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New hardware support or replacement proposal
by E:V:A 21 Mar '17

21 Mar '17

Dear SIMtrace Developers, After having spent a few days reviewing your SIMtrace hardware and FW and its development, I would like to propose you to consider supporting the following project. Background: The current SIMtrace processor (AT91SAM7) is based on the 55 MHz ARMv4T uP, whereas the next generation SIMtrace2 is to use (AT91SAM3) which is based on a 96 MHz Cortex-M3. This is all great and dandy, but it does limit the hardware and software development to people who are already very familiar with that hardware. Why are these needed? They are needed so that we can have 2 SIM (USART) interfaces and that we can translate the signals found on those to/from a USB endpoint on the USB port. This is all done in the firmware, written in C + Assembly. Proposal: The new project would utilize a RaspberryPi-Zero-W in the external slave configuration or a RPi3 doubling as a host. The RPi-0 is a 1GHz ARM processor (ARM1176JZF-S) and could possibly also be used as a headless host via WiFi. (RPi0 has OTG USB, RPi3 doesn't.) The Rpi3 is a quad-core 64-bit Cortex-A53, that can be used as anything. Thus porting A53 to M3 might be more easy. Advantages: There are too many advantages to ignore... - The huge RPi developer community - The high clockspeed and 512+ Mb of RAM - All interfaces you can dream of, except JTAG - A huge reduction on the BOM. I've counted that we may remove about 50 components by using this solution instead of the current v1.3 one. - A huge reduction to about 1/3 of what is currently used of the PCB footprint. - A large reduction of production price due to above. - Easy to port drivers when understood - Provide a more attractive and useful product combo (RPi-0 + ST hat) than what is currently offered. Disadvantages: - Need porting of current FW drivers to RPi's - Possible proprietary limitation to the complete Broadcom datasheets - Need to CAD and manufacture a new PCB - New Rpi-0/3 drivers would need testing for use with 2 SIM IF's. Other: The RPi's only has one UART so to get a second, we need to use bit-banging of their GPIO,SPI or I2C. There are already solutions out there and the much higher clock-rate of both devices allow you to run up to 250 MHz on a single GPIO pin, so that would allow you to multiplex a number of virtual/emulated UARTs. (Perhaps similarly to what was already done when SIMtrace was using the FT232r?) The library used for this is the PGPIO from here: http://abyz.co.uk/rpi/pigpio/download.html and a Python based test-script can be found here: https://www.rs-online.com/designspark/raspberry-pi-2nd-uart-a-k-a-bit-bangi… Finally, please don't get me wrong. This is not at all a critique of what has already been done. The development of the ST is a great piece of work and obviously very flexible and cross platform compatible by using USB, but for compact embedded devices, such as RPi's etc, all that extra HW is redundant and expensive to produce and maintain. Even more so than combining the RPi + this add-on, while improving cross platform connectivity and IoT support. I would love to hear what the community and Osmocom think about this. Cheers, E:V:A

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git.osmocom.org cgit improvements
by Harald Welte 20 Mar '17

20 Mar '17

Hi all, today I've deployed some cgit improvements on https://git.osmocom.org/, in the hope that it makes this tool even more useful: 1) syntax highlighting of source code (requested by Hoernchen) The source code is now highlighted by pygments. I don't really understand why somebody would want to look at source code a lot in a browser, but well, it was as easy as to enable the existing pygments based filter plugin. 2) rendering of "about" page from README.md As you might have noticed, I've introduced a README.md in a number of repositoires, and cgit is now rendering an about page for every repository, e.g. at http://git.osmocom.org/libosmo-abis/about/ 3) gerrit change-ID hyperlink generation All gerrit Change-IDs in commit messages are now automatically converted to hyperlinks to the respective gerrit change, see e.g. the below example: http://git.osmocom.org/openbsc/commit/?id=6dd0fc685b7149f67a5fe17a5bce55c44… Please note that this works for the "Change-Id" line of the actual change, but also for change-ids in the free text (e.g. "this depends on change-id ... in libosmocore") 4) Osmocom ticket/issue hyperlink generation Any Line that matches the "^((Relate|Close|Fixe)[ds]):" prefix is scanned for occurrences of "OS#(\d+)" which are then amended with hyperlinks to the respective issue on osmocom.org Please note the OS# prefix is mandatory, so things like "OS#1614, 1615" will not work, as can be seen at http://git.osmocom.org/osmo-pcu/commit/?id=0a8fae8d141c2cfa4387ffe9b35402d5… Please format your commit messages accordingly. Regards, Harald -- - Harald Welte <laforge(a)gnumonks.org> http://laforge.gnumonks.org/ ============================================================================ "Privacy in residential applications is a desirable marketing option." (ETSI EN 300 175-7 Ch. A6)

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Trying to use simtrace with 4FF NFC/SIM cards
by Pedro Cabrera 17 Mar '17

17 Mar '17

Hi all, I come to all of you as I'm trying to use simtrace to capture the UE-SIM traffic with a 4G+ SIM card, called "next gen SIM card" (the ones with NFC). The only thing I see is the ATR, and the mobile never detects the SIM card. I try also to read the SIM card plugin directly into the SCR3310 card reader, but the reader didn't recognize the SIM card (no led activity). At the beginning I thought this must be a new standard for the NFC/SIM cards, but reading 3GPP TS 31.101 V13.2.0 (2016-06), I understood only Class B and C operating conditions should be supported by 3G MEs (page 10 of the document), and using transmission protocols T=0 and T=1. So looks like nothing has change in the protocols/electrical conditions. I look for 3GPP specs folder searching for something related with this NFC/SIM (http://www.3gpp.org/DynaReport/31-series.htm), but nothing appear. Also searching in google about this simcards I just found Orange document describing the business strategy to use NFC services/wallet; "On February 21st 2011 many of the world’s leading mobile operators (15 in total) including Orange announced their collective commitment to SIM-based mobile NFC and intention to launch commercial mobile NFC services. In November 2011, the Chinese MNOs increased the momentum of support to SIM based NFC. In January, GSMA communicated that more than 60 MNOs now support these initiatives." Source: https://www.orange.com/en/content/download/12418/258640/version/1/file/Oran… But still didn't found any technical spec for this sim cards. Most strange for me is that plugging this SIM card in an old Samsung Galaxy S3 is working normally, so ask myself why plugging in SCR3310 reader or simtrace is not working. Can anyone help me with this SIM cards specifications? Does anyone been able to read with SIM readers? Best Regards, Pedro

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Problem with firmware flashing
by Alexander Unger 27 Feb '17

27 Feb '17

Hi, our company bought two SIMtrace Hardware Kits. We want to use SIM forwarder <https://github.com/kamwar/simlabTrace/wiki/res/bin/sim_forwarder-simtrace-a…> firmware in our project. but have problem with flashing it to the board. in one way I installed toolchain as described at http://osmocom.org/projects/baseband/wiki/GnuArmToolchain and made forwarder firmware - success1. but any tries to flash it using dfu-util failed. tries was next: -------------------------- - from windows10 host using steps from https://github.com/kiibohd/controller/wiki/Loading-DFU-Firmware#windows - kii-dfu can`t flash it due to three dfu devices with NO serial numbers. Try using dfu-util with -a0 flag gives same result as later cases - DFU found, state idle, activate alternative=0 ... and nothing more. reruns not helps. reconnects with or w/o BOOTLOADER button gives same result - nothing. --------------------- - same win10 host with vmWare Ubuntu16.04 VM. tries to install using ubuntu. device shown on lsusb - dfu mode on. dfu-utils installed, toolchain too, firmware made OK. simtrace made too. BUG1 experiment with simtrace gives output with wrong parsing of commands - may be you have to open bug case to resolve it. same results with usb2 on vm and usb3. all tries to flash forwarder or reader to board failed on same place as before. tried with button at connect and using -ao and w/o button and using -i param (forgot number of interface for apps partition mb was -i1 ) - failed - pure ubuntu 16.04 host. all above with same results. using usb3 port and usb2 extender. -------------------------------- Now the time to tell about second way - SAM-BA . here is another problem: used http://osmocom.org/projects/simtrace/wiki/SIMtrace_Firmware installed GnuArmToolchain <http://osmocom.org/projects/baseband/wiki/GnuArmToolchain>. as described on toolchain <http://osmocom.org/projects/baseband/wiki/Toolchain> link, included to PATH. Trying to do: git clone git://git.osmocom.org/openpcd.git cd openpcd/firmware make -f Makefile.dfu BOARD=SIMTRACE make BOARD=SIMTRACE DEBUG=1 TARGET=main_simtrace cat dfu.bin main_simtrace.bin > main_simtrace.samba cd ../.. failed on 3rd string: make -f Makefile.dfu BOARD=SIMTRACE - arm-elf-gcc not found! tries to rename arm-none-eabi gcc to arm-elf-gcc was not successful. so I cant produce your dfu.bin to use samba (I made it with success) with cat dfu.bin my_forwarder.bin > my_forwarder.samba Also, at the string cat dfu.bin main_simtrace.bin > main_simtrace.samba we see dfu.bin which is possibly dfu-boot-loader with wrong name which crashes brain of google so we have a BUG2: - to rename produced dfu.bin filename to something relative i.e. dfu-boot-loader-arm-SAM7.bin - to place link to binary of loader(s) at your instructions. installed also crosstool-ng - but arm-elf-gcc not found too So, we have fails using dfu-util and unmaking state of firmware which gives use of SAM-BA impossible due to insufficient dfu-boot-loader-arm-SAM7.bin aka dfu-bin. This situation looks like failed "smoke test"... Please help me to solve these issues. Regards, Alexandr -- https://L-in-K.com/147a258u369

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dfu-util and simtrace
by Tormod Volden 21 Feb '17

21 Feb '17

Hi, I looked through the archives of this list and saw that an issue with dfu-util and simtrace was discussed. Can anyone here do some simple debugging on it? Remote access would have been great, but I guess the device hangs and must be reset all the time during testing so it might not be so efficient. The issue was also reported in the dfu-util bug tracker, but the OP went silent, so please add any useful information there (or Cc me on your replies here). https://sourceforge.net/p/dfu-util/tickets/33/ Best regards, Tormod

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Problem with firmware flashing using dfu-util
by Szymon Mielczarek 18 Feb '17

18 Feb '17

In a response to "Problem with firmware flashing" thread. I couldn't easily reply in the original thread so I am writing in a new one. Hi Alexander, As Holger mentioned, it seems that both dfu (the one provided with device and dfu-util) are not compatible with each other. I will try to debug this issue a little bit later. Anyway, I was able to flash the board using an older version of dfu-util on Windows 7. Here are my steps (on Windows): 1. Download and unpack dfu-util v0.6 (dfu-util-0.6-win32.zip.bz2) from: http://dfu-util.sourceforge.net/releases/ 2. Install USB drivers (http://zadig.akeo.ie/) 3. Enter DFU mode (the red LED should turn on) 4. Flash the device from cmd line dfu-util -d 16c0:0762 -R -a0 -D sim_forwarder-simtrace-at91sam7s128-flash_dfu.bin On Linux machine I am using the following configuration: - Ubuntu 14.04 (natively booted, not VM) - dfu-util v0.5 -- BR, Szymon

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SIMTrace
by Mohammed Bashir 01 Feb '17

01 Feb '17

Dear Sir, Sir's, Good Day I want to order SIMTrace toolkit but I need to know something about this product 1- What is the package contents? 2- The software included this package ? 3- Does the Software operates in windows environment? 4- I order from Saudi Arabia is this product available in this region or in any region in middle east ? 5- How many day to deliver this product to my side? Thanks / Regards ____________________________________________________________ Mohammed Bashir Software Developer Golden Chip Company <mailto:www.goldenchip.com.sa> www.goldenchip.com.sa <mailto:m.bashir@goldenchip.com.sa> m.bashir(a)goldenchip.com.sa ____________________________________________________________

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SIMTrace Software
by Mohammed Bashir 30 Jan '17

30 Jan '17

Dear Sir/Sir's Good Day I want to order this product and I have small question about this product (Osmocom SIMtrace) before ordering , Is the software for the product support windows environment (I can run it inside windows ??)?? Thanks/ Regards ____________________________________________________________ Mohammed Bashir Software Developer Golden Chip Company <mailto:www.goldenchip.com.sa> www.goldenchip.com.sa <mailto:m.bashir@goldenchip.com.sa> m.bashir(a)goldenchip.com.sa ____________________________________________________________

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Driver for a S25FL032P
by Я 13 Jan '17

13 Jan '17

Hello, I would like to have my simtrace apdu wrote to the external flash memory, if you have a new Driver for a SST25VF040B / S25FL032P, or a complete solution for recording data APDU in the memory? ----------------------------------------------------------------------

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Simtrace 2
by Я 13 Jan '17

13 Jan '17

Hi I am one of the buyers Simtraсe I really like your product. You said that you have a few boards using SAM3S, I am very interested in this processor, if there is the option of buying sam3s firmware for the processor or fully board, what is the price issue?

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