WG1608D-M, Quectel EM160R-GL, Calyx not staying connected
Posted: Fri Apr 16, 2021 1:25 pm
I'm having a problem staying connected for more than a couple of minutes.
The Calyx SIM works fine in the provided LinkZone 2 hotspot.
I've tried WiFiX-WG1608-GO2021-02-21-19076.bin and openwrt-WG1608-GO2021-01-06-upgrade.bin firmware. The status in the GUI is different but the same basic problem exists in both. I'm able to connect and get ~100mbps down / 20mbps up but it stops working after just a few minutes.
With the WiFix Firmware the Status remains a SPRINT and it still has a 48.x IP but it just stops passing traffic.
With the GO Firmware the Status reverts to Connecting and the IMEI switches to unknown.
I'm pretty new to these cellular cards but not networking or Linux. I was suspecting a bad SIM card connection, running AT+SIMI results in Error 3 when the connection is not working. If I wiggle the SIM card tray and can get AT+SIMI to respond it usually starts working again for a few minutes. I can't explain why the connection to the SIM might stop working, contently after a few minutes when nothing is moving or being bumped on my desk.
Thereare some of the AT command logs belowwhen it goes from working to no working. How do I get the full logs once they scroll off the webUI? It doesn't see to be consistent what command makes it stop working but you can see below that a simple signal strength check AT+QRSRP fails.
Any help would be appreciated.
OK
AT+QCAINFO
OK
AT+QCFG="nwscanmode"
ERROR
AT+QNWPREFCFG="mode_pref"
+QNWPREFCFG: "mode_pref",AUTO
OK
AT+QTEMP
+QTEMP: "aoss-usr","39"
+QTEMP: "mdm-q6-usr","41"
+QTEMP: "ddrss-usr","40"
+QTEMP: "cpu-usr","41"
+QTEMP: "mdm-core-usr","41"
+QTEMP: "xo-therm-adc","38"
+QTEMP: "pa-therm1-adc","37"
+QTEMP: "mdm-case-therm-adc","38"
OK
Fri Apr 16 18:00:09 2021 : /dev/ttyUSB2 AT+CREG=2;+CREG?;+CREG=0
+CREG: 2,0
OK
AT+CEREG=2;+CEREG?;+CEREG=0
+CEREG: 2,0
OK
AT+C5GREG=2;+C5GREG?;+C5GREG=0
Fri Apr 16 18:00:14 2021 : /dev/ttyUSB2 AT+CSQ
+CSQ: 20,99
OK
AT+QENG="servingcell"
+QENG: "servingcell","LIMSRV","WCDMA",310,410,84C2,DB050C,4383,271,1,-73,-2,-,-,-,-,-
OK
AT+QRSRP
ERROR
AT+QCAINFO
ERROR
AT+QCFG="nwscanmode"
ERROR
AT+QNWPREFCFG="mode_pref"
+QNWPREFCFG: "mode_pref",AUTO
OK
AT+QTEMP
+QTEMP: "aoss-usr","38"
+QTEMP: "mdm-q6-usr","39"
+QTEMP: "ddrss-usr","38"
+QTEMP: "cpu-usr","39"
+QTEMP: "mdm-core-usr","39"
+QTEMP: "xo-therm-adc","36"
+QTEMP: "pa-therm1-adc","36"
+QTEMP: "mdm-case-therm-adc","36"
OK
The Calyx SIM works fine in the provided LinkZone 2 hotspot.
I've tried WiFiX-WG1608-GO2021-02-21-19076.bin and openwrt-WG1608-GO2021-01-06-upgrade.bin firmware. The status in the GUI is different but the same basic problem exists in both. I'm able to connect and get ~100mbps down / 20mbps up but it stops working after just a few minutes.
With the WiFix Firmware the Status remains a SPRINT and it still has a 48.x IP but it just stops passing traffic.
With the GO Firmware the Status reverts to Connecting and the IMEI switches to unknown.
I'm pretty new to these cellular cards but not networking or Linux. I was suspecting a bad SIM card connection, running AT+SIMI results in Error 3 when the connection is not working. If I wiggle the SIM card tray and can get AT+SIMI to respond it usually starts working again for a few minutes. I can't explain why the connection to the SIM might stop working, contently after a few minutes when nothing is moving or being bumped on my desk.
Thereare some of the AT command logs belowwhen it goes from working to no working. How do I get the full logs once they scroll off the webUI? It doesn't see to be consistent what command makes it stop working but you can see below that a simple signal strength check AT+QRSRP fails.
Any help would be appreciated.
OK
AT+QCAINFO
OK
AT+QCFG="nwscanmode"
ERROR
AT+QNWPREFCFG="mode_pref"
+QNWPREFCFG: "mode_pref",AUTO
OK
AT+QTEMP
+QTEMP: "aoss-usr","39"
+QTEMP: "mdm-q6-usr","41"
+QTEMP: "ddrss-usr","40"
+QTEMP: "cpu-usr","41"
+QTEMP: "mdm-core-usr","41"
+QTEMP: "xo-therm-adc","38"
+QTEMP: "pa-therm1-adc","37"
+QTEMP: "mdm-case-therm-adc","38"
OK
Fri Apr 16 18:00:09 2021 : /dev/ttyUSB2 AT+CREG=2;+CREG?;+CREG=0
+CREG: 2,0
OK
AT+CEREG=2;+CEREG?;+CEREG=0
+CEREG: 2,0
OK
AT+C5GREG=2;+C5GREG?;+C5GREG=0
Fri Apr 16 18:00:14 2021 : /dev/ttyUSB2 AT+CSQ
+CSQ: 20,99
OK
AT+QENG="servingcell"
+QENG: "servingcell","LIMSRV","WCDMA",310,410,84C2,DB050C,4383,271,1,-73,-2,-,-,-,-,-
OK
AT+QRSRP
ERROR
AT+QCAINFO
ERROR
AT+QCFG="nwscanmode"
ERROR
AT+QNWPREFCFG="mode_pref"
+QNWPREFCFG: "mode_pref",AUTO
OK
AT+QTEMP
+QTEMP: "aoss-usr","38"
+QTEMP: "mdm-q6-usr","39"
+QTEMP: "ddrss-usr","38"
+QTEMP: "cpu-usr","39"
+QTEMP: "mdm-core-usr","39"
+QTEMP: "xo-therm-adc","36"
+QTEMP: "pa-therm1-adc","36"
+QTEMP: "mdm-case-therm-adc","36"
OK