2012/9/18 Marius Kotsbak <marius.kots...@gmail.com>

> 2012/9/18 Aleksander Morgado <aleksan...@lanedo.com>
>
>> Hey Dan and Marius,
>>
>> >
>> >> Power Up = enabled
>> >> Power Down = disabled
>> >>
>> >> So we already have those states in ModemManager via the Enable() method
>> >> and the modem states.  It's just that not all devices actually
>> implement
>> >> the low-power mode when disabling, partially because we're not always
>> >> sure of the side-effects.
>> >>
>> >
>> > The problem here isn't that we don't have a safe power-down command; the
>> > problem is that even if we have it, we don't use it just after plugging
>> > in the modem:
>> >   initialized -> locked -> disabled
>> >
>> > But for that 'disabled' state we didn't run the power-down command even
>> > if we have it, so the radio interface may be powered on there. That's
>> > the thing to fix by running the disabling sequence just after
>> > initialization. If there is no default power down command, then we would
>> > run the disabling sequence but without any power down command, so no big
>> > deal.
>> >
>>
>> The attached patch runs just a new power-down step during the modem
>> initialization, to ensure it starts in low power mode. Adding a new step
>> to run power-down instead of running the whole disabling sequence seemed
>> a better option, as the disabling sequence really assumes we were
>> previously enabled. Note that this patch just re-uses the power-down
>> implementation given in each plugin, which we previously used only
>> during the disabling sequence.
>>
>> Given that it's quite a big change, can you guys try it with some of the
>> modems that we know have given issues before with these things? Thinking
>> on Sierra modems specifically here. I've got a Wavecom modem which also
>> had issues with CFUN (e.g. rebooting on CFUN=1 if it was already in
>> CFUN=1), but won't be able to test it until Friday.
>>
>
> Tested my ZTE MF820D and seems to work nice.
>

But it seems not to work with my Sierra modem in AT mode:

ModemManager[3734]: <debug> [1347998708.810662] [mm-serial-port.c:929]
mm_serial_port_open(): (ttyUSB3) device open count is 4 (open)
ModemManager[3734]: <debug> [1347998708.810953] [mm-at-serial-port.c:392]
debug_log(): (ttyUSB3): --> 'ATE0<CR>'
ModemManager[3734]: <debug> [1347998708.815802] [mm-at-serial-port.c:392]
debug_log(): (ttyUSB3): <-- 'ATE'
ModemManager[3734]: <debug> [1347998708.822968] [mm-at-serial-port.c:392]
debug_log(): (ttyUSB3): <-- '0<CR>'
ModemManager[3734]: <debug> [1347998708.824151] [mm-at-serial-port.c:392]
debug_log(): (ttyUSB3): <-- '<CR><LF>OK<CR><LF>'
ModemManager[3734]: <debug> [1347998708.824446] [mm-serial-port.c:969]
mm_serial_port_close(): (ttyUSB3) device open count is 3 (close)
ModemManager[3734]: <debug> [1347998708.824688] [mm-at-serial-port.c:392]
debug_log(): (ttyUSB3): --> 'AT+CMEE=1<CR>'
ModemManager[3734]: <debug> [1347998708.840464] [mm-at-serial-port.c:392]
debug_log(): (ttyUSB3): <-- '<CR><LF>OK<CR><LF>'
ModemManager[3734]: <debug> [1347998708.840817] [mm-serial-port.c:969]
mm_serial_port_close(): (ttyUSB3) device open count is 2 (close)
ModemManager[3734]: <debug> [1347998708.841066] [mm-at-serial-port.c:392]
debug_log(): (ttyUSB3): --> 'AT!pcstate=0<CR>'
ModemManager[3734]: <debug> [1347998708.865357] [mm-at-serial-port.c:392]
debug_log(): (ttyUSB3): <-- '<CR><LF>ERROR<CR><LF>'
ModemManager[3734]: <debug> [1347998708.865590] [mm-serial-parsers.c:316]
mm_serial_parser_v1_parse(): Got failure code 100: Unknown error
ModemManager[3734]: <debug> [1347998708.865743] [mm-iface-modem.c:3025]
initialization_modem_power_down_ready(): Modem initially powered down...

This might be caused by the check if it is CDMA or GSM modem is run before
it knows the answer (see my patch I send in a moment).

--
Marius
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