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GSM

QuecCell

AT Commands Manual

GSM/GPRS Module Series

Rev. GSM_QuecCell_AT_Commands_Manual_V1.1

Date: 2015-04-08

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Page 1: ...GSM QuecCell AT Commands Manual GSM GPRS Module Series Rev GSM_QuecCell_AT_Commands_Manual_V1 1 Date 2015 04 08 www quectel com ...

Page 2: ...E INFORMATION PROVIDED IS BASED UPON CUSTOMERS REQUIREMENTS QUECTEL MAKES EVERY EFFORT TO ENSURE THE QUALITY OF THE INFORMATION IT MAKES AVAILABLE QUECTEL DOES NOT MAKE ANY WARRANTY AS TO THE INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN AND DOES NOT ACCEPT ANY LIABILITY FOR ANY INJURY LOSS OR DAMAGE OF ANY KIND INCURRED BY USE OF OR RELIANCE UPON THE INFORMATION ALL INFORMATION SUPPLIED HEREIN IS SUBJECT TO CHANG...

Page 3: ...T Commands Manual GSM_QuecCell_AT_Commands_Manual Confidential Released 2 27 About the Document History Revision Date Author Description 1 0 2012 09 28 Bob DENG Initial 1 1 2015 04 08 Bob DENG Added applicable modules Quectel Confidential ...

Page 4: ... Station Information 6 2 1 2 AT QENG Switch on or off Engineering Mode 7 2 1 3 AT QLOCKF Lock the Base Station 10 2 1 4 AT QCHINFO Get Channel Information 10 2 1 5 AT QLASTTA Get TA Value 12 2 1 6 AT QFORBIDMNC Forbid Operator 12 2 1 7 AT QSCANF Scan ARFCN Receiving Level 13 3 Example 15 3 1 AT QOPS 15 3 2 AT QENG 16 3 3 AT QLOCKF 17 3 4 AT QCHINFO 18 3 5 AT QLASTTA 19 3 6 AT QFORBIDMNC 20 3 7 AT ...

Page 5: ...SM_QuecCell_AT_Commands_Manual Confidential Released 4 27 Table Index TABLE 1 OVERVIEW OF AT COMMANDS FOR GSM QUECCELL 6 TABLE 2 RELATED DOCUMENTS 26 TABLE 3 TERMS AND ABBREVIATIONS 26 TABLE 4 DIFFERENT CODING SCHEMES OF CME ERROR ERR 27 Quectel Confidential ...

Page 6: ...unction is a feature embedded in Quectel modules that can scan the detailed information about the base station lock the specified GSM frequency and forbid the specified operator With this feature the customer can choose the network they expect in the certain place This document is applicable to all Quectel GSM modules Quectel Confidential ...

Page 7: ...mand Description AT QOPS Scan Basic Station Information AT QENG Switch on or off engineering mode AT QLOCKF Lock the Base Station AT QSCANF Scan ARFCN receiving Level AT QCHINFO Get channel information AT QLASTTA Get last valid TA value AT QFORBIDMNC Forbid operator AT QOPS Scan Basic Station Information Read Command AT QOPS Response QOPS stat Oper in string Oper in short string Oper in number CR ...

Page 8: ...r stat 0 Unknown 1 Operator available 2 Current Operator 3 Forbidden Operator Oper in string Operator in long format alphanumeric Oper in short string Operator in short format alphanumeric Oper in number Operator in numeric format indexN Radio frequency channel number in decimal display Renumber again under different operator lac Location Area Code in hex format 4 byte in fixed width ci Cell ID in...

Page 9: ...or off engineering mode It will report QENG network information automatically if mode 2 OK ERROR CME ERROR err mode 0 Switch off engineering mode 1 Switch on engineering mode 2 Switch on engineering mode and activate the URC report of network information dump 0 Only display the information of serving cell 1 Display the information of serving cell and 1 6 neighboring cells 3 Display the information...

Page 10: ...parameter When the connecting is over mobile device goes back idle mode and gives out the correct value 7 If TA can report the information of the neighboring cell the URCs of six neighboring cell should be reported If some cells cannot be measured the x char will be filled in the parameter of these cells 8 Under the special mode the c1 and c2 parameters of the neighboring cell may be measured then...

Page 11: ...etwork information of the serving channel It can be set as report or query mode AT QLOCKF Lock the Base Station Test Command AT QLOCKF Response QLOCKF list of supported mode s list of supported band1900 s list of supported freq s OK Read Command AT QLOCKF Response QLOCKF status OK Write Command AT QLOCKF mode band1900 arfcn1 arfcn2 arfcn3 Response OK ERROR CME ERROR err mode 0 Disable lock frequen...

Page 12: ...rfcn dbm ch_type ta rxq_sub rx q_full OK Write Command AT QCHINFO 0 1 Response Set the module whether automatic report QCHINFO OK rr_state 0 Null state 1 Inactive state 2 Cell select state 3 Idle state 4 Access state 5 Packet transfer state 6 Dedicated state 7 Cell reselect state arfcn Frequency dbm Receiving level in dBm ch_type Channel type ta Timing Advance the value 255 is unavailable rxq_sub ...

Page 13: ...r and radio bands Even if the SIM card is not inserted this function can also be enabled Parameter AT QLASTTA Get TA Value Test Command AT QLASTTA Response OK Execution Command AT QLASTTA Response QLASTTA value OK value Last valid TA value AT QFORBIDMNC Forbid Operator Test Command AT QFORBIDMNC Response QFORBIDMNC list of supported mode s list of supported line list of supported forbidder s OK Ex...

Page 14: ...idden data 0 5 Write the forbidden data 0 line The parameter is line number of a forbidden data when mode is 0 1 or 2 The parameter is value of data 0 when mode is 4 or 5 forbidden data String type in hex format The detail is MCC MNC Band 0xff 0xff 0xff 0xff 0x00 MCC MNC Band force to zero 0x00 GSM 850 0x01 GSM 900 0x02 GSM 1800 0x03 GSM 1900 0x00 0x0f 0xff all country 0x73 0x2f 0xff all networks ...

Page 15: ...ist the receiving level of 20 CHs according to descending in dBm when ARFCN is 9999 3 AT Command is invalid when AT CFUN 1 OK Write Command AT QSCANF band arfcn Response OK ERROR CME ERROR err band 0 GSM900 band 1 DCS1800 band 2 PCS1900 band 3 GSM850 band arfcn 0 1023 ARFCN or 9999 status 0 ME have not locked a certain ARFCN 1 ME have locked a certain ARFCN NOTES Quectel Confidential ...

Page 16: ...ion QOPS 2 CHINA MOBILE CMCC 46000 Current Operator CMCC 1 1877 0872 34 60 9 Discovery of nine CMCC base stations in the vicinity as below 2 1877 01C2 18 39 581 3 1877 0013 31 43 22 4 1877 0012 29 33 2 5 1877 0152 0F 32 24 6 1877 01C3 0B 33 576 7 1877 03A3 32 30 583 8 1806 2031 1C 29 26 9 1877 0023 2E 30 16 QOPS 3 CHINA UNICOM GSM CU GSM 46001 Forbidden Operator CU GSM 1 144B 1ACD 18 40 118 Discov...

Page 17: ...gineering Mode is designed to allow a field engineer to view and test the network information received by a module when the module is either in idle mode or dedicated mode that is with a call active In each mode the engineer is able to view network interaction for the serving cell the cell the module is currently registered with or for the neighboring cells Example is as the following AT QENG 1 3 ...

Page 18: ...se Station information via AT QENG RDY CFUN 1 CPIN NOT INSERTED Without SIM card inserted AT QENG 1 1 OK AT QENG QENG 1 1 QENG 0 460 00 1877 872 9 52 62 159 159 5 8 x x x x x x x QENG 1 1 22 73 49 115 115 460 0 1877 13 2 24 77 15 98 98 460 0 1877 152 3 26 83 28 57 57 460 0 1806 2 031 4 49 84 55 71 71 460 0 1877 871 5 583 86 50 63 63 460 0 1877 3a3 6 15 88 54 53 53 460 0 1877 11 OK AT QLOCKF 1 0 22...

Page 19: ...ENG 1 1 QENG 0 460 00 1877 871 49 55 86 64 64 5 8 x x x x x x x QENG 1 1 26 86 28 47 47 460 0 1806 2031 2 15 91 54 43 43 460 0 1877 11 3 x x x x x x x x x 4 x x x x x x x x x 5 x x x x x x x x x 6 x x x x x x x x x OK AT QLOCKF 0 Unlock all OK 3 4 AT QCHINFO This command can report the detailed network information of the serving channel It can be set as report or query mode The example is as below...

Page 20: ...1 Enable engineering mode OK AT QENG Query engineering mode information QENG 1 1 QENG 0 460 00 1877 872 9 52 56 182 182 5 8 x x x x x x x Display the serving cell information QENG 1 1 22 68 49 135 119 460 0 1877 13 2 24 69 38 132 116 460 0 1806 20a2 3 583 76 50 104 88 460 0 1 877 3a3 4 26 77 28 82 66 460 0 1806 2031 5 49 79 31 89 73 460 0 1877 511 6 584 86 33 46 62 460 0 1806 2081 The neighboring ...

Page 21: ...6001 in the GSM 900 band OK AT QFORBIDMNC 1 2 46001F0200 Forbid 46001 in the PCS 1800 band OK AT QFORBIDMNC 0 1 Read the first forbidden data QFORBIDMNC 46001F0100 Forbid 46001 in the GSM 900 band OK AT QFORBIDMNC 0 2 Read the second forbidden data QFORBIDMNC 46001F0200 Forbid 46001 in the PCS 1800 band OK The above settings will take effect after reboot Restart the module No matter SIM card is in...

Page 22: ...The CUFN value is 4 OK AT QSCANF Test mode of QSCANF QSCANF 0 3 0 1023 9999 OK AT QSCANF 0 9999 List the receiving level of 20 CHs in GSM 900 band according to descending in dBm QSCANF 1 CH9 57 2 The receiving level of channel 9 is 57 2 dBm 2 CH22 66 2 3 CH24 68 8 4 CH28 70 0 5 CH66 72 0 6 CH123 72 0 7 CH69 74 5 8 CH8 74 5 9 CH10 74 5 10 CH47 75 0 11 CH3 76 0 12 CH86 76 5 13 CH55 77 2 14 CH119 77 ...

Page 23: ...H59 78 5 20 CH7 78 5 OK AT QSCANF 1 9999 List the receiving level of 20 CHs in DCS 1800 band according to descending in dBm QSCANF 1 CH576 74 0 The receiving level of channel 576 is 74 0 dBm 2 CH581 79 5 3 CH708 80 2 4 CH583 80 2 5 CH580 80 5 6 CH713 81 5 7 CH584 85 2 8 CH724 85 2 9 CH573 85 5 10 CH518 85 8 11 CH548 86 0 12 CH736 86 5 13 CH560 87 0 Quectel Confidential ...

Page 24: ...1 89 2 18 CH612 89 5 19 CH577 89 5 20 CH539 89 8 OK AT QSCANF 2 9999 List the receiving level of 20 CHs in PCS 1900 band according to descending in dBm QSCANF 1 CH662 109 0 2 CH663 109 2 3 CH675 109 5 4 CH666 109 5 5 CH665 109 8 6 CH661 109 8 7 CH667 109 8 8 CH671 109 8 9 CH668 109 8 10 CH664 110 0 11 CH670 110 0 12 CH669 110 2 13 CH679 110 2 Quectel Confidential ...

Page 25: ... 110 5 17 CH677 110 5 18 CH678 110 5 19 CH676 110 5 20 CH680 110 8 OK AT QSCANF 3 9999 List the receiving level of 20 CHs in GSM 850 band according to descending in dBm QSCANF 1 CH175 75 0 2 CH135 75 2 3 CH173 76 0 4 CH172 76 0 5 CH176 76 2 6 CH177 76 8 7 CH174 77 0 8 CH137 77 8 9 CH139 77 8 10 CH144 77 8 11 CH136 78 5 12 CH140 79 0 Quectel Confidential ...

Page 26: ...anual Confidential Released 25 27 13 CH138 79 2 14 CH142 79 2 15 CH165 80 5 16 CH163 80 5 17 CH161 80 5 18 CH162 80 5 19 CH164 80 8 20 CH147 81 5 OK AT QSCANF 0 7 Scan ARFCN 7 receiving level in dBm QSCANF CH7 90 2 The receiving level of channel 7 is 90 2 dBm OK Quectel Confidential ...

Page 27: ...al Confidential Released 26 27 4 Appendix A Reference Table 2 Related Documents Table 3 Terms and Abbreviations SN Document Name Remark 1 Quectel_Mxx_ATC The introduction to AT commands for Mxx Abbreviation Description ARFCN Absolute radio frequency channel number Quectel Confidential ...

Page 28: ...fidential Released 27 27 5 Appendix B Summary of err Code Table 4 Different Coding Schemes of CME ERROR err Code of err Meaning 0 Phone failure 1 No connection to phone 2 Phone adaptor link reserved 3 Operation not allowed 4 Operation not supported 5 PH SIM PIN required Quectel Confidential ...

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