I am currently playing around with a SIM8200EA-M2 modem.
When it comes to making it the main gateway for my house I will need to install an external antenna, or antenna's.
5G uses band n1 here. According to the SIM8200 antenna mapping guide I would thus need to connect antennas 0,2,3 and 4 ...
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- Mon Feb 22, 2021 4:42 am
- Forum: Cellular Antennas
- Topic: Antenna's for 5G mimo...
- Replies: 1
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- Mon Feb 22, 2021 12:38 am
- Forum: Misc Modem Cards and Dongles
- Topic: Configuring SIM8200EA
- Replies: 25
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Re: Configuring SIM8200EA
I have now successfully connected to the network using this modem. This is what I did:
- I build a fedora33 system using a pcengines board, and connected the modem over USB
- I then just installed ModemManager.
dnf install ModemManager NetworkManager-wwan
systemctl restart NetworkManager ...
- I build a fedora33 system using a pcengines board, and connected the modem over USB
- I then just installed ModemManager.
dnf install ModemManager NetworkManager-wwan
systemctl restart NetworkManager ...
- Tue Jan 12, 2021 1:12 am
- Forum: Misc Modem Cards and Dongles
- Topic: Configuring SIM8200EA
- Replies: 25
- Views: 26466
Re: Configuring SIM8200EA
I just got the Waveshare Kit too. For me it was the easiest way to get my hands ona SIM8200EA.
The board is indeed a bit of a mess. I have ordered a USB enclosure from The Wireless Haven, and will use that with a PCEngines board for trying things out.
I tried out so far with a Raspberry Pi4, and the ...
The board is indeed a bit of a mess. I have ordered a USB enclosure from The Wireless Haven, and will use that with a PCEngines board for trying things out.
I tried out so far with a Raspberry Pi4, and the ...