Hi Brendan, On Wed, Jan 29, 2025 at 6:57 AM Brendan Simon <brendan.si...@ind-technology.com> wrote: > > IND.T Classification: Public > > > Thanks Dan. > I am actually using a 5.10 kernel (not 4.19), but still wouldn't have the > patches you mention. > I can try some 6.1 and 6.6 kernel for our platform and see if that helps. > > Cheers, Brendan. >
if i remember correctly, the PLS63/83 has 2 enumerations, one is wwan, the other one is qmi. You should check how is your module enumerating with the command AT^SSRVSET. Kind Regards, Giacinto > ________________________________ > From: Dan Williams <d...@ioncontrol.co> > Sent: Wednesday, 29 January 2025 1:39 AM > To: Brendan Simon <brendan.si...@ind-technology.com>; > modemmanager-devel@lists.freedesktop.org > <modemmanager-devel@lists.freedesktop.org> > Subject: Re: Cinterion PLS63 not showing up as wwan0 > > This email originated from EXTERNAL > > On Tue, 2025-01-28 at 06:20 +0000, Brendan Simon wrote: > > > > IND.T Classification: External > > > > > > > > I am using a Debian 10 Buster Linux system with ModemManager 1.10 > > (yes I know it's old, and we have tried Debian 12 Bookwork with MM > > 1.20) and cannot get a Cinterion PLS63 device to connecto the > > internet. MM seems happy enough with it. It is detected and I can > > show status information with mmcli command. > > > > > > I have successfully connected over many years with this setup using a > > Quectel EC21 modem, but cannot connect with this new Cinterion PLS63 > > modem. > > > > > > One difference is that the device seems to show up as a network > > interface enxNNNNNN and not wwan0 , which is what the EC21 shows up > > as. > > Is this expected? > > No, if the kernel drivers have the right bits. > > > Is this the issue? If so, how can I get it to show up as a > > wwan0 device? > > The kernel drivers "tag" the device as a WWAN device instead of a > regular USB Ethernet device, and that's how it gets wwan0. > > These patches seems relevant and were merged for the 5.11 kernel: > > https://lore.kernel.org/all/20210126044245.8455-1-gciof...@gmail.com/ > https://lore.kernel.org/all/20210120045650.10855-1-gciof...@gmail.com/ > > I think Buster has a 4.19 kernel? I'll bet your kernel doesn't have > those two patches. > > Dan > > > > > > > Some posts mention udev rules and port type hints. Is this what I > > should be looking at and are there any example or suggested settings > > for this modem? > > > > > > I tried using NetworkManger to setup a connection using the > > enx interface, but thenmtui utility did not recognise it. > > > > > > Thanks, > > Brendan. >
