup: /system.slice/voxl-modem.service
└─3020 /bin/bash /usr/bin/voxl-modem-start
Sep 08 07:03:56 m0054 voxl-modem-start[3020]: [09-08_07:03:56:955] qmidevice_detect failed
Sep 08 07:03:56 m0054 voxl-modem-start[3020]: [09-08_07:03:56:956] Quectel_QConnectManager_Linux_V1.6.0.24
Sep 08 07:03:56 m0054 voxl-modem-start[3020]: [09-08_07:03:56:957] network interface '' or qmidev '' is not exist
Sep 08 07:03:56 m0054 voxl-modem-start[3020]: [09-08_07:03:56:957] qmidevice_detect failed
Sep 08 07:03:56 m0054 voxl-modem-start[3020]: [09-08_07:03:56:961] Quectel_QConnectManager_Linux_V1.6.0.24
Sep 08 07:03:56 m0054 voxl-modem-start[3020]: [09-08_07:03:56:961] network interface '' or qmidev '' is not exist
Sep 08 07:03:56 m0054 voxl-modem-start[3020]: [09-08_07:03:56:961] qmidevice_detect failed
Sep 08 07:03:56 m0054 voxl-modem-start[3020]: [09-08_07:03:56:963] Quectel_QConnectManager_Linux_V1.6.0.24
Sep 08 07:03:56 m0054 voxl-modem-start[3020]: [09-08_07:03:56:963] network interface '' or qmidev '' is not exist
Sep 08 07:03:56 m0054 voxl-modem-start[3020]: [09-08_07:03:56:963] qmidevice_detect failed
I checked this forum and tried the following command
$ quectel-CM -s nxtgenphone
[09-08_07:06:58:832] Quectel_QConnectManager_Linux_V1.6.0.24
[09-08_07:06:58:832] network interface '' or qmidev '' is not exist
[09-08_07:06:58:832] qmidevice_detect failed
[09-08_07:06:58:833] qmidevice_detect failed
The result was still the same.
I tried the latest voxl-modem and still no luck.
I purchased Sentinel with 5G LTE modem without touching anything. I double checked the Quectel modem after inserting the SIM and confirmed it is secured as before.
Can anybody help resolve this issue?