I am trying to use BORON with 3rd party sim card from hologram in Korea.
I was able to activate the sim card and put it into BORON with APN setup.
The sim card is activated but no carrier information is given as here.
I see fast blinking green led but no connection so far.
Is it simply not possible to use 3rd party sim in Korea with BORON?
Has anyone tried this before?
Any comment would be helpful. Thanks.
Which Boron? The Boron 2G/3G or the Boron LTE (Cat M1)?
In addition to setting the APN, did you set the external SIM card slot to be the active SIM?
Getting a Boron Cloud Debug Log may be helpful.
Thank you for comment.
I was using Boron LTE.
I set “electron” for apn setup.
I still not getting the signal.
As above mentioned instruction about cloud debug.
I downloaded boron.bin
particle flash --usb boron.bin
And run serial monitor by
particle serial monitor
In the terminal I see below
Serial monitor opened successfully:
starting tests...
turning cellular on...
0000015001 [system.nm] INFO: State changed: DISABLED -> IFACE_DOWN
0000021172 [hal] INFO: Using external Nano SIM card
0000021247 [gsm0710muxer] INFO: Starting GSM07.10 muxer
0000021249 [gsm0710muxer] INFO: Openning mux channel 0
0000021249 [gsm0710muxer] INFO: GSM07.10 muxer thread started
deviceID=e00fce689f9c49fa20c2acca
0000021300 [gsm0710muxer] INFO: Resuming channel 0
0000021300 [gsm0710muxer] INFO: Openning mux channel 1
0000021401 [gsm0710muxer] INFO: Resuming channel 1
0000021401 [gsm0710muxer] INFO: Resuming channel 1
manufacturer=u-blox
model=SARA-R410M-02B
firmware version=L0.0.00.00.05.08 [Apr 17 2019 19:34:02]
ordering code=SARA-R410M-02B
IMEI=####################
IMSI=u-blox
ICCID=######################
0000021803 [app] INFO: enabling trace logging
0000021804 [ncp.at] TRACE: > AT+CGDCONT?
0000021853 [ncp.at] TRACE: < +CGDCONT: 1,"IP","hologram","0.0.0.0",0,0,0,0
0000021854 [ncp.at] TRACE: < OK
0000021855 [ncp.at] TRACE: > AT+CSQ
0000021903 [ncp.at] TRACE: < +CSQ: 99,99
0000021903 [ncp.at] TRACE: < OK
attempting to connect to the cellular network...
0000021905 [system.nm] INFO: State changed: IFACE_DOWN -> IFACE_REQUEST_UP
0000021905 [system.nm] INFO: State changed: IFACE_DOWN -> IFACE_REQUEST_UP
0000021906 [hal] TRACE: PPP netif -> 8
0000021907 [net.ifapi] INFO: Netif pp3 state UP
0000021907 [net.ifapi] INFO: Netif pp3 state UP
0000021907 [hal] TRACE: PPP thread event LOWER_DOWN
0000021908 [hal] TRACE: PPP thread event ADM_DOWN
0000021908 [hal] TRACE: PPP thread event ADM_UP
0000021910 [hal] TRACE: State NONE -> READY
0000021912 [ncp.at] TRACE: > AT+CGDCONT=1,"IP","hologram"
0000021914 [system.nm] INFO: State changed: IFACE_REQUEST_UP -> IFACE_UP
0000021914 [system.nm] INFO: State changed: IFACE_REQUEST_UP -> IFACE_UP
0000021953 [ncp.at] TRACE: < OK
0000021953 [ncp.at] TRACE: > AT+CEREG=2
0000022003 [ncp.at] TRACE: < OK
0000022003 [hal] TRACE: NCP connection state changed: 1
0000022003 [net.pppncp] TRACE: NCP event 2
0000022004 [net.pppncp] TRACE: State changed event: 1
0000022004 [ncp.at] TRACE: > AT+COPS=0,2
0000022004 [hal] TRACE: PPP thread event LOWER_DOWN
0000022053 [ncp.at] TRACE: < OK
0000022053 [ncp.at] TRACE: > AT+CEREG?
0000022054 [ncp.at] TRACE: < +CEREG: 2
0000022103 [ncp.at] TRACE: < +CEREG: 2,2
0000022103 [ncp.at] TRACE: < OK
0000036403 [ncp.at] TRACE: < +CEREG: 5,"4214","E2F915",7
0000036404 [hal] TRACE: NCP connection state changed: 2
0000036405 [gsm0710muxer] INFO: Openning mux channel 2
0000036405 [gsm0710muxer] INFO: Openning mux channel 2
0000036503 [gsm0710muxer] INFO: Resuming channel 2
0000036503 [gsm0710muxer] INFO: Resuming channel 2
0000036504 [net.pppncp] TRACE: NCP event 100
0000036505 [net.pppncp] TRACE: New auth info
0000036506 [net.pppncp] TRACE: NCP event 2
0000036506 [net.pppncp] TRACE: State changed event: 2
0000036506 [hal] TRACE: PPP thread event LOWER_UP
0000036507 [hal] TRACE: State READY -> CONNECT
0000036507 [net.ppp.ipcp] TRACE: IPCP: init
0000036507 [net.ppp.ipcp] TRACE: IPCP: disable 0 0 0
0000036508 [net.ppp.ipcp] TRACE: IPCP: enable 0 0 0
0000036508 [hal] TRACE: Outputing 13 bytes
0000036509 [hal] TRACE: State CONNECT -> CONNECTING
0000036509 [lwip] TRACE: ppp_connect[3]: holdoff=1
0000036510 [lwip] TRACE: ppp phase changed[3]: phase=2
0000036510 [hal] TRACE: PPP phase -> 2
0000036555 [lwip] TRACE: pppos_input[3]: got 12 bytes
0000036556 [lwip] TRACE: pppos_input[3]: got 21 bytes
0000037510 [lwip] TRACE: ppp phase changed[3]: phase=3
0000037510 [hal] TRACE: PPP phase -> 3
0000037510 [lwip] TRACE: pppos_connect: unit 3: connecting
0000037511 [lwip] TRACE: ppp_start[3]
0000037511 [lwip] TRACE: ppp phase changed[3]: phase=6
0000037511 [hal] TRACE: PPP phase -> 6
0000037512 [lwip] TRACE: pppos_send_config[3]: out_accm=FF FF FF FF
0000037513 [lwip] TRACE: ppp_send_config[3]
0000037513 [lwip] TRACE: pppos_recv_config[3]: in_accm=FF FF FF FF
0000037513 [lwip] TRACE: ppp_recv_config[3]
0000037514 [lwip] TRACE: ppp: auth protocols:
0000037514 [lwip] TRACE: PAP=1
0000037515 [lwip] TRACE: CHAP=1 CHAP_MD5=1
0000037515 [lwip] TRACE:
0000037515 [hal] TRACE: Outputing 46 bytes
0000037516 [lwip] TRACE: pppos_write[3]: len=24
0000037516 [lwip] TRACE: ppp_start[3]: finished
0000037706 [lwip] TRACE: pppos_input[3]: got 54 bytes
0000037706 [hal] TRACE: Outputing 54 bytes
0000037707 [lwip] TRACE: pppos_write[3]: len=29
0000037707 [lwip] TRACE: pppos_input[3]: got 46 bytes
0000037708 [lwip] TRACE: netif_set_mtu[3]: mtu=1500
0000037708 [lwip] TRACE: pppos_send_config[3]: out_accm=0 0 0 0
0000037709 [lwip] TRACE: ppp_send_config[3]
0000037709 [lwip] TRACE: pppos_recv_config[3]: in_accm=0 0 0 0
0000037710 [lwip] TRACE: ppp_recv_config[3]
0000037710 [hal] TRACE: Outputing 15 bytes
0000037711 [lwip] TRACE: pppos_write[3]: len=12
0000037711 [net.ppp.ipcp] TRACE: IPCP: lowerUp
0000037712 [lwip] TRACE: ppp phase changed[3]: phase=7
0000037712 [hal] TRACE: PPP phase -> 7
0000037862 [lwip] TRACE: pppos_input[3]: got 22 bytes
0000037912 [lwip] TRACE: pppos_input[3]: got 41 bytes
0000037912 [lwip] TRACE: No CHAP secret found for authenticating us to UMTS_CHAP_SRVR
0000037913 [hal] TRACE: Outputing 29 bytes
0000037913 [lwip] TRACE: pppos_write[3]: len=25
0000037914 [lwip] TRACE: pppos_input[3]: got 27 bytes
0000038065 [lwip] TRACE: pppos_input[3]: got 10 bytes
0000038065 [lwip] TRACE: CHAP authentication succeeded
0000038065 [lwip] TRACE: CHAP authentication succeeded
0000038066 [lwip] TRACE: ppp phase changed[3]: phase=9
0000038066 [hal] TRACE: PPP phase -> 9
0000038067 [net.ppp.ipcp] TRACE: IPCP: open
0000038067 [net.ppp.ipcp] TRACE: IPCP: reset ci
0000038067 [net.ppp.ipcp] TRACE: IPCP: get ci length
0000038068 [net.ppp.ipcp] TRACE: IPCP: Our CI length: 24
Now I see breathing blue light on the board.
I can check connected carrier information about the sim card.
Now I tried to add this device on my particle console however I see no activity after downloading tinker.bin to the board.
Are you sure Korea has LTE Cat M1 coverage on Hologram? This table has the blue, pink, and red dots for South Korea, but does not have the purple-ish one for LTE Cat M1.
The Boron LTE can only connect to LTE Cat M1 networks and cannot connect to 2G, 3G, or regular LTE Cat 1 networks. The Boron 2G/3G is the model recommended for Korea.
Even if there is coverage for LTE Cat M1 I don’t think the SARA-R410M-02-B has profiles for Korea. You could try setting UMNOPROF to 100 (generic European profile) but I don’t think that will work either.
Thanks for helping me out.
If that’s the case, why my other electron board doesn’t have connection either?
Once the simcard activated as LTE then it is not reversible to 3G sim?
