Cellular example code for Seeed Wio 3G and Wio LTE-M1/NB1(BG96)

Example cellular application for Mbed OS

This is an example based on `mbed-os` cellular APIs that demonstrates a TCP or UDP echo transaction with a public echo server.

(Note: To see this example in a rendered form you can import into the Arm Mbed Online Compiler, please see the documentation.)

Getting started

This particular cellular application uses a cellular network and network-socket APIs that are part of `mbed-os`.

The program uses a cellular modem driver using an external IP stack (LWIP) standard 3GPP AT 27.007 AT commands to setup the cellular modem and registers to the network.

After registration, the driver opens a point-to-point protocol (PPP) pipe using LWIP with the cellular modem and connects to internet. This driver currently supports UART data connection type only between your cellular modem and MCU.

For more information on Arm Mbed OS cellular APIs and porting guide, please visit the Mbed OS cellular API and contributing documentation.

Download the application

$ mbed import mbed-os-example-cellular
$ cd mbed-os-example-cellular
 
#OR
 
$ git clone git@github.com:ARMmbed/mbed-os-example-cellular.git
$ cd mbed-os-example-cellular

Change the network and SIM credentials

See the file `mbed_app.json` in the root directory of your application. This file contains all the user specific configurations your application needs. Provide the pin code for your SIM card, as well as any APN settings if needed. For example:

        "nsapi.default-cellular-plmn": 0,
        "nsapi.default-cellular-sim-pin": "\"1234\"",
        "nsapi.default-cellular-apn": 0,
        "nsapi.default-cellular-username": 0,
        "nsapi.default-cellular-password": 0

Selecting socket type (TCP, UDP or NONIP)

You can choose which socket type the application should use; however, please note that TCP is a more reliable transmission protocol. For example:

 
     "sock-type": "TCP",
 

Turning modem AT echo trace on

If you like details and wish to know about all the AT interactions between the modem and your driver, turn on the modem AT echo trace.

        "cellular.debug-at": true

Turning on the tracing and trace level

If you like to add more traces or follow the current ones you can turn traces on by changing `mbed-trace.enable` in mbed_app.json

"target_overrides": {
        "*": {
            "mbed-trace.enable": true,

After you have defined `mbed-trace.enable: true`, you can set trace levels by changing value in `trace-level`

"trace-level": {
            "help": "Options are TRACE_LEVEL_ERROR,TRACE_LEVEL_WARN,TRACE_LEVEL_INFO,TRACE_LEVEL_DEBUG",
            "macro_name": "MBED_TRACE_MAX_LEVEL",
            "value": "TRACE_LEVEL_INFO"
        }

Board support

The cellular modem driver in this example uses PPP with an Mbed-supported external IP stack. It supports targets when modem exists on the Mbed Enabled target as opposed to plug-in modules (shields). For more details, please see our Mbed OS cellular documentation.

Compiling the application

The master branch is for daily development and it uses the latest mbed-os/master release.

To use older versions update Mbed OS release tag, for example:

mbed releases
 * mbed-os-5.10.4
   ...
mbed update mbed-os-5.10.4

You may need to use `clean` option to discard your local changes (use with caution).

Use Mbed CLI commands to generate a binary for the application. For example, in the case of GCC, use the following command:

$ mbed compile -m YOUR_TARGET_WITH_MODEM -t GCC_ARM

Running the application

Drag and drop the application binary from `BUILD/YOUR_TARGET_WITH_MODEM/GCC_ARM/mbed-os-example-cellular.bin` to your Mbed Enabled target hardware, which appears as a USB device on your host machine.

Attach a serial console emulator of your choice (for example, PuTTY, Minicom or screen) to your USB device. Set the baudrate to 115200 bit/s, and reset your board by pressing the reset button.

You should see an output similar to this:

mbed-os-example-cellular
Establishing connection ......
 
Connection Established.
TCP: connected with echo.mbedcloudtesting.com server
TCP: Sent 4 Bytes to echo.mbedcloudtesting.com
Received from echo server 4 Bytes
 
 
Success. Exiting

Troubleshooting

  • Make sure the fields `sim-pin-code`, `apn`, `username` and `password` from the `mbed_app.json` file are filled in correctly. The correct values should appear in the user manual of the board if using eSIM or in the details of the SIM card if using normal SIM.
  • Enable trace flag to have access to debug information `"mbed-trace.enable": true`.
  • Try both `TCP` and `UDP` socket types.
  • Try both `"lwip.ppp-enabled": true` and `"lwip.ppp-enabled": false`.
  • The modem may support only a fixed baud-rate, such as `"platform.default-serial-baud-rate": 9600`.
  • The modem and network may only support IPv6 in which case `"lwip.ipv6-enabled": true` shall be defined.
  • The SIM and modem must have compatible cellular technology (3G, 4G, NB-IoT, ...) supported and cellular network available.
  • Enable CIoT optimization for NONIP socket `control-plane-opt: true`.

If you have problems to get started with debugging, you can review the documentation for suggestions on what could be wrong and how to fix it.

License and contributions

The software is provided under Apache-2.0 license. Contributions to this project are accepted under the same license. Please see contributing.md for more info.

This project contains code from other projects. The original license text is included in those source files. They must comply with our license guide.

main.cpp

Committer:
MACRUM
Date:
2019-05-20
Revision:
2:cf787cebee82
Parent:
0:fb5e1789de47

File content as of revision 2:cf787cebee82:

/*
 * Copyright (c) 2017 ARM Limited. All rights reserved.
 * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the License); you may
 * not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an AS IS BASIS, WITHOUT
 * WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 * limitations under the License.
 */

#include "mbed.h"
#include "common_functions.h"
#include "CellularNonIPSocket.h"
#include "CellularDevice.h"
#include "UDPSocket.h"
#include "CellularLog.h"

#define UDP 0
#define TCP 1
#define NONIP 2

// Number of retries /
#define RETRY_COUNT 3

NetworkInterface *iface;

// Echo server hostname
const char *host_name = MBED_CONF_APP_ECHO_SERVER_HOSTNAME;

// Echo server port (same for TCP and UDP)
const int port = MBED_CONF_APP_ECHO_SERVER_PORT;

static rtos::Mutex trace_mutex;

#if MBED_CONF_MBED_TRACE_ENABLE
static void trace_wait()
{
    trace_mutex.lock();
}

static void trace_release()
{
    trace_mutex.unlock();
}

static char time_st[50];

static char* trace_time(size_t ss)
{
    snprintf(time_st, 49, "[%08llums]", Kernel::get_ms_count());
    return time_st;
}

static void trace_open()
{
    mbed_trace_init();
    mbed_trace_prefix_function_set( &trace_time );

    mbed_trace_mutex_wait_function_set(trace_wait);
    mbed_trace_mutex_release_function_set(trace_release);

    mbed_cellular_trace::mutex_wait_function_set(trace_wait);
    mbed_cellular_trace::mutex_release_function_set(trace_release);
}

static void trace_close()
{
    mbed_cellular_trace::mutex_wait_function_set(NULL);
    mbed_cellular_trace::mutex_release_function_set(NULL);

    mbed_trace_free();
}
#endif // #if MBED_CONF_MBED_TRACE_ENABLE

Thread dot_thread(osPriorityNormal, 512);

void print_function(const char *format, ...)
{
    trace_mutex.lock();
    va_list arglist;
    va_start( arglist, format );
    vprintf(format, arglist);
    va_end( arglist );
    trace_mutex.unlock();
}

void dot_event()
{
    while (true) {
        ThisThread::sleep_for(4000);
        if (iface && iface->get_connection_status() == NSAPI_STATUS_GLOBAL_UP) {
            break;
        } else {
            trace_mutex.lock();
            printf(".");
            fflush(stdout);
            trace_mutex.unlock();
        }
    }
}

/**
 * Connects to the Cellular Network
 */
nsapi_error_t do_connect()
{
    nsapi_error_t retcode = NSAPI_ERROR_OK;
    uint8_t retry_counter = 0;

    while (iface->get_connection_status() != NSAPI_STATUS_GLOBAL_UP) {
        retcode = iface->connect();
        if (retcode == NSAPI_ERROR_AUTH_FAILURE) {
            print_function("\n\nAuthentication Failure. Exiting application\n");
        } else if (retcode == NSAPI_ERROR_OK) {
            print_function("\n\nConnection Established.\n");
        } else if (retry_counter > RETRY_COUNT) {
            print_function("\n\nFatal connection failure: %d\n", retcode);
        } else {
            print_function("\n\nCouldn't connect: %d, will retry\n", retcode);
            retry_counter++;
            continue;
        }
        break;
    }
    return retcode;
}

/**
 * Opens:
 * - UDP or TCP socket with the given echo server and performs an echo
 *   transaction retrieving current.
 * - Cellular Non-IP socket for which the data delivery path is decided
 *   by network's control plane CIoT optimisation setup, for the given APN.
 */
nsapi_error_t test_send_recv()
{
    nsapi_size_or_error_t retcode;
#if MBED_CONF_APP_SOCK_TYPE == TCP
    TCPSocket sock;
#elif MBED_CONF_APP_SOCK_TYPE == UDP
    UDPSocket sock;
#elif MBED_CONF_APP_SOCK_TYPE == NONIP
    CellularNonIPSocket sock;
#endif

#if MBED_CONF_APP_SOCK_TYPE == NONIP
    retcode = sock.open((CellularContext*)iface);
#else
    retcode = sock.open(iface);
#endif

    if (retcode != NSAPI_ERROR_OK) {
#if MBED_CONF_APP_SOCK_TYPE == TCP
        print_function("TCPSocket.open() fails, code: %d\n", retcode);
#elif MBED_CONF_APP_SOCK_TYPE == UDP
        print_function("UDPSocket.open() fails, code: %d\n", retcode);
#elif MBED_CONF_APP_SOCK_TYPE == NONIP
        print_function("CellularNonIPSocket.open() fails, code: %d\n", retcode);
#endif
        return -1;
    }

    int n = 0;
    const char *echo_string = "TEST";
    char recv_buf[4];

    sock.set_timeout(15000);

#if MBED_CONF_APP_SOCK_TYPE == NONIP
    retcode = sock.send((void*) echo_string, sizeof(echo_string));
    if (retcode < 0) {
        print_function("CellularNonIPSocket.send() fails, code: %d\n", retcode);
        return -1;
    } else {
        print_function("CellularNonIPSocket: Sent %d Bytes\n", retcode);
    }

    n = sock.recv((void*) recv_buf, sizeof(recv_buf));

#else

    SocketAddress sock_addr;
    retcode = iface->gethostbyname(host_name, &sock_addr);
    if (retcode != NSAPI_ERROR_OK) {
        print_function("Couldn't resolve remote host: %s, code: %d\n", host_name, retcode);
        return -1;
    }

    sock_addr.set_port(port);

#if MBED_CONF_APP_SOCK_TYPE == TCP
    retcode = sock.connect(sock_addr);
    if (retcode < 0) {
        print_function("TCPSocket.connect() fails, code: %d\n", retcode);
        return -1;
    } else {
        print_function("TCP: connected with %s server\n", host_name);
    }
    retcode = sock.send((void*) echo_string, sizeof(echo_string));
    if (retcode < 0) {
        print_function("TCPSocket.send() fails, code: %d\n", retcode);
        return -1;
    } else {
        print_function("TCP: Sent %d Bytes to %s\n", retcode, host_name);
    }

    n = sock.recv((void*) recv_buf, sizeof(recv_buf));
#else

    retcode = sock.sendto(sock_addr, (void*) echo_string, sizeof(echo_string));
    if (retcode < 0) {
        print_function("UDPSocket.sendto() fails, code: %d\n", retcode);
        return -1;
    } else {
        print_function("UDP: Sent %d Bytes to %s\n", retcode, host_name);
    }

    n = sock.recvfrom(&sock_addr, (void*) recv_buf, sizeof(recv_buf));
#endif
#endif

    sock.close();

    if (n > 0) {
        print_function("Received from echo server %d Bytes\n", n);
        return 0;
    }

    return -1;
}

int main()
{
    print_function("\n\nmbed-os-example-cellular\n");
    print_function("\n\nBuilt: %s, %s\n", __DATE__, __TIME__);
#ifdef MBED_CONF_NSAPI_DEFAULT_CELLULAR_PLMN
    print_function("\n\n[MAIN], plmn: %s\n", (MBED_CONF_NSAPI_DEFAULT_CELLULAR_PLMN ? MBED_CONF_NSAPI_DEFAULT_CELLULAR_PLMN : "NULL"));
#endif

    print_function("Establishing connection\n");
#if MBED_CONF_MBED_TRACE_ENABLE
    trace_open();
#else
    dot_thread.start(dot_event);
#endif // #if MBED_CONF_MBED_TRACE_ENABLE

#if MBED_CONF_APP_SOCK_TYPE == NONIP
    iface = CellularContext::get_default_nonip_instance();
#else
    iface = CellularContext::get_default_instance();
#endif

    MBED_ASSERT(iface);

    // sim pin, apn, credentials and possible plmn are taken automatically from json when using NetworkInterface::set_default_parameters()
    iface->set_default_parameters();

    nsapi_error_t retcode = NSAPI_ERROR_NO_CONNECTION;

    /* Attempt to connect to a cellular network */
    if (do_connect() == NSAPI_ERROR_OK) {
        retcode = test_send_recv();
    }

    if (iface->disconnect() != NSAPI_ERROR_OK) {
        print_function("\n\n disconnect failed.\n\n");
    }

    if (retcode == NSAPI_ERROR_OK) {
        print_function("\n\nSuccess. Exiting \n\n");
    } else {
        print_function("\n\nFailure. Exiting \n\n");
    }

#if MBED_CONF_MBED_TRACE_ENABLE
    trace_close();
#else
    dot_thread.terminate();
#endif // #if MBED_CONF_MBED_TRACE_ENABLE

    return 0;
}
// EOF