<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">A progress update.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I merged in master -> for-v3.3 branch. It was kind of messy, due to some conflicting changes made to metrics, command, and script/duktape, but I think I got it correct. We will need to carefully review this before release of v3.3.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">The SIM7600G R2 seems to work well. A few changes from SIM5360 in the AT commands, but it seems to basically work:</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><blockquote style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;" class=""><div class=""><div class=""><font face="Andale Mono" size="1" class=""><span style="font-style: normal;" class="">OVMS# power cellular on</span></font></div><div class=""><font face="Andale Mono" size="1" class=""><span style="font-style: normal;" class="">Power mode of cellular is now on</span></font></div><div class=""><font face="Andale Mono" size="1" class=""><span style="font-style: normal;" class="">I (8736313) cellular: Set modem driver to 'auto'</span></font></div><div class=""><font face="Andale Mono" size="1" class=""><span style="font-style: normal;" class="">I (8736313) cellular: State: Enter PoweringOn state</span></font></div><div class=""><font face="Andale Mono" size="1" class=""><span style="font-style: normal;" class="">I (8736323) cellular-modem-auto: Power Cycle 2000ms</span></font></div><div class=""><font face="Andale Mono" size="1" class=""><span style="font-style: normal;" class="">I (8753853) cellular: State: Enter Identify state</span></font></div><div class=""><font face="Andale Mono" size="1" class=""><span style="font-style: normal;" class="">I (8754823) cellular: Identified cellular modem: SIM7600/Experimental support for SIMCOM SIM7600</span></font></div><div class=""><font face="Andale Mono" size="1" class=""><span style="font-style: normal;" class="">I (8754823) cellular: Set modem driver to ‘SIM7600'</span></font></div></div><div class=""><font face="Andale Mono" size="1" class=""><span style="font-style: normal;" class="">…</span></font></div><div class=""><font face="Andale Mono" size="1" class=""><span style="font-style: normal;" class="">I (8764843) cellular: Signal Quality is: 21 (-71 dBm)</span></font></div><div class=""><div class=""><font face="Andale Mono" size="1" class=""><span style="font-style: normal;" class="">I (8774823) cellular: State: Enter MuxStart state</span></font></div><div class=""><font face="Andale Mono" size="1" class=""><span style="font-style: normal;" class="">I (8774823) gsm-mux: Start MUX</span></font></div><div class=""><font face="Andale Mono" size="1" class=""><span style="font-style: normal;" class="">I (8774833) gsm-mux: Channel #0 is open</span></font></div><div class=""><font face="Andale Mono" size="1" class=""><span style="font-style: normal;" class="">I (8774843) gsm-mux: Channel #1 is open</span></font></div><div class=""><font face="Andale Mono" size="1" class=""><span style="font-style: normal;" class="">I (8774853) gsm-mux: Channel #2 is open</span></font></div><div class=""><font face="Andale Mono" size="1" class=""><span style="font-style: normal;" class="">I (8774863) gsm-mux: Channel #3 is open</span></font></div><div class=""><font face="Andale Mono" size="1" class=""><span style="font-style: normal;" class="">I (8774873) gsm-mux: Channel #4 is open</span></font></div><div class=""><font face="Andale Mono" size="1" class=""><span style="font-style: normal;" class="">I (8775813) cellular: State: Enter NetWait state</span></font></div><div class=""><font face="Andale Mono" size="1" class=""><span style="font-style: normal;" class="">I (8775813) gsm-nmea: Startup</span></font></div><div class=""><font face="Andale Mono" size="1" class=""><span style="font-style: normal;" class="">I (8785843) cellular: Network Registration status: RegisteredRoaming</span></font></div><div class=""><font face="Andale Mono" size="1" class=""><span style="font-style: normal;" class="">I (8785843) cellular: Network Provider is: CSL Hologram</span></font></div></div><div class=""><font face="Andale Mono" size="1" class="">I (8786803) cellular: Signal Quality is: 31 (-51 dBm)</font></div><div class=""><font face="Andale Mono" size="1" class=""><span style="font-style: normal;" class="">…</span></font></div><div class=""><div class=""><font face="Andale Mono" size="1" class=""><span style="font-style: normal;" class="">I (8788813) gsm-ppp: Initialising...</span></font></div><div class=""><font face="Andale Mono" size="1" class=""><span style="font-style: normal;" class="">I (8788953) gsm-ppp: StatusCallBack: None</span></font></div><div class=""><font face="Andale Mono" size="1" class=""><span style="font-style: normal;" class="">I (8788953) gsm-ppp: status_cb: Connected</span></font></div><div class=""><font face="Andale Mono" size="1" class=""><span style="font-style: normal;" class="">I (8788953) gsm-ppp: our_ipaddr = 10.170.204.16</span></font></div></div><div class=""><font face="Andale Mono" size="1" class=""><span style="font-style: normal;" class="">…</span></font></div><div class=""><font face="Andale Mono" size="1" class=""><span style="font-style: normal;" class="">I (8817863) location: UpdateParkPosition: vehicle is parking @(redacted) gpslock=1 satcount=5 hdop=3.0 invalid=0</span></font></div><div class=""><font face="Andale Mono" size="1" class=""><span style="font-style: normal;" class="">…</span></font></div><div class=""><font face="Andale Mono" size="1" class=""><span style="font-style: normal;" class=""><br class=""></span></font></div><div class=""><div class=""><font face="Andale Mono" size="1" class=""><span style="font-style: normal;" class="">OVMS# cellular status</span></font></div><div class=""><font face="Andale Mono" size="1" class=""><span style="font-style: normal;" class="">MODEM Status</span></font></div><div class=""><font face="Andale Mono" size="1" class=""><span style="font-style: normal;" class=""> Model: SIM7600</span></font></div><div class=""><font face="Andale Mono" size="1" class=""><span style="font-style: normal;" class=""> Network Registration: RegisteredRoaming</span></font></div><div class=""><font face="Andale Mono" size="1" class=""><span style="font-style: normal;" class=""> Provider: CSL Hologram</span></font></div><div class=""><font face="Andale Mono" size="1" class=""><span style="font-style: normal;" class=""> Signal: -51 dBm</span></font></div><div class=""><font face="Andale Mono" size="1" class=""><span style="font-style: normal;" class=""> Mode: LTE,Online</span></font></div><div class=""><font face="Andale Mono" size="1" class=""><span style="font-style: normal;" class=""> State: NetMode</span></font></div><div class=""><font face="Andale Mono" size="1" class=""><span style="font-style: normal;" class=""> Mux: Status up</span></font></div><div class=""><font face="Andale Mono" size="1" class=""><span style="font-style: normal;" class=""> PPP: Connected on channel: #2</span></font></div><div class=""><font face="Andale Mono" size="1" class=""><span style="font-style: normal;" class=""> GPS: Connected on channel: #1</span></font></div></div><div class=""><font face="Andale Mono" size="1" class=""><span style="font-style: normal;" class=""><br class=""></span></font></div><div class=""><div class=""><font face="Andale Mono" size="1" class=""><span style="font-style: normal;" class="">OVMS# metric list mdm</span></font></div><div class=""><font face="Andale Mono" size="1" class=""><span style="font-style: normal;" class="">m.net.mdm.iccid 8944500(redacted)</span></font></div><div class=""><font face="Andale Mono" size="1" class=""><span style="font-style: normal;" class="">m.net.mdm.mode LTE,Online</span></font></div><div class=""><font face="Andale Mono" size="1" class=""><span style="font-style: normal;" class="">m.net.mdm.model LE20B03SIM7600M21-A</span></font></div><div class=""><font face="Andale Mono" size="1" class=""><span style="font-style: normal;" class="">m.net.mdm.netreg RegisteredRoaming</span></font></div><div class=""><font face="Andale Mono" size="1" class=""><span style="font-style: normal;" class="">m.net.mdm.network CSL Hologram</span></font></div><div class=""><font face="Andale Mono" size="1" class=""><span style="font-style: normal;" class="">m.net.mdm.sq -51dBm</span></font></div></div></blockquote><div class=""><div><br class=""></div><div>I’m now finalising the hardware changes, and then it can go to certification (which takes at least two months, probably).</div><div><br class=""></div><div>Regards, Mark.</div><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On 30 Aug 2021, at 2:03 PM, Mark Webb-Johnson <<a href="mailto:mark@webb-johnson.net" class="">mark@webb-johnson.net</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii" class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">I now have two prototypes of the 4G modem using SIM7600G R2 chip for OVMS v3.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">One is for my own work, but willing to send the other free to a volunteer developer willing to spend time working with me to develop and test this new option. Obviously looking for someone who has spent some time on the OVMS code base, with a good history of contributions to the project and a willingness to work on improving the cellular modem driver.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Any volunteers? Please eMail me directly (<a href="mailto:mark@openvehicles.com" class="">mark@openvehicles.com</a>).</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Regards, Mark.<br class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><span id="cid:695D7B54-C1D3-4F03-81C1-0F8FF0869289"><IMG_9926.png></span></div><div class=""><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On 17 Aug 2021, at 1:30 PM, Mark Webb-Johnson <<a href="mailto:mark@webb-johnson.net" class="">mark@webb-johnson.net</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii" class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">For the 4G modem options we need to go through FCC, CE, and ROHS certification. Minimising/eliminating the changes to the main board simplifies this (and brings down the exorbitant costs) but if there is anything urgent / necessary, now is the time to do it.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="">The goal here is to maintain 100% compatibility with existing OVMS main boards, to keep this is a simple and relatively cheap upgrade of the modem board.</div></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">So far, I have come up with this minimal list:</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><ol class="MailOutline"><li class="">Main board v3.3: Improve soldering of micro USB port. Bigger solder pads, and more solder to secure it better.<br class=""><br class=""></li><li class="">Modem board v1.3: Add support for SIM7600 module.<br class=""><br class=""></li><li class="">Modem board v1.3: Fix support for DTR sleep/awake support.</li></ol></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Is there anything else required for this update?</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Regards, Mark.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div></div>_______________________________________________<br class="">OvmsDev mailing list<br class=""><a href="mailto:OvmsDev@lists.openvehicles.com" class="">OvmsDev@lists.openvehicles.com</a><br class=""><a href="http://lists.openvehicles.com/mailman/listinfo/ovmsdev" class="">http://lists.openvehicles.com/mailman/listinfo/ovmsdev</a><br class=""></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></div></div>_______________________________________________<br class="">OvmsDev mailing list<br class=""><a href="mailto:OvmsDev@lists.openvehicles.com" class="">OvmsDev@lists.openvehicles.com</a><br class="">http://lists.openvehicles.com/mailman/listinfo/ovmsdev<br class=""></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></div></body></html>