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APU1D with LTE Huawei ME909u-521

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    beeloo
    last edited by Aug 3, 2015, 10:14 PM

    Since the original kernel is compiled with the u3g module embedded, you have to compile a new kernel.

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      stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
      last edited by Aug 4, 2015, 12:25 PM

      Great result, nice job!  :)

      Steve

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        Guest
        last edited by Aug 5, 2015, 5:32 AM

        I would like to test the Huawei ME909u-523 as that is for North America market. It seems to be rather rare. The bands on the EU version are not the same. The 523 supports LTE on B2, B4, B17 for ATT and Tmobile here.

        I wonder if the PID is the same as your module…

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          beeloo
          last edited by Aug 5, 2015, 8:23 AM

          Can you please open a new thread for this module ?

          Then I will try answer to help

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            SimonBu
            last edited by Aug 27, 2015, 7:17 PM

            beeloo,

            is it possible that you post a short manual what we have to do to get the ME909 running in PF?!

            Many Thanks !!!

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              beeloo
              last edited by Aug 31, 2015, 2:58 PM

              Did you check at the following post ?
              https://forum.pfsense.org/index.php?topic=86064.msg543091#msg543091

              If you have kernel compilation experience, that's quite easy.

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                SimonBu
                last edited by Sep 2, 2015, 7:47 AM

                I do not realy have experience in Kernel compilation ;-(

                And it´s a grate topic to learn all this stuff. I only want to run this LTE Modem ;-)

                Did you make other changes in your Kernel or only the Modem? Maby you can provide me your Kernel?

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                  SimonBu
                  last edited by Sep 16, 2015, 5:03 PM

                  Ok i have compaild it now.

                  Now i have 5 new interfaces in the ppp menu

                  cuaU0.0
                  cuaU0.1
                  cuaU0.2
                  cuaU0.3
                  cuaU0.4

                  but i can´t establish a connection ;-(

                  Sep 16 19:02:07 ppp: [opt3_link0] MODEM: chat script failed
                  Sep 16 19:02:07 ppp: [opt3_link0] Link: DOWN event
                  Sep 16 19:02:07 ppp: [opt3_link0] LCP: Down event
                  Sep 16 19:02:07 ppp: [opt3_link0] Link: reconnection attempt 215 in 2 seconds
                  Sep 16 19:02:09 ppp: [opt3_link0] Link: reconnection attempt 215
                  Sep 16 19:02:10 ppp: [opt3_link0] CHAT: +CGDCONT=1,"IP","web.vodafone.de"
                  Sep 16 19:02:10 ppp: [opt3_link0] CHAT: Detected Hayes compatible modem.
                  Sep 16 19:02:10 ppp: [opt3_link0] CHAT: The modem responded with "ERROR" to the command "AT&F&C1&D2E0S0=0M1" at ModemCmd: label.
                  Sep 16 19:02:10 ppp: [opt3_link0] MODEM: chat script failed
                  Sep 16 19:02:10 ppp: [opt3_link0] Link: DOWN event
                  Sep 16 19:02:10 ppp: [opt3_link0] LCP: Down event
                  Sep 16 19:02:10 ppp: [opt3_link0] Link: reconnection attempt 216 in 2 seconds
                  Sep 16 19:02:12 ppp: [opt3_link0] Link: reconnection attempt 216

                  does anyone have an idea?

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                    beeloo
                    last edited by Sep 16, 2015, 5:29 PM

                    I'm not really sure to know why you get that error, but…

                    ...did you correctly select the /dev/cuaU0.2 port in the PPP interface ?

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                      SimonBu
                      last edited by Sep 16, 2015, 5:42 PM

                      i tryed every interface ;-(

                      /dev/cuaU0.2

                      number *99#

                      apn  web.vodafone.de

                      log:

                      Sep 16 19:40:49 ppp: [opt3_link0] LCP: Down event
                      Sep 16 19:40:49 ppp: [opt3_link0] Link: reconnection attempt 2 in 1 seconds
                      Sep 16 19:40:50 ppp: [opt3_link0] Link: reconnection attempt 2
                      Sep 16 19:40:52 ppp: [opt3_link0] CHAT: +CGDCONT=1,"IP","web.vodafone.de"
                      Sep 16 19:40:52 ppp: [opt3_link0] CHAT: Detected Hayes compatible modem.
                      Sep 16 19:40:52 ppp: [opt3_link0] CHAT: The modem responded with "ERROR" to the command "AT&F&C1&D2E0S0=0M1" at ModemCmd: label.
                      Sep 16 19:40:52 ppp: [opt3_link0] MODEM: chat script failed
                      Sep 16 19:40:52 ppp: [opt3_link0] Link: DOWN event
                      Sep 16 19:40:52 ppp: [opt3_link0] LCP: Down event
                      Sep 16 19:40:52 ppp: [opt3_link0] Link: reconnection attempt 3 in 4 seconds
                      Sep 16 19:40:56 ppp: [opt3_link0] Link: reconnection attempt 3
                      Sep 16 19:40:56 ppp: [opt3_link0] CHAT: +CGDCONT=1,"IP","web.vodafone.de"
                      Sep 16 19:40:56 ppp: [opt3_link0] CHAT: Detected Hayes compatible modem.
                      Sep 16 19:40:56 ppp: [opt3_link0] CHAT: The modem responded with "ERROR" to the command "AT&F&C1&D2E0S0=0M1" at ModemCmd: label.
                      Sep 16 19:40:56 ppp: [opt3_link0] MODEM: chat script failed
                      Sep 16 19:40:56 ppp: [opt3_link0] Link: DOWN event
                      Sep 16 19:40:56 ppp: [opt3_link0] LCP: Down event
                      Sep 16 19:40:56 ppp: [opt3_link0] Link: reconnection attempt 4 in 2 seconds
                      Sep 16 19:40:58 ppp: [opt3_link0] Link: reconnection attempt 4
                      Sep 16 19:40:59 ppp: [opt3_link0] CHAT: +CGDCONT=1,"IP","web.vodafone.de"
                      Sep 16 19:40:59 ppp: [opt3_link0] CHAT: Detected Hayes compatible modem.
                      Sep 16 19:40:59 ppp: [opt3_link0] CHAT: The modem responded with "ERROR" to the command "AT&F&C1&D2E0S0=0M1" at ModemCmd: label.
                      Sep 16 19:40:59 ppp: [opt3_link0] MODEM: chat script failed
                      Sep 16 19:40:59 ppp: [opt3_link0] Link: DOWN event
                      Sep 16 19:40:59 ppp: [opt3_link0] LCP: Down event
                      Sep 16 19:40:59 ppp: [opt3_link0] Link: reconnection attempt 5 in 4 seconds
                      Sep 16 19:41:03 ppp: [opt3_link0] Link: reconnection attempt 5
                      Sep 16 19:41:03 ppp: [opt3_link0] CHAT: +CGDCONT=1,"IP","web.vodafone.de"
                      Sep 16 19:41:03 ppp: [opt3_link0] CHAT: Detected Hayes compatible modem.
                      Sep 16 19:41:03 ppp: [opt3_link0] CHAT: The modem responded with "ERROR" to the command "AT&F&C1&D2E0S0=0M1" at ModemCmd: label.
                      Sep 16 19:41:03 ppp: [opt3_link0] MODEM: chat script failed
                      Sep 16 19:41:03 ppp: [opt3_link0] Link: DOWN event
                      Sep 16 19:41:03 ppp: [opt3_link0] LCP: Down event
                      Sep 16 19:41:03 ppp: [opt3_link0] Link: reconnection attempt 6 in 2 seconds
                      Sep 16 19:41:05 ppp: [opt3_link0] Link: reconnection attempt 6
                      Sep 16 19:41:06 ppp: [opt3_link0] CHAT: +CGDCONT=1,"IP","web.vodafone.de"
                      Sep 16 19:41:06 ppp: [opt3_link0] CHAT: Detected Hayes compatible modem.
                      Sep 16 19:41:06 ppp: [opt3_link0] CHAT: The modem responded with "ERROR" to the command "AT&F&C1&D2E0S0=0M1" at ModemCmd: label.
                      Sep 16 19:41:06 ppp: [opt3_link0] MODEM: chat script failed
                      Sep 16 19:41:06 ppp: [opt3_link0] Link: DOWN event
                      Sep 16 19:41:06 ppp: [opt3_link0] LCP: Down event
                      Sep 16 19:41:06 ppp: [opt3_link0] Link: reconnection attempt 7 in 2 seconds
                      Sep 16 19:41:08 ppp: [opt3_link0] Link: reconnection attempt 7
                      Sep 16 19:41:09 ppp: [opt3_link0] CHAT: +CGDCONT=1,"IP","web.vodafone.de"
                      Sep 16 19:41:09 ppp: [opt3_link0] CHAT: Detected Hayes compatible modem.
                      Sep 16 19:41:09 ppp: [opt3_link0] CHAT: The modem responded with "ERROR" to the command "AT&F&C1&D2E0S0=0M1" at ModemCmd: label.
                      Sep 16 19:41:09 ppp: [opt3_link0] MODEM: chat script failed
                      Sep 16 19:41:09 ppp: [opt3_link0] Link: DOWN event
                      Sep 16 19:41:09 ppp: [opt3_link0] LCP: Down event
                      Sep 16 19:41:09 ppp: [opt3_link0] Link: reconnection attempt 8 in 4 seconds

                      did you change the mode of the card?

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                        beeloo
                        last edited by Sep 16, 2015, 6:32 PM

                        Open a shell via ssh on your pfsense, then install screen, using:

                        pkg install screen
                        

                        then type:

                        screen /dev/cuaU0.3
                        

                        then send the following request to the modem:

                        AT^HCSQ?
                        

                        It should tell you if you have a wireless signal or not.

                        Regarding the modem configuration, I put:

                        AT^SYSCFGEX="030201",3FFFFFFF,1,2,80044,,
                        

                        Not sure if it's relevant in your case.

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                          SimonBu
                          last edited by Sep 16, 2015, 7:23 PM Sep 16, 2015, 7:19 PM

                          ^HCSQ: "LTE",55,51,187,22

                          if I understand correct the 22 is not a goog strange

                          where do you put the AT^SYSCFGEX="030201",3FFFFFFF,1,2,80044,, command?

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                            beeloo
                            last edited by Sep 16, 2015, 7:24 PM

                            It seems that you have a LTE connection available…

                            You may put the command as the init string, in the PPP configuration.

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                              SimonBu
                              last edited by Sep 16, 2015, 7:34 PM

                              i have filled in the init string and have preformed a reboot.

                              but nothing happens…

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                                beeloo
                                last edited by Sep 16, 2015, 7:52 PM

                                Did you insert the SIM card ?
                                Are you using an APU1D ? Did you put the module into the correct PCIe slot ?

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                                  SimonBu
                                  last edited by Sep 16, 2015, 8:59 PM

                                  Yes simcard is inserd without PIN
                                  Board is Apu 1D4
                                  Modem is insert in Slot J16

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                                    beeloo
                                    last edited by Sep 16, 2015, 9:30 PM

                                    I don't have the module anymore so it will be difficult for me to solve your issue as is  :-[

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                                      SimonBu
                                      last edited by Sep 17, 2015, 8:22 PM

                                      beelloo,

                                      maby we can do a remote session?

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                                        beeloo
                                        last edited by Sep 17, 2015, 8:46 PM

                                        It's quite difficult to take enough time to solve the issue.

                                        However, I don't understand why ppp is trying to restore the modem's default settings:

                                        Sep 16 19:40:52    ppp: [opt3_link0] CHAT: The modem responded with "ERROR" to the command "AT&F&C1&D2E0S0=0M1" at ModemCmd: label.
                                        

                                        Maybe you can avoid it to and maybe it will be running.

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                                          beeloo
                                          last edited by Sep 17, 2015, 8:47 PM

                                          By the way, here is the latest advanced AT commands documentation:
                                          http://consumer.huawei.com/en/solutions/m2m-solutions/products/support/user-guides/detail/me909u-521-en.htm?id=29741

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