OSError when connecting to LTE

[Patrick Joy]

Hi all,

I am having trouble connecting to LTE with my GPy. I have updated the firmware of the GPy and also the firmware of the modem.

GPy
Firmware: 1.20.2.r4
Pybytes: 1.6.1

Modem
UE5.2.0.3
LR5.2.1.0-48829

I am based in Australia and have a sim card for Telstra's LTE CAT M1 network.

When I try to connect to LTE manually or using Pybytes I get an OSError

Manual

>>> from network import LTE
>>> lte = LTE()
>>> lte.attach(band=28, apn="telstra.extranet")
>>> lte.connect()
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
OSError: the requested operation failed
>>>

Pybytes

Config

{"wifi": {"ssid": "", "password": ""}, "wlan_antenna": 0, "dump_ca": false, "server": "mqtt.pybytes.pycom.io", "ssl": false, "lte": {"apn": "telstra.extranet", "cid": 0, "reset": false, "carrier": "telstra", "band": 28, "type": ""}, "device_id": "", "network_preferences": ["lte"], "ota_server": {"port": 443, "domain": "software.pycom.io"}, "pybytes_autostart": true, "username": ""}

Initialized watchdog for WiFi and LTE connection with timeout 1260000 ms
Please review Wifi SSID and password inside config
Initialized watchdog for WiFi and LTE connection with timeout 1260000 ms
Exception connect_lte: the requested operation failed
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "_pybytes_connection.py", line 210, in connect_lte
OSError: the requested operation failed
ERROR! Could not connect to Pybytes!

Any ideas? Do I need a "type" in the LTE config section?

Thanks

[Gijs]

In your manual operation, please first wait for the modem to attach by checking lte.isattached(). This should equal True before calling lte.connect()

Next, in the pybytes connection, could you enable the debugging as following:

import pycom
pycom.nvs_set('pybytes_debug', True)

Best,
Gijs

[Patrick Joy]

Hi @Gijs

Thanks for your reply.

I discovered that if I turn off pybytes_on_boot I can then manually connect LTE and manually connect pybytes and everything works ok from that point on. I'm not sure why this is the case but I have a solution!

Patrick

[Gijs]

To be honest, I couldn't tell you either why that works, but Im happy for you it does! In the end it should just be the same code.