Hi Mark,

The firmware Revision is curently:1529B04SIM7000G

It looks like there is at least a B05 version available, not sure if that is the latest version though:
https://github.com/Xinyuan-LilyGO/LilyGO-T-SIM7000G/blob/master/docs/How%20to%20update%20firmware.md

The usb drivers provide separate COM ports for AT commands, NMEA etc so it seems odd that the UART doesn't.

Kind regards
Derek