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1. minute (mntmn@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 11-Nov-2023 04:27:41 JST minute

   i validated the quectel EM06 modem (in my case -E version for europe) in MNT Pocket Reform, also for voice calls. i don't have the extra SAI audio lines wired up yet in our imx8mplus mezzanine card, but i can call the Pocket Reform on my phone and play DTMF tones and the modem recognizes those. i can also call my phone via ATD commands etc. (all of this i only tested manually with AT commands, it's still like in 1997)

   • minute (mntmn@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 11-Nov-2023 04:47:14 JST minute

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     • Jason Schwarz

     @jason EM06-A is the one that is/was cross-sold on the Pocket Reform campaign page.

   • Jason Schwarz (jason@mastodon.lothlorien.net)'s status on Saturday, 11-Nov-2023 04:47:15 JST Jason Schwarz

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     @mntmn Do you know which model would be the recommended -A variant?

   • minute (mntmn@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 11-Nov-2023 04:50:46 JST minute

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     • lina
     • as400 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 🐧

     @as400 @lina correct. you don't need to load any firmware yourself though as it is already contained in the modem. the interface to the host CPU is via USB (network and UARTs)

   • as400 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 🐧 (as400@mas.to)'s status on Saturday, 11-Nov-2023 04:50:47 JST as400 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 🐧

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     • lina

     @lina
     @mntmn

     There are no modems on this planet that don't require proprietary firmware.

     No, the one in pinephones is also not fully open. Even if they say so only the userspace part has been replaced. But it still has internal, linux based closed firmware which is responsible for cellular communications.

   • lina (lina@uwu.social)'s status on Saturday, 11-Nov-2023 04:50:48 JST lina

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     @mntmn Sooo cool!
     Also does EM06 require blobs to run?

   • minute (mntmn@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 11-Nov-2023 04:53:45 JST minute

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     • Jason Schwarz

     @jason we don't sell it. but you can still find it at the bottom of https://www.crowdsupply.com/mnt/pocket-reform ("4G LTE Cellular M.2 Module")

   • Jason Schwarz (jason@mastodon.lothlorien.net)'s status on Saturday, 11-Nov-2023 04:53:46 JST Jason Schwarz

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     @mntmn Interesting, I ordered on the first day of the campaign...so I must have missed that option. Can I still order that through you?

   • Jason Schwarz (jason@mastodon.lothlorien.net)'s status on Saturday, 11-Nov-2023 05:06:48 JST Jason Schwarz

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     @mntmn I see it down there now. I assume the 5G antenna on that page is matched for that module as well?

   • minute (mntmn@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 11-Nov-2023 05:06:48 JST minute

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     • Jason Schwarz

     @jason there are many antenna options, i recommend to stay tuned for further posts by me on this

   • minute (mntmn@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 11-Nov-2023 05:15:27 JST minute

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     • Jason Schwarz

     @jason i did a longer time ago and it worked, but requires another antenna.

   • Jason Schwarz (jason@mastodon.lothlorien.net)'s status on Saturday, 11-Nov-2023 05:15:28 JST Jason Schwarz

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     @mntmn Also curious, did you test a version with the GPS option? I assume it would just populate as another serial port.

   • minute (mntmn@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 12-Nov-2023 01:18:40 JST minute

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     • Free Soft&Hardware Enthusiast

     @goatwildernesscollective sorry, it would be interesting but i don't have enough time at the moment

   • Free Soft&Hardware Enthusiast (goatwildernesscollective@social.librem.one)'s status on Sunday, 12-Nov-2023 01:18:41 JST Free Soft&Hardware Enthusiast

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     @mntmn https://forums.puri.sm/t/update-mar-25th-testing-quectel-em12-g-wwan-4g-modem-on-librem-5/19683 if i send you a EM12-G would you like to give that one a try as well? I was never able to get it to work myself but maybe things have changed on the driver or kernel support side.