How to Troubleshoot Cellular Connection on DX940e
Steps to Troubleshoot Cellular Connection using Web GUI
Step 1: Verify the Cellular interface and cell signal on the Virtual Front Panel
If you don’t see any signal bars, there is no good connection or coverage from your service provider. In the above picture we have excellent signal strength.
Step 2: Verify the Cellular admin status, See picture below, Cellular -> Config
Note: Profile Name would be SIM specific, For AT&T SIM Profile1 (APN: i2gold) is default profile while for Verizon it is Profile3 (APN: vzwinternet).
In the picture below Profile Name is selected for the AT&T SIM which is Profile1.
Step 3: Verify Cellular interface Connection Status. See picture below under Cellular -> Status
Make sure operation status is Up, Modem State: Connected, Signal Strength: Excellent
Step 4: Verify Cellular information, see picture below under Cellular -> Info
Step 5: Verify Data is Transmitting and Receiving on Cellular Interface, see picture below under Cellular -> Data Statistics
Step 6: Verify Cellular Interface has an IP address from the Service Provider, see picture below under Routing -> IP addresses
Step 7: Verify Cellular interface entry in Routing table, see picture below under Routing àTable
Steps and Commands to troubleshoot Cellular connection from CLI
Step 1: Verify Cellular Interface is enabled and associated with a Profile, run the command below:
MagnumDX(cellular)# show settings
Admin Status : Enabled
Profile Name : Profile1
Step 2: Verify current profile setting, profile provided by the Service Provider, run the command below:
MagnumDX(cellular)# show profile
Net PDP
Profile APN Type Type IP primaryDNS Auth
========== =============== ===== ======= =============== =============== ====
Profile1 i2Gold lte ipv4 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 none
Step 3: Verify status of the cellular interface connection, run the command below:
MagnumDX(cellular)# show status
Oper Status : Up
Reg. State : Registered
Modem State : Connected
Signal Strength : Excellent
Service Indication : HSDPA DL
Roaming : no
Home Network : AT&T
MCC : 310
MNC : 410
Conn. Uptime : 5653
Step 4: Verify cellular interface information
MagnumDX(cellular)# show info
IMSI : 310410102231103
IMEI : 359072061173502
MEID : 35907206117350
ICCID : 89014103271022311037
FSN :
Service Activated : yes
Firmware Version : SWI9X30C_02.24.05.06 r7040 CARMD-EV-FRMWR2 2017/05/19 06:23:
09
Step 5: Verify cellular interface is receiving and transmitting data.
MagnumDX(cellular)# show statistics data
txFrames : 5534
txOctets : 707466
txRingOverrun : 0
txDrop : 0
rxFrames : 4795
rxOctets : 660179
rxDrop : 0
rxRingUnderrun : 0
Step 6: Verify the Cellular Interface has an IP address from the Service Provider
MagnumDX(ip)# show addresses
Interface DHCP Address Subnet Mask Remote Address Sys Status
=============== ==== =============== =============== =============== === ======
Default No 192.168.1.2 255.255.255.0 Yes Up
CELL1 No 166.130.101.233 255.255.255.252 166.130.101.234 No Up
Step 7: Verify the Routing table for Entry for Cellular Interface
MagnumDX(ip)# show routes
Network Mask Next Hop AD Metric Age Type
================ =============== =============== === ====== ====== ============
0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 166.130.101.234 0 0
127.0.0.1 255.255.255.255 127.0.0.1 0 0
166.130.101.232 255.255.255.252 166.130.101.233 0 0 Local
166.130.101.233 255.255.255.255 166.130.101.233 0 0
192.168.1.0 255.255.255.0 192.168.1.2 0 0 Local
192.168.1.2 255.255.255.255 192.168.1.2 0 0
Troubleshooting Using AT-Commands
NOTE: Only use Shell mode commands, when working with a Technical Support person in troubleshooting. You will not need these commands on daily basis. These are commands related to Modem used in the device.
Steps to enter in the AT command shell are below:
Type serv cell-at-cmd in Magnum shell
Type yes for Proceed.
MagnumDX# serv cell
cell cell-at-cmd
MagnumDX# serv cell-at-cmd
!!! WARNING !!!
THIS COMMAND IS INTENDED FOR USE ONLY BY TRAINED GARRETTCOM
SUPPORT PERSONNEL. THIS COMMAND MAY CAUSE IRREPARABLE HARM
TO YOUR SYSTEM.
Proceed only under the explicit instruction of trained GarrettCom
support personnel.
Do you wish to proceed (yes/no)? yes
Proceed only under the explicit instruction of trained GarrettCom
support personnel.
Do you REALLY wish to proceed (yes/no)? yes
done.
Enter AT commands ex ATI. Press q to exit.
Below are some AT-Commands for Cellular interface troubleshooting purpose.
AT!GSTATUS?
Display the status of LTE Modem.
Output:
--------
AT!GSTATUS?
!GSTATUS:
Current Time: 111 Temperature: 25
Reset Counter: 40 Mode: ONLINE
System mode: WCDMA PS state: Not attached
WCDMA band: WCDMA 2100
WCDMA channel: 10757
GMM (PS) state:Registering NORMAL SERVICE
MM (CS) state: Wait RR LU UPDATING
WCDMA L1 state:L1M_FACH LAC: 56BA (22202)
RRC state: CONNECTING Cell ID: 03FA5498 (66737304)
RxM RSSI C0: --- RxD RSSI C0: -86
RxM RSSI C1: --- RxD RSSI C1: ---
- AT+CGDCONT?
Configure and show dedicated access point name (APN) at SDK.
Output:
-------
AT+CGDCONT?
+CGDCONT: 1,"IP","apn1","0.0.0.0",0,0,0,0
- AT!PCINFO?
Return the modem’s power control status information.
Output:
-------
AT!PCINFO?
State: Online
LPM voters - Temp:0, Volt:0, User:0, W_DISABLE:0, IMSWITCH:0, BIOS:0, LWM2M:0, O
MADM:0, FOTA:0
LPM persistence - None
- AT!IMPREF?
Query/set Image Management preferences
Indicate which firmware image (firmware plus carrier configuration) should be selected
from those available on the device, or enable SIM-based image switching. Use the
query format to list the configuration pairs that are currently downloaded and preferred
Output:
-------
AT!IMPREF?
!IMPREF:
preferred fw version: 02.24.05.06
preferred carrier name: ATT
preferred config name: ATT_002.027_000
current fw version: 02.24.05.06
current carrier name: ATT
current config name: ATT_002.027_000
- AT+CPIN?
This command checks the SIM status mounted on the box (If SIM is present and ready or not?).
Output:
--------
AT+CPIN?
+CPIN:READY
OK
- AT+COPS?
This command checks that on which network SIM is registered.
Output:
-----------
AT+COPS?
+COPS: 0,0,"Amarisoft Network USIM",7
- AT+CGDCONT?
This Command checks the available APN’s for the installed SIM on the device and which APN is selected at present.
Output (For AT&T):
-----------
AT+CGDCONT?
+CGDCONT: 1,"IP","i2gold","0.0.0.0",0,0,0,0
SIM Specific Troubleshooting
All the commands above are common for Verizon/AT&T SIM’s. The only difference is of APN name and their indexes.
For AT&T SIM:
Default APN Name for AT&T SIM is i2gold at index 1.
AT+CGDCONT?
+CGDCONT: 1,"IP","i2gold","0.0.0.0",0,0,0,0
For Verizon SIM:
Default APN Name for Verizon SIM is vzwinternet at index 3.
AT+CGDCONT?
+CGDCONT: 0, "ÏP", "vzwims","0.0.0.0",0,0,0,0
+CGDCONT: 0, "ÏP","vzwadmin","0.0.0.0",0,0,0,0
+CGDCONT: 1, "ÏP","vzwinternet","0.0.0.0",0,0,0,0
+CGDCONT: 0, "ÏP","vzwapp","0.0.0.0",0,0,0,0
+CGDCONT: 0, "ÏP","vzw800","0.0.0.0",0,0,0,0
+CGDCONT: 0, "ÏP","vzwclass","0.0.0.0",0,0,0,0
+CGDCONT: 0, "ÏP","vzw","0.0.0.0",0,0,0,0
Note: Output could be different for different boxes.
Steps to Configure DNS to Cellular ISP
From Web:
- Go to Administration -> DNS -> Global Settings
Change field Allow PPP/CELL to override configured Name Server to Yes.
2. Go to Administration -> DNS -> DNS Status to check if DNS Server has been updated.
From CLI:
1. Set PPP/CELL Override Yes.
MagnumDX# dns set ppp-override y
2. Check If DNS Server Name has been updated or not using following command.
MagnumDX# dns sh status
Source of DNS info : PPP/CELL
Domain Name :
DNS Server 1 : 166.216.138.41
DNS Server 2 : 166.216.138.42
DNS Server 3 : 0.0.0.0
3. Now try to ping www.google.com, If it is able to resolve the Domain Name or not.
MagnumDX# ping google.com
Pinging yx-in-f113.1e100.net (64.233.177.113) with 64 bytes of data:
Reply from 64.233.177.113 bytes=64 ttl=41 icmp_seq=0 time=66ms
Reply from 64.233.177.113 bytes=64 ttl=41 icmp_seq=1 time=100ms
Reply from 64.233.177.113 bytes=64 ttl=41 icmp_seq=2 time=100ms
Reply from 64.233.177.113 bytes=64 ttl=41 icmp_seq=3 time=100ms
Reply from 64.233.177.113 bytes=64 ttl=41 icmp_seq=4 time=100ms
----yx-in-f113.1e100.net PING Statistics----
5 packets transmitted, 5 packets received, 0% packet loss, time 262095583 ms
round-trip (ms) min/avg/max = 66/93/100 ms