Setting 'legacy' property for GSM modem

Setting 'legacy' property for GSM modem

[Eric Nelson]

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Hi all,

I'm an Ofono N00b trying to figure out how configuration
should happen, and I'm a bit stuck.

I'm trying to get a Novatel 3G modem configured, and seem
to be quite close.

Using the nice OFONO_AT_DEBUG=1 switch, I can see what appears
to be proper traffic to the point of connection:

     ofonod[1928]: Modem: > AT+CGDATA="PPP",1\r
     ofonod[1928]: Modem: < \r\nCONNECT HSDPA 3.6\r\n

And using strace, I see a bunch of writes following this:

         write(11, "~\377}#\300!}!}!} }$\321\265~", 17) = 17
         write(11, "\377}#\300!}!}!} }$\321\265~", 16) = 16

but no returned data.

If I contrast this with the same card in my laptop running
Network Manager, I see that the "ATD*99**1#\r" string is
used to make the connection:

     read(27, "\r\n+CGDCONT: 1,\"IP\",\"roam\",\"\",0,0"..., 1024) = 115
     read(27, 0x130f623, 1024)               = -1 EAGAIN (Resource 
temporarily unavailable)
     write(27, "A", 1)                       = 1
     write(27, "T", 1)                       = 1
     write(27, "D", 1)                       = 1
     write(27, "*", 1)                       = 1
     write(27, "9", 1)                       = 1
     write(27, "9", 1)                       = 1
     write(27, "*", 1)                       = 1
     write(27, "*", 1)                       = 1
     write(27, "*", 1)                       = 1
     write(27, "1", 1)                       = 1
     write(27, "#", 1)                       = 1
     write(27, "\r", 1)                      = 1
     read(27, "\r\nCONNECT HSDPA 3.6\r\n", 1024) = 21

And data flows thereafter.

Reading the code, it appears that this form of dialing string is
supported in Ofono, by using the 'legacy' option:
 
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/network/ofono/ofono.git/tree/gatchat/gsmdial.c#n397

I'm just not sure where to put this (or if it will do the trick).

I get messages from connmand regarding a missing file
     /var/lib/connman/cellular_310260820143731_context1/settings

but I'm not really sure what should be in there. I've tried supplying
one, but the syntax isn't clear to me, and I think I'm barking
up the wrong tree.

Is there a template configuration file for a 3G modem somewhere?

Google doesn't seem to be doing it for me today, and the docs and
source code have me puzzled.

Thanks in advance for any pointers.

Regards,


Eric

Re: Setting 'legacy' property for GSM modem

[Denis Kenzior]

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Hi Eric,

On 03/21/2014 05:51 PM, Eric Nelson wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I'm an Ofono N00b trying to figure out how configuration
> should happen, and I'm a bit stuck.
>
> I'm trying to get a Novatel 3G modem configured, and seem
> to be quite close.
>
> Using the nice OFONO_AT_DEBUG=1 switch, I can see what appears
> to be proper traffic to the point of connection:
>
>      ofonod[1928]: Modem: > AT+CGDATA="PPP",1\r
>      ofonod[1928]: Modem: < \r\nCONNECT HSDPA 3.6\r\n
>
> And using strace, I see a bunch of writes following this:
>
>          write(11, "~\377}#\300!}!}!} }$\321\265~", 17) = 17
>          write(11, "\377}#\300!}!}!} }$\321\265~", 16) = 16
>
> but no returned data.
>
> If I contrast this with the same card in my laptop running
> Network Manager, I see that the "ATD*99**1#\r" string is
> used to make the connection:
>
>      read(27, "\r\n+CGDCONT: 1,\"IP\",\"roam\",\"\",0,0"..., 1024) = 115
>      read(27, 0x130f623, 1024)               = -1 EAGAIN (Resource
> temporarily unavailable)
>      write(27, "A", 1)                       = 1
>      write(27, "T", 1)                       = 1
>      write(27, "D", 1)                       = 1
>      write(27, "*", 1)                       = 1
>      write(27, "9", 1)                       = 1
>      write(27, "9", 1)                       = 1
>      write(27, "*", 1)                       = 1
>      write(27, "*", 1)                       = 1
>      write(27, "*", 1)                       = 1
>      write(27, "1", 1)                       = 1
>      write(27, "#", 1)                       = 1
>      write(27, "\r", 1)                      = 1
>      read(27, "\r\nCONNECT HSDPA 3.6\r\n", 1024) = 21
>
> And data flows thereafter.
>
> Reading the code, it appears that this form of dialing string is
> supported in Ofono, by using the 'legacy' option:
>
> http://git.kernel.org/cgit/network/ofono/ofono.git/tree/gatchat/gsmdial.c#n397
>

gsmdial is just a developer / debug tool.  If you think that this model 
will require using ATD*99 syntax, then you will need to set a vendor 
quirk. The only vendor that currently requires using ATD*99 instead of 
+CGDATA is SIMCOM.

Try the following as a quick test, change plugins/novatel.c post_sim(): 
to do

         gc = ofono_gprs_context_create(modem, 
OFONO_VENDOR_SIMCOM_SIM900, "atmodem", data->modem);

and see if that solves your problem.  We have tested several Novatel 
modems and they seem to work just fine with +CGDATA, but you may have 
one that we have not tested.

Regards,
-Denis

Re: Setting 'legacy' property for GSM modem

[Eric Nelson]

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Thanks for the tip, Denis.

On 03/24/2014 09:55 AM, Denis Kenzior wrote:
> Hi Eric,
>
> On 03/21/2014 05:51 PM, Eric Nelson wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I'm an Ofono N00b trying to figure out how configuration
>> should happen, and I'm a bit stuck.
>>
>> I'm trying to get a Novatel 3G modem configured, and seem
>> to be quite close.
>>
>> Using the nice OFONO_AT_DEBUG=1 switch, I can see what appears
>> to be proper traffic to the point of connection:
>>
>>      ofonod[1928]: Modem: > AT+CGDATA="PPP",1\r
>>      ofonod[1928]: Modem: < \r\nCONNECT HSDPA 3.6\r\n
>>
>> And using strace, I see a bunch of writes following this:
>>
>>          write(11, "~\377}#\300!}!}!} }$\321\265~", 17) = 17
>>          write(11, "\377}#\300!}!}!} }$\321\265~", 16) = 16
>>
>> but no returned data.
>>
>> If I contrast this with the same card in my laptop running
>> Network Manager, I see that the "ATD*99**1#\r" string is
>> used to make the connection:
>>
>>      read(27, "\r\n+CGDCONT: 1,\"IP\",\"roam\",\"\",0,0"..., 1024) = 115
>>      read(27, 0x130f623, 1024)               = -1 EAGAIN (Resource
>> temporarily unavailable)
>>      write(27, "A", 1)                       = 1
>>      write(27, "T", 1)                       = 1
>>      write(27, "D", 1)                       = 1
>>      write(27, "*", 1)                       = 1
>>      write(27, "9", 1)                       = 1
>>      write(27, "9", 1)                       = 1
>>      write(27, "*", 1)                       = 1
>>      write(27, "*", 1)                       = 1
>>      write(27, "*", 1)                       = 1
>>      write(27, "1", 1)                       = 1
>>      write(27, "#", 1)                       = 1
>>      write(27, "\r", 1)                      = 1
>>      read(27, "\r\nCONNECT HSDPA 3.6\r\n", 1024) = 21
>>
>> And data flows thereafter.
>>
>> Reading the code, it appears that this form of dialing string is
>> supported in Ofono, by using the 'legacy' option:
>>
>> http://git.kernel.org/cgit/network/ofono/ofono.git/tree/gatchat/gsmdial.c#n397
>>
>>
>
> gsmdial is just a developer / debug tool.  If you think that this model
> will require using ATD*99 syntax, then you will need to set a vendor
> quirk. The only vendor that currently requires using ATD*99 instead of
> +CGDATA is SIMCOM.
>
> Try the following as a quick test, change plugins/novatel.c post_sim():
> to do
>          gc = ofono_gprs_context_create(modem,
> OFONO_VENDOR_SIMCOM_SIM900, "atmodem", data->modem);
>
This didn't change things for me, and I actually found out that
the command was being sent by atmodem/gprs-context.c, which
doesn't support the legacy thing.

> and see if that solves your problem.  We have tested several Novatel
> modems and they seem to work just fine with +CGDATA, but you may have
> one that we have not tested.
>

Changing the connect string by hacking gprs-context.c didn't make a
difference for me (no surprise).

I think I have some other N00b configuration issue.

Setting OFONO_PPP_DEBUG shows this after the connect:

ofonod[1934]: PPP: lcp: pppcp_generate_event: current state 0:INITIAL
ofonod[1934]: PPP: event: 0 (Up), action: 2, new_state: 2 (CLOSED)
ofonod[1934]: PPP: lcp: pppcp_generate_event: current state 2:CLOSED
ofonod[1934]: PPP: event: 2 (Open), action: 1026, new_state: 6 (REQSENT)
ofonod[1934]: PPP: lcp: pppcp_initialize_restart_count: current state 
2:CLOSED
ofonod[1934]: PPP: lcp: pppcp_send_configure_request: current state 2:CLOSED

Oddly, shutting down connman and ofono allowed me to connect using
pppd though.

Regards,


Eric