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ELS61 Manual network selection - very very slow | Telit Cinterion IoT Developer Community

August 30, 2018 - 4:58pm, 2750 views

Hello

I've got a algorithm for my platform which scans the available bands and picks out a network based on it's signal strength. I have a roaming SIM that will use all major UK networks.

When my platform has made its choice it tells the modem to camp on the selected network (AT+COPS=4,2,"23420"), but the modem takes a very long time to respond with CME ERROR 3. (operation not allowed). I've tried other networks and get the same response, sometimes CME ERROR 256, too.

Repeat attempts also fail - as seen in the log.

I've attached a log of the modem start up sequence. The log shows that it takes over 7 minutes for the modem to respond successfully, and on the logged occasion it has selected a different network (which is acceptable, since the command allows it).

My question is, why is the AT+COPS=4...... command not available? And why for such a long period of time?

Is there something I can do to improve the performance?

ATI returns:

Cinterion
ELS61-E
REVISION 01.000
OK

[Thu Aug 30 15:26:37.313 2018] ^SYSLOADING [Thu Aug 30 15:26:39.621 2018] ^SYSSTART [Thu Aug 30 15:26:39.841 2018] AT^SPOW=2,5000,3 [Thu Aug 30 15:26:40.289 2018] OK [Thu Aug 30 15:26:41.639 2018] ATE0 [Thu Aug 30 15:26:41.674 2018] OK [Thu Aug 30 15:27:02.464 2018] +PBREADY [Thu Aug 30 15:27:02.650 2018] AT+CGMM [Thu Aug 30 15:27:02.672 2018] ELS61-E [Thu Aug 30 15:27:02.672 2018] OK [Thu Aug 30 15:27:03.111 2018] AT+CCID? [Thu Aug 30 15:27:03.149 2018] +CCID: 8944501410147193243 [Thu Aug 30 15:27:03.149 2018] OK [Thu Aug 30 15:27:03.589 2018] AT+GSN [Thu Aug 30 15:27:03.611 2018] 353251080864723 [Thu Aug 30 15:27:03.627 2018] OK [Thu Aug 30 15:27:04.050 2018] AT^SPOW=2,5000,3 [Thu Aug 30 15:27:04.088 2018] OK [Thu Aug 30 15:27:05.435 2018] AT^SCFG="Radio/Band/2G","0x14" [Thu Aug 30 15:27:07.845 2018] ^SCFG: "Radio/Band/2G","0x00000014" [Thu Aug 30 15:27:07.861 2018] OK [Thu Aug 30 15:27:08.284 2018] AT^SCFG="Radio/Band/4G","0x8080085" [Thu Aug 30 15:27:08.338 2018] ^SCFG: "Radio/Band/4G","0x08080085" [Thu Aug 30 15:27:08.338 2018] OK [Thu Aug 30 15:27:08.762 2018] AT+COPS=2 [Thu Aug 30 15:27:09.914 2018] OK [Thu Aug 30 15:27:10.242 2018] AT^SGCONF=0,0,8,8,1 [Thu Aug 30 15:27:10.281 2018] OK [Thu Aug 30 15:27:10.608 2018] AT^SXRAT=3 [Thu Aug 30 15:27:10.663 2018] OK [Thu Aug 30 15:27:10.990 2018] AT^SCFG="Radio/Band/4G","0x4" [Thu Aug 30 15:27:11.028 2018] ^SCFG: "Radio/Band/4G","0x00000004" [Thu Aug 30 15:27:11.044 2018] OK [Thu Aug 30 15:27:11.468 2018] AT+COPS=2 [Thu Aug 30 15:27:11.506 2018] OK [Thu Aug 30 15:27:11.850 2018] AT^SNMON="INS",2 [Thu Aug 30 15:27:11.873 2018] ^SNMON: "INS",0,"0x00000004",0 [Thu Aug 30 15:27:11.873 2018] ^SNMON: "INS",0,"0x00000010",0 [Thu Aug 30 15:27:11.905 2018] ^SNMON: "INS",0,"0x00000001",7 [Thu Aug 30 15:27:16.599 2018] ^SNMON: "INS",0,"0x00000004",7,"06A9C01","2C8A","23430",1667,388,20,20,-111,-13 [Thu Aug 30 15:27:16.632 2018] ^SNMON: "INS",0,"0x00000004",7,"00C1001","0867","23420",1392,43,15,15,-106,-11 [Thu Aug 30 15:27:16.648 2018] ^SNMON: "INS",0,"0x00000004",7,"00C1000","0867","23420",1392,87,15,--,-110,-14 [Thu Aug 30 15:27:16.664 2018] ^SNMON: "INS",0,"0x00000080",7 [Thu Aug 30 15:27:16.679 2018] ^SNMON: "INS",0,"0x00080000",7 [Thu Aug 30 15:27:16.679 2018] ^SNMON: "INS",0,"0x08000000",7 [Thu Aug 30 15:27:16.695 2018] OK [Thu Aug 30 15:27:16.990 2018] AT^SNMON="INS",2 [Thu Aug 30 15:27:17.014 2018] ^SNMON: "INS",0,"0x00000004",0 [Thu Aug 30 15:27:17.030 2018] ^SNMON: "INS",0,"0x00000001",7 [Thu Aug 30 15:27:17.030 2018] ^SNMON: "INS",0,"0x00000010",0 [Thu Aug 30 15:27:20.754 2018] ^SNMON: "INS",0,"0x00000004",7,"00C1001","0867","23420",1392,43,15,15,-107,-12 [Thu Aug 30 15:27:20.786 2018] ^SNMON: "INS",0,"0x00000004",7,"06A9C01","2C8A","23430",1667,388,20,20,-113,-13 [Thu Aug 30 15:27:20.802 2018] ^SNMON: "INS",0,"0x00000004",7,"06A9C00","2C8A","23430",1667,387,20,--,-114,-15 [Thu Aug 30 15:27:20.818 2018] ^SNMON: "INS",0,"0x00000080",7 [Thu Aug 30 15:27:20.834 2018] ^SNMON: "INS",0,"0x00080000",7 [Thu Aug 30 15:27:20.834 2018] ^SNMON: "INS",0,"0x08000000",7 [Thu Aug 30 15:27:20.850 2018] OK [Thu Aug 30 15:27:21.145 2018] AT+COPS=? [Thu Aug 30 15:27:23.016 2018] +COPS: (1,"3 UK","3 UK","23420",7),(3,"","","23432",7),(1,"EE","EE","23430",7) [Thu Aug 30 15:27:23.047 2018] OK [Thu Aug 30 15:27:23.453 2018] AT^SXRAT=5,3 [Thu Aug 30 15:27:23.493 2018] OK [Thu Aug 30 15:27:23.835 2018] AT^SCFG="Radio/Band/4G","0x8080085" [Thu Aug 30 15:27:23.875 2018] ^SCFG: "Radio/Band/4G","0x08080085" [Thu Aug 30 15:27:23.891 2018] OK [Thu Aug 30 15:27:24.313 2018] AT^SCFG="Radio/Band/2G","0x14" [Thu Aug 30 15:27:24.369 2018] ^SCFG: "Radio/Band/2G","0x00000014" [Thu Aug 30 15:27:24.385 2018] OK [Thu Aug 30 15:27:24.806 2018] AT+COPS=4,2,"23420" [Thu Aug 30 15:28:35.414 2018] +CME ERROR: 3 [Thu Aug 30 15:28:44.741 2018] AT+COPS=4,2,"23420" [Thu Aug 30 15:29:56.727 2018] +CME ERROR: 3 [Thu Aug 30 15:30:02.750 2018] AT+COPS=4,2,"23420" [Thu Aug 30 15:31:35.789 2018] +CME ERROR: 3 [Thu Aug 30 15:31:44.746 2018] AT+COPS=4,2,"23420" [Thu Aug 30 15:32:52.786 2018] +CME ERROR: 3 [Thu Aug 30 15:33:02.739 2018] AT+COPS=4,2,"23420" [Thu Aug 30 15:34:17.140 2018] +CME ERROR: 3 [Thu Aug 30 15:34:26.732 2018] AT+COPS=4,2,"23420" [Thu Aug 30 15:35:39.901 2018] OK [Thu Aug 30 15:35:40.222 2018] AT+CREG? [Thu Aug 30 15:35:40.236 2018] +CREG: 0,5 [Thu Aug 30 15:35:40.236 2018] OK [Thu Aug 30 15:35:40.684 2018] AT+COPS? [Thu Aug 30 15:35:40.698 2018] +COPS: 0,2,"23410",0 [Thu Aug 30 15:35:40.714 2018] OK [Thu Aug 30 15:35:41.161 2018] AT+CREG? [Thu Aug 30 15:35:41.175 2018] +CREG: 0,5 [Thu Aug 30 15:35:41.175 2018] OK