EM7565 and WG3526

[fjguyote]

I just received the hardware today (EM7565 and WG3526) and I installed the modem into the router using a m.2 to pcie mini adapter. I then flashed the router to the latest version of goldenorb but it is not recognizing the modem at this point. I read a bit about using putty but am worried about bricking the router.

At this point it appears that the next release of GoldenOrb (which should be released soon) will include support for the modem. Otherwise, my next course of action is to try to get it to work as a PPP modem in the meantime. That may be as simple as entering the APN and setting Force Modem to PPP Protocol to Yes under Modem > Connection Info.

Any other ideas would be appreciated.

[JimHelms]

You will need to follow THIS topic and include the EM7565's VID/PID in the two GoldenOrb files.

Using the scripts and logic in that topic as a template, include the following VID/PID:

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1199    
9091

You might also include:

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1199    
9097

Once that is completed, it should now recognize the EM7565. Next, place the modem in MBIM mode:

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at!entercnd="A710"
at!usbcomp=1,3,1009
at!reset

[fjguyote]

I'll do that this evening and report back.

[fjguyote]

Thanks. Now it's recognizing the modem and sim card. However, I'm not getting any connection.

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Mon May 21 20:02:30 2018 : Attempting to Connect Modem #1 (Sierra_Wireless,_Incorporated Sierra_Wireless_EM7565_Qualcomm®_Snapdragon™_X16_LTE-A)
Mon May 21 20:04:10 2018 : Disconnect (Removed) Modem #1

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at!gstatus?
!GSTATUS: 
Current Time:  943		Temperature: 41
Reset Counter: 3		Mode:        ONLINE         
System mode:   LTE        	PS state:    Not attached 
LTE band:      No band		LTE bw:      1.4 MHz 
LTE Rx chan:   0		LTE Tx chan: 18000
LTE SSC1 state:NOT ASSIGNED
LTE SSC2 state:NOT ASSIGNED
LTE SSC3 state:NOT ASSIGNED
LTE SSC4 state:NOT ASSIGNED
EMM state:     Deregistered   	No Cell        
RRC state:     RRC Idle       
IMS reg state: No Srv  		

PCC RxM RSSI:  0		PCC RxM RSRP:  0
PCC RxD RSSI:  0		PCC RxD RSRP:  0
Tx Power:      --		TAC:         0000 (0)
RSRQ (dB):     0.0		Cell ID:     00000000 (0)
SINR (dB):     0


OK

Any ideas? Also, it seems that the modem isn't recognized after a hard reboot of the router until I do an at!reset.
.

[JimHelms]

See if it is reading the SIM Card:

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at+cpin?

[fjguyote]

I checked that last night too, I received:

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at+cpin?
+CPIN: READY

[JimHelms]

Just curious, have you modified any other settings in the router firmware trying to get a connection? If so, you may want to try resetting the firmware to its default settings, or uploading a fresh image. Of course, you would have to add the PID/VID's again, but it may be worth trying.

It does appear you are lacking an antenna signal.

[fjguyote]

I'm going to go through the connections from the modem out this evening. Hopefully it's just an antenna issue.

[JimHelms]

You may also want to try programming and locking the bands. I have heard others claim of having to program and lock on band 41 to get carrier aggregation. Let me know if you need programming instructions.

[fjguyote]

Alright, I got it to connect finally after playing with the antennas:

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at!gstatus?
!GSTATUS: 
Current Time:  359		Temperature: 45
Reset Counter: 1		Mode:        ONLINE         
System mode:   LTE        	PS state:    Attached     
LTE band:      B26    		LTE bw:      5 MHz   
LTE Rx chan:   8763		LTE Tx chan: 26763
LTE SSC1 state:NOT ASSIGNED
LTE SSC2 state:NOT ASSIGNED
LTE SSC3 state:NOT ASSIGNED
LTE SSC4 state:NOT ASSIGNED
EMM state:     Registered     	Normal Service 
RRC state:     RRC Connected  
IMS reg state: No Srv  		

PCC RxM RSSI:  -91		PCC RxM RSRP:  -117
PCC RxD RSSI:  -95		PCC RxD RSRP:  -124
Tx Power:      --		TAC:         2716 (10006)
RSRQ (dB):     -12.9		Cell ID:     0486881a (75925530)
SINR (dB):      1.8


OK

It's connected to band 26. How do I force it to lock to band 41? Or is there any way to check for band 41 in this area?

[JimHelms]

Yes, those are the proper pigtail connectors for the EM7565.

Try programming in the bands for Sprint see what happens. Until you determine Band 41 is available at your location, best configure it for both Band 41 and Band 26:

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at!entercnd="A710"
at!band=0a,"b26",0,00002000000
at!band=0b,"b41",0,10000000000
at!band=0c,"sprint (all)",0,10002000000
at!band=0c
at!reset

Then, if you want to lock the modem to Band41:

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at!entercnd="A710"
at!band=0b
at!reset

[fjguyote]

Well, it appears there is no band 41 here. I can connect to band 26 though somehow this set up with an external antenna is slower than the Franklin R910. Somehow I'm getting an incredible 1 mbps down with this whereas I can sometimes get 3 mbps down with the r910.

[JimHelms]

Yes, that is to be expected being your R910 is most likely using Band 25. Is there another tower you can hit with an external antenna?

[fjguyote]

I don't think so. I guess I should get an MC7455 instead of this and try to resell the EM7565. Pretty unfortunate.

[fjguyote]

Alright, got the MC7455 set up and it's much improved. Currently at 9 mbps up from 2 mbps. Next I'll try to figure out exactly which tower I'm connecting to and get a better antenna setup. Thanks again for your help.

[LTE+Turbo's]

Get rid of any antenna cable, mount the modem in the router w/o metal case only the routers board inside the antenna. I welded a box out of flat steel from truck bed side big enough to mount the router board in it and be water tight them made a mount on top for antenna to mount to.

I cut the ends off the Proxycast and put SMA male connectors on it and they screw on to the connector that snaps on to the modem board making a direct connection to the antenna. No loss in the signal and if you do POE 48V with good Ethernet cable up to router and use a switch in the house you can use multiple routers in bridge mode with an IP address that is out of the handout IP list with say 192.168.1.2 and with a third router 192.168.1.3 and the main router's wireless set to acces point "main router set to WDS" the main router will hand out IP and other routers will also have LAN ports for wired devices out in the garage say a desktop for internet access thats wired and that is wired to the router in the garage "use LAN not WAN port to feed router from the switch.

The router will operate using V-LAN'S via LAN cables to other routers giving wired speeds that the main router gets anywhere 2nd and 3rd Bridged routers are placed with better wireless speeds than mesh WIFI can provide.

I think omni antenna's are for close to tower. I am 13 miles from the tower with 80-90% signal on a 72FT tower using a Proxycast flat panel directional Antenna and I can use any frequency or band as it only lets your signal be sent in a narrower area say 40-50 Deg. wide span and same up and down. Tree's and buildings are your signal's enemy and it's best not to point them at them but rather be over top of them or mount router and antenna higher than anything around that is in the middle of your line of sight to tower from your antenna's receiving side.

I am getting ready to build a vertical angle adjustment via a car window motor that adj angle up and down and cable raped around the top pole mass run over pullies down to the baser around a pulley that turns pole that it is wrapped around 70FT in the air.

I used cell mapper for my area on a flat screen then took 4 sheets of paper taped together on the screen and marked lightly on the paper where the towers are them went out to the tower and laid the map on the ground and made lines on the map from my point to the tower and make sure map is N,S,E,W in proper direction when line antenna up with line on the map then adjust the up and down a little with your cell phone browser showing the cell signal in browser or run a speed test on your phone or laptop while adjusting the up down left right then enjoy 80 Mbp/s 13 miles out on verizon while your neighbor has DSL @ 3 Mbp/s or Dish with Data caps.