piframe/docs/lte.md

LTE Modem

Please Note: THIS IS AN UNSUPPORTED CONFIG. We are providing notes for others who may need/want LTE setups but you will need to do your own testing and stability tuning.

The below assumes ting as the carrier. You'll need to hunt down your own carriers settings.

Hardware

Hardware we have used / tested in the past.

• GNSS, GLONASS, Galileo, Beidou Antenna
• LTE Antenna
• Quectel EC25
• Quectel BG95-M3
• sixfab Raspberry Pi LTE Base Hat

Setup / Configuration

apt update
apt install -y modemmanager
mmcli -S
mmcli -L
mmcli -m 0 # Note the IMEI number (needed for ting activation)
mmcli -i 0 # Note the iccid (needed for ting activation)
mmcli -m 0 -e

# Additional reference : https://help.ting.com/hc/en-us/articles/205428698-GSM-Android-APN-setup-guide

nmcli c add con-name "ting" type gsm ifname "*" apn "wholesale"
nmcli c mod ting connection.autoconnect yes


mmcli -m 0 --location-status
mmcli -m 0 --location-enable-3gpp
mmcli -m 0 --location-enable-gps-nmea
mmcli -m 0 --location-get

apt install libqmi-utils
qmicli -d /dev/cdc-wdm0 -p --nas-get-rf-band-info
qmicli -d /dev/cdc-wdm0 -p --nas-get-system-selection-preference
qmicli -d /dev/cdc-wdm0 -p --nas-get-serving-system
qmicli -d /dev/cdc-wdm0 -p --nas-get-system-info
qmicli -d /dev/cdc-wdm0 -p --nas-get-technology-preference
qmicli -d /dev/cdc-wdm0 -p --nas-get-signal-info
qmicli -d /dev/cdc-wdm0 -p --nas-get-home-network
qmicli -d /dev/cdc-wdm0 -p --nas-get-system-info