Hello all,

just to bring this to an end, i bought a Cinterion BGS2T modem and it
seems to work good. Runs fine since 8 days now.

Thanks for all your help and comments.
Georg

Am Mon den 30. September 2019 um 09:51 Uhr schrieb Alvaro Cornejo:

> The problem you describe looks like for any reason your modem is not able
> to pass the incoming messages to kannel.
> 
> What I did in the past is configure kannel to automatically look for
> messages in modem storage. I guess you are only using CNMI command. This
> command tells the modem to pass messages to kannel. however. if the message
> got stuck in the memory, CNMI command will not check for it.  You need to
> tell kannel to look periodically into the memory for the messages and free
> the messages memory. If this memory gets full, the modem will reject any
> other incoming message.
> 
> Note that his work around is not 100% effective, but should largely reduce
> the times your modem gets locked for IM.
> 
> The commands you need to add to your config are:
> 
> On your SMSC-AT group:
> sim-buffering = true
> 
> AND on your MODEM group:
> message-storage = SM or ME. You should test which work best with your modem.
> 
> Hope this helps,
> Regards,
> 
> Le lun. 30 sept. 2019 à 07:39, Georg Horn <h...@koblenz-net.de> a écrit :
> 
> > Hello and thanks for your answer.
> >
> > Am Fr den 27. September 2019 um 09:44 Uhr schrieb info.ubichip:
> >
> > > I suggest differents things :
> > >       - please take a look on the INIT string message for the modem,
> > > it could be some parameters not setup correctly (I suspect some attach
> > > to 3G station which could not be comptabile with the TC35)
> > >       - take a look as well on the log of the modem, sometimes it
> > > lostt the network then you can make a start/stop (see kannel commands
> > > in manual) of the modem to restart the init,
> >
> > I dont believe that this is the case because the modem still can send
> > messages. It just stops receiving the messages. Meanwhile i had another
> > effect: One and the same message arrived over and over again, but other
> > messages did not arrive. I removed the SIM card from the modem, put
> > it into my phone and sent and received some testmessages when suddenly a
> > bunch of 20 or 30 old messages arrived at once. After that i put the
> > card back into the modem and for now it seems to work since 3 days. But i
> > believe that indeed the modem is somehow buggy and did not properly
> > receive that one message so that it was sent again and again and other
> > messages did not come through...
> >
> > >       - if none of the solutions works, buy a power plug programmer
> > > (the cheap one at 2 or 3 E) then make your system poweroff poweron
> > > every hour, then the modem will attach the network when the power back
> >
> > This is not ideal either. You have to stop and restart kannel every
> > time, so every hour the gateway is not available for a minute...
> >
> > > For other modem, I was using serial Modem from teltonika G10 and E6(I
> > > have a few to sell) working fine for years, and some other IP modem
> > > (please contact me directly).
> >
> > I would like to buy such a G10 modem from you, if possible with power
> > supply and antenna. Can you also send me the configuration lines from
> > smskannel.conf?
> >
> > How are we going to do that? I can transfer the money to you if you send
> > me the bank account. My adress is below.
> >
> > Kind Regards,
> > Georg Horn
> >
> > Horn Internetservice
> > Unter der Fuerstenwiese 4a
> > D-56072 Koblenz
> >
> > > -----Message d'origine-----
> > >
> > > I am using kannel version 1.4.3 and a Siemens TC35 Modem with a SIM
> > > card from the german Telekom. We receive about 3 SMS every 5 minutes,
> > > which works fine normally, but about every two days or so, the modem
> > > stops receiving SMS messages. It is still logged into the mobile
> > > network which is indicated by the flashing of the green led and it
> > > still does send messages, but no messages are received. If i then
> > > power it off and on again and restart kannel, it receives all the
> > > messages that have been missing before.
> > >
> > > I phoned the hotline from Telekom and they could see that the messages
> > > are not delivered sometimes and they suspect a bug or defect in the
> > > modem and i should probably try a firmware update or another modem.
> > >
> > > Thus finally my questions: What do you think of this? Which type of
> > > modem is reliable for sending and receiving SMS? Has anyone ever done
> > > a firmware update on a TC35?

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