<html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"><head><meta http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 15 (filtered medium)"><style></style></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1>Thank you for your quick response Aleksander. This is the set of commands I use for setting up the network. <o:p></o:p><o:p> </o:p>sudo qmicli -p -d /dev/cdc-wdm0 --dms-set-operating-mode='online'<o:p></o:p>sudo ip link set wwan0 down<o:p></o:p>echo 'Y' | sudo tee /sys/class/net/wwan0/qmi/raw_ip<o:p></o:p>sudo ip link set wwan0 up<o:p></o:p>sudo qmicli -p -d /dev/cdc-wdm0 --device-open-net='net-raw-ip|net-no-qos-header' --wds-start-network="apn='m2m.tele2.com',ip-type=4" --client-no-release-cid<o:p></o:p>sudo udhcpc -S -n -i wwan0 (-S = log to sysfile, -n = exit if lease not obtained)<o:p></o:p><o:p> </o:p><o:p> </o:p>These commands are executed every time the wwan0 interface can’t ping 8.8.8.8<o:p></o:p><o:p> </o:p>The problem I faces with running these commands in a loop was CID exhaustion. Do you think I could simply avoid that problem with restarting the modem every time it is unable to ping?<o:p></o:p>I have tried:<o:p></o:p><o:p> </o:p>sudo qmicli -p -d /dev/cdc-wdm0 --dms-set-operating-mode='reset'<o:p></o:p><o:p> </o:p>But sometimes I get this error:<o:p></o:p><o:p> </o:p>couldn't create client for the 'dms' service: CID allocation failed in the CTL client: Transaction timed out<o:p></o:p><o:p> </o:p>Is there a better way to restart the modem?<o:p></o:p><o:p> </o:p>If you could help me on this topic it would mean a lot.<o:p></o:p><o:p> </o:p>Thank you.<o:p></o:p><o:p> </o:p>Best regards,<o:p></o:p>Dominik Lastovčić / Software engineer<o:p></o:p><img width=125 height=110 style='width:1.3in;height:1.15in' id="Picture_x0020_7" src="cid:image001.jpg@01D7AFD0.4B20AD10" alt="logo_mali"><o:p></o:p>X-LOGIC d.o.o.<o:p></o:p>Zagreb Innovation Center Avenija Dubrovnik 15, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia Pavilion: 12 / 1st floor / Office: 16 <a href="http://www.x-logic.net/">www.x-logic.net</a><o:p></o:p><a href="http://www.linkedin.com/company/x-logic-ltd/">www.linkedin.com/company/x-logic-ltd</a><o:p></o:p><o:p> </o:p><o:p> </o:p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'>From: Aleksander Morgado <<a href="mailto:aleksander@aleksander.es">aleksander@aleksander.es</a>> Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 2021 1:31 PM To: <a href="mailto:dominik.lastovcic@x-logic.net">dominik.lastovcic@x-logic.net</a> Cc: libqmi (development) <<a href="mailto:libqmi-devel@lists.freedesktop.org">libqmi-devel@lists.freedesktop.org</a>> Subject: Re: QMICLI tools examples and documentation for begginers<o:p></o:p></div><o:p> </o:p><div><div><div>Hey Dominik,<o:p></o:p></div></div><div><div> <o:p></o:p></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-top:5.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><div> <o:p></o:p>I am currently working with Simcom SIM7500E module and I am using qmicli to set the network for the modem. Could you please recommend me a good guide for beginners who work with qmicli commands? I have read the qmicli man page and I have seen some examples from forums on how to use the commands, but I haven’t found that detailed enough.<o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p></div></div></blockquote><div><o:p> </o:p></div><div><div>I agree there is not much documentation or many examples on how to use qmicli; who has time for that? :P<o:p></o:p><o:p> </o:p>A good example on how to use qmicli, e.g. with the options to allocate CIDs once and reuse them over and over, is the qmi-network program itself: <a href="https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/mobile-broadband/libqmi/-/blob/master/utils/qmi-network.in">https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/mobile-broadband/libqmi/-/blob/master/utils/qmi-network.in</a><o:p></o:p><o:p> </o:p>Other than that, I'm not sure there are other public examples that make use of qmicli.<o:p></o:p><o:p> </o:p>If anyone would like to work on documenting qmicli or adding some step-by-step examples on how to use it, please do so by collaborating in the <a href="http://modemmanager.org">modemmanager.org</a> doc website contents: <a href="https://modemmanager.org/docs/libqmi/">https://modemmanager.org/docs/libqmi/</a> Anyone can send merge requests for that website here: <a href="https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/mobile-broadband/mobile-broadband.pages.freedesktop.org">https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/mobile-broadband/mobile-broadband.pages.freedesktop.org</a><o:p></o:p></div></div></div> -- <o:p></o:p><div>Aleksander <a href="https://aleksander.es" target="_blank">https://aleksander.es</a><o:p></o:p></div></div></div></body></html>