4G Router send and receive SMS gateway on SSH Shell

Send and Receive SMS on 4G Router SSH Shell

The EZRx3 series 4G routers use QMI protocol by default to establish a 4G connection to the mobile networks. We can use UQMI commands to send and receive an SMS text message on the SSH shell.

Please log in to the SSH command-line interface. How to access SSH?

Firmware Version

For the firmware version later than EV3114, the mobile modem protocol of MobileData, please use the MMCLI command set to access and control the SMS gateway.

MMCLI Command & Example Function  

Command

mmcli -L

Return Value

/org/freedesktop/ModemManager1/Modem/0 

Check the sequence number of the mobile modem. The last decimal number on the return value is the sequence number.

For example, the modem sequence number of the instance on the left side is 0.

 
mmcli -m 0 --messaging-list-sms
List SMS messages
Use the latest modem sequence number behind -m.
 
mmcli -s 12
Show the specific SMS message.  
mmcli -m 0 
--messaging-create-sms="text='Hello',number='+123456'"

Create a SMS message and specific the number should send to. It will return a value with SMS serial number.

For example, if return value is

/org/freedesktop/ModemManager1/SMS/24.

The created SMS serial number is 24.

 
mmcli -s 24 --send
Execute this command to send out the latest created SMS message.  

 

For the legacy version firmware using QMI protocol, use the below UQMI commands to access and control the SMS gateway.

UQMI Command Function
--list-messages: 
List SMS messages
--get-message <id>:
Get SMS raw message contents at index <id>
--send-message <data>:
Send SMS message (use options below)
 
--send-message-smsc <nr>:
SMSC number (required)
 
--send-message-target <nr>:
Destination number (required)
 
--send-message-flash:
Send as Flash SMS

 

 

3) Examples
The virtual modem interface is /cdc-wdm0. So the command always starts with uqmi -d /dev/cdc-wdm0.

i. If need to list the received SMS message, on SSH terminal use the command:

uqmi -d /dev/cdc-wdm0 --list-messages 

ii. Use the below command to read one of the messages. For example, read the No.2 message.

uqmi -d /dev/cdc-wdm0 --get-message 2

iii. When sending an SMS message, we need to attach the target phone number. Below is an example of sending a message of “Testing” to target mobile phone number “2001111“. Make sure without country code, space, and symbols on the phone number.

uqmi -d /dev/cdc-wdm0 --send-message Testing --send-message-target 2001111


Note:
Please ensure your SIM card supports the SMS function. Some of the data-plan SIM cards do not support the SMS function.

9 thoughts on “Send and Receive SMS on 4G Router SSH Shell

  1. Paul Langford says:

    I need to access the SMS on my outdoor Router, when entering above information on the terminal, I recieve the following response, can you advise please

    error: couldn’t find the ModemManager process in the bus

    • Outdoor Router

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      says:

      Your email address does not work. Please get in touch with us and send the screenshot of the admin front page. I suppose you are using a legacy version of firmware that uses the QMI command set. In this case, please upgrade the firmware to the latest version, EV3133, and do not keep the previous settings to avoid conflicts.

    • Outdoor Router

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      says:

      Yes, you can operate on the SSH terminal as the phone SMS interface.

      • Jean-Charles Gfeller says:

        On the phone I just call the *#123# to know the data. I don’t know how to do it via the terminal. It’s not a SMS option, it should be a call.
        I tried
        mmcli -m 0 –call-start *#123#
        but did not worked.
        Neither
        mmcli -m 0 –messaging-create-sms=”text=”,number=’*#123#'”

        • Outdoor Router

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          says:

          It seems your command format is incorrect. We send you instructions by email.

  2. mike-2862 says:

    I need to regularly send and receive SMS messages to activate more data. I have an EZR33 if i log into the shell and type uqmi -d /dev/cdc-wdm0 — list-messages the command does not return, if i then cancel with ctrl c it will respond “Failed to connect to service”

    • Outdoor Router

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      says:

      If you use a later firmware than EV3114, please use the MMCLI command set to send and receive the SMS messages. We have upgraded the tutorial to include the operation guidance.

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