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Vodafone MachineLink 3G
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The following table lists valid variables where “x” is a profile number (1-6). If no profile is specified, variables are read from or written
to for the current active profile. If a profile is specified, variables are read from or written to for the specified profile number (‘x’).
# RDB VARIABLE NAME
SMS VARIABLE
NAME
READ/
WRITE
DESCRIPTION EXAMPLE VALUE
0
link.profile.x.enable
link.profile.x.apn
link.profile.x.user
link.profile.x.pass
link.profile.x.auth_type
link.profile.x.iplocal
link.profile.x.status
profile
or
profilex
RW Profile
Read:
(profile no,apn,user,pass,auth,iplocal,status)
1,internet,username,password,
chap,202.44.185.111,up
Write:
(apn, user, pass,auth)
internet,username,password
1 link.profile.x.apn apn or apnx RW APN internet
2
link.profile.x.user
username or usernamex RW 3G username Guest, could also return “null”
3
link.profile.x.pass
password or passwordx RW 3G password Guest, could also return “null”
4 link.profile.x.auth_type authtype or authtypex RW
3G Authentication
type
”pap” or”chap”
5
link.profile.x.iplocal
wanip or wanipx R WAN IP address 202.44.185.111
6 wwan.0.radio.information.signal_strength rssi R 3G signal strength 65 dBm
7
wwan.0.imei
imei R IMEI number 359102128941027512
8
statistics.usage_current
usage R
3G data usage of
current session
“Rx 500 bytes, Tx 1024 bytes, Total 1524
bytes” or “Rx 0 byte, Tx 0 byte, Total 0 byte”
when wwan down
9
statistics.usage_current
wanuptime R
Up time of current 3G
session
1 days 02:30:12 or 0 days 00:00:00 when
wwan down
10 /proc/uptime deviceuptime R Device up time 1 days 02:30:12
11
wwan.0.system_network_status.current_ba
nd
band R Current 3G frequency WCDMA 850
Table 19 - List of SMS diagnostics variables
Network scan and manual network selection by SMS
Performing a network scan
The
get plmnscan SMS command enables you to perform a scan of the cellular networks available at the time of the scan.
It returns the following semi-colon separated information for each network in range:

MCC

MNC

Network Type (3G, 2G)

Provider's Name

Operator Status (available, forbidden, current)
The following is an example of a response from the
get plmnscan SMS command:
plmnscan:505,3,7,vodafone AU,4;505,3,1,vodafone AU,1;505,2,7,YES OPTUS,1;505,2,1,YES OPTUS,1;505,1,1,Telstra
Mobile,1;505,1,7,Telstra Mobile,1