Cellular Backhaul Commands (Quectel)

The modem commands described in this document apply to the following Kona gateway models:

Kona Photon Gen 2 (Rev B)

Kona Micro Gen 2

  • To query ICC ID of SIM: AT+QCCID

    • konaLTEmodem.py -c 'AT+QCCID'
  • To query IMEI: AT+CGSN

    • konaLTEmodem.py -c 'AT+CGSN'
  • To read APN's: AT+CGDCONT?

    • konaLTEmodem.py -c 'AT+CGDCONT?'
  • To set APN: AT+CGDCONT=1,"IPV4V6","YOUR_APN_NAME"

    • konaLTEmodem.py -c 'AT+CGDCONT=1,"IPV4V6","YOUR_APN_NAME"'
  • To read the product firmware version: AT+GMR

    • konaLTEmodem.py -c 'AT+GMR'
  • To enable Auto PRI Select: AT+QMBNCFG=”AutoSel”,1 (Detects SIM Card and selects Appropriate Firmware)

    • konaLTEmodem.py -c 'AT+QMBNCFG="AutoSel",1'
  • To disable Auto PRI Select: AT+QMBNCFG=”AutoSel”,0

    • konaLTEmodem.py -c 'AT+QMBNCFG="AutoSel",0'
  • To list the active PRI and check which one is active: at+qmbncfg="list"

    • konaLTEmodem.py -c 'at+qmbncfg="list"'
    • The active PRI is identified by the "1", in the middle of the 3 digits of each PRI listed as seen below: 

  • To select certain PRI: AT+QMBNCFG=”Select”,”ROW_Generic_3GPP”

    • konaLTEmodem.py -c 'AT+QMBNCFG="Select","ROW_Generic_3GPP"'
    • To select other PRI's, simply change the "ROW_Generic_3GPP" to reflect one of the other PRI names shown in the screenshot above. 
    • For use of Verizon SIM's with Kona Micro Gen2 gateways, please see the following guide: https://knowledgehub.tektelic.com/micro2-vzw-quectel
  • To check Signal attachment: AT+QENG="servingcell" 

    • konaLTEmodem.py -c 'AT+QENG="servingcell"'