I am using Comfast CF-E5, the vendor firmware is a fork of OpenWrt. I have updated the firmware to OpenWrt 19.07.2. The LTE module is not detected in dmesg and lsusb. Need help in enabling the Quectel EC25.
yes, i don't kown why by default openwrt have nothing installed on this device for lte side.
long time not playing with that device, so that's the only think i can say.
Thanks @anon4457646. I am just curious, if you know any setting to detect the LTE module. I followed https://openwrt.org/docs/guide-user/network/wan/wwan/ltedongle to install all the required packages. As, the device is not detected (not sure powered on) via usb. I don't see the device with /dev/cdc-wdm0. Let me know, if you have came across any such issue.
@AndrewZ, I followed the link shared by you. And my current GPIO's are
root@COMFAST:~# cat /sys/kernel/debug/gpio
gpiochip0: GPIOs 0-31, parent: platform/18040000.gpio, 18040000.gpio:
gpio-0 ( |cf-e5:blue:wlan ) out lo
gpio-2 ( |cf-e5:blue:rssi0 ) out hi
gpio-3 ( |cf-e5:blue:rssi1 ) out hi
gpio-4 ( |cf-e5:blue:wan ) out hi
gpio-11 ( |sysfs ) out hi
gpio-14 ( |sysfs ) out hi
gpio-15 ( |cf-e5:blue:rssi2 ) out hi
gpio-16 ( |cf-e5:blue:lan ) out hi
gpio-17 ( |reset ) in hi
root@COMFAST:~# cat /sys/kernel/debug/usb/devices
T: Bus=01 Lev=00 Prnt=00 Port=00 Cnt=00 Dev#= 1 Spd=480 MxCh= 1
B: Alloc= 0/800 us ( 0%), #Int= 0, #Iso= 0
D: Ver= 2.00 Cls=09(hub ) Sub=00 Prot=01 MxPS=64 #Cfgs= 1
P: Vendor=1d6b ProdID=0002 Rev= 4.14
S: Manufacturer=Linux 4.14.171 ehci_hcd
S: Product=EHCI Host Controller
S: SerialNumber=1b000000.usb
C:* #Ifs= 1 Cfg#= 1 Atr=e0 MxPwr= 0mA
I:* If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 1 Cls=09(hub ) Sub=00 Prot=00 Driver=hub
E: Ad=81(I) Atr=03(Int.) MxPS= 4 Ivl=256ms
Also, noticed there is proper /etc/board.d/03_gpio_switches
root@COMFAST:~# cat /etc/board.d/03_gpio_switches
#!/bin/sh
#
# Copyright (C) 2018 OpenWrt.org
#
. /lib/functions/uci-defaults.sh
board_config_update
board=$(board_name)
case "$board" in
comfast,cf-e5)
ucidef_add_gpio_switch "lte_power" "LTE Power" "14" "1"
ucidef_add_gpio_switch "lte_wakeup" "LTE Wakeup" "11" "1"
ucidef_add_gpio_switch "lte_poweroff" "LTE Poweroff" "1" "1"
ucidef_add_gpio_switch "lte_reset" "LTE Reset" "12" "1"
;;
# **** Truncated for Post
esac
board_config_flush
exit 0
There is /etc/board.json available too
root@COMFAST:~# cat /etc/board.json
{
"model": {
"id": "comfast,cf-e5",
"name": "COMFAST CF-E5/E7"
},
"led": {
"lan": {
"name": "LAN",
"sysfs": "cf-e5:blue:lan",
"trigger": "switch0",
"type": "switch",
"mode": "",
"port_mask": "0x02",
"speed_mask": ""
},
"wan": {
"name": "WAN",
"sysfs": "cf-e5:blue:wan",
"type": "netdev",
"device": "eth1",
"mode": "link tx rx"
},
"rssilow": {
"name": "",
"sysfs": "cf-e5:blue:rssi0",
"type": "rssi",
"iface": "wlan0",
"minq": "1",
"maxq": "100",
"offset": "0",
"factor": "1"
},
"rssimedium": {
"name": "",
"sysfs": "cf-e5:blue:rssi1",
"type": "rssi",
"iface": "wlan0",
"minq": "33",
"maxq": "100",
"offset": "0",
"factor": "1"
},
"rssihigh": {
"name": "",
"sysfs": "cf-e5:blue:rssi2",
"type": "rssi",
"iface": "wlan0",
"minq": "66",
"maxq": "100",
"offset": "0",
"factor": "1"
}
},
"rssimon": {
"wlan0": {
"refresh": 200000,
"threshold": 1
}
},
"network": {
"lan": {
"ifname": "eth0",
"protocol": "static"
},
"wan": {
"ifname": "eth1",
"protocol": "dhcp"
}
},
"gpioswitch": {
"lte_power": {
"name": "LTE Power",
"pin": 14,
"default": 1
},
"lte_wakeup": {
"name": "LTE Wakeup",
"pin": 11,
"default": 1
},
"lte_poweroff": {
"name": "LTE Poweroff",
"pin": 1,
"default": 1
},
"lte_reset": {
"name": "LTE Reset",
"pin": 12,
"default": 1
}
}
}
And, below is the vendor customized OpenWrt output
root@COMFAST:/sys/devices/platform/qca953x_wmac/gpio/gpiochip46# cat /sys/kernel/debug/gpio
GPIOs 0-23, ath79:
gpio-0 (comfast:blue:wlan ) out lo
gpio-1 (comfast:blue:4g_powe) out hi
gpio-2 (comfast:blue:signal1) out lo
gpio-3 (comfast:blue:signal2) out lo
gpio-4 (comfast:blue:wan ) out hi
gpio-11 (comfast:blue:4g_waku) out hi
gpio-12 (comfast:blue:4g_rst ) out hi
gpio-14 (comfast:blue:4g_powe) out hi
gpio-15 (comfast:blue:signal3) out hi
gpio-16 (comfast:blue:lan ) out hi
gpio-17 (Reset button ) in hi
GPIOs 46-63, platform/qca953x_wmac, ath9k-phy0:
gpio-47 (ath9k-phy0 ) in lo
root@COMFAST:/etc/rc.d# cat /sys/kernel/debug/usb/devices
T: Bus=01 Lev=00 Prnt=00 Port=00 Cnt=00 Dev#= 1 Spd=480 MxCh= 1
B: Alloc= 0/800 us ( 0%), #Int= 0, #Iso= 0
D: Ver= 2.00 Cls=09(hub ) Sub=00 Prot=01 MxPS=64 #Cfgs= 1
P: Vendor=1d6b ProdID=0002 Rev= 3.10
S: Manufacturer=Linux 3.10.44 ehci_hcd
S: Product=EHCI Host Controller
S: SerialNumber=ehci-platform
C:* #Ifs= 1 Cfg#= 1 Atr=e0 MxPwr= 0mA
I:* If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 1 Cls=09(hub ) Sub=00 Prot=00 Driver=hub
E: Ad=81(I) Atr=03(Int.) MxPS= 4 Ivl=256ms
T: Bus=01 Lev=01 Prnt=01 Port=00 Cnt=01 Dev#= 2 Spd=480 MxCh= 0
D: Ver= 2.00 Cls=ef(misc ) Sub=02 Prot=01 MxPS=64 #Cfgs= 1
P: Vendor=2c7c ProdID=0125 Rev= 3.18
S: Manufacturer=Android
S: Product=Android
C:* #Ifs= 5 Cfg#= 1 Atr=a0 MxPwr=500mA
I:* If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 2 Cls=ff(vend.) Sub=ff Prot=ff Driver=(none)
E: Ad=81(I) Atr=02(Bulk) MxPS= 512 Ivl=0ms
E: Ad=01(O) Atr=02(Bulk) MxPS= 512 Ivl=0ms
I:* If#= 1 Alt= 0 #EPs= 3 Cls=ff(vend.) Sub=00 Prot=00 Driver=(none)
E: Ad=83(I) Atr=03(Int.) MxPS= 10 Ivl=32ms
E: Ad=82(I) Atr=02(Bulk) MxPS= 512 Ivl=0ms
E: Ad=02(O) Atr=02(Bulk) MxPS= 512 Ivl=0ms
I:* If#= 2 Alt= 0 #EPs= 3 Cls=ff(vend.) Sub=00 Prot=00 Driver=(none)
E: Ad=85(I) Atr=03(Int.) MxPS= 10 Ivl=32ms
E: Ad=84(I) Atr=02(Bulk) MxPS= 512 Ivl=0ms
E: Ad=03(O) Atr=02(Bulk) MxPS= 512 Ivl=0ms
I:* If#= 3 Alt= 0 #EPs= 3 Cls=ff(vend.) Sub=00 Prot=00 Driver=(none)
E: Ad=87(I) Atr=03(Int.) MxPS= 10 Ivl=32ms
E: Ad=86(I) Atr=02(Bulk) MxPS= 512 Ivl=0ms
E: Ad=04(O) Atr=02(Bulk) MxPS= 512 Ivl=0ms
I:* If#= 4 Alt= 0 #EPs= 3 Cls=ff(vend.) Sub=ff Prot=ff Driver=qmi_wwan
E: Ad=89(I) Atr=03(Int.) MxPS= 8 Ivl=32ms
E: Ad=88(I) Atr=02(Bulk) MxPS= 512 Ivl=0ms
E: Ad=05(O) Atr=02(Bulk) MxPS= 512 Ivl=0ms
it looks like your modem is already detected
and is running in QMI mode
The last two outputs are from original firmware detecting the EC25. I did enable GPIO pins 11, 14. Still, the device is not detected/power on.
cat /sys/kernel/debug/gpio
gpiochip0: GPIOs 0-31, parent: platform/18040000.gpio, 18040000.gpio:
gpio-0 ( |cf-e5:blue:wlan ) out lo
gpio-2 ( |cf-e5:blue:rssi0 ) out hi
gpio-3 ( |cf-e5:blue:rssi1 ) out hi
gpio-4 ( |cf-e5:blue:wan ) out hi
gpio-11 ( |sysfs ) out hi
gpio-14 ( |sysfs ) out hi
gpio-15 ( |cf-e5:blue:rssi2 ) out hi
gpio-16 ( |cf-e5:blue:lan ) out hi
gpio-17 ( |reset ) in hi
Not sure what exactly mean enable here, but try to manually trigger gpio14 state.
i take it out from the box, and i have installed 19.07.2, and from dmesg i see:
37.886402] usb 1-1: new high-speed USB device number 2 using ehci-platform
[ 38.112510] qmi_wwan 1-1:1.4: cdc-wdm0: USB WDM device
[ 38.147881] qmi_wwan 1-1:1.4 wwan0: register 'qmi_wwan' at usb-1b000000.usb-1, WWAN/QMI device, xxxxxxxxx
i have nothink installed for the lte modem, i don't need it now.
@anon4457646 May, I know what command you have used to upgrade. I will retry and share the dmesg. I flashed few times from GUI. Let me try CLI this time. As, the EC25 detected on your device hoping I will also use 19.07.2
are you on stok firmware or openwrt?
from web interface in any case.
if you want try from command
- put openwrt-19.07.2-ath79-generic-comfast_cf-e5-squashfs-sysupgrade.bin
in tmp directory
2 ssh to the router
3 cd /tmp
4 sysupgrade -n openwrt-19.07.2-ath79-generic-comfast_cf-e5-squashfs-sysupgrade.bin
please in any case don't keep setting
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@anon4457646 I did as per the above command. I couldn't reach 192.168.1.1. Keeping existing setting let me in via 192.168.10.1. I am using POE mode connected my cable in WAN Interface.
don't keep setting, now hold the reset button until it reboot
try again 192.168.1.1
if that not work, please try to change the ethernet cable input, from one port to another
also make sure the problem is not you browser
Able to ping, as I moved POE to LAN interface of CF-E5. Flashing with sysupgrade -n detects the Quectel EC25. For CF-E5, it is recommended to upgrade to OpenWrt via CLI.
the solution is to hold the reset button after flash operwrt, and change the poe input.
via command line or luci make no difference, but you shoud not keep setting.
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