Add support for Beeline SmartBox TURBO+

SSH for FirmWare OEM v1.0.12 on Beeline SmartBox TURBO+

  1. Login to the web interface http://192.168.1.1/ (by default) under SuperUser (root) credentials. Password: SDXXXXXXXXXX, where SDXXXXXXXXXX is serial number of the device written on the backplate stick.
Login:		SuperUser
Password:	SDXXXXXXXXXX
  1. Turning on SSH. Navigate to:
-> Advanced settings 
	-> Others 
		-> Access Control 
			-> Users Root Select 
				-> SSH Admin - Enable LAN 
					-> Save 
						-> Apply
  1. Connect SSH
    $ ssh SuperUser@192.168.1.1
  2. Start shell
    view @ Smart Box TURBO+> sh
Referance:

SmartBOX Pro / SmartBOX Turbo+ – обсуждение | [wifirouter] : 300Mb\s - 1200Mb\s + 5x1Gb | x1

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SFTP for FirmWare OEM (v1.0.12)

  1. Connect via SSH.
  2. Edit:
    vi /etc/ssh/sshd_config
# override default of no subsystems
Subsystem       sftp    /usr/sbin/sftp-server

(dd, i) Replace string

# override default of no subsystems                           
Subsystem       sftp    internal-sftp

ESC
:wq

  1. Restart SSHd:
    kill -HUP $(ps | grep /usr/sbin/sshd | grep -v grep | awk '{print $1}')
  2. Connect via SFTP with a client on a PC, example:
    $ sftp SuperUser@192.168.1.1
    $ mc sftp://SuperUser@192.168.1.1
    $ thunar sftp://SuperUser@192.168.1.1
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Notes

Point № 2, can / should be automated (sed, awk).
In point № 3, there was another option, killall sshd; /usr/sbin/sshd -p 22, but the command was interrupted via SSH, but worked via the UART.

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Generic NAND backup FW OEM

  1. Connect via SSH or via UART
  2. Create dump
    CSN=$(hexdump -e '/2 "%1s"' -n $((0xC)) -s $((0x21010)) /dev/mtd2)
    mkdir /tmp/$CSN; cd /tmp/$CSN;
    for i in 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7; do
    echo "===Dump mtd$i.bin backup===";
    nanddump -f mtd$i.bin /dev/mtd$i;
    done
    pwd
    
  3. Copy the directory via SFTP or via TFTP, USB or any other method convenient for you. Example:
    $ scp -r SuperUser@192.168.1.1:/tmp/SD2134F98765 SD2134F98765 with a client on a PC
  4. Delete backup images from RAM router.
    rm -r /tmp/$CSN
  5. Create the remaining backups
    mkdir /tmp/$CSN; cd /tmp/$CSN;
    for i in 8 9 10; do
    echo "===Dump mtd$i.bin backup===";
    nanddump -f mtd$i.bin /dev/mtd$i;
    done
    
  6. Copy the directory via SFTP on PC.
  7. Delete backup images from RAM.
Reference
Memoirs

The creation of a backup takes place in several stages due to the fact that the size of RAM and NAND are the same (128 MiB).
CSN - Serial Number Device.
A directory will be created with the name in the form of the serial number of the device in the /tmp directory with the images of the partitions.
Can be improved. Tried using GZ but no TAR. It turned out the wrong action, there is one combined file in the archive.

Old example for GIGA
CSN=$(hexdump -e '/2 "%1s"' -n $((0xC)) -s $((0x21010)) /dev/mtd2)
for i in 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10; do
echo "===Dump mtd$i.bin backup===";
nanddump -f mtd$i.bin /dev/mtd$i;
md5sum mtd$i.bin >> mtd.md5;
gzip -c mtd$i.bin >> $CSN.gz;
done
gzip -c mtd.md5 >> $CSN.gz
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Image's OEM Stock FirmWare

SmartBox TURBO+

SmartBox TURBO

  • v. 1.0.02 - (build @ 2020-06-05, 19:08:35)
  • v. 1.0.03 - (build @ 2020-07-08, 02:15:32) - No URL

Etisalat S3

  • v. 2.0.05 - (build @ 2020-04-10, 23:52:54) - t.me
  • v. 3.0.04 - (build @ 2020-09-27, 06:31:51) - t.me

If there are more versions and/or links, let me know I will add it.

Example
wget -P /tmp https://static.beeline.ru/upload/images/Smart_Box_Turbo_v2.img
Notification of the Eurasian Economic Union
URL
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OpenWRT images for testing on a device

Have not yet accepted a Pull Request in OpenWRT

Development Snapshot builds

Old

Stable Release builds

  • Sercomm S3 CQR - Beeline SmartBox TURBO+
  • Sercomm S3 DF3 - Beeline SmartBox TURBO
  • Sercomm S3 DDK - Etisalat Sercomm S3
  • Sercomm S3 DKG - Rostelecom Sercomm RT-SF-1
  • Sercomm S3 CX4 - Rostelecom Sercomm RT-FE-1(A)
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Beeline SmartBox TURBO (not +)

There is information about the existence of another Sercomm S3 clone - Beeline SmartBox Turbo. There is not much known information yet.

Differences

  • NAND flash: 256 MiB
  • Ethetnet interfaces have LEDs (Green)
  • CSN: SN2F********
  • MAC LAN: E0:0E:E4:**:**:**
  • Manufacturer's code: 0DF30500QW1
  • NFS? code (Код НФС): 930000610

Thank neopiten [1] [2].
NAND device: Manufacturer ID: 0x2c, Chip ID: 0xda (Micron NAND 256MiB 3,3V 8-bit), 128MiB, page size: 2048, OOB size: 128

Photo Device

Hide


Screenshot of the stock firmware web interface

Hide


Thank MellonMike [1] [2].

Firmware
  • In web interface - TURBO+
view @ Smart Box TURBO> show sysinfo 
	Vendor:                       Sercomm
	Model:                        Smart Box TURBO
	CPU:                          MT7621
	Firmware Version:             v1.0.03
	Build Time:                    (build @ 2020-07-08, 02:15:32)
	Hardware Version:             v1
	Bootloader Version:           2.0.1.0
	Serial Number:                SN2F********
	Time Since Last Boot:          0:48:09
	Reboot Cause:                 
	Product Class:                Smart Box TURBO
	Current Time:                 2020-07-08 03:03:02
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ZigBee on SmartBox TURBO+

  • EFR32MG1B232GG
  • Baudrate - 57600
  • UART-EZSP Gateway Protocol
Probe CLI
opkg update
opkg install git-http python3-pip
cd /tmp
git clone https://github.com/Elelabs/elelabs-zigbee-ezsp-utility.git
cd elelabs-zigbee-ezsp-utility
pip3 install -r requirements.txt
python3 Elelabs_EzspFwUtility.py probe -p /dev/ttyS1 -b 57600
root@OpenWrt:/tmp/elelabs-zigbee-ezsp-utility# python3 Elelabs_EzspFwUtility.py 
restart -m btl -p /dev/ttyS1 -b 57600
2022/01/22 19:36:32 Elelabs_EzspFwUtility:   Generic Zigbee EZSP adapter detected:
2022/01/22 19:36:32 Elelabs_EzspFwUtility:   Firmware: 6.2.0-147
2022/01/22 19:36:32 Elelabs_EzspFwUtility:   EZSP v6
2022/01/22 19:36:32 Elelabs_EzspFwUtility:   Launch in bootloader mode
2022/01/22 19:36:43 Elelabs_EzspFwUtility:   EZSP adapter in bootloader mode detected:
2022/01/22 19:36:43 Elelabs_EzspFwUtility:   EFR32 Serial Btl v6.2.1.3 b0
On Home Assistant
Example
opkg install ser2net luci-i18n-ser2net-ru
vi /etc/ser2net.conf
5000:raw:0:/dev/ttyS1:57600 NONE 1STOPBIT 8DATABITS XONXOFF LOCAL -RTSCTS remctl
# on Host
sudo socat pty,raw,link=/dev/ttyVS1 tcp:192.168.1.1:5000

Снимок экрана_2022-01-23_17-28-40

Thank Harwest & lmahmutov

URLs:
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SSH for FirmWare OEM v1.0.03 on Beeline SmartBox TURBO

  1. Login to the web interface http://192.168.1.1/ (by default) under SuperUser (root) credentials. Password: SDXXXXXXXXXX, where SDXXXXXXXXXX is serial number of the device written on the backplate stick.
Login:		SuperUser
Password:	SNXXXXXXXXXX
  1. Configure WAN. Navigate to:
->Setting 
	-> WAN 
		-> ADD
			* Name - WAN1
			* Connection Type - Static
			* IP Address - 172.16.0.1
			* Netmask - 255.255.255.0
				-> Save 
					-> Apply
Default WAN1
  1. Enable SSH and HTTP on WAN.
->Setting 
	-> Remote control 
		-> ADD
			* Protocol - SSH
			* Port - 22
			* IP Address - 172.16.0.1
			* Netmask - 255.255.255.0
			* WAN Interface - WAN1
				-> Save 
					-> Apply
		-> ADD
			* Protocol - HTTP
			* Port - 80
			* IP Address - 172.16.0.1
			* Netmask - 255.255.255.0
			* WAN Interface - WAN1
				-> Save 
					-> Apply
  1. Set up on PC
	* Connection Type - Static
	* IP Address - 172.16.0.2
	* Netmask - 255.255.255.0
	* Gateway - 172.16.0.1
  1. Connect PC cable to WAN TURBO
  2. Connect SSH. Example on Linux without key saving.
    $ ssh -o "UserKnownHostsFile /dev/null" SuperUser@172.16.0.1
  3. Start shell
    view @ Smart Box TURBO+> sh
Referance:
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Generic NAND backup FW OEM via TFTP

  1. Prepare TFTP server* on PC - Setting up a TFTP server for TFTP Recovery/Install
  2. Connect via SSH
  3. Create dump mtd. Enter your address in the "IP=" variable.
CSN=$(hexdump -e '/2 "%1s"' -n $((0xC)) -s $((0x21010)) /dev/mtd2)
IP=172.16.0.2
cd /tmp
echo $CSN >> mtd.md5
for i in 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10; do 
echo "===Dump mtd$i.bin backup===";
nanddump -f mtd$i.bin /dev/mtd$i;
tftp -l mtd$i.bin -p $IP;
md5sum mtd$i.bin >> mtd.md5;
rm mtd$i.bin; 
done
tftp -l mtd.md5 -p $IP
rm mtd.md5
echo "=== Finish backup ==="

Thank @csharper2005

*People are reporting that dnsmasq is not working.
tftp: server error: (4) unsupported request from 172.16.0.1

Version

Dnsmasq version 2.86  Copyright (c) 2000-2021 Simon Kelley
Compile time options: IPv6 GNU-getopt DBus no-UBus i18n IDN2 DHCP DHCPv6 no-Lua TFTP conntrack ipset auth cryptohash DNSSEC loop-detect inotify dumpfile

The method seems to be universal for the entire CPE Sercomm mt7621, only the number of required mtd partitions differs.

Vendor Label MTD**
Sercomm S1500 AWI Beeline SmartBox PRO 12
Sercomm S1500 BUC WiFire S1500.NBN 10
Sercomm S3 CQR Beeline SmartBox TURBO+ 9
Sercomm S3 DF3 Beeline SmartBox TURBO 10
Sercomm S3 DDK Etisalat Sercomm S3 9
Sercomm S2 DBE Beeline SmartBox GIGA 10

** The number of the last required mtd from mtd0 (skipping the section if there is one with BBT).

An alternative way using gz & tar on TURBO sends as a single file.
CSN=$(hexdump -e '/2 "%1s"' -n $((0xC)) -s $((0x21010)) /dev/mtd2)
IP=10.10.10.3
mkdir /tmp/$CSN; cd /tmp/$CSN;
for i in 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10; do
echo "===Dump mtd$i.bin backup===";
nanddump -f mtd$i.bin /dev/mtd$i;
md5sum mtd$i.bin >> mtd.md5;
gzip -c mtd$i.bin >> mtd$i.gz;
rm mtd$i.bin;
done
tar -cvf $CSN.gz.tar .
tftp -l $CSN.gz.tar -p $IP
cd /tmp; rm -r /tmp/$CSN
echo "=== Finish backup ==="
Reference
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Installing OpenWRT on SmartBox TURBO via mtd-utils

  1. Generic NAND backup
  2. Prepare TFTP server on PC (Or directly from a USB flash drive)
    • Example on Linux
    sudo atftpd --daemon --no-fork --user $USER.users --logfile - CatalogFolderOpenWRT
    
  3. Connect via SSH (Or directly with UART)
cd /tmp
tftp -r openwrt-21.02.2-ramips-mt7621-beeline_smartbox-turbo-squashfs-kernel.bin -g 172.16.0.1
tftp -r openwrt-21.02.2-ramips-mt7621-beeline_smartbox-turbo-squashfs-rootfs.bin -g 172.16.0.1
mtd_debug erase /dev/mtd4 0x0 0x600000
mtd_debug write /dev/mtd4 0 $(ls -l openwrt-21.02.2-ramips-mt7621-beeline_smartbox-turbo-squashfs-kernel.bin | awk -F' ' '{print $5}') openwrt-21.02.2-ramips-mt7621-beeline_smartbox-turbo-squashfs-kernel.bin
mtd_debug erase /dev/mtd6 0x0 0x2000000
mtd_debug write /dev/mtd6 0 $(ls -l openwrt-21.02.2-ramips-mt7621-beeline_smartbox-turbo-squashfs-rootfs.bin | awk -F' ' '{print $5}') openwrt-21.02.2-ramips-mt7621-beeline_smartbox-turbo-squashfs-rootfs.bin
printf 0 | dd of=/dev/mtdblock3 bs=1 seek=7 count=1 
reboot
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Repository for ongoing development and testing

  • Branch - sercomm_s3x

United devices on the same S3 platform:

  • Beeline SmartBox TURBO+
  • Beeline SmartBox TURBO
  • Etisalat Sercomm S3
For which device do you expect support to be added to OpenWRT?
  • Sercomm S3 CQR - Beeline SmartBox TURBO+
  • Sercomm S3 DF3 - Beeline SmartBox TURBO
  • Sercomm S3 DDK - Etisalat Sercomm S3
  • Sercomm S3 DKG - Rostelecom Sercomm RT-SF-1
  • Sercomm S3 CX4 - Rostelecom Sercomm RT-FE-1
  • Sercomm S3 CX4 - Rostelecom Sercomm RT-FE-1A

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A little bump for the best value router aka SmartBox TURBO+. When is it gonna be added to the official openwrt repo?

Also wanted to point out that your patches have been working very well so far, I've been using TURBO+ for almost a year now. It's kinda sad that getting them in mainstream is taking so long.

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I wonder if Turbo+ can benefit from this Users needed to test 2 Gbps WAN/LAN NAT Routing on ramips MT7621 devices . I really hope maintainers would approve Turbo+ PR so the mux switch dev could look into our device.

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Yes, this PR will be useful for TURBO+ & TURBO.

Why not incorporate my patch series into your own patch?

for-turbo-plus.patch
From 000f4561bb3f2947ab983f6633249c346440aedf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Ar=C4=B1n=C3=A7=20=C3=9CNAL?= <nospam>
Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2022 23:52:43 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] fixup! ramips: Add support for Beeline SmartBox TURBO+

---
 .../mt7621_beeline_smartbox-turbo-plus.dts    |  2 +-
 .../linux/ramips/dts/mt7621_sercomm_s3.dtsi   | 24 +++++++++----------
 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

diff --git a/target/linux/ramips/dts/mt7621_beeline_smartbox-turbo-plus.dts b/target/linux/ramips/dts/mt7621_beeline_smartbox-turbo-plus.dts
index 547848a3c5..10968abc09 100644
--- a/target/linux/ramips/dts/mt7621_beeline_smartbox-turbo-plus.dts
+++ b/target/linux/ramips/dts/mt7621_beeline_smartbox-turbo-plus.dts
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@
 	nvmem-cell-names = "mac-address";
 };
 
-&wan {
+&gmac1 {
 	nvmem-cells = <&macaddr_factory_21000>;
 	nvmem-cell-names = "mac-address";
 	mac-address-increment = <1>;
diff --git a/target/linux/ramips/dts/mt7621_sercomm_s3.dtsi b/target/linux/ramips/dts/mt7621_sercomm_s3.dtsi
index c783883b18..fe1bf23108 100644
--- a/target/linux/ramips/dts/mt7621_sercomm_s3.dtsi
+++ b/target/linux/ramips/dts/mt7621_sercomm_s3.dtsi
@@ -76,13 +76,20 @@
 	};
 };
 
+&gmac1 {
+	status = "okay";
+	label = "wan";
+	phy-handle = <&ethphy0>;
+};
+
+&mdio {
+	ethphy0: ethernet-phy@0 {
+		reg = <0>;
+	};
+};
+
 &switch0 {
 	ports {
-		wan: port@0 {
-			status = "okay";
-			label = "wan";
-		};
-
 		port@1 {
 			status = "okay";
 			label = "lan1";
@@ -104,10 +111,3 @@
 		};
 	};
 };
-
-&state_default {
-	gpio {
-		groups = "jtag", "uart2";
-		function = "gpio";
-	};
-};
-- 
2.34.1

for-turbo.patch
From 46fc1e7cbd7cb9ba292c6afabbf1db9694085add Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Ar=C4=B1n=C3=A7=20=C3=9CNAL?= <nospam>
Date: Sat, 16 Jul 2022 00:20:16 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] fixup! ramips: add support for Beeline SmartBox TURBO

---
 .../dts/mt7621_beeline_smartbox-turbo.dts     | 32 +++++++++----------
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)

diff --git a/target/linux/ramips/dts/mt7621_beeline_smartbox-turbo.dts b/target/linux/ramips/dts/mt7621_beeline_smartbox-turbo.dts
index d987046a0f..bb7de2842e 100644
--- a/target/linux/ramips/dts/mt7621_beeline_smartbox-turbo.dts
+++ b/target/linux/ramips/dts/mt7621_beeline_smartbox-turbo.dts
@@ -202,17 +202,24 @@
 	nvmem-cell-names = "mac-address";
 };
 
-&switch0 {
-	ports {
-		port@0 {
-			status = "okay";
-			label = "wan";
+&gmac1 {
+	status = "okay";
+	label = "wan";
+	phy-handle = <&ethphy0>;
 
-			nvmem-cells = <&macaddr_factory_21000>;
-			nvmem-cell-names = "mac-address";
-			mac-address-increment = <(1)>;
-		};
+	nvmem-cells = <&macaddr_factory_21000>;
+	nvmem-cell-names = "mac-address";
+	mac-address-increment = <(1)>;
+};
 
+&mdio {
+	ethphy0: ethernet-phy@0 {
+		reg = <0>;
+	};
+};
+
+&switch0 {
+	ports {
 		port@1 {
 			status = "okay";
 			label = "lan1";
@@ -238,10 +245,3 @@
 &uartlite3 {
 	status = "okay";
 };
-
-&state_default {
-	gpio {
-		groups = "jtag", "uart2";
-		function = "gpio";
-	};
-};
-- 
2.34.1

Apply the patch file with git am, apply the fixup on your original commit with git rebase -i --autosquash HEAD~2.

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I thought that we also need the changes in mt7621.dtsi. if I understand you correctly this not required for turbo(+). Right?

That’s right. There’s only the patch for removing the DTS_LEGACY flag you should care about, which only matters for the 5.15 kernel. However, by the time the 5.15 kernel is taken out of the testing stage, my patch series are likely to be already applied.

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