Trying (failing) to get my modem to work

[Aleksander Morgado]

On Fri, Mar 27, 2015 at 8:17 PM, Wouter Verhelst <w at uter.be> wrote:
> I have a new laptop, which comes with a 4G modem. To my dismay, this
> thing doesn't have an AT port anymore, so I can't do what I used to do
> on the old laptop (i.e., send some AT command magic to /dev/ACM0 and run
> dhclient).
>
> After looking around a bit, I found that mbimcli manages to find the
> modem and can do a few things. But not much.
>
> Script started on vr 27 mrt 2015 20:14:12 CET
> root at gangtai:~# mbimcli -d /dev/cdc-wdm0 --query-device-caps
> [/dev/cdc-wdm0] Device capabilities retrieved:
>               Device type: 'embedded'
>            Cellular class: 'gsm'
>               Voice class: 'no-voice'
>                 Sim class: 'removable'
>                Data class: 'gprs, edge, umts, hsdpa, hsupa, lte'
>                  SMS caps: 'pdu-receive, pdu-send'
>                 Ctrl caps: 'reg-manual, multi-carrier'
>              Max sessions: '8'
>         Custom data class: 'unknown'
>                 Device ID: '353516051359501'
>             Firmware info: 'SWI9X15C_05.05'
>             Hardware info: 'EM7305'
> root at gangtai:~# mbim-network /dev/cdc-wdm0 start
> Loading profile...
>     APN: gprs.base.be
> Loading previous state...
>     Previous Transaction ID: 6
> error: no actions specified
> Clearing state...
> Querying subscriber ready status 'mbimcli -d /dev/cdc-wdm0 --query-subscriber-ready-status --no-close'...
> [/dev/cdc-wdm0] Subscriber ready status retrieved: Ready state: 'initialized' Subscriber ID: '206201002118395' SIM ICCID: '8932030000007170020' Ready info: 'unknown' Telephone numbers: (1) '0489402389' [/dev/cdc-wdm0] Session not closed: TRID: '3'
> Saving state... (TRID: 3)
> Querying registration state 'mbimcli -d /dev/cdc-wdm0 --query-registration-state --no-open=3 --no-close'...
> [/dev/cdc-wdm0] Registration status: Network error: 'unknown' Register state: 'home' Register mode: 'automatic' Available data classes: 'lte' Current cellular class: 'gsm' Provider ID: '20620' Provider name: 'BASE' Roaming text: 'unknown' Registration flags: 'packet-service-automatic-attach' [/dev/cdc-wdm0] Session not closed: TRID: '4'
> Saving state... (TRID: 4)
> Attaching to packet service with 'mbimcli -d /dev/cdc-wdm0 --attach-packet-service --no-open=4 --no-close'...
> Saving state... (TRID: 5)
> Starting network with 'mbimcli -d /dev/cdc-wdm0 --connect=gprs.base.be --no-open=5 --no-close'...
> error: operation failed: Transaction timed out
> Network start failed
> [/dev/cdc-wdm0] Session not closed: TRID: '6'
> Saving state... (TRID: 6)
> root at gangtai:~# exit
>
> Script done on vr 27 mrt 2015 20:14:49 CET
>
> ...not sure what's going wrong here. Help?

Any chance you can run it with ModemManager and NetworkManager in
debug mode? see:
http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/ModemManager/Debugging/

Otherwise, can you try to run the mbimcli commands that the
mbim-network executes, BUT appending a --verbose option to each. The
important one would be the --connect, which is where it times out, it
would look like:
$ mbimcli -d /dev/cdc-wdm0 --connect=gprs.base.be --verbose


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Aleksander
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