Slightly off-topic, but this may be of use when testing OpenBSC...
Some mobiles made by Pantech have an engineering mode built in - displays various parameters of the network like LAC, BSIC, ARFCN and signal-strength (C1 value) of serving and neighbour cells, TMSI assigned to phone, timing advance etc. The two models I've played with are: PG-C3 - very comprehensive data (10 screens of it!), engineer mode persists when power-cycled, but US tri-band, so does not cover 900MHz band. PG-C520 - quad-band, but data not so comprehensive (e.g. no timing advance), engineer mode does not persist
I bought mine from an Ebay shop in the USA: http://stores.shop.ebay.co.uk/Khala-Ki-Dukan__W0QQ_armrsZ1 Both models were < 100 Euro, even with postage from the States and import tax. If anyone's interested, email me and I'll post some screenshots.
Does anyone know of other phones with built-in net-monitor / engineer functions (other than the old Nokias!)?
Thanks, Mike H.
Good old Sony-Ericsson T610 has 3-pages persisting GSM network monitor mode and 1 page GPRS. Assigned TMSI is not part of it, unfortunately, but everything else.
-j
Am 03.10.2009 um 08:45 schrieb Mike Haben:
Slightly off-topic, but this may be of use when testing OpenBSC...
Some mobiles made by Pantech have an engineering mode built in - displays various parameters of the network like LAC, BSIC, ARFCN and signal-strength (C1 value) of serving and neighbour cells, TMSI assigned to phone, timing advance etc. The two models I've played with are: PG-C3 - very comprehensive data (10 screens of it!), engineer mode persists when power-cycled, but US tri-band, so does not cover 900MHz band. PG-C520 - quad-band, but data not so comprehensive (e.g. no timing advance), engineer mode does not persist
I bought mine from an Ebay shop in the USA: http://stores.shop.ebay.co.uk/Khala-Ki-Dukan__W0QQ_armrsZ1 Both models were < 100 Euro, even with postage from the States and import tax. If anyone's interested, email me and I'll post some screenshots.
Does anyone know of other phones with built-in net-monitor / engineer functions (other than the old Nokias!)?
Thanks, Mike H.
-- Jens David, DG1KJD jens.david@jens-david-consulting.com http://www.jens-david-consulting.com
On Oct 3, 2009 9:02am, Jens David jens.david@jens-david-consulting.com wrote:
Good old Sony-Ericsson T610 has 3-pages persisting GSM network monitor mode and 1 page GPRS. Assigned TMSI is not part of it, unfortunately, but everything else.
Really ? Do you have a mean to activate it because I couldn't find one ...
They're not really 'low cost' but :
* iPhone Dial *3001#12345#* and you'll get to field test mode where you view some info. TMSI is not part of it, but you can also ssh into the phone and with AT commands interrogate the SIM and get TMSI, Kc, ...
* Android G2 : Dial *#*#7262626#*#* to get to field test mode then setup button to select page. There is lot of info including TMSI and you can even log to SD card. There is a minor glitch that makes the scroll bar hide part of the values, so the last digit is only half displayed and you have to try and guess it ...
Sylvain
A service cable called "terminator dongle" (see ebay) is needed to activate it, and the programming software used with it. I still have the cable, but not the software nor the OS needed (win2k). I could send you the cable if required.
--j
Am 03.10.2009 um 12:17 schrieb 246tnt@gmail.com:
On Oct 3, 2009 9:02am, Jens David <jens.david@jens-david-consulting.com
wrote: Good old Sony-Ericsson T610 has 3-pages persisting GSM network
monitor mode and 1 page GPRS. Assigned TMSI is not part of it, unfortunately, but everything else.
Really ? Do you have a mean to activate it because I couldn't find one ...
They're not really 'low cost' but :
- iPhone Dial *3001#12345#* and you'll get to field test mode where
you view some info. TMSI is not part of it, but you can also ssh into the phone and with AT commands interrogate the SIM and get TMSI, Kc, ...
- Android G2 : Dial *#*#7262626#*#* to get to field test mode then
setup button to select page. There is lot of info including TMSI and you can even log to SD card. There is a minor glitch that makes the scroll bar hide part of the values, so the last digit is only half displayed and you have to try and guess it ...
Sylvain
-- Jens David, DG1KJD jens.david@jens-david-consulting.com http://www.jens-david-consulting.com
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