Hey, On Fri, Dec 4, 2020 at 11:47 PM Enrico Mioso <mrkiko...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hello!! > I wanted to disable the radio interface on a device reported as: > Bus 002 Device 003: ID 413c:81b6 Dell Computer Corp. DW5811e Snapdragon™ X7 > LTE > I would have liked something equivalent to > AT+CFUN=0 > > but no serial port. > > So I used something like > mbimcli -d /dev/cdc-wdm0 --set-radio-state=off > and now > mbimcli -d /dev/cdc-wdm0 --query-radio-state > says: > [/dev/cdc-wdm0] Radio state retrieved: > Hardware radio state: 'on' > Software radio state: 'off' > > Was I able to do what I wanted?
Yes you did :) > What is software vs hardware radio? > I guess hw radio refers to locks e.g.: rfkill or something. > Software radio means - radio turned off on software request. > Yes, hardware is a "hardware lock"; e.g. the W_DISABLE pin. Software is a software lock to control the radio power state. If the hardware lock is set to disable radio, the software lock is useless. > Am I wrong? No, you're right, you did what you wanted :) -- Aleksander https://aleksander.es _______________________________________________ ModemManager-devel mailing list ModemManager-devel@lists.freedesktop.org https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/modemmanager-devel
