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    GSM modems and stuff.

    Gsm modem thingie.

    Specifically, in General, this:

    TELTONIKA|TM1|MODULE, GSM/GPRS, DUAL BAND | Farnell United Kingdom

    As mounted on a pcb by my own fair claws.



    with

    ESEYE|ES-DEV-OUK-0602|SIM CARD, DEVELOPERS, 6 MONTH | Farnell United Kingdom

    as the sim card.

    Duly registered & apparently ok.

    Anyone know what I do next?

    The modem thingie apparently initialises, it apparently dials out, then nowt.

    The only debugging I have is two pcs monitoring rx & tx.

    <Zeity in "why the feck does this happen to me?" mode>

    The eseye thingie apparently gives an internet address for the thing.

    What good is that to me?

    <ZG in "I can't fecking understand this crap" mode>

    #2
    What do the instructions / data sheet say?

    My only exposure to this is tinkering with the virtual com ports on my laptops 3G modem, I seem to remember there is some sort of extended Hayes AT type command set, but I guess if you have got it to dial out and connect to something you knew that already.

    I'm guessing if it's connected you need to start sending data over it. I don't know how you do that, whether you need to write whole IP packets or PPP encapsulated ones or what. Would be interested to find out though.
    While you're waiting, read the free novel we sent you. It's a Spanish story about a guy named 'Manual.'

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      #3
      Me too.

      The datasheet is one page of A4 with some telephone numbers/website addresses/rates & charges.

      However A Man Wot Knows about stuff has come back to me to say that the SIM needs to be enabled for CSD.

      Which is what does the ATDT1234 stuff apparently.

      And it's 12p/min.

      Ho hum.


      Gosh.

      The lack of progress on this is rather striking, all in all.




      And I think the translation in the RTFM from the original Lithuanian suffered somewhat.


      By the end of this I may have half an idea of WTF is going on.

      But then again...
      Last edited by zeitghost; 15 June 2017, 13:58.

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        #4
        Ok, so does this mean anything to anyone?
        Originally posted by modem responses
        AT

        OK
        ATE0

        OK

        OK

        OK

        +CPIN: READY

        OK

        +CLCK: ("SC","PN","PU","PP","PC","FD","AO","OI","OX","AI" ,"IR","AB","AG","AC")

        OK

        +CREG: 0,0

        OK

        +CSQ: 99,99

        OK

        +CPOL: 1,0,"Orange F"

        +CPOL: 2,0,"E AMENA"

        +CPOL: 3,0,"orange CH"

        +CPOL: 4,0,"B Mobistar"

        +CPOL: 5,0,"IDEA"

        +CPOL: 6,0,"RO ORANGE"

        +CPOL: 7,0,"Orange SK"

        +CPOL: 8,0,"O2 - IRL"

        +CPOL: 9,0,"Cingular"

        +CPOL: 10,0,"o2 - de"

        +CPOL: 11,0,"T-Mobile CZ"

        +CPOL: 12,0,"P OPTIMUS"

        +CPOL: 13,0,"T-Mobile A"

        +CPOL: 14,0,"T-Mobile H"

        +CPOL: 15,0,"T-Mobile NL"

        +CPOL: 16,0,"vodafone IT"

        +CPOL: 17,0,"HR VIP"

        +CPOL: 18,0,"GR COSMOTE"

        +CPOL: 19,0,"TR TURKCELL"

        +CPOL: 20,0,"China Mobile"

        +CPOL: 21,0,"3 HK"

        +CPOL: 22,0,"EGY MobiNiL"

        +CPOL: 23,0,"M-TEL GSM BG"

        +CPOL: 24,0,"TH True"

        +CPOL: 25,0,"IL Cellcom"

        +CPOL: 26,0,"YES OPTUS"

        +CPOL: 27,0,"INA AIRTEL"

        +CPOL: 28,0,"INA AIRTEL"

        +CPOL: 29,0,"INA AIRTEL"

        +CPOL: 30,0,"INA AIRTEL"

        +CPOL: 31,0,"INA AIRTEL"

        +CPOL: 32,0,"go mobile"

        +CPOL: 33,0,"TELIA S"

        +CPOL: 34,0,"SingTel"

        +CPOL: 35,0,"Wave"

        +CPOL: 36,0,"N NetCom"

        +CPOL: 37,0,"SI vodafone"

        +CPOL: 38,0,"TELIA DK"

        +CPOL: 39,0,"MTN-SA"

        +CPOL: 40,0,"IND TELKOMSEL"

        +CPOL: 41,0,"Safaricom"

        +CPOL: 42,0,"areeba"

        +CPOL: 43,0,"INA AIRTEL"

        +CPOL: 44,0,"IND AIRTEL"

        +CPOL: 45,0,"TIM BRASIL"

        +CPOL: 46,0,"TUNISIE TELECOM"

        +CPOL: 47,0,"MOR MEDITEL"

        +CPOL: 48,0,"FI SONERA"

        +CPOL: 49,0,"MY MAXIS"

        +CPOL: 50,0,"F-Orange"

        +CPOL: 51,0,"TIM BRASIL"

        +CPOL: 52,0,"424:3"

        +CPOL: 53,0,"UA-KYIVSTAR"

        +CPOL: 54,0,"TELE2"

        +CPOL: 55,0,"SMART"

        +CPOL: 56,0,"EE EMT GSM"

        +CPOL: 57,0,"CELLPLUS-MRU"

        +CPOL: 58,0,"JP DoCoMo"

        +CPOL: 59,0,"BTC MOBILITY LTD."

        +CPOL: 60,0,"SRI DIALOG"

        +CPOL: 61,0,"ZANTEL-TZ"

        +CPOL: 62,0,"ProMonte"

        +CPOL: 63,0,"ROSHAN"

        +CPOL: 64,0,"AZE - AZERCELL GSM"

        +CPOL: 65,0,"Mobilink"

        +CPOL: 66,0,"L VOX.LU"

        +CPOL: 67,0,"LV LMT GSM, LV LMT"

        +CPOL: 68,0,"IS SIMINN"

        +CPOL: 69,0,"alfa"

        +CPOL: 70,0,"SEZ-SEYCEL"

        +CPOL: 71,0,"MV DHIMOBILE"

        +CPOL: 72,0,"Djezzy"

        +CPOL: 73,0,"Etihad Etisalat"

        +CPOL: 74,0,"338:50"

        +CPOL: 75,0,"KZ KCELL"

        +CPOL: 76,0,"vodafone AL"

        +CPOL: 77,0,"movistar"

        +CPOL: 78,0,"BH GSMBIH"

        +CPOL: 79,0,"ZW NET*ONE"

        +CPOL: 80,0,"621:20"

        OK

        +CNUM: "","07*******68",129

        OK

        +COPS: 0

        OK
        coz it means feck all to me.

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          #5
          CSQ is signal quality.

          CPOL is preferred operator list.

          COPS is operator selection, 0 means automatic.

          Have a look at this as well:

          http://www.etsi.org/deliver/etsi_i_e...300916e01p.pdf

          and a poke around on their site.
          While you're waiting, read the free novel we sent you. It's a Spanish story about a guy named 'Manual.'

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            #6
            Yes.

            It would appear that it's not logging on to the network.

            I wonder why.

            Which of that enormous list corresponds to Orange in the UK?

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              #7
              Dunno.

              Try

              +COPS=?

              I think should give you a list of available (as opposed to preferred) operators.

              Once you have that, I think

              +COPS=1,0,whatever

              should connect with the network.

              I am making all this up by the way, I spent an afternoon tinkering a while ago but have no real clue what I'm on about
              While you're waiting, read the free novel we sent you. It's a Spanish story about a guy named 'Manual.'

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                #8
                Originally posted by doodab View Post
                I am making all this up by the way, I spent an afternoon tinkering a while ago but have no real clue what I'm on about
                Originally posted by zeitghost
                That makes two of us then.





                Oooooo.

                Gives +cops: (2, "ORANGE","ORANGE","23433")... BLAH BLAH BLAH.

                And just in case I lose it:

                United Kingdom :

                23420 = Hutchinson 3G (3) - United Kingdom
                23410 = O2 - United Kingdom
                23415 = Vodafone - United Kingdom
                23430, 23431, 23432 = T-Mobile - Virgin - UK (Also use MNC 31 & 32)
                23433 = Orange - United Kingdom
                23450 = Jersey Telecom GSM - United Kingdom
                23455 = Guernsey Telecoms GSM - United Kingdom
                23458 = Manx Telecom Pronto GSM - United Kingdom
                23400 = Virgin 3510i
                23400001 = Virgin
                Last edited by zeitghost; 15 June 2017, 14:01.

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                  #9
                  Gosh.

                  AT+CMEE=2 turns on verbose error messaging (a bit more informative than "ERROR" but not strikingly so).

                  AT+COPS=1,2,"23433" selects Orange using the numeric option.

                  AT+COPS=1,1,"ORANGE" didn't work for some reason, gave

                  +CME error blah blah.

                  SIM with call barring on, gave another +CME error network unavailable



                  And when you get someone to unbar the calls, then the thing dials.

                  At last!


                  Next problem: find a line that you can dial into from outside, since all lines are not created equal in this tuliphole & the receptionist gets a bit irritated with a modem phoning in.
                  Last edited by zeitghost; 15 June 2017, 14:02.

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