Re: [MM qmi-support] "Set Operating Mode" on shutdown and more..

[Marius Kotsbak <marius kotsbak gmail com>]

Den 06. aug. 2012 11:28, skrev Aleksander Morgado:
> > > > Is this branch working now with master version of Network manager
> > > > including the gnome applet?
> > > Not yet, no. The 'qui-support' branch is to be considered unstable, as
> > > I'm still hacking into it extensively. That branch is then based on git
> > > master, which is more stable, but not integrated yet with NM.
> > So that means it could only be tested with what it does by itself when
> > it discovers modems, and by sending dbus messages manually?
> More or less, yes. You have the 'mmcli' utility in that branch, though,
> so you can skip writing raw dbus-send commands and play with the cli
> instead, like this (assuming only one modem connected, so index 0):
>
> Show modem info and status:
>   $> mmcli -m 0
>
> Send PIN:
>   $> sudo mmcli -i 0 --pin=1234
>
> Enable modem:
>   $> sudo mmcli -m 0 -e
>
> Connect:
>   $> sudo mmcli -m 0 --simple-connect="apn=internet"
>
> Disconnect:
>   $> sudo mmcli -m 0 --simple-disconnect
>
> Disable modem:
>   $> sudo mmcli -m 0 -d
>
> And so on, just run this to get a full list of commands available:
>   $> mmcli --help-all

Okay, thanks, that looks a lot nicer.

> Also note that the 'qmi-support' branch still lacks quite a lot of steps
> regarding network registration and connection, so those will fallback to
> AT commands instead right now. I hope to have the branch ready for
> connections in the following weeks.

Ah, I was unsure if AT commands were required in addition to QMI 
commands, as I did not see any options to set APN in the libqmi application.

I successfully used these scripts to connect and disconnect without 
using NM/MM:

https://gist.github.com/3253225

https://gist.github.com/3253231

They are working fine as a workaround until the full support is ready.

--
Marius