Quectel EM160 AT commands
Posted: Mon Dec 14, 2020 6:17 pm
As some of you may know, or have recently found out, the newest Quectel modems (EM160, EM120, RM500, RM510, RM502) do NOT use all of the same AT commands as the predecessor modems.
Here are a list of a few new commands and what they should do, and a list of commands that I've found not working anymore.
New: : Check the signal info on each antenna port. This one was supposed to work on the EM20, and EM12 I think, but never made it.
This one replaces AT+QCFG="roamservice",1 . I have not been able to get roamservice to work on the EM160.
255 is for Auto ( basically the same as full roaming imo )
1 is for Roam on Home Networks only (I'm guessing this is 'dont roam lite' )
3 is for Roam on Affiliate Networks (full on roaming)
This replaces AT+QCFG="NWSCANMODE",3,1 which is also a command that the EM160 wont accept.
LTE, CDMA, AUTO are the options I believe. I'll have to dbl check those.
BAND LOCKING!!!
So this one is all new and MUCH simpler:
The see the current band setting:
example to set to bands 2,4,12,66,71 only:
that's it.
After setting it, remember to hard reset the modem with this will make the modem disappear and come back rebooted. Entering does nothing really. You have to run the '=1,1' version or power cycle your router to get the modem to actually reboot.
Voice Centric Use or Data centric use: (this one Im still toying with to really get the purpose of
In place of <settingNumber>:
0 for Voice centric
1 for Data centric
There are a few others, but these are the popular ones that come to mind.
And as an extra bonus:
Post replies for any commands you've found for the new Quectel modems, and what they do.
Here are a list of a few new commands and what they should do, and a list of commands that I've found not working anymore.
New:
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AT+QRSRP?
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AT+QNWPREFCFG: "roam_pref",255
255 is for Auto ( basically the same as full roaming imo )
1 is for Roam on Home Networks only (I'm guessing this is 'dont roam lite' )
3 is for Roam on Affiliate Networks (full on roaming)
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AT+QNWPREFCFG="mode_pref",LTE
LTE, CDMA, AUTO are the options I believe. I'll have to dbl check those.
BAND LOCKING!!!
So this one is all new and MUCH simpler:
The see the current band setting:
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AT+QNWPREFCFG="lte_band"?
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AT+QNWPREFCFG="lte_band",2:4:12:66:71
After setting it, remember to hard reset the modem with
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AT+CFUN=1,1
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AT+CFUN=0; +CFUN=1
Voice Centric Use or Data centric use: (this one Im still toying with to really get the purpose of
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AT+QNWPREFCFG="ue_usage_setting",<settingNumber>
0 for Voice centric
1 for Data centric
There are a few others, but these are the popular ones that come to mind.
And as an extra bonus:
Post replies for any commands you've found for the new Quectel modems, and what they do.