On 04/03/2013 03:43 PM, Dan Williams wrote:
> On Wed, 2013-04-03 at 14:05 -0500, Dan Williams wrote:
>> On Tue, 2013-03-26 at 10:39 -0400, Nate Pleasant wrote:
>>> I know this is not a feature that is currently impelemented into
>>> ModemManager,
>>> but I'm hoping that once we get this solved, we can work on getting it
>>> added into
>>> the project.
>>>
>>> I'm running into an issue when trying to obtain from the Pantech UML290 the
>>> current data usage on the Verizon network.  According to Verizon, you
>>> can dial
>>> a special number "#DATA" and then they will send a SMS message to the
>>> Pantech
>>> UML290 with the current network usage.  See these links for more details:
>>>
>>> http://support.verizonwireless.com/clc/features/calling_features/number_features.html
>>> http://news.verizonwireless.com/news/2011/07/pr2011-07-01d.html
>>>
>>> The issue I have is I cannot dial "#DATA" using standard AT commands.  I can
>>> use the ATD#777 and ATD*99***1# to establish a 3G and 4G network connection,
>>> respectively; so I know that the UML290 responds to my AT commands
>>> correctly.
>>> However, when I try dialing "ATD#DATA", I immediately get an ERROR returned.
>>> I've also tried establishing a network connection using the QMI
>>> interface and
>>> then dialing #DATA, but I get the same error.
>> Same here.  ATD#DATA returns ERROR.
>>
>> I don't think the UML290 supports this feature via the AT port.
>> VZAccess requests data usage via the WMC port using command 0x56, which
>> I haven't gotten around to reverse engineering yet.  In fact, VZAccess
>> doesn't use the UML290's AT port at all, just QMI and WMC.  So you're
>> kinda out of luck here, at least controlling it with the AT port.
> To clarify, it appears that if you send an SMS to the number
> "900080004008" with the content "POUND_DATA", you'll get a reply back
> with your data usage.  This is what VZAccess does using the WMC port and
> proprietary WMC commands.  It works for SMS too though on /dev/ttyACM0.
> Where the following says <ctl+z>, you do really want to hold down the
> Ctrl key and hit the Z key; that's how AT+CMGS works in text mode.
>
> AT+CMGF=1
> OK
> AT+CMGS="900080004008"
>> POUND_DATA<ctl+z>
> +CMGS: 19809
>
> OK
>
> <wait 5 seconds>
>
> AT+CMGL="ALL"
> +CMGL: 4,"REC UNREAD","xxxxxxxxxx","13/04/03,14:37:15+00"
> Est as of 04/03 2:49PM: Data Usage: 0.001GB.
> +CMGL: 2,"STO SENT","900080004008","13/04/03,19:37:13+00"
> POUND_DATA
>
> OK
>
> Dan
>
Dan,

Great find!  I'll do a USB sniff on my UML290 to see if the VZAccess
Manager sends the SMS to the same phone number.

Nate
Nathaniel J. Pleasant | Accelerated Concepts | Developer | 1-813-279-2557
www.acceleratedconcepts.com
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