Device 1:
Quectel RM520N-GL 5G
connected to
https://www.ebay.com/itm/165783027282 One of these. Which has a waveshare logo on it
Device 2:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09LV1VY4S?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title
Connected to
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0D833S99L?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title Which also has Waveshare printed on the board.
I can see that the devices are connected
Device 1:
Ubuntu-Inspiron-5502:/home/user# mmcli -v --modem 0
[07 Dec 2024, 22:47:05] [Debug] ModemManager process found at ':1.1745'
[07 Dec 2024, 22:47:05] [Debug] Assuming '0' is the modem index
[07 Dec 2024, 22:47:05] [Debug] Modem found at '/org/freedesktop/ModemManager1/Modem/0'
[07 Dec 2024, 22:47:05] [Debug] Printing modem info...
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General | path: /org/freedesktop/ModemManager1/Modem/0
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System | device: /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb4/4-1/4-1.4
| physdev: /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb4/4-1/4-1.4
| drivers: cdc_acm, cdc_ncm
| plugin: generic
| primary port: ttyACM0
| ports: enx000011121314 (net), enx000011121316 (net),
| enx000011121318 (net), ttyACM0 (at)
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Status | state: failed
| failed reason: unknown-capabilities
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Modes | supported: allowed: any; preferred: none
| current: allowed: any; preferred: none
Device 2:
raspi5-dev1:~ $ sudo mmcli -m 0
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General | path: /org/freedesktop/ModemManager1/Modem/0
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System | device: /sys/devices/platform/axi/1000110000.pcie/pci0000:00/0000:00:00.0/0000:01:00.0/usb2/2-1
| drivers: cdc_acm, cdc_ncm
| plugin: generic
| primary port: ttyACM0
| ports: eth1 (net), eth2 (net), eth3 (net), ttyACM0 (at)
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Status | state: failed
| failed reason: unknown-capabilities
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Modes | supported: allowed: any; preferred: none
| current: allowed: any; preferred: none
I can also see the pci-e device
raspi5-dev1:~ $ sudo lspci
0000:00:00.0 PCI bridge: Broadcom Inc. and subsidiaries BCM2712 PCIe Bridge (rev 21)
0000:01:00.0 USB controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VL805/806 xHCI USB 3.0 Controller (rev 01)
0001:00:00.0 PCI bridge: Broadcom Inc. and subsidiaries BCM2712 PCIe Bridge (rev 21)
0001:01:00.0 Ethernet controller: Raspberry Pi Ltd RP1 PCIe 2.0 South Bridge
But both are in a failed state.
They both do not create any USB interface even though both can be seen using
Device 2:
raspi5-dev1:~ $ lsusb
Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 002: ID 1bcf:0005 Sunplus Innovation Technology Inc. Optical Mouse
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 8087:095a Intel Corp. MODEM + 2 CDC-ACM + 3 CDC-NCM + SS
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 046d:c31c Logitech, Inc. Keyboard K120
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 2109:3431 VIA Labs, Inc. Hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
They both create a
/dev/ttyACM0
/dev/ttyACM1
/dev/ttyACM2
interfaces:
raspi5-dev1:~ $ ls /dev
autofs fd hidraw2 loop5 pio0 ram2 snd tty15 tty29 tty42 tty56 ttyAMA10 vcs6 vcsu5 video27
block full hwrng loop6 port ram3 spidev0.0 tty16 tty3 tty43 tty57 ttyprintk vcs7 vcsu6 video28
btrfs-control fuse i2c-1 loop7 ppp ram4 spidev0.1 tty17 tty30 tty44 tty58 uhid vcsa vcsu7 video29
bus gpiochip0 i2c-13 loop-control pps0 ram5 spidev10.0 tty18 tty31 tty45 tty59 uinput vcsa1 vga_arbiter video30
cachefiles gpiochip10 i2c-14 mapper ptmx ram6 stderr tty19 tty32 tty46 tty6 urandom vcsa2 vhci video31
cec0 gpiochip11 initctl media0 ptp0 ram7 stdin tty2 tty33 tty47 tty60 usb vcsa3 vhost-net video32
cec1 gpiochip12 input media1 pts ram8 stdout tty20 tty34 tty48 tty61 v4l vcsa4 vhost-vsock video33
char gpiochip13 kmsg media2 ram0 ram9 tty tty21 tty35 tty49 tty62 vcio vcsa5 video19 video34
console gpiomem0 kvm mem ram1 random tty0 tty22 tty36 tty5 tty63 vc-mem vcsa6 video20 video35
cpu_dma_latency gpiomem1 log mmcblk0 ram10 rfkill tty1 tty23 tty37 tty50 tty7 vcs vcsa7 video21 watchdog
cuse gpiomem2 loop0 mmcblk0p1 ram11 rtc tty10 tty24 tty38 tty51 tty8 vcs1 vcsu video22 watchdog0
disk gpiomem3 loop1 mmcblk0p2 ram12 rtc0 tty11 tty25 tty39 tty52 tty9 vcs2 vcsu1 video23 zero
dma_heap gpiomem4 loop2 mqueue ram13 serial tty12 tty26 tty4 tty53 ttyACM0 vcs3 vcsu2 video24
dri hidraw0 loop3 net ram14 serial0 tty13 tty27 tty40 tty54 ttyACM1 vcs4 vcsu3 video25
fb0 hidraw1 loop4 null ram15 shm tty14 tty28 tty41 tty55 ttyACM2 vcs5 vcsu4 video26
I tried numerous ways to create a connection using
raspi5-dev1:~ $ sudo nmcli c add type gsm ifname ttyACM0 con-name modem apn internet.itelcel.com
Connection 'modem' (68311af0-7777-4d1f-9632-f83fdf8bcec4) successfully added.
But I find no method of bringing the connection live
raspi5-dev1:~ $ ifconfig -s ttyACM0 10.10.10.10 255.255.255.0
SIOCSIFADDR: Operation not permitted
ttyACM0: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device
SIOCSIFADDR: Operation not permitted
ttyACM0: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device
I can see the modem I created.
raspi5-dev1:~ $ nmcli con
NAME UUID TYPE DEVICE
Wired connection 1 f8137f1c-97b4-3995-b13d-4107c6d5072d ethernet eth0
lo e8755090-189e-491a-80fc-04aef18a0d49 loopback lo
preconfigured e6521720-42c4-459b-b5cd-0a3596cced4a wifi wlan0
modem 68311af0-7777-4d1f-9632-f83fdf8bcec4 gsm --
or
raspi5-dev1:~ $ mmcli -e /dev/ttyACM0
error: no modem was specified
raspi5-dev1:~ $ sudo mmcli -L
/org/freedesktop/ModemManager1/Modem/0 [manufacturer unknown] model unknown
raspi5-dev1:~ $ mmcli -e /org/freedesktop/ModemManager1/Modem/0
error: no modem was specified
I can't seem to do anything with it.
FYI
raspi5-dev1:~ $ sudo ln -sft /etc/ModemManager/fcc-unlock.d /usr/share/ModemManager/fcc-unlock.available.d/*
raspi5-dev1:~ $ mbimcli -p -d /dev/ttyACM0 --quectel-query-radio-state
error: couldn't open the MbimDevice: Couldn't spawn the mbim-proxy
raspi5-dev1:~ $ mbimcli -p -d /org/freedesktop/ModemManager1/Modem/0 --quectel-query-radio-state
error: couldn't create MbimDevice: Couldn't query file info: Error when getting information for file “/org/freedesktop/ModemManager1/Modem/0”: No such file or directory
raspi5-dev1:~ $ mmcli -m 0 --command='AT+CFUN=0?'
error: command failed: 'GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.ModemManager1.Error.Core.Unauthorized: PolicyKit authorization failed: not authorized for 'org.freedesktop.ModemManager1.Device.Control''
raspi5-dev1:~ $ ls -al /dev/serial/by-id
total 0
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 100 Dec 7 22:37 .
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 80 Dec 7 16:59 ..
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 13 Dec 7 22:37 usb-Intel_Corp._MODEM_+_2_CDC-ACM_+_3_CDC-NCM_+_SS_004999010640000:004999010640000:004999010640000:004999010640000-if00 -> ../../ttyACM0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 13 Dec 7 22:37 usb-Intel_Corp._MODEM_+_2_CDC-ACM_+_3_CDC-NCM_+_SS_004999010640000:004999010640000:004999010640000:004999010640000-if02 -> ../../ttyACM1
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 13 Dec 7 22:37 usb-Intel_Corp._MODEM_+_2_CDC-ACM_+_3_CDC-NCM_+_SS_004999010640000:004999010640000:004999010640000:004999010640000-if04 -> ../../ttyACM2
I tried emailing Waveshare asking them how to turn the device on and they replied with:
Your request (182472) has been updated. To add additional comments, reply all to this email.
Xin-kang
Nov 28, 2024, 11:24 UTC
Please place all switches on the OFF side：
Then please use the following command to check the device status：
Please use the command to check the device status：
lspci lsusb ls /dev
If you are content,please rate good!
Best wish!
I have tried to toggle the only dipswitch in the waveshare board and no dice. Everything the same.
Both have brand new Telcel sim cards installed.
Somehow I am missing how to initialize (find the on button) either of these devices.
How do I initialize an m.2 LTE device?
I also tried ctl + M and then ctl + J. That should have initialized the modem but did not. I tried feeding "AT+CFUN=0" which shut my modem off and now I cannot see AT commands when typed in. I tried powing off for a few minutes and that did not reset it fully.
