MDMA 1.0.0.31 Beta Testing

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ginggs said:
Good to know, thanks.

Yup. :) I have tried to make MDMA as generic, and with as few exceptions for specific devices, as possible, so maybe it is by design then.

Does your E367 have an antenna connection, and if so, does it report the signal strength correctly?
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Got one of these as well. The antenna connection is on the side. Connecting it with a pigtail reports >=51dBm :)
 
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Hello Ginggs,

I have read all of the threads on this forum where you have posted and have found this all very facinating.
I am from Australia and I was wondering if the MDMA software will work in my country.

My current setup is a self built YAGI on 850mhz frequency, it is connected to "TELSTRA (our main phone company)" and I am connected to HSPA+ so a pretty decent signal.
For modems i use the TELSTRA ELITE (which you may know as the Sierra Wireless 312u) and the Telstra ELITE (which you may know as MF668). Both are pretty decent modems in medium to high signal areas.

I run a PC computer with windows 7 Ultimate and its a gaming rig... need IU say more.
I have mounted my YAGI in a tree and have run a program called "SPLAT" which shows me the estimated broadcast over the land (using a KML file in google earth as an overlay). This is how i managed to work out where my best signal was coming from.

I used a T100 (Telstra phone) and a Samsung A411 (Telstra also) in engineer mode/test mode to give me all of the cell id details and "E" (quality) of singal and RSCP (power of signal) and RSSI (quantity of singal) to work out also my best spot for the yagi. I worked on Quality rather than quantity because I am in a pretty remote area and also recieve reflected signals.

The T100 phone is a recent addition and shows: Country code, Area Code and Cell ID. Its all great for the phone but i wanted something that logs this data when i am connected to the interent and something i can view on my PC and thus is why i am here after much searching.

My YAGI antenna is connected to 15m of LMR400 (very very low loss cable) and connects to a patch cable which goes into the external antenna port on the MF668 modem.
The MF668 modem then goes into the back of the USB port on the TP-LINK (TL-MR3420) which i saw was also mentioned in some of your threads :)

Now the big burning question I have is can i get the Cell id and other signal information using MDMA with the TL-MR3420 in the way of the MF668?
I have been searching for ages for a way to get through the router and then access the information on the modem.

Or do i have to ditch the router and plug the MF668 directly into the computer for it to work?

There are quite a few of us here in Australia on the "whirpool forums" working on this stuff and much more. Basically helping each other and doing lots of research and just giving it to the people. Some feedback would be much appreciated.
 
G'day mate, welcome to MyBroadband! :D
YAGI said:
Now the big burning question I have is can i get the Cell id and other signal information using MDMA with the TL-MR3420 in the way of the MF668?
I have been searching for ages for a way to get through the router and then access the information on the modem.

Or do i have to ditch the router and plug the MF668 directly into the computer for it to work?
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MDMA will only work with the modem directly attached to the computer.

I know of people flashing their TP-Link routers with DD-WRT or OpenWrt. Using one of these firmwares may give you better access to the 3G modem throught the router and allow you to retrieve signal strength, cell information and even send USSD commands as well.
 
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Thank you for the reply, i presume that means it will work in Australia.
I will have a look into DD-WRT and OpenWrt :)

Here in Australia using the T100, i get a CELL ID which looks like this:

306+661 or 306+664, we are presuming the 306 is the area because i can drive to different towers and I still get the same 306 code. However next time I am away from my town I will see if this changes. I presume the 664 is the cell id but i have no way of knowing which tower this comes from except to drive directly up to the tower. This will be a long process as we have many potential towers and many i cant get close to the base of.

I was wondering if maybe the 66 could stand for a particular tower and the 1 & 4 for particular antennas facing a particular direction. We have found that the numbers seem to correlate with compass azimuth or N,E,S,W directions. For example 1=N, 4=E. Have you found any such correlations in your work?

I know your system could potentially be totally different but I was just interested to know.
 
YAGI said:
Thank you for the reply, i presume that means it will work in Australia.
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Yup, it should work on all GSM and UMTS networks.
YAGI said:
306+661 or 306+664, we are presuming the 306 is the area because i can drive to different towers and I still get the same 306 code.
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I'd say that 306 is the Location Area Code (LAC) and 664 is the Cell ID.
YAGI said:
I was wondering if maybe the 66 could stand for a particular tower and the 1 & 4 for particular antennas facing a particular direction. We have found that the numbers seem to correlate with compass azimuth or N,E,S,W directions. For example 1=N, 4=E. Have you found any such correlations in your work?
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Three of the network operators (Cell-C, Vodacom and MTN) in South Africa use the last digit of the Cell ID to indicate the direction, I'm not sure about the fourth (8ta) though. Our operators mainly seem to use 120 degree sectors, so for example 1 could be North, 2 could be South-East and 3 could be South-West. Often they have a second (4, 5, 6) and third (7, 8, 9) set of sectors as well, these will face the same direction as the 1, 2 and 3 sectors but could be operating in a different band, or a different channel in the same band.

I understand that not all operators around the world use this convention though, from the CellTrack website:
Direction means: get the direction from the cell id. There a three systems reported to me:

the Direction is build from 123 and 789 carries the information
the first digit has the direction information with 01, 23 or 45 as the same view
the Direction is build from the last digit but 123 and 567 carries the same information
the Direction is build from the last digit but 123 and 456 carries the same information
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A friend of mine is testing the Huawei E367 with a pigtail and LPDA which is on his roof. When a UMTS2100 tower is being used, the signal strength displayed in MDMA is erratic varying by about 20 dB. Once connected to the internet it stops varying and shows a stable signal.
 
Schola said:
Is there a way i can disable the cd rom thing on my ZTE MF 668?
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From what I understand, it is a two step process:
Code: 
mdma.exe /zstorage:8
mdma.exe /zstorage:E
The first sends the command AT+ZCDRUN=8 which causes the modem and serial devices to appear at the same time as the CD-ROM device when the modem is inserted.
The second sends the command AT+ZCDRUN=E which causes the CD-ROM device not to appear at all.

To put the modem back into its default state:
Code: 
mdma.exe /zstorage:9
mdma.exe /zstorage:F


Schola said:
Love the MDMA app. works wonders for my modem. :)
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:cool: Thanks!
 
1.0.0.31 Beta 10 released. Details in first post.

Sierra Wireless modems may only show a limited choice for band selection, this happens if the modem is set to a region (Europe, North America, etc.). Try the /SWREGION:0 command line option to switch the modem to 'All Regions', see 'MDMA /?' for more information.

Older Huawei modems will return an error if you attempt to enable a frequency band not supported by the modem.

Newer Huawei modems will not return an error but will just disable the frequency bands they do not support. To quickly check which bands are supported by your modem, click 'Check All' then 'Apply'.
 
Excellent, thanks!

If prefer to keep the action button "Connect" in the same place. Yip, it is indeed, but in my memory it is the last button! :)
 
Previously, i use modem huawei vodafone K3565 - Rev 2 and MDMA 1.0.0.30c...
and i can change network from EDGE Only to 3G Only while connection is active...
Now, i use ZTE vodafone K3805-z with MDMA 1.0.0.31 beta 10...
can i change network from 3G Only to EDGE Only or EDGE Only to 3G Only while connection is active...???
while i tried... appear "unable to set connection type"...
thank you... sorry, my english is bad...
 
civdp said:
Now, i use ZTE vodafone K3805-z with MDMA 1.0.0.31 beta 10...
can i change network from 3G Only to EDGE Only or EDGE Only to 3G Only while connection is active...???
while i tried... appear "unable to set connection type"...
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MDMA doesn't prevent you from doing this.
It could be that the K3805-Z doesn't allow changing the connection type while the connection is active.
 
Newer Huawei modems no longer support the ^U2DIAG command (/hwstorage:<x> in MDMA). Similar functionality can be achieved by using the ^SETPORT command. E.g. AT^SETPORT="A1;1,2,3" disables CD, SD and NDIS, similar to what AT^U2DIAG=0 achieves. Are there any plans to include ^SETPORT commandline functionality to MDMA?
 
1geoff99 said:
Newer Huawei modems no longer support the ^U2DIAG command (/hwstorage:<x> in MDMA). Similar functionality can be achieved by using the ^SETPORT command. E.g. AT^SETPORT="A1;1,2,3" disables CD, SD and NDIS, similar to what AT^U2DIAG=0 achieves. Are there any plans to include ^SETPORT commandline functionality to MDMA?
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It's now on the to-do list. :)
 
I noticed that Vodafone K3565 shows SNR in beta 10, it seems it didn't show in beta 8.
 
sajunky said:
I noticed that Vodafone K3565 shows SNR in beta 10, it seems it didn't show in beta 8.
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Beta 10 polls the SNR values once at startup. Previous versions only displayed the SNR values when the modem sent an unsolicited notification.

With the K3565 does the value ever update?
 
ginggs said:
With the K3565 does the value ever update?
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It was not always updating (maybe never), something was wrong for sure. I will look at it next time. Now testing E367 and SNR is always realistic here.
 
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