…USB Connect LPWA based on Qualcomm Chipsatz supporting QMI interface. QMI is Qualcomm's proprietary protocol for using Virtual Ethernet on the USB-Connect LPWA to establish IP connectivity with the mobile operator. It can replace the AT commands or be used together with the serial port. Software libqmi can be used to install the QMI interface for modules. This is a brief tutorial to establish the connection.
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Install the required packages
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sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install libqmi-utils udhcpc sudo reboot |
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Stop and disable the following common packages the next time you boot to ensure proper modem operation and to avoid interference.
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sudo systemctl stop ModemManager.service
sudo systemctl disable ModemManager.service
sudo reboot |
Step 3: Now make sure that the module is ready for use, this can be done by using the following command
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sudo qmicli -d /dev/cdc-wdm0 --dms-get-operating-mode |
If not, this should bring you back online:
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sudo qmicli -d /dev/cdc-wdm0 --dms-set-operating-mode='online' |
Step 4: Shutting down the interface
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sudo ip link ifconfigset wwan0 down |
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5: The next step is to configure the network interface for the raw-ip protocol.
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echo 'Y' | sudo tee /sys/class/net/wwan0/qmi/raw_ip |
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6: Restart the interface
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sudo ip link ifconfigset wwan0 up |
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Step 7: You can confirm the data format with
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sudo qmicli -d /dev/cdc-wdm0 --wda-get-data-format |
You will get something similar to that:
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[/dev/cdc-wdm0] Successfully got data format
QoS flow header: no
Link layer protocol: 'raw-ip'
Uplink data aggregation protocol: 'disabled'
Downlink data aggregation protocol: 'disabled'
NDP signature: '0'
Downlink data aggregation max datagrams: '0'
Downlink data aggregation max size: '0' |
Step 8: Connect to the mobile network by changing the part of the 'YOUR_APN', 'YOUR_USERNAME', 'YOUR_PASSWORD' lines according to your SIM card details. Remove these options if a user name and password are not required.
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sudo qmicli -p -d /dev/cdc-wdm0 --device-open-net='net-raw-ip|net-no-qos-header' --wds-start-network="apn='vgesace.nb.iotYOUR_APN',username='YOUR_USERNAME',password='YOUR_PASSWORD',ip-type=4" --client-no-release-cid |
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[/dev/cdc-wdm0] Network started Packet data handle: '21987132162198768960' [/dev/cdc-wdm0] Client ID not released: Service: 'wds' CID: '2' |
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Configure the IP address
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and default route using udhcpc
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sudo udhcpc -q -f -i wwan0 |
You will get something similar to that:
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sudo udhcpc -q -f -i wwan0 udhcpc: started, v1.30.1 No resolv.conf for interface wwan0.udhcpc udhcpc: sending discover udhcpc: sending select for 10100.16567.xx114.xx164 udhcpc: lease of 10100.16567.xx114.xx164 obtained, lease time 7200 Too few arguments. Too few arguments. |
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10: Check the assigned IP address and test the connection.
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ifconfig wwan0 |
You will get something similar to that:
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wwan0: flags=4305 mtu 1500
inet 100.67.114.164 netmask 255.255.255.248 destination 100.67.114.164
inet6 fe80::abc4:a1b5:5e84:92f2 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x20
unspec 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00 txqueuelen 1000 (UNSPEC)
RX packets 3 bytes 640 (640.0 B)
RX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 frame 0
TX packets 13 bytes 2694 (2.6 KiB)
TX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 collisions 0 |
Step 11: To test the connection
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ping -I wwan0 -c 5 exelonix.com |
You will get something similar to that:
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PING exelonix.com (5.189.154.234) from 10.254.46.34 wwan0: 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from mail.exelonix.com (5.189.154.234): icmp_seq=1 ttl=50 time=113 ms
64 bytes from mail.exelonix.com (5.189.154.234): icmp_seq=2 ttl=50 time=72.4 ms
64 bytes from mail.exelonix.com (5.189.154.234): icmp_seq=3 ttl=50 time=1426 ms
64 bytes from mail.exelonix.com (5.189.154.234): icmp_seq=4 ttl=51 time=1568 ms
64 bytes from mail.exelonix.com (5.189.154.234): icmp_seq=5 ttl=50 time=1444 ms
--- exelonix.com ping statistics ---
5 packets transmitted, 5 received, 0% packet loss, time 5173ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 72.382/924.626/1567.907/681.326 ms, pipe 2 |