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

[Aleksander Morgado <aleksander lanedo com>]

>>>>> 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.
> 

That is still to be done.

> 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.
> 

Note to self: don't break the qmi-network script functionality in libqmi :-)

Cheers!

-- 
Aleksander