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  • November 16, 2012 at 4:17 pm #2854
    Jim Loven
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    Is there a way to get the modem identification number from the EV2-GP modem using the command line as opposed to using minicom to send an AT+GSN command?

    November 16, 2012 at 4:34 pm #4380
    Jim Loven
    Participant

    Also, what I need is the ESN, not the IMEI, since we are using CDMA

    November 20, 2012 at 3:00 pm #4381
    Bryan Tran
    Moderator

    Hi Jim,

    1. Are you refer to MTCDP-EV2-GP ? If so, could you try:

    mts-id-eeprom –infile /sys/devices/platform/i2c-gpio/i2c-0/0-0056/eeprom[Enter] – and see if it list out the MEID/ESN number (8 hex chars) ?. Other wise, I don’t know if there is any command line that will give you this info.

    2. Also, the MEID/ESN is listed on the label on the bottom of the device.

    Regards,

    BT

    November 20, 2012 at 3:31 pm #4382
    Lonny Knudson
    Blocked

    Hi Jim,

    If Bryan’s suggestion doesn’t include the ESN and you are trying to automate the process of getting the ESN you could try microcom. I believe something like this will work from the command line:

    echo -en “AT+GSNr” | microcom -t 1000 /dev/ttyUSB0

    November 20, 2012 at 3:51 pm #4383
    Jim Loven
    Participant

    echo -en “AT+GSNr” | microcom -t 1000 /dev/ttyUSB0

    I’m aware of the above AT command to do that. I was hoping there was a way get that information without using microcom or minicom. I was told that the WAN would have to be disable/turned off in order to use those programs. Is that true? Wouldn’t that be a problem if you were trying to get the ESN when you are connected via WAN (which is a requirement for us)?

    November 20, 2012 at 4:37 pm #4384
    Jesse Gilles
    Blocked

    Because the EV2 radio only has one port that accepts AT commands, you can’t have a PPP connection up and issue commands at the same time.

    You could have a script that reads this information from the radio on boot and saves it for later use since the information is static. Then you can read the saved information later while the PPP link is active.

    The only other option is the EEPROM, which Bryan mentioned.

    Thanks,

    Jesse

    November 20, 2012 at 5:08 pm #4385
    Bryan Tran
    Moderator

    Hi Jim,

    Also, I think the command:

    mts-id-eeprom –infile /sys/devices/platform/i2c-gpio/i2c-0/0-0056/eeprom[Enter]

    will listed out the ESN number in decimal format instead of hex format. You may need to convert them to hex format using the calculator if needed.

    Regards,

    BT

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