Post AXqR3upEdLUPel0fHE by wogan@mastodon.africa
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 (DIR) Post #AXqQQyKFgaLjDbwppw by wogan@mastodon.africa
       2023-07-19T07:03:16Z
       
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       Spent all of 20 minutes this morning trying to figure out how to manually dial out on a modem (using AT commands), and it's honestly amazing how many hidden layers there are to the stuff we take for granted (like getting online).Also, yes, I could not figure it out 😂  AT+COPS? and AT+CPIN and everything else tells me I should be good to go, but ATD keeps returning NO CARRIER and I'm done head-desking on this for the day.
       
 (DIR) Post #AXqQukiWqWd5hTVHxw by GrahamDowns@c.im
       2023-07-19T07:08:38Z
       
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       @wogan Wow. Memories. I used to know all those AT commands by heart. I ran a BBS back in the 90s.I didn't know anyone needed to care about AT commands anymore. :O
       
 (DIR) Post #AXqR3upEdLUPel0fHE by wogan@mastodon.africa
       2023-07-19T07:10:19Z
       
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       @GrahamDowns Surprisingly, some folks do!I'm building a smart metering business, one of the things I need to be able to do (which I honestly thought would be a lot easier than this) is to get the MSISDN of a SIM without putting it into a phone. AT+CNUM barely works in SA, so doing ATD*135*501#; (for Vodacom) is my only realistic option, but getting that right via minicom is proving to be a pain.
       
 (DIR) Post #AXqTTenT38SxNlaLSq by GrahamDowns@c.im
       2023-07-19T07:37:21Z
       
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       @wogan Oh, good point, I suppose. I didn't think about embedded systems like that. Good luck!