--3gpp-scan option to show dbm values?

[marcel]

Wow, thank you for all the information! I will also check on that newer 
QMI services asap!

I'm using a Sierra Wireless MC7304 modem with Raspbian Jessie.


On 16.07.2017 15:18, marcel wrote:
> Wow, thank you for all the information! I will also check on that 
> newer QMI services asap!
>
> I'm using a Sierra Wireless MC7304 modem with Raspbian Jessie.
>
>
> On 14.07.2017 18:53, Aleksander Morgado wrote:
>> On Fri, Jul 14, 2017 at 4:47 PM, Marcel <mahik18 at gmx.de> wrote:
>>> as written above, I am looking for a way to display the dBm value
>>> additionally to the respective network when using mmcli -m 0 
>>> --3gpp-scan
>>>
>> I don't think there's anything like that supported in a general way.
>> I've seen 3GPP scan implementations return e.g. the RAT in addition to
>> network name/MCCMNC (e.g. in QMI NAS Network Scan), but not really the
>> signal quality % or RSSI.
>>
>> That said, in QMI there is the "QMI NAS Get Cell Location Info", that
>> may give you what you're looking for, and probably other protocols for
>> other modems also have something similar. What kind of modem are you
>> using?
>>
>>
>>> I actually also wanted to ask if there is a way to better deal with the
>>> --timeout, such as: is there a way to check if probably all/most 
>>> networks
>>> have been found and then stop or something like that
>>>
>> Nah, there's nothing we can do about that. The modems return the whole
>> list all together once the scan has been finished.
>>
>>> Or set a value for timeout and if the timeout has passed, check if a 
>>> certain
>>> amount of networks has been found, if less or no networks have been 
>>> found,
>>> just continue searching for another period (well actually if no 
>>> networks
>>> have been found you could just restart)
>>>
>> Nope, modems don't give us an interface like that one.
>>
>>> And finally, is there a way to get found networks prompt as they are 
>>> found,
>>> as by now, I get the output just as the process has finished, but 
>>> I'd like
>>> to get each network instantly when it is detected
>>>
>> Nope, again, modems return the whole list all together once the scan
>> has been finished :/
>>
>> The newer QMI services, though, work in a total async way, where you
>> request something and you get the results asynchronously via
>> indications (that would align with what you're looking for), but I
>> haven't analyzed them thoroughly to be able to say that there are QMI
>> commands that would let you run an scan in that way.
>>
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